ELIZABETHTOWN — Tompkinsville’s Laura Anderson is the state’s amateur champion.
The former Monroe County and current University of Louisville standout defeated Beverly Games by a score of 1 up in match play to win the Women’s Kentucky State Amateur Championship.
Anderson began the week with a round of 75 on Monday that seeded the field. Anderson, seeded seventh in the Championship Flight, then came back to defeat Emma Robinson by a score of 3 and 1 on Tuesday. She bested Kim Hartlage by a score of 1 up on Wednesday to advance to the lower bracket semifinals.
Anderson had to win twice on Thursday to keep her streak alive. She topped Lauren Scholl with a score of 2 up Thursday morning and then defeated Ashlee Rose 1 up in the lower bracket finals on Thursday afternoon. That win allowed her to advance to the overall finals on Friday.
Glasgow’s Laura Beth Harris fell in the consolation bracket finals of the Second Flight on Friday. Harris lost by a 6 and 4 score to Dennise Mudd.
Harris fell in her first match of the week to Lauren Goodin by a score of 2 and 1. She then defeated Judy Lyle by a 1 up score on Wednesday in the consolation round. Harris defeated Annette Nimmon by a 2 and 1 score to advance to the Second Flight consolation final.
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It's tournament time
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Underdogs...
With the likes of softball powerhouses Greenwood, Glasgow, Bowling Green and Allen County-Scottsville in the tournament, the Metcalfe County High School Lady Hornets, winners of the 16th District, are probably heading into next week’s Region 4 Tournament as underdogs.
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Champions...
Another chapter in the Glasgow High School Lady Scotties’ fairy-tale softball season was written Wednesday night as they became the first GHS team since 1996 to claim the District 15 Tournament championship, after beating the tournament’s No. 1 seed and the No. 1 team in the state, the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots, 1-0.
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Couldn't give it up...
Until a few weeks ago, Glasgow High School senior Shelby Ray wasn’t sure if she would pursue sports into her college career. Although a standout basketball and softball player, Ray thought it was time for her athletic career to come to a close so she could focus solely on academics in college. But in the end, she said she couldn’t imagine walking away from softball.
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Finally
After Glasgow High School center fielder Jordan Alexander settled under a fly ball to make the final out of the Scotties’ District 15 Championship game victory over Allen County-Scottsville Wednesday night, he raised his hands above his head, let out a big yell, and took off running to be with his teammates.
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Cornerstone
A cornerstone in the foundation that Steven Murphy has used to build the Glasgow High School softball program has been pitching. He believes you start everything with good pitching and then you can build from there.
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Season ends
The Barren County Trojans have struggled with their hitting over the last six or seven games of the regular season and unfortunately for the Trojan faithful, the problem arose again for Barren County on Tuesday in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association District 15 Baseball Tournament in Glasgow.
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Opportunity knocked
Going into Monday’s baseball game against Glasgow, Monroe County High School coach Jerome Taylor said the Falcons, to have a chance to beat the No. 1 seeded Scotties, would have to take advantage of every one of their opportunities.
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Big obstacle
The Monroe County Lady Falcons came into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association District 15 Softball Tournament Monday night in Glasgow with a big obstacle in front of them.
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