Chatty Cat

Brady Hayes played for Salem International in Salem, WV last year but I do not see him on this year's roster. Tanner Verst (Brossart) is at Alice Lloyd College and Ethan Doty is pitching at Otterbein (and doing quite well from what I see on Twitter). TC Eades of Ludlow is playing at Berea.

Evan Slone is still playing at Division 2 Alderson Broaddus University. He is a junior. He has seen limited playing time due to not being able to shake the injury bug.

The Panthers move to the district finals against Dixie. Great win!

Ludlow starts two seniors, two juniors and an 8th grader. Juniors Abby Mahan and Karina Casterellon were huge in this game. If I'm not mistaken, Abby is averaging 22-24 points per game.

Nice win by the Panthers.

Congratulations! My upcoming JR was accepted into NYUs precollege program and received a nice scholarship. We deposit her in NYC next week for 6 weeks. I'm going to miss her horribly. Next year, she will be applying to the GSP. I hope your daughter loves it!

The Farmstand in Union is fantastic. Although I highly doubt they serve liver and onions. Florence and the surrounding area severely lacks in independently owned establishments.

According to the River City news at the latest Ludlow Board of Education meeting, Wofford is moving on to a new career. I have no idea what that entails (leaving the district or not).

Evan Slone is still playing at Alderson Broaddus University. Division II in WV. He has been injury ridden these past 2 seasons (multiple surgeries including eye surgery--he suffered a terrible eye injury playing travel ball a few years ago and is still dealing with the trauma). I do foresee him to start getting more playing time this year and if he can stay healthy playing more next season.

One of the 2016 Boone pitchers (can't think of his name) went to Morehead with Jake Zeiglmeyer.

Definitely thinking of Mr. Beard and his family. He was principal at Ludlow when my son was there.

Final. HC 30 Ludlow 21

Halftime. HC 17 - Ludlow 7

Sophomore Cody Kramer transferred back to Ludlow this year from CCH.

Welcome to the Panther Softball family. Coach Scott seems to be very well liked and the girls are happy with this hire!

My son's school was on lockdown last Monday for an active shooter. I received his text message immediately after receiving the message from the school. He had to shelter in place in a classroom. It was a long 25 minutes until the SWAT team found the student in question. The student who threatened campus, was my son's lab partner in a biology class. One of my biggest fears when he went away to college.....

Next week is homecoming and the Panthers host Brossart. Ludlow has one of the best homecomings in NKY. Should be a good game.

Love Kevin and wish him nothing but the best in his new endeavor. He was a breath of fresh air when he came in and I'm so happy that my son was able to play under him for three years. But, it makes me sad for those boys at Ludlow. Kevin is a stand up guy and really "stood up" for some of those boys. He stepped in and filled roles that some of these kids were missing (at times providing food in his office for players who needed it). Ludlow's loss is definitely Beechwood's gain.

There are items a pitcher can wear to minimize damage from being hit by a ball. My son was hit in the face by a line drive while pitching 16U. His orbital socket was crushed and his tear duct destroyed. He required multiple extensive plastic surgeries to rebuild his face and to repair the resulting double vision. He was lucky in that he took the ball in his orbital socket and not on this temple or forehead; that most likely would've killed him. I was standing by the dugout when it happened and will never get the sound of the ball crushing his face out of my head. When he was ready to go back on the mound we looked into protective gear for him. I wished he could've worn a face mask like his sister when pitching :-). We tried a pitching helmet first; similar to the catcher helmets that used to be worn in the 70's/80's. We couldn't find one that fit well and stayed on his head while pitching. We ended up with a plate that is similar to a soccer shin guard that fit inside his ball cap and attached with glue. While his face wasn't protected, his head was. It worked well. He used that insert his last two years of high school/travel baseball. He is now playing in college, but is an infielder and not pitching. He was released from care by the Cincinnati Eye Institute in December (the level of care received by both CEI and Cincinnati Children's Hospital was fantastic!). He was told at that appointment that most injuries they have seen similar to his resulted in loss of the eye and he will be used as a case study. Going back to the softball thread....my daughter is a pitcher and used to complain about wearing her facemask (it makes her face breakout). She witnessed him being hit and all of his resulting surgeries. Never again had to have a discussion with her about wearing her mask while pitching.

My son nearly lost his eye taking a line drive to his face while pitching 16U. He needed 3 reconstructive surgeries, plates and screws to repair the damage. My daughter saw it happen. Never had another fight with her again about wearing her mask when pitching or playing infield.

Fantastic news!

He helped coach my daughter's AAU team last year. Seemed like a really good coach.

My son played 2 years of travel ball with Josh. He was always a very nice kid. Best of luck to him!

Yes. The girls met the new coach today. His name is Micah Montecalvo. I was told that he has coached AAU but not high school ball (but a quick twitter search looks like he may have been at Grant) I believe he is currently coaching KY Premier.

Mitchell is recovering and doing more and more every day. He has moved from rehab in Columbus to rehab in NKY. I'm sure it is easier to be near family. I hear he is enjoying Taco Bell, Skyline, and his phone. He has recently become active on Facebook again. I know his family is eager to get him home. It has been a long ride for Mitchell and his family and still a long road ahead of him.