Wednesday, June 16, 2021

KHSAA Baseball Tournament

We are down to the quarter-finals at Legends Field in Lexington:

Wednesday, June 16:
Danville v. Lex. Lafayette
Collins v. McCracken Co.

Thursday, June 17:
Lyon Co. v. Whitley Co.
Hazard v. Lou. Trinity

McCracken County made the state semi-finals in every year from 2016 to 2019.  Here's what happened:

In 2016, St. X beat McCracken County 3-2 and went on to win the state tournament.

In 2017, Pleasure Ridge Park beat McCracken County 6-3 and went on to win the state tournament.

In 2018, Highlands beat McCracken County 4-3 and lost to St. X in the final.

In 2019, McCracken County beat Trinity 6-5 -- and then lost to Tates Creek 4-2 in the final.

10 comments:

  1. In the quarter-finals today, McCracken County beat Collins 13-2 in five innings.

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    1. One of the players for Collins is the son of a good friend, so I was quietly rooting for the Mustangs here.

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  2. Danville beats Lafayette 3-0. The Admirals will play McCracken County in the semi-finals on Friday.

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    1. Will be loudly rooting for McCracken against Danville on Friday.

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  3. Lyon County beats Whitley County 4 to 2, so the Lions are in the state semi-finals. This may be the most impressive run by a small school from Western Kentucky since Carlisle County played for the state basketball title in 1983.

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  4. It is the first time since 1970 that the First and Second Regions have both been represented in the state baseball semi-finals. I don't remember it ever happening in basketball.

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  5. Trinity beats Hazard 12-1 in six innings. So here are your semi-finals:

    Danville v. McCracken Co.
    Lyon Co. v. Lou. Trinity

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  6. Here's how the tournament ended:

    McCracken Co. 15, Danville 10
    Lou. Trinity 10, Lyon Co. 3
    Lou. Trinity 10, McCracken Co. 0 (5 innings)

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