Three more district champions were crowned on Tuesday in Northern Kentucky.
Here’s how the action unfolded:
32nd District Championship
Simon Kenton 5, Grant County 0
Lauren McIntosh pitched a complete game four-hitter and struck out 14 Grant County batters as the Lady Pioneers ended Grant County’s five year reign as district champs.
The Lady Pioneers (19-11) took advantage of an error, two walks and a wild pitch to plate two runs in the bottom of the third.
They added a run in the fifth on a Alli Fowler RBI single and two runs in the sixth on a Scarlett Cochran sacrifice fly RBI and a McIntosh RBI groundout. In McIntosh’s complete game, she tossed 92 pitches, 71 of them for strikes and faced only three batters over the minimum.
Grant County’s(8-22) Calleigh Hammons limited to Simon Kenton to just three hits in five innings, but five walks ended up catching up to her.
Both teams advance to the 8th Region tournament set to begin on Sunday. Simon Kenton will host their quarterfinal contest with the semifinals and championship to be played at the University of Louisville.
35th District Championship
Notre Dame 11, Holy Cross 1 (6 innings)
After taking down Holmes earlier in the day to complete a suspended game from Monday, the Pandas earned their second run rule victory of the tournament in winning their 13th straight district title.
The Pandas (12-11) led 9-1 after three and tallied 12 hits in the contest. They had 22 runners reach base and got multi-hit games from six different players.
Syndey Sheely, Brigid Zekl, Addison Zinser, Rosemary Kunkel, Annie Lawrie and Charlotte Berger all collected two hits apiece for the Pandas. Zekl drove in three runs, Kunkel and Lawrie with two.
Lucy Dillon picked up the win in the circle, tossing six innings of five-hit ball and walked just one while striking out seven.
Holy Cross (7-19) was led by Paige Lachmann and Madison Urlage at the plate with two hits apiece, Urlage driving in the lone run.
Both teams now await the 9th Region tournament draw on Friday. Notre Dame will host their quarterfinal matchup while Holy Cross will play on the road, looking to defend their region title. The semifinals and championship round are played at Thomas More.
37th District Championship
Bishop Brossart 4, Campbell County 1
Anna Bezold kept a high-powered Campbell County offense in check as the Lady ‘Stangs won their first district title since 2016 and snapped the Camels district title streak at eight.
Bezold allowed just two hits, struck out six and walked four in the complete game effort.
Brossart (23-11) collected six hits, Rachel Shewmaker leading the way with two as they were aided by four Campbell County errors, giving them three unearned runs.
The Lady ‘Stangs plated two in the first and two in the second, Bezold doing the rest. The two runs in the first came via errors while Shewmaker’s RBI single in the second made it 3-0, an error on the same play making it 4-0.
Campbell County (21-8) made it 4-1 in the fourth on Mallory Fleckenstein’s fielder’s choice RBI. The Camels failed to get a runner to third base in the final three innings.
Both teams advance to the 10th Region tournament, slated to begin on Monday at Bracken County.