Big East Zebra

Wasn't to many years back Owensboro Catholic was dominating the state of KY in softball. I think, I'm not sure but Owensboro Catholic is ............yes that's correct a small school. You know I don't recall any of the big boy schools complaining that little ole Owensboro Catholic is dominating this state. No, teams in the 3rd Region and across the state started picking up their game. According to the KHSAA Website we have been crowning a state champion in softball for the last 20 years. 95 - Reidland 98 - Owensboro Catholic 99 - Owensboro Catholic 02 - Reidland 03 - Catholic 05 - Catholic 09 - Catholic 10 - Reidland 11 - Allen County - Scottsville 12 - Mercy I know Reidland is now McCracken, but they dominated as a small school going to a big school I'm not sure changed a lot. Allen Co may not qualify as a small school but it is in rural Southern KY with not as many kids to draw from as your Scott County and others.

Terrible idea, you realize 3 of the top 4 teams in this years tourney was McCracken (1st Region), Madisonville North Hopkins (2nd Region) and Daviess County (3rd Region). The best softball is played in the western part of this state. What makes the Kentucky State Tourney so exciting, to use the Big XII slogan, "We have one TRUE champion!"

I remember the game well.

Johnson Central wins 15th.

Regional winners who will advance to Owensboro: 1st. McCracken County 2nd. TBD 3rd. Daviess County 4th. South Warren 5th. Central Hardin 6th. TBD 7th. TBD 8th. Anderson County 9th. TBD 10th. TBD 11th. Scott County 12th. East Jessamine 13th. North Laurel 14th. Estill County 15th. TBD 16th. East Carter.

I have a problem with this. First if you have runners at 2nd and 3rd, why would the 3rd base umpire be in the "C" slot? He should be on the 3rd base line more towards the outfield. That's the proper mechanic. The umpire in the "B" slot should have gone out for the catch no catch, however in 3 man mechanic's the Plate Umpire has no catches in the outfield, those are the responsibility of the base umpires, and the umpire at 3rd does have the tag from second, going to 3rd, while home plate umpire has the tag from 3rd. I certainly concur umpires are to watch the play, not get caught up in the game.

Daviess County is now open after Natalie Powers-Payne goes back to her alma mater Apollo to help Willis McClure. Daviess County will return 4 starters from last year's district runner-up team.

From what I've heard, the Fouts kid is the real deal. I've heard she has committed to Alabama. If she has, she's beyond good. If you have good pitching it keeps you in games, if you have great pitching, you win a State Championship, i.e. Moss at Greenwood a few years ago, and I don't recall the kid's name from Allen County-Scottsville. As a side note, sounds like Alabama should be called UK south with all the Kentucky kids going to play ball there.

Wrong, that's how things are done throughout the state of Kentucky because the KHSAA nor the State Legislator's don't have the guts to put a stop to it! So the parents run the insane asylum otherwise know as high school sports.

3rd Region has: 12 Males 2 Females 1 Open.

Wow, the circus called Pulaski County is better than Barnum and Bailey ever thought about putting together in their 3 rings. Unreal.

The Bar B Que Bowl Sponsored by Moon Lite Bar B Que 5 Games 2 on Friday Night Apollo vs. Boyle Co. Daviess County vs. Pulaski County Saturday Owensboro vs. Highlands Owensboro Catholic vs. DeSales Henderson County vs. Male

I can't believe no one has mentioned Whitney Creech.

Looks like what I've been talking about is playing out right in front of us in good ole Pulaski County.

If the parents make a legitimate move, then the player would be allowed to play, no questions asked. But for me to sign off on a guardianship waiver to allow my child to live with their uncle, grandparents, whomever in order to attend another school, should not be allowed.

Seems this is becoming, not an isolated event, but mass hysteria in the Bluegrass State. While I understand, some county's have "open enrollment", I think it is past time for someone (KHSAA or KDE or State Lawmakers) to put a stop to this transferring. These parents who think their child is the next ...... (insert any name you want there) playing basketball so they "trick" their child out to the highest bidder and when things go south they open the "tricking" business again to transfer to the next school. Why can't it be that where you start your high school career, if you decide to transfer from Ballard to Male or Tate's Creek to Bryan Station or Pulaski to Southwestern or Bowling Green to Warren Central, or Apollo to Owensboro, you MUST sit out the next year. No if ands or buts about it. Even if a kid went to Tilghman and transferred to Murray, and there was not a move by his parents but a transfer of guardianship and then decided to transfer back and live with his parents and go to Tilghman, they still have to sit out a year. If only we lived in a perfect world, but I know we don't. But for the sake of the game, please somebody stop the madness!

That's the great thing about opinions, yours is no better than mine. Again, in my opinion just because Dunbar won it all does not mean they were the best team. Duke won the NCAA last year, but no way were they the best team in the country. Just saying.

Very, very true!

After having seen some of these teams play multiple times and others only seeing them at Rupp, ranking them after the State Tourney. 1. Mercer County - I still think this was the best team in the State, unfortunately they gave one away when it counted the most. 2. Bowling Green - This was the second best team in the State, and just as Mercer, they gave one away when it counted the most. 3. Dunbar - Although they won, can't deny that, very good team they were the recipients of some fortunate breaks, which a team has to have to win it all, but not the best team in my opinion. 4. Christian County - What a time to have a bad game in the Sweet 16, but this was one of the top 4 if not the top 2 teams in the tourney. 5. Newport Catholic - was very impressed with this team, and could have very well be playing on Sunday as well. 6. Trinity - All it takes is one bad shooting performance and you get beat. But over the course of the season this team was very good. 7. South Laurel - This team was better than I expected. The big boy inside is nice. 8. Taylor County - Was a much better team in Lexington than I seen around Christmas Time. 9. Doss - Still can't believe this team made it to Sunday. 10. Lawrence County - Better than I thought 11. Mason County - Wish I had got to see this team at full strength 12. South Oldham - Again one bad shooting night and your done. 13. Owensboro Catholic - This team was much better than they shown at Rupp 14. Murray - Lucky to get out of the 1st 15. Elliott County - How bad was the 16th region? 16. Buckhorn - Good thing every region has to have a representative.

While I understand what you are saying, my point was one district, in this case the 9th has owned a region, in this case the 3rd. As you are saying this Hardin Co district schools has been in more than one region, kinda of difficult for a district to own a region when you have been in 2 different regions. However, your point is noted.

Having looked through the KHSAA Stats I discovered the following for the 5th Region and Hardin Co. schools. I included E-town, even though it's an independent district in with Hardin Co. No team won the region from until........drum roll please: '67 E-town Catholic '68 E-town Catholic '72 E-town '75 E-town '81-82 N. Hardin '86 E-town '90-91 N. Hardin '94 N. Hardin '96 N. Hardin '98-99 N. Hardin '00 E-town '01-03 N. Hardin '05 E-town '10 N. Hardin '12-13 John Hardin As compared to the 3rd Region 9th District: '42-44 Daviess County '46-51 Owensboro '52 Daviess County '53 Owensboro '57-58 Daviess County '60 Owensboro '62-63 Owensboro '65 Owensboro '67 Owensboro '70-75 Owensboro '76 Apollo '77 Owensboro '78 Apollo '79-84 Owensboro '85 Apollo '86-87 Owensboro '88 Apollo '90 Apollo '92 Owensboro '96 Owensboro '97 Apollo '02 Owensboro '03 Daviess County '04 Apollo '06 Apollo '07-08 Owensboro '11 Daviess County '12 Apollo '14-15 Owensboro '16 Owensboro Catholic I'd say the 9th District has owned the 3rd Region.

Just because Dunbar won the State Title does not necessary mean they were the best team, IMO. Mercer and BG both gave those games away, more so than Dunbar won.

The only region, that MIGHT have a district as tough as the 9th would be the Lexington District and I'm not sure what the number would be in the 11th. But I promise you that district has not dominated the region like the 9th has the 3rd.

Case in point!

WKY, while I do understand your logic, if you want to rate tough districts, I dare you to find a tougher district in the state than the 9th. Apollo, Daviess County, Owensboro and Owensboro Catholic. Winning this district is much tougher than winning the 3rd Region.