Apollo 3 Owensboro Catholic 2 (9 Innings)

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Nathan Humprey pitched well for all 9 innings as Apollo earned a mild upset againts top ranked Owensboro Catholic. The Aces took the early lead in the bottom of the 1st as UL signee Stewart Ijames hit a blast over the flagpole in centerfield. The Aces expanded their lead in the 4th (I think) as Ijames got another hit and eventually scored.

 

Apollo finally got things going in the 5th when they got a couple of runners on base. A ground ball to 3rd was thrown over the firstbasemans head and into the Catholic dugout, allowing one run to score. Skyler Shown then faked an attempt to steal home, causing a passed ball on which he scored to tie the game.

 

UL signee Neil Holland pitched pretty well for 6 or 6 1/3 innings before being releived by UL signee Joe Devine. The score remainded tied at 2 until the top of the 9th. Tyler Edge reached base and was bunted to 2nd. He advanced to 3rd on a passed ball and advanced home on what was either a passed ball or wild pitch, I'm not really sure. Catholic then went down in order in the bottom of the 9th.

 

This is the 2nd straight year in which an Owensboro Catholic team that was ranked one of the tops in the state failed to advance out of the 9th district tournament. I'd put the 9th district up against any district in the state, believing that they would hold their own.

 

Apollo will play Owensboro tomarrow night for the 9th district title.

 

The Red Devils advanced to the championship game by defeated #21 Daviess Co. on a steal of home in the 7th to give them a 2 -1 victory.

[statmanhensley]

Sounds like it was a really good game to watch....and that Louisville is getting them some good players especially Ijames (seems like he's been around for a while....lol).

[JohnLex7]

Is the 9th a district that does a blind draw?

[gchs_uk9]

I actually had a discussion with my boss the other day and I told him that Owensboro Catholic was my pick to win the state tournament in an upset. I'm a moron!

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Is the 9th a district that does a blind draw?

 

Its seeded but they had to draw for the #1 seed this year due to a 3 way tie in the standings for 1st between Apollo, Daviess Co. and Owensboro Catholic all of whom had 4-2 district records, and finished 1-1 head to head against each other.

[gchs_uk9]

Its seeded but they had to draw for the #1 seed this year due to a 3 way tie in the standings for 1st between Apollo, Daviess Co. and Owensboro Catholic all of whom had 4-2 district records, and finished 1-1 head to head against each other.

 

Based upon Owensboro beating the #1 seed (second year in a row), its pretty obvious that the 9th District is very solid.

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I actually had a discussion with my boss the other day and I told him that Owensboro Catholic was my pick to win the state tournament in an upset. I'm a moron!

You're not a moron, but Owensboro Catholic isn't (or wasn't) quite as good this spring as they've been the last two or three seasons.

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Based upon Owensboro beating the #1 seed (second year in a row), its pretty obvious that the 9th District is very solid.

 

Even more impressive is that they did it after losing their #1 pitcher (although an 8th grader) from last year to a district rival.

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You're not a moron, but Owensboro Catholic isn't (or wasn't) quite as good this spring as they've been the last two or three seasons.

 

I don't know, they did finally win the All A, and they do still have two D1 pitchers and a D1 power hitter. 1 to 9 they are pretty solid. Should have won last night, if not for some untimely errors that Apollo took advantage of.

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I don't know, they did finally win the All A, and they do still have two D1 pitchers and a D1 power hitter. 1 to 9 they are pretty solid. Should have won last night, if not for some untimely errors that Apollo took advantage of.

They won the All A Classic in 2005 and actually made the state tournament that year. That team was better throughout the lineup.

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They may have been better that year, but they are still very solid this year. As far as making state, they win last night and very well could have again. That is just how it is in 9th district baseball. How many times is the 3rd region championship a rematch of the 9th district championship. Unfortunatley for the local teams often 3 and sometimes 4 of the best teams in the region are all in the same district.

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They may have been better that year, but they are still very solid this year.

Never said that they weren't still a good team, but I don't think they're as good as the 2005 and 2006 clubs.