By Chris Fuller
Kentucky Scouting Director

Here are your scores and highlights from all the action around the state last evening, highlighted by a classic pitcher's duel in E-Town between #1 St. Xavier and #2 Central Hardin.

#2 Central Hardin 1  #1 St. Xavier 0
Unsigned senior LHP Ben Britt and Louisville recruit Drew Harrington hooked up in a pitchers duel.  With two outs in the bottom of the 7^th, Central Hardin collected its only hit of the game, as pinch hitter Isaac VanMeeter stroked a single that drove home the winning run.  Harrington allowed 5 hits and struck out 11 in the shutout win.  Britt didn’t allow a hit and struck out 9 in his 6 1/3 innings of work.  Austin Clemons and Britt each had 2 hits in the Tigers loss.

#4 Henderson County 16  Webster County 5

#5 Lexington Catholic 12  Boone County 3
Taylor Henley went 2-3 with a home run and 3 RBI, Daniel Little went 2-3 with a double and 3 RBI, and Ben Coates added 3 hits.  Six different pitchers combined for 9 strikeouts for Lexington Catholic.

#8 Tates Creek 8  Corbin 2
Jeff Chapuran went 2-4 with a double, 2 RBI, and 3 runs scored, Devin Hairston collected 2 hits and 2 RBI, and Javon Shelby added 2 hits in the victory.  Cody Bronaugh allowed 2 hits and struck out 5 in going the distance for the win.

DuPont Manual 11  #9 Bullitt East 5
Turahn Gordon went 2-4 with a RBI, Sam Coryell tripled and drove in 2 runs, and Andrew Olson stroked a 2-run double as Manual upset #9 Bullitt East.  Aaron Pearcy allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run over 6 innings to pick up the win.

#12 Collins 4  Anderson County 2
Mason Jeffries lauched a home run, and Nate Clifton and Dan Sanders each added 2 hits on the Collins win.  Sanders allowed 3 hits and struck out 6 in throwing a complete game.

#13 Lafayette 6  Montgomery County 4
Lafayette scored 4 runs in the 6^th inning and held on for the win.  Matt Trimble drove in 2 runs with a double, and Ben Eckert and Eriv Vanderboegh added doubles in the win.  Jack Noftsger worked 6 innings to pick up the win, and Jalen Stith pitched a scoreless 7^th for the save.  Sam Lee homered in the loss for Montgomery County.

#14 South Laurel 15  Bell County 1

#16 West Jessamine 15  Henry Clay 8
West Jessamine took advantage of 6 walks and 8 Henry Clay errors.  Tucker Greer and Tanner Graham each drove in 2 runs in the win.  Daulton Peters struck out 7 over 3 2/3 innings to pick up the win.

Pulaski County 4  #18 Russell County 3
Eric Jones provided all the offense the Maroons needed with a grand slam in the 3^rd inning to lift Pulaski County to the win. 

#19 Harrison County 4  Scott 1

#20 Ryle 6  Owen County 2

#22 Apollo 8  Daviess County 3

#23 Shelby County 2  Grant County 2 (6 innings)
The game ended in a tie after 6 innings due to darkness.

#24 Mercer County 10  Boyle County 0 (5 innings)
Dylan Logue went 2-3 with a double and 4 RBI, Trevor Tate went 2-3 with a double and 3 RBI, and Chris Goodman and John Ingram each added 3 hits as Mercer County cruised to the win.  Logan Horn allowed 3 hits and struck out 8 in the 5-inning shutout.

Sayre 12  Burgin 0 (5 innings)
Mason Jasko went 3-3 with a double and 3 RBI, Ray Brewer went 3-4, and Michael Flora went 2-3 with 2 RBI.  Aidan Elias racked up 11 K’s in his 5 innings of work for the shutout win.

Rockcastle County 5  Whitley County 0
Chris Wren went 2-3 with 2 RBI, and Devon McGuire drove in 2 runs in the Rockcastle win.  Austin Emery fired a complete game 1-hit shutout to pick up the win.

Logan County 4  Muhlenberg County 3 (9 innings)
Gage Hales had 3 hits, and Thomas Miller added 2 as the Cougars scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to win it.  Matt Harper picked up the win in relief allowing no earned runs over his 4 innings of work.

Knox Central 8  Jackson County 0
Hunter McRight went 2-3 with a double and RBI, and Casey Patterson added a double in the win.  Four Knox Central pitchers combined on a 1-hit shutout with 7 K’s.

Greenup County 7  Ashland Blazer 4
Korey Morris went 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI, and Zach Hutchinson added 2 hits and drove in a run in the win.  Hutchinson also threw a complete game in picking up the win.

Raceland 6  Morgan County 4
Collecting only 2 hits in the game, Raceland took advantage of 8 walks and 4 Morgan County errors.  

Boyd County 3  Lincoln County 2
Jacob Barnwell went 3-4, and Robbie Shivel went 2-4 with a double and RBI in the Boyd County win.  Dylan Grimm worked 6 innings of 2-hit baseball with 7 K’s to record the win.  Zack Patton pitched a scoreless 7^th to earn the save.

Scott County 8  North Laurel 8 (11 innings)
After 11 innings of baseball, the game was called and ended in a tie.  Weston Griebel went 4-6 with a double and 2 RBI, and Austin Thompson added 2 doubles for North Laurel.  Bo Saunders, Matt Gregory, and Brad Seahorn all collected 2 hits each for Scott County. Chase Martin allowed 3 hits and no earned runs while racking up 11 K’s in 6 innings of relief for Scott County.

Bethlehem 9  Washington County 6
Bethlehem scored 4 runs in the top of the 7^th to win the game.  Jake Yates went 4-4, and Alan Webb and John Riney both launched home runs in the win.  Jimmy Keating picked up the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief.

Madison Central 8  Bryan Station 7 (8 innings)
Ben Fisher went 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Jake Caldwell drove in 3 runs in the extra inning win for the Indians. 

Conner 6  Carroll County 1
Cameron Ross, Blaise Ostertage, Austin Brake, and Dustin Herrmann all had 2 hits apiece in leading Conner to the win.  Austin Price went the distance with 6 K’s in picking up the win.

Leslie County	4	vs.Betsy Layne	2
Letcher County Central	17	vs.Cordia	1
Lawrence County	10	vs.East Carter	0
South Warren	7	at Franklin-Simpson	3
Barbourville	11	vs. Harlan	5
Belfry	6	vs. Allen Central	2
Berea	1	vs. McCreary Central	0
Bourbon County	13	vs. Bracken County	5
Breckinridge County	4	at Edmonson County	3
CAL	7	at Elizabethtown	2
Christian County	3	vs. Caldwell County	2
Clay County	12	at Williamsburg	1
Dawson Springs	11	vs. Fort Campbell	8
Dixie Heights	4	vs. Holy Cross (Covington)	1
Estill County	11	at Model	0
Fleming County	13	vs. West Carter	3
Frankfort	12	at Trimble County	9
Green County	8	at John Hardin	4
Hancock County	7	at Meade County	6
Hart County	15	vs. Warren Central	5
Hopkins County Central	4	vs. McLean County	0
Hopkinsville	10	vs. Trigg County	4
Jackson City	13	at Buckhorn	8
Knott County Central	7	at South Floyd	3
Lee County	11	at Shelby Valley	7
Magoffin County	1	at Breathitt County	0
Marion County	14	at Garrard County	2
Monroe County	8	at Caverna	4
North Oldham	10	at Doss	0
Pendleton County	18	vs. Holmes	0
Perry County Central	18	at Oneida Baptist Institute	0
Rowan County	3	at Bath County	2
South Point, OH	15	at Fairview	12
Union County	3	vs. Madisonville-North Hopkins	0
University Heights	9	vs. Crittenden County	7
Wayne County	20	vs.Bellevue	6
Western Hills	16	at Madison Southern	7
Williamsburg	12	vs. Monticello	11