The All “A” state baseball and softball tournaments take place this weekend at Daviess County High School for baseball and Jack C. Fisher Park in Owensboro for softball. Beechwood’s baseball and softball teams are in it, as is Walton-Verona’s baseball team. BASEBALL Baseball will have all four quarterfinal games played on Saturday with the semifinals […]
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“2015” echoes again as Conner tops Cooper to claim No. 1 Seed in district tourney
The Conner players gathered in a tight circle after the final out, all eyes on head coach Shawn Sproles. One word cut through the celebration. “2015!” The response was immediate. Cheers echoing across the field. That marked the last time the Lady Cougars earned the No. 1 seed in the 33rd District Tournament. Eleven years […]
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Pioneers-Braves: a softball rivalry that defies logic
The Simon Kenton–Grant County softball rivalry refuses to obey the laws of probability. The ongoing series between 32nd District high school adversaries has become a back-and-forth tussle that has blurred the lines of expectations with its surprising results. “Our rivalry is like a box of chocolates,” Simon Kenton coach Chris Young said. “You never know […]
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Photos: Conner with a firm grip on the 33rd District after taking down Ryle in slugfest
The temperature may have been chilly, but the bats were hot. Conner’s softball team has a strangle-hold on the 33rd District after a 13-10 victory over Ryle on Monday night in Hebron, improving to 4-0 in district play. They now just need a win over Cooper on Wednesday or Ryle on May 1 to claim […]
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Dillon deals, or “Dills,” as Notre Dame cruises past Beechwood
Notre Dame pitcher Lucy Dillon spent her Tuesday evening dealing—or “Dilling”—and Beechwood couldn’t read the hand it was dealt. Dillon pitched a complete game, allowing just one hit and one run (zero earned) while walking one and striking out 14 of the 25 batters she faced in a 12-1 district seeding win for the Pandas […]
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Notre Dame unearths some diamond stars under new coaching staff
Mickie Terry-Snead is talking about the Notre Dame Academy softball team while being about as far away from her squad as possible. “We’re trying to make a run this year,” the coach said of last season’s Ninth Region tournament semifinalist. The Pandas were eliminated by a single run last year in a loss to eventual […]
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The Mustang who can do everything — and still get her sleep
Cold Spring has produced its share of athletes, but every once in a while, one comes along who seems to move through the world with a different operating system. That’s Rachel Shewmaker, Bishop Brossart’s all-around three-sport dynamo heading to Bellarmine University on a soccer scholarship. Shewmaker is currently tearing it up on the softball diamond […]
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Cooper claims inaugural Battle of Union softball trophy
Until next softball season, a new trophy has found a home at Cooper High School The Kentucky-shaped trophy, crafted from a bourbon barrel, bears a black plate reading “Battle of Union” along with the logos of Cooper and Ryle. It commemorates the first annual Battle of Union in softball and now belongs to the Lady […]
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The Patsels, one for Cooper softball and one for Ryle, set the table for Battle of Union
The first annual Battle of Union softball game on Monday pitting Cooper High School vs. Ryle rose out of an intense neighborhood rivalry. It’s also the product of some very creative coaching and enough trash talk to make a seasoned umpire blush. But this is where the story throws a curveball early in the count. […]
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Stubbornness and belief keep Campbell County softball knocking on 10th Region door
The Campbell County High School softball team lives in that tricky space between very good and not quite there yet. The Camels have been doing this for half a decade now — close enough to smell the regional trophy polish, far enough away that the scent still motivates. Last spring’s 8–0 loss to Harrison County […]
