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3/22/2019
By Dan Manley
Advocate Sports Editor
The 2019 high school spring sports season is officially under way.
Montgomery County teams have already participated in baseball, softball, along with boys’ and girls’ tennis.
Coach Chris Varney’s baseball squad had a rough opener, falling 12-1 at Bobby Joe Whitaker Field to fourth-ranked Madison Central.
“I don’t like the outcome but that doesn’t really concern me,” Varney said. “They’re ranked No. 4 for a reason and we’ve just got to get some games under our belt and more practice time.”
Varney said one of the major bright spots was the return of Ty Eads who sat out last year with a shoulder injury.
“Ty will really help us at the plate and in the outfield.”
He will team with twin brother Jay, along with junior Ty Jacobs, when he’s not on the mound, to give the Indians a solid and veteran outfield.
“Braxton Hundley was really good behind the plate for us and there were some other bright spots,” Varney said.
The Indians do have a much larger squad than a year ago with a large number of freshmen on the team.
The Tribe was scheduled to play at Estill County Wednesday and then host Morgan County at 5:30 p.m. at Bobby Joe Whitaker Field.
Montgomery County will host a pair of 40th District games next week at Bobby Joe Whitaker Field. The Paris Greyhounds will be here Monday with Clark County visiting on Thursday.
Coming up a week from Saturday the Indians will host a triangular event with Campbell County and Lewis County. The Indians and Lewis County will play at 11 a.m. with Campbell County and Lewis County meeting at 2 p.m. and Montgomery County and Campbell County, the defending 10th Region champion, playing at 5 p.m.
Varsity baseball roster
Seniors–Ty Eads, Jay Eads, Ben McDonald, Luke Fuller and Braxton Hunley
Juniors–Tyler Jacobs, Seth Adams, Justin Taylor, Jakob Sponcil and Aaron Holland
Sophomores–Brandon Dyer, Spencer Donathan, Trevor Igo, Peyton Carroll, Devin Johnson and Jordan McVey
Freshmen–Nick Huff, Trey Carroll, Alex Ison, Corbin Thacker, JaxsonDamron, Meier Patrick, Davis Johnson and Bryce Butler
Softball opens
Coach Robert McCoy’s softball team opened up at home against Rowan County and fell 10-1 to the Lady Vikings.
Sophomore right-hander Caroline Donithan had 10 strikeouts but the Lady Indians were guilty of several errors that allowed Rowan County to score the easy win.
With just three seniors on the squad the Lady Indians have a number of new players on the field and early on they’ll be looking for game experience.
The Lady Indians were scheduled to host Lexington Henry Clay on Tuesday and then they’ll host Mason County this evening (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m. at Tommy Reffitt Field before going on the road for the first time in 2019 when they face Nicholas County at 7:30 p.m. Friday night at the Bath County Athletic Complex and then they’ll play two more games there Saturday.
Varsity Softball Roster
Seniors–Kaitlyn Barber, MaKenna White and Haley Wills
Juniors–Taylor Alfrey, Bethany Booth, Kristen Stephens and Emily Sturgill
Sophomores–Katlyn Blevins, Ashton Brien, Caroline Donithan, Miranda Ledford, Kennon Owens and Mareya Wright
Freshmen–Layla Collison, Kaitlyn Cremeans, Livia Donithan, Brynn Jones and Abigail Oswald
Eighth graders–Hallie Conley and Emily Zink
Seventh graders–Reaghan Oney
Track and Field
The MCHS track and field teams ran at Woodford County this past Saturday. See results in next week’s Advocate.
The teams will be hosting the Mayor’s Cup, an All Comers event this Saturday at 10 a.m. at the MCHS Track.
This is an annual event that usually attracts teams from several counties.
Tennis
The MCHS tennis teams are already under way.
The Lady Indians got their first win last week when they defeated Clark County, 3-2.
Kenley Grimes and Eden Covington defeated Shelby Mea and Barbara Sheehan, 6-0 and 6-0 to win the No. 1 doubles match and then Kacie Allen and Meghan Allen teamed up for an 8-1 win over Rachel Ball and Lexy Garza at No. 2 doubles.
Macy Strode got a win over Lakyn Griffith tow in the No. 3 singles match
Jillian Rush of Clark County won over Hayden Turley, 6-0 6-1 in the No. 1 singles while Shalen McRoberts was defeated 6-2, 6-1 by Ella Choutka at No. 2 singles.
That victory evened the Lady Indians’ record at 1-1.
The boys’ team fell to 0-2 with a 4-1 loss to Clark County.
Clark Brann and Alex NeSmith got the Montgomery County point with a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Caleb Houston and Holden Bishop in their doubles match.
“This was a good learning experience for us to find out where we have to be to compete at the top level in the region,” said Coach Clark Howell.
Joe South was competitive in the No. 1 singles match, lsoing to Clark’s Luke Martin, 6-4 and 6-3.
In the No. 2 singles match, Clark’s Tennyson Prater won over Dylan Diedrich by scores of 6-4 and 6-2.
The third singles went to Whit Dixon of Clark County, a 6-3, 6-3 winner over Chris Detassis.
In a match involving two of the top doubles teams in the region, Clark’s duo of Isaac Graham and Maxwell Clark picked up a win over Boone Hart and Matthew Jenkins with the Indian duo picking up a 6-4 win in the opening set.
Clark County’s duo came back to win 6-2 and 6-1 to take the final two sets.
The two teams are scheduled to play again in Winchester April 18.
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