Class 2A State Runner-Up
L to R Standing Steve Blevins, Matt Maynard, Jackie Holt, Blake Prater, Abner Collinsworth, Dylan Whitt, Nick Collinsworth, Ford Scaggs, Luke Patton, Grover Maynard, Will Lafferty, Eli Fletcher, Joey Moore, Hunter Crum, Julius Music, Travis Feltner
L to R Front Cooper Smith, Logan Whisenant, Ryan Marcum, Cody Crum, Blue Fletcher, Bryce Blevins, Talon Pollack, Jake Derifield, Mason Preston
Bryce Blevins suffered the loss on the mound, Luke Patton homered and singled, drove in one and scored once, Eli Fletcher singled and scored a run.
Lawrence Co. 9 Christian Academy-Louisville 7 ( Saturday )
Luke Patton hit a two out grand slam to give the Dawgs a 8-7 lead in the top of the seventh inning and Bryce Blevins closed out the victory with a scoreless inning to put Lawrence Co. in the championship game.
Blue Fletcher recorded the win in relief by going 1 and 2/3 innings and Blevins for the save.
Patton led the way with three hits, the grand slam a double and four runs batted in, Blue Fletcher collected two hits, Blevins doubled and drove in one, Mason Preston had a RBI single, Will Lafferty singled, drove in one and scored twice, Nick Collinsworth singled and scored once, Grover Maynard and Eli Fletcher had an RBI and scored a run each, Abner Collinsworth and Ryan Marcum scored a run each.
The Bulldogs will have a busy week beginning Monday at home versus Ashland, Wednesday at home against Huntington ( W. Va. ) and then travel to Grayson to face East Carter.
Class 2A All Tournament
Luke Patton, Bryce Blevins, Blue Fletcher
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Very proud of our boys. Huge step for our program. We take a lot of pride in the 2A
To play for a state championship is a remarkable fete. Our boys battled through plenty of adversity just to get there.”
“…The semi-final match up with CAL had a lot of big moments. We kind of shot ourself in the foot several times offensively and defensively early to fall behind. And it just had that feel that we were going to strike for a big inning eventually. Baseball is timeless and that 7th inning proved out.
Luke Patton had one of the biggest clutch hits in the history of our program with the go ahead grand slam. But man there were so many huge at bats to lead up to that moment as well.”
“… We fell short in the championship game. We certainly did not perform to the level we expected to, but I have to give all credit to Paducah Tilghman. They are really good and out played us that night.”
“… So proud of our kids for their fight and competitive spirit and excited to move on to the home stretch of our season.”
