Louisa, Ky. — In a game that started on Tuesday night at 8:00 and the last out was recorded at 6:42 on Friday night all Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner could do was exhale as his Bulldogs won the 60th District title for the third straight season and final time with a 13-5 over Pike Co. Central ( 20-16 ).
The Dawgs ( 22-11 ) scored three in the first, three in the second, four in the third and one in the fourth before the game was halted because of weather on Tuesday night with LC up 11-4 headed to the 5th inning. After two days of rainouts the teams met back at Randy Keeton field to finish what they started.
Bryce Blevins went the first four innings allowing two earned runs on nine hits and struck out two. Blevins also helped himself at the plate with a single and three RBIs. Blake Jordan who made two terrific plays on Tuesday night in right field would go the final three in the mound allowing one run on two hits and struck out five Hawks.
Brad Parks had a triple scored a run and drove in three, Jackson Feltner had three RBIs and one hit, Austin Roe singled and was on base four times and his courtesy runner Lucas Maynard came around to score all four times, CJ Fairchild doubled, scored two runs and drove in three. Tyler Maynard had two hits, scored twice and had one RBI, Trace Bowen scored twice and Kade Sword had a single and scored two runs.
Both teams will advance to the 15th Region tournament that will be held at Pike Co. Central starting next week with the draw coming Sunday at 2:00.
LCHS head coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Very proud of our kids for winning our program’s third straight district championship. Coming into this season, based on what we lost to graduation in 2016, not sure many people would’ve picked us to defend it. Then add to that some key injuries and other things that happened thru the season, it’s a huge testimony to our kids. It’s been a great run thru this season watching a lot of young guys step up into key roles. I believe in the value of ‘team’ and things these young men can learn that will help them out in adulthood.”
“…Can’t say enough about the leadership I’ve seen Brad Parks demonstrate all season long. Each time someone else went down he seemed to elevate his level of play in every facet of the game. Austin Roe has put together an absolutely amazing season as well, both offensively and defensively behind the plate.”
“…Hosting the District this week proved to be a major challenge. Our guys were coming in twice a day for multiple days, putting the tarp on and pulling the tarp as well as working on the field. It’s a very resilient group and they were able to still keep their focus and perform on the field when it mattered.”
“…Our two young pitchers (CJ Fairchild and Bryce Blevins) both pitched well this week and put us in position to win our District again. Due to the championship game being suspended we had to go to our bullpen to finish the finals. Junior Blake Jordan stepped up an gave us exactly what we needed, going 3 innings and striking out 5. He was as sharp as he’s been all year tonight. He also played exceptional defensively this week in right field making 3 really nice diving plays. Hopefully he, along with everyone else, is playing their best ball right now and can put us in position to make a run next week to get back to Lexington.”
