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GRCs schedule will help them in Owensboro. Even when they lost, they were playing good teams. I think GRC wins this one, but expect it to be a low scoring 2 run margin. Just a hunch.

http://thetimestribune.com/sports/x1910026251/To-Be-Continued

From Corbin, .... Game was stopped with lightning delay. Top of the 7th, score tied 2-2, NL batting in the top of the 7th with 2 outs. Will be continued tonight (6-4). Looks like another real barnburner between these two!!!

Clay finished the postseason very strong. Congrats to the Tigers!

Good points. I thought McWhorter did a very good job with a young team in putting together a very solid season with a tough schedule. It may have been his best coaching job (2nd only to the job he did in the 2007 postseason when NL won the region and the first game of the semi-state vs Greenup County with a sub .500 team). I also think that Ledington did a very good job for the Hounds in his first season.

The only way that Clay could get Wright is to make him a very SWEET deal. He has a good deal at SL, but if Clay makes an even better offer, I am not sure what South could offer. Wright already has the best deal of any coach in any sport for either of the Laurel County schools. I don't see it happening, but I have been wrong before.

Solid season for the Jags, but it is tough to beat a team 3 times in one season. Congrats to the Redhounds on earning their spot in the regional finals.

Coach Roy Bowling. Old Roy won 4 state titles at Laurel County, went to Mercy for a few years than retired. Came out of retirement a few years ago and is coaching in Laurel County at North Laurel. Has rebuilt the program into being a competitive team the past few years. He brought Rex Fredericks, his long time assistant at Laurel Co and former NL head coach, out of retirement to coach along side him. I think he will retire for the final time in the next few years, but seems to still be enjoying it.

I am pleased to see South Laurel challenge Corbin for the title. That is a big step for the SL program, but the graduation of Walden will hurt them going into next season.

North snaps Meade County's 12 game winning streak. Megan Taylor has stepped up her play yet another level and the young Jags supporting her are finding their way at the plate and in the field.

From the Shelby County Lady Rocket Showcase http://thetimestribune.com/sports/x1414112485/Almost-Unhittable

10 straight regional titles is very impressive!!!

The kids deserve to have a nice facility whether they are state champions or not.

9 days ago, May 11th. Then the Jackets lost to Whitley County on the 13th and Russellville the 16th.

Shocker from the 13th (a few days late)

Congratulations!!!

EVERY school in the state has had a kid that has made mistakes. Mackey's problems are not a reflection on Scott County, the school, the basketball program or Coach Hicks. He has a solid program and I can't see him leaving it.

Booher is a terrific coach. Holmes should be very happy to have him. It will sure make NKY hoops even more exciting!!

http://thetimestribune.com/sports/x1414103804/Queen-of-Swing Emily Gaines breaks another state record. She now owns the records for: most hits career, most doubles season/career, most games consecutive with a hite (44 and counting), etc. On another local note, Megan Taylor also pitched another no hitter (only 1 hit batsmen away from her 4th perfect game this season). I know I am biased, but I would certainly love to see one of these young seniors win Miss Softball this year. They are very deserving candidates.

Yep, seniors only.

http://www.sentinel-echo.com/localsports/x334288769/The-New-Hit-Queen Gaines is only 2 games away from tying the state record for consecutive games with a hit. Interesting sidenote, when she broke the state record for career hits, she passed former North Laurel standout (and current assistant coach) Ali Ray, .. who also played at UK where Gaines has signed. At least they are keeping the record in the same county!!!

Who you got? For me, I will look at 2 local candidates. Emily Gaines - South Laurel - just set new state records for hits and doubles, UK signee, has hit in 41 consecutive games, impressive talent and great kid. Megan Taylor - North Laurel - Kentucky Gatorade POY for 2009, has 3 perfect games, .. this season (2 in a row), impressive player and great kid.

Can't list them all on here or in a PM, but here are a few. 1. He has a sweet deal at SL. Isn't in the classroom, makes good money, has been there a long time. It would take a pretty sweet deal for him to leave and I am not sure Clay could/would give that to him. 2. He defines the South Laurel program having been the only coach at SL. He was the coach at Laurel County before it became SL, but since it became SL in 1992, he has been living in noone's shadow. Granted that Laurel Co did win the 1981 state title, the full credit for that was not given to Coach Broughton, but Paul Andrews, Joe Karr and a stellar cast of solid players around them. Not too many years later, Broughton moved on and away from Laurel County. Bobby Keith is still there and casts a long shadow in Clay County. A coach who has done what Wright has done would probably not want to step out of his own shadow into someone elses. Real or not, that is the perception from many. Granted, it would not shock me to see Coach Wright leave after this past season. He loses a lot of talent, will have a young team next year, his son Eric graduated and a change would not be totally unexpected. IF he leaves (I am not saying it will happen), I just don't see it being Clay County.

It may have been when he was an assistant at Corbin. Not 12th region, but played a lot of those teams in the area.

I agree. It is a shame.