Homestanding Bowling Green held off Warren East for an 8-7 baseball victory Monday.

Evan Schallert went 3-for-4 with a triple, Eli Kries was 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs, Landon Gilbert was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, Harrison Yates was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Grayson Newman tallied two RBIs and Markell Yates chipped in with an RBI for the Purples.

Trey Duff earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, striking out one batter.

Bowling Green (19-10) was scheduled to play at Barren County on Tuesday.

Carter Bessette was 2-for-3 with an RBI, William Alexander and Brenden Bratcher each went 2-for-4 with an RBI, Carson Choate, Trace Cunningham and Matthew Escalera notched one RBI apiece, and Kavien Hinton had a double for the Raiders in the loss.

Warren East (8-18) was set to visit Edmonson County on Tuesday.

South Warren 6, Adair County 5

Grey Pearson drove in two runs to help visiting South Warren earn a 6-5 win against Adair County on Monday.

Griffin Rardin went 2-for-4, Jaxen Decker tallied a double and an RBI, and Brandon Perkins and Ty Croghan each added an RBI for the Spartans.

Camden Page started on the mound and earned the win, allowing two runs (one earned) off two hits and a walk over five innings. He struck out four.

South Warren (23-7) was set to host Logan County on Tuesday.

Softball

Warren Central 5, McLean County 3

Parker Hawks went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs to pace host Warren Central to a 5-3 win against McLean County on Monday.

Shyanne Pasley was 2-for-3 with a triple, Haylie Baxter was 2-for-3 with an RBI, Adreana Salvador was 2-for-4 with an RBI, Adrianna Olivencia notched a double and an RBI, and Addison Walcher also added a double for the Lady Dragons.

Salvador earned the complete-game win after allowing three runs over seven innings. She struck out 18.

Warren Central (4-15) hosts Edmonson County on Thursday.

Bowling Green 10, Owensboro 7

Addison Darnall went 4-for-4 with a double and two RBIs to spark homestanding Bowling Green to a 10-7 win against Owensboro on Monday.

Emma Lindsey was 3-for-5 with three RBIs, Natalie Klein went 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs, Caroline Sharber drove in two runs and Amparo DeJesus finished with a double and an RBI.

Ansley Turner earned the win in relief, allowing one run over 3 1/3 innings. She struck out six.

Bowling Green (17-12) visits Franklin-Simpson on Thursday.

Warren East 18, Logan County 3

Kennedy Lawson went 4-for-4 with four RBIs to boost visiting Warren East to an 18-3 win in five innings against Logan County on Monday.

Lydia Jones was 2-for-4 with a double and five RBIs, Jordan Brooks went 3-for-4 with a double, Addison Lee was 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs, Autumn Brooks went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, Kaylee Jones was 2-for-2 with two RBIs, Tristen Lindsey went 2-for-4, Avery Gidcumb drove in two runs and Ashley Parson added an RBI for the Lady Raiders.

Lindsey pitched all five innings for the win, allowing three runs while striking out one.

Warren East (20-10) was scheduled to host Cumberland County on Tuesday.

Logan County (9-14) was set to visit Butler County on Tuesday.

ACS 12, Glasgow 3

Jacie Rice went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs to lift host Allen County-Scottsville to a 12-3 win against District 15 rival Glasgow on Monday.

Addison Ausbrooks was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Ally Anderson went 2-for-5 with an RBI, Payton Hopkins homered and drove in two runs, and Aubrey Williams also added an RBI for the Lady Patriots.

Ausbrooks earned the win after allowing three runs (one earned) over 4 2/3 innings. She struck out three. Brooklyn Oliver earned the save after pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts.

ACS (25-3 overall, 5-0 District 15) was slated to host district rival Barren County on Tuesday.

Gracie Walker tallied an RBI for Glasgow (5-17, 0-6), which was set to visit Edmonson County on Tuesday.

Ohio County 5, Butler County 2

Visiting Butler County dropped a 5-2 decision to Ohio County on Monday.

Madison Jones went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs, and Emmalin Mode also notched a double for the Lady Bears in the loss.

Butler County (8-22) was scheduled to host Logan County on Tuesday.

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The Bowling Green girls’ lacrosse team overcame a slow start to remain unbeaten and claim the Region 1 crown with a 12-6 win over South Warren in Monday’s championship game at Bowling Green Junior High School.

Bowling Green (11-0) overcame a slow start with a dominant second half to win the first ever KHSAA Region 1 title and earn a home game in the opening round of the state tournament.

“I’m really proud of the way the girls played,” BG coach Lisa Correa said. “We got down a little bit early and they just kept fighting. We made a few adjustments and I think that really helped out on the field.”

Bowling Green took a 1-0 lead in the first minute on a goal from Piper Morton, but South Warren (8-7) quickly answered with two goals from Jordynn Brooks to take the lead midway through the first quarter.

Katie Blair White tied the score with her first goal of the night, but the Spartans were able to move back in front 3-2 when Lauren Hamilton scored off an assist from Honette Irakiza late in the first.

The Spartans opened the second with two goals from Carly Scarborough in a 46-second span to give South Warren a 5-2 advantage with 10:49 left in the first half. The flurry prompted a timeout from Correa.

“I think they were just too excited,” Correa said. “We made some defensive adjustments and that really helped. They scored five in the first half and one in the second. I have to credit the defense to that change. They really stepped up.”

BG’s comeback began with goals from White and Boyd in a 24-second span midway through the second quarter. The score remained 5-4 until right before halftime when White was able to beat the clock and tie the score with 1.7 seconds remaining.

“One person gets it going and I feel like that fires up everyone else on the team,” White said. “We all build off each other and gain confidence that way. Once we get going our team feeds off the energy and it gets easier to score.”

Bowling Green was able to take that momentum into the second half. Macy Lindsey scored twice to push the lead to 8-5. After Scarborough scored her third goal of the night to trim the deficit to two, Bowling Green scored four goals in the final three minutes of the third – including White beating the horn again with a goal with 2.8 seconds left in the quarter.

The Lady Purples added one more goal from Boyd in the opening minutes of the fourth.

White finished with five goals for Bowling Green, while Boyd added four goals.

Scarborough’s three-goal night led South Warren.

“We played our best in that first half and unfortunately we just blew it,” South Warren coach Dionna Bartos said. “They came back with the lead and we couldn’t get our ground back up.

“I definitely believe in my girls. We have a shot. They definitely proved it tonight in the first half. We’ve been working hard and I am grateful to have the opportunity to keep pursuing in the playoffs.”

Both teams advance to the state tournament. South Warren will play at Mercy Academy, while Bowling Green host DuPont Manual.

“They’ve got four seniors that are a force,” Correa said. “We will see how we do on Wednesday and I think they are going to be excited to host.”

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The South Warren boys’ lacrosse team finally got a chance to show what it could look like at full strength – the result was a resounding 20-3 win over Greenwood in the Region 1 championship on Monday at Bowling Green Junior High.

South Warren (6-5) had a balanced attack, with a trio of players scoring five goals and a suffocating defense to cruise to the win. The Spartans previously competed as a club team but now are in the record books as the program’s first ever KHSAA region title winner.

“It means a lot for this program,” South Warren coach Dale Bird said. “These kids have worked hard starting from middle school now into high school. We’ve been club for seven years and now finally having this opportunity, it feels great.

“They really worked through adversity this year. They battled through injuries. It was a difficult season trying to fit guys into places they typically don’t play. I think that made us stronger and better as a team.”

Haydon Bird, who had five goals in the win, was one of the players finally back on the field.

“This is our first game where everybody that was on the roster at the start is in the game,” Haydon Bird said. “I broke my collarbone right before the start of the season, then we just got the injury bug. All that time over the two months we just healed up and got ready for this.”

South Warren, which beat Greenwood 7-2 and 9-5 in the regular season, set the tone with a strong first quarter – and built from there.

Greenwood (8-5) took a 1-0 lead 61 seconds in on a goal from Hunter Herman, before South Warren took control. The Spartans scored four times in an 84-second span – including a pair of goals from Mason Black – to surge in front 4-1 less than two minutes in.

Kerrick Hanlon’s goal with 6:35 left in the first quarter trimmed the deficit to 4-2, but South Warren closed the first with three goals – two from Bird – to push the margin to 7-2.

Bird opened the scoring less than a minute into the second, his fourth of the day, as the Spartans continued to pull away – building a 13-2 halftime lead.

The run continued in the second half, with South Warren adding six more goals in the third. Meyer Gable’s goal in the fourth completed a 16-0 run by the Spartans, with Greenwood’s Jacob Gray capping the scoring.

Bird, Black and Sid Stewart finished with five goals each for South Warren.

“When there are pieces missing to the puzzle that are valuable to the team, I think people underestimate what that actually makes your team,” Dale Bird said. “We showed that today.”

Both teams advance to the state tournament on Wednesday.

Greenwood will play at DuPont Manual, while South Warren will host DeSales.

“The big talking point this week was to ensure that we get to play at home,” Dale Bird said. “Last year with district we didn’t get to due to some field conditions and that was unfortunate. This year to be able to play on our home field is an awesome advantage that we hope to utilize.”

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South Warren junior Layla Ogden has put up jaw-dropping numbers at the plate for the Spartans this season.

The Western Kentucky commit leads the state in both home runs and runs batted in this season — and her work with the bat isn’t even necessarily Ogden’s most important role for the Spartans.

The right-hander is part of a lethal 1-2 pitching combination in the circle for South Warren this season, joining sophomore Courtney Norwood to give the Spartans a formidable pair of arms who have combined for a 23-3 record so far this season.

It’s as a pitcher that most interested WKU in Ogden, but she’s determined to make them take notice of her abilities with a bat in her hand as well. It’s a case she continues to make exceedingly well since committing to WKU in the fall.

“I’ve grown up hitting and pitching my whole life,” Ogden said. “I love pitching, I love hitting. Sometimes I like one more than the other when I’m doing better in one, but I think it’s just a good mix. I think I’m a pretty good pitcher and hitter, and I work at it all the time. I probably spend two hours a day just pitching and hitting. It’s hard, but I want to hit and pitch in college so I just put the work in.

“We’ve been talking about hitting and pitching — that’s why I committed to Western, because I wanted to hit and pitch. The coaches have been so welcoming and I’ve always been a WKU fan, since I was like two months old. My mom works there, so it’s like literally home. I’ve known those coaches since I was little at the WKU camps. That was my first camp I’ve ever been to, so I bleed red. That’s literally my second home.”

Ogden topped the KHSAA state leaderboard as of Monday morning with 17 home runs this season, with teammate McLaine Hudson tied for second with Oldham County’s Jozie Lashley with 16 homers.

Ogden is four ahead of Lashley in RBIs with 56 so far this season. Ogden, batting .522 this season, also has 10 doubles.

“Layla has been on fire offensively this year,” South Warren coach Kelly Reynolds said. “She’s just a strong girl. She’s worked hard in the offseason and then everything’s been kind of coming into place for her right now. We just need her to keep going strong through the end of the season and the postseason.”

The eye-popping RBIs — Ogden is just short of averaging an RBI each game for the Spartans — are a by-product of South Warren’s ultra-productive lineup.

“Layla bats third in our lineup,” Reynolds said. “We’ve shifted her around a little bit. She was fourth and then we moved her up to third. She generates a lot of power and a lot of strength. It’s nice when the two runners in front of her get on so she can build up those RBIs.”

Hudson, a Kentucky commit, leads the state in runs with 61 and fellow junior Kinleigh Russell is sixth with 48 runs scored this year — rest assured, a good many times both of them were driven in by Ogden.

“It just feels like my work has paid off throughout the preseason,” Ogden said. “It just feels nice, leading the state in those categories. And I wouldn’t be leading the state in RBIs if my teammates weren’t getting on base.”

The home runs are more of a solo effort of Ogden, who has shown off easy power throughout her high school career — she has 42 career homers since making her varsity debut back in 2021.

“I would say I’m a power hitter,” Ogden said. “I mean, I don’t feel like I hit home runs every at-bat. I’m just trying to hit line drives, and those line drives turn into home runs. That’s what we all talk about as a team.”

The Spartans have used Ogden at both first base and third base at times during her career, but Reynolds admitted she’s so valuable in the circle that it’s hard to put her anywhere else on the field even though she has the lateral speed and agility to do so.

That athleticism is something Reynolds thinks WKU will have to consider when Ogden joins the program in 2026 after graduating from South Warren.

“I really think they may look at some way to get her in offensively too,” Reynolds said. “In college you don’t see a whole lot of pitchers that are hitters as well, but I think in Layla’s case she could definitely be a benefit for them offensively as well.”

In the circle, Ogden continues to dominate opposing lineups. She is 9-1 in 11 starts for the Spartans, posting a stellar 1.36 ERA through 56 2/3 innings with 72 strikeouts.

Ogden has played a huge role in South Warren (26-3) maintaining the No. 1 spot in the Kentucky Softball Coaches Association state poll and building KHSAA’s top RPI (.70253) number as of Monday.

The postseason is just two weeks away, and the Spartans have high expectations. Among them is a return trip to the Region 4 tournament, hosted at the WKU Softball Complex — Ogden’s future home field. South Warren is the defending region champions.

“It’s so surreal that I’m going to be playing there,” Ogden said. “When we go to region, I feel it a little bit but I feel like when I step on campus and play for them it’s going to be amazing because I’m a big fan.”

Right now, Ogden is focused on helping South Warren reach its ultimate goal of winning the program’s first-ever state championship. This close-knit group of Spartans is the squad Ogden believes can do just that.

“Our No. 1 goal is to win state,” Ogden said. “We’ve gotten close a couple years and we just want to finish.”

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South Warren wrapped up a solid weekend in the Best of the West softball tournament with a pair of wins Saturday at Buchanan Park.

The Spartans topped Boyd County 10-0 in five innings and beat Meade County 10-0 in six innings to go 3-0 in the event.

Against Boyd County, Spartans starting pitcher Layla Ogden fired five shutout innings to improve to 9-1 this season. The Western Kentucky commit allowed just one hit and no walks while striking out seven batters to earn the complete-game win. Ogden has allowed no runs over her past 18 innings pitched, allowing just four hits and no walks while striking out 26. Ogden added a double at the plate.

Kaylee Wilson went 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs, Hayden Holloway was 2-for-2 with a solo home run, McLaine Hudson went 2-for-3 and also had a solo homer, Kinleigh Russell was 2-for-3 with a triple and a double, and Parker Willoughby added an RBI.

South starting pitcher Courtney Norwood fired six perfect innings against Meade County, allowing no hits or walks while fanning 11 to earn the complete-game win.

Russell was 3-for-4 with two triples and two RBIs, Jenna Lindsey went 2-for-3 with an RBI, Ogden was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Willoughby was 2-for-4 with an RBI, Holloway drove in two runs and Wilson also notched an RBI.

South Warren (26-3) is at LaRue County on Thursday.

ACS 13, Apollo 3

Allen County-Scottsville went 2-1 in the Best of the West tournament Saturday at Buchanan Park, beating Trigg County 11-0 in five innings and Apollo 13-3 in six innings while dropping a 13-2 decision in five innings to Oldham County.

Ally Anderson was 10-for-10 at the plate for the day, tallying two triples, two doubles and six singles while scoring six runs and driving in four. Payton Hopkins tallied a triple, two doubles and a pair of RBIs, Addison Ausbrooks had a pair of doubles, Jacie Rice tallied two doubles and four RBIs, Brooklyn Oliver notched a double and four RBIs, Shiloh Knievel had a double and two RBIs, Aubrey Williams had a double and an RBI, Maddie Gray drove in two runs and Kensley Byrn added an RBI.

Oliver worked four innings and combined with Byrn on the shutout win against Trigg. Ausbrooks pitched three innings to earn the win against Apollo.

ACS (24-3) hosts District 15 rival Glasgow on Monday.

Baseball

Greenwood 15, Metcalfe County 0

Host Greenwood rolled to a 15-0 win in four innings against Metcalfe County on Saturday.

Nathan Howard was 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs, Chaze Huff went 2-for-2 with a homer and two RBIs, Zachary Davis was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Andrew Jolly connected for a double and drove in two runs, Rylan Graves finished with two RBIs, and Easton Talley, Ryan Loiars and Canon Jaggers each notched an RBI in the win.

Jolly and Loiars combined on a one-hit shutout. Jolly started and got the win, allowing no runs off one hit and four walks while striking out one.

Greenwood (23-6) visits Franklin-Simpson on Tuesday.

Bowling Green 8, Russell County 3

Visiting Bowling Green scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to earn an 8-3 win in extra innings against Russell County on Saturday.

Drew Isenberg was 3-for-4 with two stolen bases and an RBI, Landon Gilbert went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two stolen bases, Logan Johnson and Luke Idlett each went 2-for-5, Andru Jones notched a double and two RBIs, and Grayson Newman and Evan Schallert each drove in a run for the Purples.

Johnson got the win after pitching four innings of relief, allowing one run off two hits and one walk while striking out two.

Earlier Saturday at Russell County, BG dropped a 2-1 decision to Elizabethtown. The Purples were held to just one hit – a triple by Isenberg. Gilbert took the loss after pitching six innings, allowing two runs off three hits and four walks while fanning three.

Bowling Green (18-10) is home to face Warren East on Monday.

Barren County 6, Daviess County 5

Homestanding Barren County swept a doubleheader against Daviess County, winning 11-0 in five innings and claiming a 6-5 win on Saturday.

Sutton Hyde went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs in the Trojans’ mercy-rule win. Axel Dysholm was 2-for-3 with two RBIs, JP Hyde went 2-for-3 with an RBI, Gavin Coffey drove in a pair of runs, Wyatt Alexander and Jordan Harris each notched an RBI, and Cameron Crawford tallied a double.

Junior starting pitcher Colten Wilson fired a one-hit shutout for the complete-game win, striking out six.

Coffey drove in three runs in the Trojans’ 6-5 win. JP Hyde was 2-for-3, and Sutton Hyde and Crawford each picked up an RBI.

JP Hyde got the win with two scoreless innings of relief, striking out two.

Barren County (20-8) visits Taylor County on Monday.

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In the boys’ competition, the Raiders scored 218 points to outpace runner-up Edmonson County (100). Warren Central (93) was third, followed by Logan County (89), Franklin-Simpson (69), Barren County (42), Foundation Christian Academy (13) and Adair County (5).

Warren East’s girls scored 184 points to lead the field. Franklin-Simpson (95) was next, followed by Logan County (92), Warren Central (72), Edmonson County (58), Barren County (46) and Adair County (34).

Jereme Lee won both the 110-meter hurdles (16.77 seconds) and 300 hurdles (44.18) to lead the Raiders. East’s boys’ squad also got individual wins from Jacob Dockery in the 400 (52.59), Sean Root in the 3,200 (11:02.86), Dane Parsley in the high jump (5 feet, 10 inches), Logan Boyer in the pole vault (10-6) and Damontre Barnett in the shot put (44-08).

East also won three boys’ relays. Lee, Parsley, Diego Monge and Zackary Burton won the 400 relay (44.85), Sincere Smith teamed with Monge, Parsley and Dockery to win the 800 relay (1:33.48), and Smith, Nolan Hudnall, Lee and Dockery took first in the 1,600 relay (3:48.79).

Edmonson got an individual win from Ashton Johnson in the 1,600 (4:42.46) and the Wildcats’ Aidan Meredith, Jack Browning, Landon Franich and Johnson combined to win the 3,200 relay (8:31.10).

Yahya Omar won the 800 (2:14.00) for Warren Central’s lone first-place finish.

Logan County’s Nicholas Blann won three events – the 200 (23.63) the long jump (21-02) and the triple jump (44-10.5). Franklin-Simpson’s Brody Perry took first in the 100 (11.37) and Barren County’s Greyson Billingsley won the discus (135-8).

In the girls’ meet, Warren East got individual wins from Haley Wilson in the 3,200 (15:46.78), Brelynn Wardlow in the high jump (5-4), Alison Smith in the pole vault (7-6) and Delilah Martter in the discus (111-02). The Lady Raiders’ Nakaiyia Cartwright, Kendall Meeks, Emma Wilson and Candace Pride teamed up to take first in the 1,600 relay (4:49.68).

Runner-up Franklin-Simpson got individual wins from Lyniah Brown in the 100 (12.84) and Kaelyn Halmon in the 200 (27.70). The Lady Wildcats’ Halmon, Annaya Layne, Jania Lane and Brown combined to win the 400 relay (52.13) and 800 relay (1:51.88).

Logan County had two multiple-event winners. Cleo Bragard took first in both the 100 hurdles (16.14) and 300 hurdles (50.28), while Nia Scipio won both the long jump (15-6) and triple jump (34-2).

Warren Central’s Aaliyah Bowman won the 400 (1:05.08) and Barren County’s Riley Wilson took first in the shot put (30-03.5).

Edmonson County’s quartet of Mollie Johnson, Cariann Williams, Leilani Powell and Bailey Ferguson took first in the 3,200 relay (11:02.47).

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SCOTTSVILLE – Allen County-Scottsville sophomore Payton Hopkins lived the dream of many a ballplayer Thursday.

The Lady Patriots’ starting second baseman walloped a walk-off, two-run home run to lift her team to a a 3-2 comeback victory against visiting District 15 rival Warren East.

It was the team-leading 11th homer of the season for Hopkins, but none have been bigger than the shot she launched against the Lady Raiders.

“Kids, they grow up putting themselves in that situation,” ACS softball coach Brad Bonds said. “That’s something they dream of doing. She’ll replay that in her life for a long time, that one moment. And you’re building these memories as a young student of the game. I’m very proud for her Payton in that moment.”

Down 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh, ACS (22-2 overall, 4-0 District 15) got a one-out rally going when Jacie Rice reached first on a hit-by-pitch. That brought up Hopkins, who crushed a pitch for a blast over the fence in right-center field.

There’s still plenty of time left, but Hopkins couldn’t think of a bigger hit – so far – in her high school career.

“No, I don’t think so,” Hopkins said. “I’ve never hit a walk-off like that, and that was a very important one.”

Hopkins’ home run salvaged the day for the Lady Patriots, who struggled to accomplish much against Lady Raiders starting pitcher Tristen Lindsey. The sophomore right-hander, who held the potent ACS lineup to five hits, was backed by a rock-solid defense that produced a highlight-reel catch in the bottom of the fifth.

East senior center fielder Kenzie Upton made delivered that defensive gem with a full-out sprint to chase down Rice’s leadoff shot deep to the fence. – Upton chased down the drive before slamming into a fence pole. The impact knocked the wind out of Upton, who held onto the ball to record the out.

The next inning, it was Upton’s turn to get victimized when she was robbed of a base hit. ACS left fielder Shiloh Knievel made a diving catch of Upton’s sinking liner for another stellar defensive play.

The Lady Patriots opened the scoring in the bottom of the third when ACS starting pitcher Addison Ausbrooks helped her own cause with an RBI single to center. That was nearly enough offense for the junior right-hander, who held Warren East (19-7, 2-4) to just five hits.

The Lady Raiders knotted the score when Kynleigh Barrick, who led off with a single, came around to score on a wild pitch.

East pushed ahead the next inning when Kaylee Jones reached on a three-base error before Jordan Brooks came through with a two-out RBI single.

ACS threatened in the fifth, but left two runners on – the Lady Patriots had eight stranded base runners in all.

“I do not feel like we hit the ball well,” Bonds said. “A lot of that is attibuted to Lindsey from Warren East. I thought she pitched a great game. She kept us off balance, she spun the ball pretty good. Defensively they are really, really good and we talk about that. They don’t make mistakes defensively, so you have to square the ball up and that’s just something we didn’t do tonight. And we have been doing that, it’s just one of those nights. But fortunately for us, we were able to scratch out a win.

“Ausbrooks through a really good game. Defensively, we worked ourselves out of a few situations. We weren’t necessarily clean, but we worked ourselves out of them and gave ourselves a chance.”

Ausbrooks got the complete-game win, allowing two runs (one earned) off five hits and no walks. Ausbrooks added a 2-for-3 day at the plate, joining Hopkins (2-for-3) as ACS’s lone multiple-hit producers.

Lindsey, who tallied a double for East’s lone extra-base hit, took the loss.

“It’s a strong district,” Lady Raiders coach Jennifer Brooks said. “Coming into it, we had won one against them and they’s won one against us so we were looking to see how it would be tonight before we go into district (tournament) play in a couple weeks.

“I think after this game, we’ve got some things to work on but we’re not hanging our heads and getting down and out. Tristen pitched a great game, Kenzie made a heckuva catch in the outfield.”

East was slated to host Oldham County on Friday. ACS has three game scheduled for Saturday’s Best of the West tournament at Buchanan Park in Bowling Green. The Lady Patriots will face Trigg County, Apollo and Oldham County in the event.

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WP: Ausbrooks. LP: Lindsey.

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