tcat25

I agree those 4 are the top teams, but I'll put them in order. 1. Boyd 2. Greenup 3. Rowan 4. East Carter JMO

And would you mind sharing with us coach?

Greenup 5 Raceland 3 Russell 8 Lewis 4 Greenup 9 Russell 4

Ashland 6 Fairview 2 Boyd 15 Rose Hill 0 Boyd 8 Ashland 2

Mount Saint Joe has a good program. They were ranked in the top 25 in D3 most of the year and won their conference. Good luck!

Ashland got a very good outing from Sophmore pitcher Chase Adkins. He pitched 6 innings while allowing only 1 hit. Bias came in to close.

Perkins said in the paper today that they were just getting work in and breaking up games to get ready for the postseason.

Hard fought game by both teams, everytime Ashland had a lead Russell just battled back to tie the game up. Rigsby and Bias pitched for Ashland, and Dehoff and I think Hamilton pitched for Russell.

Witt has been hitting Kentucky pretty hard from what I've heard.

By the way, Ashlands pitching and defense held Boyd to only 3 runs. If they can play that way almost every game it gives them a chance to win no matter who is on the mound for the opponent. Thats the same for every team. If you can give yourself a chance to win, errors, bad hops and lucky ones could give you a chance because they happen every game.

And the romping was also against a Sophmore that Ashland brought up from JV just to pitch vs Boyd. I wouldn't say he's in their top 7 or 8 pitchers either.

I didn't see Boyd hitting Ashlands pitchers very well either.

Raceland has been coming into their own as of late, they started the season off struggling, but have really picked it up. East Carter has a very solid team and i look for both of these teams to be regional contenders come tourney time.

Costly mistakes???? You mean attempted steals and just getting caught stealing by a good throw?

And why is that? We've beaten a good Russell team twice, Boyd once, lost to a good Fairview team by 1 run with their ace on the hill, lost to a tough Lawrence County team who beat Boyd in a close game with their ace on the hill. I see Ashland competing with the big dogs in this area.

Look, I don't want people to think this win over Boyd puts Ashland as the favorite in the region or district or anything remotely close to that. Boyd is a good team but didn't hit and made some costly mistakes. Ashland made mistakes too but got some timely hitting. I just want to say that this region is closer and more competitive than most people believe.

Another timely hit by Ashland and this game was over in 7 too! Ashland had runners on 2nd and 3rd witht the game all tied up and Davis lined out to the second baseman.

Ashland threw their 2nd or 3rd pitcher, and came in with a sophmore (young) in relief. But did Branham give up the game winning hit? Yes i believe so.

Too young to compete? Hah!:ylsuper:

Ashland had some great pitching, solid defense, and very timely hitting to take down their cross town rivals Boyd County. Davis had a lead off triple in the bottom of the 8th and Wilcox ended up hitting him in with the bases loaded and 1 out.

Both teams played a pretty good game. Bourbon was up 5-2 early but Ashland battled back and took the lead. Bourbon had men on first and second with 2 outs in the bottom of the 7th and their #2 hitter who had hit the ball very well all game burnt the leftfielder to bring home the winning run.

In the infield Ashland has Fields Davis a senior at 3rd, Kris Bias a senior at SS, Robby Wilcox a senior at 2nd, Nick Jackson a sophmore at 1st, Cris Duvall a sophmore at catcher. The outfield is James Barber a senior in RF, Josh Miller a sophmore in CF, and Caleb Rigsby a junior in LF.

After a horrendous start vs Thomas Washington being mercy ruled in 5, Ashland bounced back to beat North Laurel 5-0 and a team from New York 5-4 in 9 innings. Apollo rolled over the Tomcats 2-14, then on the final day Ashland loses to the same team from New York 5-6 ending Ashlands trip on a sour note.

Some players got their invitations today, who all got invited?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tom_verducci/03/20/matsuzaka0326/index.html This isn't really about curve balls but I think it fits when talking about saving kids arms. American way? Or Matsuzaka way?