Owensboro Catholic wins in State Softball
The 2012 Rawlings/KHSAA Fast-Pitch Softball State Tournament will get underway at 5 p.m. CT (6 ET) at Jack C. Fisher Park in Owensboro.
With four fields surrounding the press box, I’ll do my best to keep you up to date on what’s happening. (See below!)
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Today’s (Thursday’s) schedule opens with Nicholas County facing Estill County; Boyle County versus Oldham County; North Laurel against Ashland Blazer; and Christian County taking on Ryle.
Late games, scheduled for 7 CT, have Mercy against Bullitt East; Scott County versus Greenwood; Owensboro Catholic facing Johnson Central; and Lone Oak tackling Green County.
The double-elimination tournament continues Friday, starting at 9 a.m. CT (10 ET). Saturday, play begins at 9 a.m. CT, with the winners’ bracket champion taking on the losers’ bracket survivor at 1 p.m. If necessary, a second game would immediately follow.
Score updates
Scott County and Greenwood are just about to get underway.
Meanwhile, Mercy leads Bullitt East 2-1 through one inning; Owensboro Catholic leads Johnson Central 1-0 in the second; while Lone Oak and Green County are scoreless in the third.
* Greenwood leads Scott County 1-0 through three complete innings.
Johnson Central and Owensboro Catholic are tied 1-1 through five complete.
Mercy is battering Bullitt East 12-1 in the third.
Lone Oak and Green County are tied 2-2 in the sixth.
* Mercy has finished off a 16-1 rout of Bullitt East.
* Greenwood adds a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth and goes on to beat Scott County 3-0.
* Owensboro Catholic edges Johnson Central 2-1, and Lone Oak tops Green County 4-3.
Early games
Boyle County 1B K.K. Davis takes the throw for the first out in the Lady Rebels' game against Oldham County.
North Laurel is the first team to score in the tournament, taking a 1-0 lead over Ashland Blazer through one inning.
* Boyle County strikes for a run in the bottom of the second inning and leads Oldham County 1-0. The Rebels used two walks, an error and a hit to score. Hannah Chadwell drew a two-out bases-loaded walk for the RBI.
On other fields, Nicholas County and Estill County are scoreless in the fourth, as are Ryle and Christian County. North Laurel still leads Ashland 1-0.
* Ashland Blazer has rallied to tie North Laurel 1-1 on McKenzie Vanover’s RBI single in the third inning. Play is now in the fourth inning.
* Boyle County is holding on to a 1-0 lead over Oldham County in the fourth inning. Nicholas County and Estill County remain scoreless in the sixth, while Ryle and Christian County are 0-0 in the fifth. Ashland Blazer and North Laurel are still tied 1-1, heading to the fifth.
* Nicholas County pushed a pair of runs across in the top of the sixth to break a scoreless tie against Estill County. Ryle and Christian County remain scoreless in the fifth. Boyle County leads Oldham County 1-0 in the middle of the fourth. And Ashland Blazer remains tied with North Laurel, 1-1, through five complete.
* Boyle County scored three runs to increase its lead to 4-0 over Oldham County through four complete innings.
Ryle also has broken through, taking a 1-0 lead over Christian County in the sixth.
North Laurel scored twice to take a 3-1 lead over Ashland Blazer in the middle of the sixth.
Nicholas County leads Estill County 2-0 in the seventh.
* Estill County rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh, capped by Shelby Arthur’s two-run, two-out walkoff double, to edge Nicholas County 3-2.
Meanwhile, North Laurel closed out a 3-1 victory over Ashland Blazer, and Ryle claimed a 1-0 victory over Christian County.
Boyle County leads Oldham County 4-1 in the middle of the sixth.
* Boyle County closed out a 4-1 victory over Oldham County, completing the round of four early games.
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