Post 76 Summer Season

[gametime00]

Well tonight Ashland Post 76 finished its season with a loss to Danville. I just wanted to say congrads to the coaches and players for the endless hours that they put in allowing them to make it to the final four in the state tournement. Each year this is what many teams start out for, the "final four". After a rocky start for the team they came on very strong as the summer progressed on. Paul Lewis does an amazing job with the kids.Good luck and God Bless to the players and their families as they now venture off into the world of college. :thumb:

[KSCTU]

Sixers were fun to be around this season. Not many issues to deal with. Every team has a few and this team was no different. They were dealt with and the team moved on. There were no Ashland guys, no Boyd Co. guys, no Greenup guys , no Johnson Co. guys, etc.......they were just a bunch of guys that loved to play baseball. I heard one coach say that Darby had been on a team of his for nine straight summers. That is amazing. They obviously have a lot of respect for each other and truely love the game to be able to stay on the same team that long. I think they said Rowe had been with them five years. Bias six with one more to go.

 

The sixers lose loads of talent in Darby, Pugh, Blanton, Branham, Rowe, Clark and Fyffe. Next years team should be different in a number of ways. Not as much power--lots more speed---finess pitchers rather than power pitchers.

 

With Logan, Bowling, Murnahan, Bias, Barber and Bentley leading the way other returnees include Barnett, Rigsby, Wright and Dehoff. There will be seven of these players that will come back with a year of college under their belt. That will be a big plus as Darby was the only one on this years squad. Barnett Should lead the pitching staff next summer along with Wright, Bowling, Bias, Wilson, Thompson and Tyler Hieneman so pitching should be just fine. Add to the mix Peyton Martin, Eric Craft a kid from Paintsville (cf) and a couple from the county and with the discipline and speed on that team it could be one of the most exciting teams to watch around here in the past eight years.

 

Isn`t this funny--this season ended last night and here we are already talking about next year. I guess it must be a sickness.

 

Thanks for a fun summer

[cvillecat]

Great post gametimeoo and KSCTU:thumb: . As a former 76'er it is always good to hear things going well and the Post 76 Tradition is still alive.

Great job by all the coaching staff and excellent baseball played by the players.

American Legion Baseball is fantastic.

Thanks for a great season and I look forward to next year.

[KSCTU]

I spoke with coach Lewis a little today and he seemed to think that he would start fall baseball the last week of August. They will be making two trips to Columbus, Ohio to play at Clippers Stadium and also will be playing at Georgetown College as well as Pikeville College. He said that this fall season will be used as a tryout for next season. It`s great to hear that the publicity generated from this week is getting him phone calls already about players wanting to tryout for next years squad.

[Ms Liberty]

Nice job Paul and way to go for Ashland.