The LINK nky Team of the Week for April 27-May 3 presented by Ortho Cincy is the Ludlow softball team.
A bonus for the Ludlow softball team is that they are now eligible for Team of the Season (TOS) for the spring sports season. Bellevue’s football team won TOS for the fall, Highlands swim and dive team winning TOS for the winter. The Ryle boys volleyball, Boone County boys track and field and Ludlow softball team were the first TOW winner in the spring sports season as the weekly nominations and winners will run through the end of May. A vote will follow for TOS when the spring sports season is wrapped up to determine the winner. Then we’ll turn to Team of the Year voting in the middle of June. Each TOS winner will receive a $500 scholarship that will go to an athlete of their choice and they will then be considered for Team of the Year (TOY).
For the team that is awarded TOY, online and print articles will again be published, a large commemorative plaque will be presented and the school will receive an additional $500 scholarship to be presented to the athlete of their choice at the end of the school year. The call for nominations, voting and winning announcement for each will follow the same format as the TOTW.
LUDLOW SOFTBALL
Ludlow’s 2-0 week earned them Team of the Week honors and have followed it up with two more wins this week to improve to 9-7 and riding a five-game winning streak.
In their 2-0 week last week, they dominated in wins over Calvary Christian (14-0) and Bellevue (17-4).
Miley Lay, Charlotte Burke and Abigail Chatt had multi-hit games in the win over Calvary, Burke and Chatt with three RBI, May with two.
In the win over Bellevue, Lay, Evie Orsua and Shelby Ralston had three hits each, Orsua with four RBI, Lay three and Ralston two with two doubles. Juliette Hansen also drove in three runs. Orsua struck out 13 in six innings in the circle for the victory.
They’ve followed it up with wins over St. Henry (21-6) and Calvary Christian (13-2). They return to action May 9 at Robertson County and host Williamstown on May 10.
Congratulations to our other nominees as well:Â St. Henry baseball, Dixie Heights baseball, Newport Central Catholic softball and Notre Dame Academy lacrosse.
Check for the LINK nky Team of the Week nominees for May 4-10 on the website in the sports section in the early part of next week!