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Thursday, April 19, 2012 Section B Bob Watkins B2 Obituaries B4 Classifieds B6–B7 People B8 The Dawson Springs Progress The softball Panthers beat Trigg County 12-2 in the open- ing round of the Class “A” 2nd Region Tournament at the mu- nicipal park Monday. The game was shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule. It was the second time this sea- son the Panthers have beaten the Wildcats. The win advanced the Pan- thers to the semifinals where they faced Webster County at Livingston Central Tuesday (the score was not known at press time). Webster County defeated the Panthers 10-5 ear- lier in the season. Courtney Copeland picked up the win on the mound for the Panthers. She struck out three, walked five and gave up five hits. Both Wildcat runs were earned as the Panthers didn’t commit any errors. “We had no errors,” head coach Kent Workman said. “That helps a lot. We had some really nice plays in the outfield and on the infield.” The Panthers struck first in the bottom of the first inning. Jalyn Walls led off with a walk. India Robinson reached base on an error, and both run- ners were able to score later on wild pitches. In the second, all nine Pan- thers came to the plate while scoring five runs. Whitney Copeland led off with a walk and scored one out later on Alexis Smith’s triple. Courtney Copeland reached on a bunt and error which scored Smith. Walls then singled home Courtney Copeland and was driven home when Kristin Peek doubled one out later. Peek scored when Bradleigh Bruch reached on an error. The score reamained 7-0 un- til the top of the fifth. The Wildcats scored two runs on three hits, but another runner was thrown out at the plate. The Panthers put the game away in the bottom of the fifth by scoring five more runs. Kristen Austin started the rally with a double and moved to third on a passed ball. Whit- ney Copeland walked, and Tiki Robinson reached first on a dropped third strike. The throw to first allowed Austin to score on the play. Smith followed with an RBI single, scoring Whitney Copeland. Tiki Robin- son then scored on a passed ball during Courtney Copeland’s at bat which produced a walk. Walls then drove in two with a single to end the game. “Jalyn went three for three and Whitney fouled off 11 balls in one at bat and then got a hit,” Workman said. “We kept hit- ting the ball even after a pitch- ing change.” Smith went two for three on the night as the Panthers had eight hits. The Panthers are scheduled to play at Hopkins County Cen- tral today (Thursday) and at Lyon County Monday. District-rival Madisonville- North Hopkins then faces the Panthers at the municipal park on Tuesday. 12345 RHE Trigg County 0 0002 253 Panthers 25005 12 8 0 Last week the Panther soft- ball team dropped three more games to run their losing streak to six and their record to 2-10 entering the Class “A” 2nd Re- gion Tournament. The Panthers were the region champions last year. The Panthers blew a six- run lead in a 15-12 home loss to Crittenden County April 10, then played what their coach called a “pretty good” game in a 6-3 loss at 11-4 Muhlenberg County April 12. The following day Livingston Central came to the municipal park and hung a 12-0 five-inning loss on the home-team Panthers. Against Crittenden County the Panthers struck first with four in the bottom of the first. After the Rockets scored three times in the second, the Pan- thers added one run in their half of the inning and four more in the third for a 9-3 lead. Each team scored once in the fourth to make the score 10-4 before the Panthers gave up seven fifth-inning runs to the visitors. The Panthers scored one in their half of the fifth, but Crittenden County scored three more in the sixth and tacked on another in the seventh. The Panthers scored one in the sev- enth for the final 15-12 score. The Rockets pounded out 16 hits, but the Panthers gift wrapped some of the runs by committing seven errors and walking seven. Jalyn Walls went three for three at the plate with two triples, and Kristin Peek went three for five with two doubles while India Robinson went three for five with one double. The Panthers pounded out 13 hits in the loss and left seven runners stranded. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Critt. Co. 0 3 0 1 7 3 1 15 16 2 Panthers 4 1 4 1 1 0 1 12 13 7 Against Muhlenberg County the Panthers fell behind when the Mustangs scored two in the second, but cut the lead in half with one run in the fourth. India Robinson walked, stole second, moved to third on Peek’s single and then stole home. The Mustangs scored two in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead entering the seventh inning. Bradleigh Bruch led off the final inning for the Panthers with a double. Kristin Austin scored Bruch with an RBI sin- The Class “A” 2nd Region Base- ball Tournament didn’t work out the way the Panthers had hoped when they traveled to Crittenden County Monday to face the Rockets. Sophomore Delvin Belt held the Panthers hitless, and his offense pro- vided the punch to smash the Panthers 27-0 in a game shortened to five in- nings by the 10-run “mercy” rule. In what head coach Adam Locke says happens too many times, the Rockets scored more runs than they had hits. The Panther defense commit- ted nine errors leading to 16 unearned runs. But before getting down on the de- fense for letting this one get away, the Panther pitchers, Todd Bullock, Gage Brewer and T.J. Puckett, walked 14 and hit four batters. Locke had “no comment” after the game. The Rockets scored six in the first inning, 11 in the second, eight in the More than 15 runs a game in base- ball will usually win every game or almost every game. Also, giving up that many runs will invariably lead to losing every game or almost every game. The Panther baseball team is giv- ing up more than 15 runs a game and has lost every game but one. “There have only been two games this year in which we have given up more runs than hits,” Panther head coach Adam Locke said. “One game was Fulton County. We lost 5-2 while giving up five runs on six hits. The other we won 14-4 against Christian Fellowship, allowing four runs on five hits. “We can’t continue to allow more runs than hits and expect to win games,” he said. His statement was following the Panthers’ three losses last week which made their record 1-10. On April 10 district-foe Madison- ville-North Hopkins traveled to River- side Park and beat the Panthers 27-0 in five innings, scoring all those runs TALAN MOORE, 10, (left) son of Tommy and Kellie Moore, and Dalton Simons, 10, son of Clay and Michelle Simons, killed turkeys Sunday, April 15, in Hopkins County. Moore’s bird weighed 21 pounds, with a 9-3/4 inch beard and 7/8 inch spurs. Simons’ 20.8 pound bird had a 10-3/4 inch beard and 1-1/4 inch spurs. submitted photo Baseball Team Continues To Struggle With Defense Softball Team Loses Three More SOFTBALL REGION TOURNAMENT Panthers Take Out Wildcats 12-2 JALYN WALLS looks to third base as she scoops up a ball hit to short stop during the Panthers’ game with Crittenden County Tuesday, April 10. —Continued on page B3 BASEBALL REGION TOURNAMENT Panthers Fall To Crittenden —Continued on page B3 —Continued on page B3 ALEXIS SMITH (above) hits the dirt to successfully complete a triple as coach Kent Workman motions for her to get down. Smith scored one bat- ter later to help lead the Panther softball team to a 12-2 victory over the Trigg Coun- ty Wildcats Mon- day, April 16, in the opening round of the Class “A” 2nd Region Tournament. At right, Jalyn Walls nails one of her three hits for the night. Her fifth- inning single drove in two runs to end the game and send the Panthers to a semi- final match against Webster County. ‘Nice Plays’ And No Errors Help Panthers Advance
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Thursday, April 19, 2012 SectionB
Bob Watkins B2Obituaries B4Classifieds B6–B7People B8
The Dawson Springs Progress
The softball Panthers beat Trigg County 12-2 in the open-ing round of the Class “A” 2nd Region Tournament at the mu-nicipal park Monday.
The game was shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule. It was the second time this sea-son the Panthers have beaten the Wildcats.
The win advanced the Pan-thers to the semifinals where they faced Webster County at Livingston Central Tuesday (the score was not known at press time). Webster County defeated the Panthers 10-5 ear-lier in the season.
Courtney Copeland picked up the win on the mound for the Panthers. She struck out three, walked five and gave up five hits. Both Wildcat runs were earned as the Panthers didn’t commit any errors.
“We had no errors,” head coach Kent Workman said. “That helps a lot. We had some really nice plays in the outfield and on the infield.”
The Panthers struck first in the bottom of the first inning.
Jalyn Walls led off with a walk. India Robinson reached base on an error, and both run-ners were able to score later on wild pitches.
In the second, all nine Pan-thers came to the plate while scoring five runs.
Whitney Copeland led off with a walk and scored one out later on Alexis Smith’s triple. Courtney Copeland reached on a bunt and error which scored Smith. Walls then singled home Courtney Copeland and was driven home when Kristin Peek
doubled one out later. Peek scored when Bradleigh Bruch reached on an error.
The score reamained 7-0 un-til the top of the fifth.
The Wildcats scored two runs on three hits, but another runner was thrown out at the plate.
The Panthers put the game away in the bottom of the fifth by scoring five more runs.
Kristen Austin started the rally with a double and moved to third on a passed ball. Whit-ney Copeland walked, and Tiki Robinson reached first on a dropped third strike. The throw to first allowed Austin to score on the play. Smith followed with an RBI single, scoring Whitney Copeland. Tiki Robin-son then scored on a passed ball during Courtney Copeland’s at bat which produced a walk. Walls then drove in two with a single to end the game.
“Jalyn went three for three and Whitney fouled off 11 balls in one at bat and then got a hit,” Workman said. “We kept hit-ting the ball even after a pitch-ing change.”
Smith went two for three on the night as the Panthers had eight hits.
The Panthers are scheduled to play at Hopkins County Cen-tral today (Thursday) and at Lyon County Monday.
District-rival Madisonville-North Hopkins then faces the Panthers at the municipal park on Tuesday.
1 2 3 4 5 R H ETrigg County 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 3Panthers 2 5 0 0 5 12 8 0
Last week the Panther soft-ball team dropped three more games to run their losing streak to six and their record to 2-10 entering the Class “A” 2nd Re-gion Tournament. The Panthers were the region champions last year.
The Panthers blew a six-run lead in a 15-12 home loss to Crittenden County April 10, then played what their coach called a “pretty good” game in a 6-3 loss at 11-4 Muhlenberg County April 12. The following day Livingston Central came to the municipal park and hung a 12-0 five-inning loss on the home-team Panthers.
Against Crittenden County the Panthers struck first with four in the bottom of the first. After the Rockets scored three times in the second, the Pan-thers added one run in their half of the inning and four more in the third for a 9-3 lead.
Each team scored once in the fourth to make the score 10-4 before the Panthers gave up seven fifth-inning runs to the visitors. The Panthers scored one in their half of the fifth, but Crittenden County scored three more in the sixth and tacked on another in the seventh. The Panthers scored one in the sev-enth for the final 15-12 score.
The Rockets pounded out 16 hits, but the Panthers gift wrapped some of the runs by committing seven errors and walking seven.
Jalyn Walls went three for three at the plate with two triples, and Kristin Peek went three for five with two doubles while India Robinson went three for five with one double.
The Panthers pounded out 13 hits in the loss and left seven runners stranded.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H ECritt. Co. 0 3 0 1 7 3 1 15 16 2Panthers 4 1 4 1 1 0 1 12 13 7
Against Muhlenberg County the Panthers fell behind when the Mustangs scored two in the second, but cut the lead in half with one run in the fourth.
India Robinson walked, stole second, moved to third on Peek’s single and then stole home.
The Mustangs scored two in the fourth and two in the fifth to take a 6-1 lead entering the seventh inning.
Bradleigh Bruch led off the final inning for the Panthers with a double. Kristin Austin scored Bruch with an RBI sin-
The Class “A” 2nd Region Base-ball Tournament didn’t work out the way the Panthers had hoped when they traveled to Crittenden County Monday to face the Rockets.
Sophomore Delvin Belt held the Panthers hitless, and his offense pro-vided the punch to smash the Panthers 27-0 in a game shortened to five in-
nings by the 10-run “mercy” rule.In what head coach Adam Locke
says happens too many times, the Rockets scored more runs than they had hits. The Panther defense commit-ted nine errors leading to 16 unearned runs.
But before getting down on the de-fense for letting this one get away, the
Panther pitchers, Todd Bullock, Gage Brewer and T.J. Puckett, walked 14 and hit four batters.
Locke had “no comment” after the game.
The Rockets scored six in the first inning, 11 in the second, eight in the
More than 15 runs a game in base-ball will usually win every game or almost every game. Also, giving up that many runs will invariably lead to losing every game or almost every game.
The Panther baseball team is giv-ing up more than 15 runs a game and has lost every game but one.
“There have only been two games
this year in which we have given up more runs than hits,” Panther head coach Adam Locke said. “One game was Fulton County. We lost 5-2 while giving up five runs on six hits. The other we won 14-4 against Christian Fellowship, allowing four runs on five hits.
“We can’t continue to allow more runs than hits and expect to win
games,” he said.His statement was following the
Panthers’ three losses last week which made their record 1-10.
On April 10 district-foe Madison-ville-North Hopkins traveled to River-side Park and beat the Panthers 27-0 in five innings, scoring all those runs
TALAN MOORE, 10, (left) son of Tommy and Kellie Moore, and Dalton Simons, 10, son of Clay and Michelle Simons, killed turkeys Sunday, April 15, in Hopkins County. Moore’s bird weighed 21 pounds, with a 9-3/4 inch beard and 7/8 inch spurs. Simons’ 20.8 pound bird had a 10-3/4 inch beard and 1-1/4 inch spurs. submitted photo
Baseball Team ContinuesTo Struggle With Defense
Softball Team Loses Three More
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Panthers Take Out Wildcats 12-2
JALYN WALLS looks to third base as she scoops up a ball hit to short stop during the Panthers’ game with Crittenden County Tuesday, April 10. —Continued on page B3
baseball region tournament
Panthers Fall To Crittenden
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ALEXIS SMITH (above) hits the dirt to successfully complete a triple as coach Kent Workman motions for her to get down. Smith scored one bat-ter later to help lead the Panther softball team to a 12-2 victory over the Trigg Coun-ty Wildcats Mon-day, April 16, in the opening round of the Class “A” 2nd Region Tournament. At right, Jalyn Walls nails one of her three hits for the night. Her fifth-inning single drove in two runs to end the game and send the Panthers to a semi-final match against Webster County.
‘Nice Plays’ AndNo Errors HelpPanthers Advance
