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East Jessamine also hosting a small autism awareness tourney. Tonight Woodford beat #18 East Jessamine 12-0 in 6 innings and Pope John Paul II out of Hendersonville, TN 7-1.

And then a difficult match-up the night after a big game against Butler and Scott goes down 3-2.

Yes it does. I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't watched it with my own eyes.

2015 Kentucky High School Fast Pitch Softball Wow. So almost the entire top 20 in the state are crammed into 1 side of the bracket, and everyone else on the other side. Yikes. Should be interesting.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. Glad you understood that so well. NO, the point is that if a tournament at a higher level than high school that determines who plays in a national championship tournament can be shortened due to rain and drops the losers bracket, then it isn't such a travesty when a mid-season HS tournament does the same. The point was made to illustrate that this isn't some miscarriage of justice, when people at higher levels of the game are making the same determinations for tournaments that have a lot more at stake. In terms of the players, YES, I do think it is a bigger deal that a number of ladies' softball playing careers ended prematurely due to this kind of decision versus a mid-season tournament being shortened. At least those girls have the rest of the season to play, regardless of the outcome of that tournament. And that applies equally to HS and college. The timing and importance of the tournament obviously matters. I hope that clears it up for you.

These types of things happen all the time, at all levels. You want to know who got shafted by having a tournament drop its losers bracket last year? All of the college seniors playing on losers bracket teams in the OVC. That's right - a college tournament dropped the losers bracket and just played with the 4 remaining teams to decide who got to play in the national tournament.

You mean that they can throw that fast? Depends on the accuracy of the radar and how a girl's pitching on a particular day, if it's just at a camp or practice, or in a game situation, etc. Certainly there are a number of girls who can and do hit 60.

If you look at the teams that are populated with girls playing high level summer ball, especially the teams that have a lot of sophomores, juniors and seniors in their lineups, I'd say those teams can handle 60 because they are used to seeing it.

And location. You get away with little movement if you've got speed and great location. Basically if you have some combination of 2 of 3, you'll be pretty successful.

There are a number of pitchers who throw 60+ in KY. I've also seen quite a few pitchers who can barely touch 60 if at all playing D1 ball, if the radars they show on TV are accurate. Movement is far more important, even if you throw 65.

Not only rain, but now all of western Kentucky and a lot of the rest of the state are under a slight risk for severe weather. Not looking good.

Probably a little of both. BE is a good young team - sophomore SS and freshman P stand out to me - but just looking at Mercy's record, they don't seem to be as strong as we're used to seeing. Looks like offense has been the main issue lately. All that matters is how they're playing in mid-May though.

Coaches do vote in college football. And most of them admit they don't see scores or know the details of the games of the teams they are voting for, and a lot of them pass that task off to SIDs. At least now their votes don't determine who plays for a title. It's hard to get too worked up about polls in HS sports when we settle it on the field. It would be nice to see the kids recognized for how they are playing on the field, but the easy answer to that is win and they won't be able to ignore you at the end, when it counts.

Ariel Dailey - Southern Indiana Caitlin Karo - UT-Martin

If anyone gets to play this weekend. AGAIN.

Signed seniors from Woodford County: Brooke Corum - Volunteer State Keely Moussette - Asbury Mandy Head - Union College Someone mentioned Caitlin Ferguson (junior) committed to Louisville. Woodford also has a couple of sophomores committed to schools as well and several more who should eventually play college ball.

At this point it's not even so much the rain but threat of severe weather. A lot of tomorrow's games will likely be canceled whether or not it's raining. And worst part is aside from a nice day on Saturday, next week is looking stormy too.

Weather is killing the softball season this year. Woodford hasn't played a varsity game since March 23rd. Supposed to play tomorrow but that will likely get rained out or canceled because of potential severe weather. It will be nearly 3 weeks before they hit the field again.

At the end of the day, regardless of whatever kind of season any team has, it can come down to 1 game. Anyone's game. I think Scott and Woodford the last couple years have played close games at region. I know last year even though it was a first round game that was the only close game Scott had to get to state. None of this really matters until May.

Wow that's back-to-back losses for #4 Ballard. Dunbar, then North Oldham.

The rankings are there, but they are linked where it says Coaches Poll March 24, 2015. It takes you to a pdf. I posted it in a thread earlier today. Kentucky Prep Softball Top 25 (March 24, 2015) 1. McCracken Co. (21) 465 2. Madisonville. (2) 413 3. Male 396 4. Ballard (1) 386 5. Scott County 384 6. Mercy 343 7. Woodford Co. 288 8. Owensboro Catholic 275 9. Union Co. 266 10. Anderson Co. 256 11. Meade Co. (1). 246 12. Assumption 190 13. Greenwood 185 14. Bullitt East 172 15. Central Hardin 169 16. Holy Cross 164 17. Daviess Co. 133 18. Christian Co. 127 19. Butler 124 20. Ashland 123 21. North Laurel. 87 22. Oldham Co. 79 23. East Jessamine. 75 24. Apollo. 71 25. Allen Co. 65 Others receiving votes: Green Co. 63, Boyd Co. 61, South Laurel 60, Livingston Central 43, Marshall Co. 43, Henderson Co. 41, Franklin Co. 39, Warren East 36, East Carter 34, South Warren 34, Rockcastle Co. 24, Graves Co. 24, Notre Dame 20, Boyle Co. 15, Highlands 11, Henry Clay 11, Clay Co. 10, Eastern 9, Taylor Co. 9, Gallatin Co. 8, UHA 8, Manual 7, Boone Co. 6, Muhlenberg 5, Barren Co. 5, Sacred Heart 4, GRC 4, PRP 4, LCA 4, Collins 4, Lafayette 4, LaRue Co. 3, Somerset 2.

Was not at the game but the story I heard from a couple of people was he argued a check swing third strike. After the third out, he came to get the bat and apparently said something to the ump as he bent over and got tossed. That's about all I know. Didn't see or hear any of it or why he felt the need to pull his team on what was probably a routine bad call, if that's the case. Unfortunate for the girls.

Friday's game was Woodford's 1st as well, other than an intersquad scrimmage on Wednesday. Took them a few games to hit because they just hadn't seen live pitching and they saw plenty of the best right off the bat. Have to give props to Woodford and Christian county's pitchers who dominated in an 8 inning scoreless tie in pool - each starter went the distance too. Fun weekend.

No they won it and I gave them props. Woodford simply did not have the extra pitching to hold the lead. The pitchers were pulled because they had nothing left. Not taking anything away from McCracken at all. Six games in one day to start the season is a bit much, regardless of depth. In a way I am glad the game ended in less than 7 innings for everyone's sake. But how it got out of hand was unfortunate.

What I heard they were missing their #1 pitcher. I heard a rumored reason why but I won't say because I don't know the truth.