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Fillies have 19 hits in 12-4 win over Nicholas CountyBy Mike Aldridge, sports writer

The Nicholas County Lady Jackets came to Shirley Field on Tuesday night with a spotless 16-0 record having beaten all of the usual power teams in the region. All except one that is, the Harrison County Fillies.

The Fillies went on a hitting frenzy on this night with 19 hits, three doubles and 16 singles, to tally 12 runs in the intense battle that always takes place between the rivals.

Nicholas County scored in the first when starter Tracey Hicks walked lead off batter, Megan Bretz, and with two outs McKenzie Hopkins doubled to score Bretz with the first run.

Pitcher Emily Curran then singled Hopkins home and the Lady Jackets were up 2-0 after only one at bat.

The lead stood until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Fillies had six singles and a Sydney Motell double to score six runs.

Harrison County sent 10 players to bat in this inning.

Nicholas County rallied in the fifth off eighth grade pitcher Jami Davis who had replaced Hicks.

Reesa Martin led off with a single, advanced to sec-ond on a passed ball and scored on Hopkins’ single.

After Curran’s struck out, Shelby Wade singled and Whitney Willoughby lined out to short for the second out. Adrienne Letcher walked to load the bases, but Davis was able to strike out Katie Smith for the third out.

The Fillies didn’t score in the bottom of the fifth and the Lady Jackets cut into the lead again in the sixth when Martin struck for her second of three singles on the day followed by singles by Hopkins and Wade to make the score 6-4 in favor of the Fillies.

In the bottom of the inning, Harrison County again batted around sending 11 batters to the plate.

Ashley Coppage and Morgan Florence each had doubles in the inning and five other Fillies singled as again Harrison County put six runs on the board for the final 12-4 margin.

Davis sat the Lady Jackets down in order in the top of the seventh.

Lucinda Boyers was four for four for the game to lead the hit parade.

Emalee Little and Florence each had three hits and Coppage, Hicks, Kecia Stephens and Davis all had two hits each.

Martin led the Lady Jackets with three hits while Hopkins, Wade and Curran added two hits each.

The win improved the Fillies record to 12-4-1 while the Lady Jackets suffered their first loss in 17 games. The Fillies are next in action Thursday as they host the Lady Royals of Mason County.

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Breds whip Deming in double header,leash Greyhounds Tuesday 10-3

‘But he has been a model citizen for three years’

Photo courtesy of Donald Richie/Richie PhotographyScott Moore gets control of the ball last week during soccer action against Scott County Middle School.

By Mike Aldridge, sports writer

The Harrison County Thorobreds improved the season record to 15-5 with wins on Monday and Tuesday nights on the Hilltop.

The Deming Black Devils were guests on Monday for a double head-er with the Thorobreds. Harrison County won the first game 17-3 and came back to take the nightcap 21-0, both games in five innings.

Sophomore Jordan Riley pitched the first game for Harrison County giving up four hits and three walks while striking out six.

Riley was solid in all innings except the second when Deming scored its three runs on three hits and a couple of free passes.

The Thorobreds played errorless baseball for the night to aid the pitching performances of both Riley and freshman Austin Reffett. Reffett improved his season record to 2-0 as he gave up only one hit, walked two and struck out eight in the five innings he worked in the nightcap.

Harrison County gathered 26 hits for the night including Hunter Hill’s four-for-four performance and both Jordan Martin and Gus Garrison going three for four.

The losses give Deming a 4-8 record for the season.

The Paris game was much more of a battle as the Greyhounds took the lead in the second inning on a Jamaal Washington single, an error, a ground out and a wild pitch by starter Jeffrey Faulconer.

Paris held the lead until the bot-

tom of the third when the Breds scored two times on two hits, a walk, four stolen bases, and a key error by Paris.

Paris put another run on the board

in the fourth off Faulconer when Ben Cooke walked, advanced to sec-ond on a wild pitch and moved up to third on a ground out.

After Faulconer was replaced by Xavier Carter, Cooke scored on an error to tie the game.

Harrison County put the game away in the fifth when they scored three times after two were out.

Jordan Martin reached on an error and advanced around to third on a wild pitch and a stolen base. Hunter Hill was hit by a pitch and stole second followed by a two-run single by Brandon Kendall.

After the single, Kendall advanced to third on two wild pitches and then stole home for the fifth Harrison County run.

When Justin Nutter sat the Paris batters down in the sixth, the Breds put five more runs on six hits on the board for the final 10-3 score.

Sophomore John King homered to make the game 6-3. This was fol-lowed by three straight singles by Cody Honeycutt, Carter and Martin scoring another run.

Hill popped out, Kendall doubled home two more runs and then scored the final run on a double by Paul Jones. Nutter pitched the final three innings to pick up the win.

The loss lowered the season record for Paris to 5-10. The next Harrison County action is Thursday when the Mason County Royals come to town for the opener of the Harrison M e m o r i a l / M c D o n a l d ’ s / J u d y Construction Classic.

Photo courtesy of Donald Richie/Richie Photography

Senior Xavier Carter leads off form second last Friday as the Thorobreds baseball team staged a 6-5 come-from-behind win over Bath County on the Hilltop.

I had no clue how many people read my column. It’s kind of like Let’s Talk Sports on Saturday morn-ing.

Patti can never fig-ure out why people would listen to Ray and me, but too many people said some-thing nice to her for her to deny it.

The same with the newspaper col-umn. I had many people mention the little bit I put in last week about Mrs. Davis and it was all positive.

Of course, with Mrs. Davis it would have been hard to say otherwise, but people sometimes fool you.

Anyway, thanks for the nice words, but again it was the subject not the writer.

I am not an NBA fan at all though at this time of the year I find myself

checking out the scores to see who is going to miss the play-offs and what coach is going to be fired because his group of millionaires under performed.

Even if one is not a fan, it would have been hard to miss the flagrant elbow

that Ron Artest (Metta World Peace) hit James Harden with a couple of nights ago.

MWP had just made a basket in a show off (spectacular) way and was beating his chest attracting atten-tion to himself, the way those great “team” players do, when Harden fell victim to the vicious attack.

MWP claims that he didn’t see Harden and his apologists are defending him by saying things like “he has been good for three years,”

but Harden never the less is “day-to-day” as to his ability to play.

This business of defending peo-ple’s actions with excuses like he’s been good for three years is ridicu-lous.

MWP, when he was Ron Artest, was the player who jumped into the stands and was swinging wildly at fans in Detroit not so very long ago.

Someone poured a beer on him, which absolutely should not have been done, but to leap over the scor-er’s table and try to punch people is not too smart.

I wish people like Metta World Peace, Chad Ochocinco, and Roger Clemens would just go away or in the very least the national media would stop covering every thing they do.

First thing, when they change their name to something like Metta World Peace it might be a hint to where they want the attention to go.

MikeAldridgeSports Writer

43rd annual Harrison Co.Invitational Track Meet

this SaturdayHarrison County High School will host its annual invi-

tational track meet this Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the Harrison County Athletic Complex.

The coaches will meet at 9:45 a.m. with the field events beginning promptly at 10 a.m. At least 12 teams will be participating with many of the better area teams expected to contend for the titles.

The Harrison County Fillies and Thorobreds are anticipated to be in the thick of the battle for first place in the team competition. Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students. Concessions will be available.

Michelle Carson namedNKU Player of the Week

Harrison County High School 2009 graduate Michelle Carson was named the Northern Kentucky University Player of the Week for the week ending April 21.

During this week, Carson was eight for 11 with a dou-ble, four RBI’s and two runs scored as the Lady Norse completed a 6-2 week against Bellarmine, Cedarville, Indianapolis and St. Joseph. After spending much of her freshman season playing defense, Carson has found her hitting stroke and improved her average to .277 for the season to date. The Lady Norse have a 33-17 record this year.

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Photo courtesy of Donald Richie/Richie PhotographySenior Emalee Little drives one up the middle Tuesday during Fillies play against Nicholas County.