12 THE WOODFORD SUN, Versailles, Ky. April 5, 2012

HANNA CARR, a freshman at Woodford County High School, won the Kentucky State Junior Air Rifl e Championship on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the University of Kentucky. Carr won the state championship by shooting a score of 384 of 400 to beat the second-place fi nisher by four points. Carr will travel to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs to compete in both women’s air rifl e and small bore 3-position in April at the U.S. Junior Olympics, After earning the silver medal in small bore 3-position last year, she will move up to the J2 level this year to compete in the 15 to 17 age group. (Photo submitted)

THE STORM, which plays in the Pee Wee Girls’ Rec League at Falling Springs,recently completed its season with a 7-4 record and as co-runners up in the league.Team members shown are, front row, from left, Shelby Rhoades, Livia Rice, andKennedy Sayre; back row, Danny Rhoades (assistant coach), Olivia Paris, GraceReed, Mattie Adams, Adie Preston, and Scott Adams (coach). Photo submitted)

CALEB REAMS, second from left, of Versailles was part of the Wildcat Aquaticswinning medley relay at the Kentucky State Swimming Championships in Louisville on March 23 to 25. The team, which also included Zach Hils, Jeffrey Schriefer andEthan Archer, set a new state record of 1:53.72. The same four swimmers also wonthe freestyle relay with a time of 1:42.85, which set a new team record for WildcatAquatics. In addition, Reams placed sixth in the state in the 50-yard breaststrokeand eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke. Shown in the photo are the team membersof the relay team, from left, Hils, Reams, Schriefer and Archer. (Photo submitted)

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COREY COUCH, above, pitched a solid 4-1/3 in-nings in Woodford’s 5-3 win over Lincoln County on Friday, March 30, at Chandler Field. LOGAN PARRETT, right, makes a throw from third to fi rst to get a Patriots’ player out during the game. Parrett was also the starting pitch-er against Western Hills. In that game he pitched six innings, had seven strike outs, two walks, one error and allowed four runs. (Photos by Rick Capone)

LEAH SHELTON pitched a complete game in Woodford’s 4-1 win over Western Hills last Thursday, March 29, at home. (Photo by Rick Capone)

for Couch, and runners on third and second, the Patriots got the hit to score the run.

“Early in the game, (Corey) had really good command of his breaking stuff, and as it got later in the game, (he) might have (had) a little bit of fatigue, I don’t know. But, he started missing with the off-speed stuff a little bit,” said Coach Parrett of his starter. “When he did that, he got into a little trouble.”

In its half of the fi fth, Wood-ford did not let the Patriots’ lead bother them and they came out, fought hard at the plate and retook the lead.

In the inning, with Gross on third and Parrett on second,

Ares hit a double that scored both runners to give the Jack-ets a 3-2 lead. Then, later in the inning, with two outs and Hacker on third and junior Christopher Powers on fi rst, O’Reel put down a nice bunt, which scored Hacker to give Woodford a 4-2 lead.

Ares then got Lincoln County out on two infield plays and a strike out in the sixth, which was followed by Woodford scoring an insurance run in their half of the sixth.

The run came with one out and Stepp on third and sopho-more Eli Boggess on second, and Gross at the plate. Gross then hit a sacrifi ce fl y into left fi eld to score Stepp and give Woodford the 5-2 lead.

Gross was one of the key players on the day for the Jack-

ets, not just at the plate, but also with his base running.

“Rodney was on base three times and stole the fi rst pitch every time,” Coach Parrett said. “Even when they knew he was going. He’s really quick and a nice player, and it’s good to have him at the top of the lineup.”

While Lincoln County was able to muster a run in the seventh inning to make it 5-3, Ares was able to get them out on a line drive and two strike outs to give Woodford the victory.

“It was a team effort to-day,” Woodford head coach Jeff Parrett said. “… It was a good baseball game. It was fun and we snuck out of there with a win.”

the fi rst inning, the Yellow Jackets tied the game when, with Moussette on third and Graham on fi rst, Fletcher hit a hard shot to second base. The second baseman dropped the ball, and Fletcher was safe at fi rst, Graham made it to second and Moussette scored to tie the game 1-1.

Neither team was able to generate much offense in the second inning, and then Wood-ford got Western Hills out in the third on a double play by Fletcher, who picked up the grounder, tagged second, then threw to Graham at fi rst; and a pop-up in front of the plate that senior catcher Darrian Jamison

caught to end the inning.The Yellow Jackets’ bats

helped Woodford add to its lead in the bottom of the third when, with two outs, Fletcher on third and Jamison on sec-ond, Shelton helped her own cause with a single into the outfi eld, which scored Fletcher to make it 3-1.

Both teams’ defenses took over in the fourth, as neither team could generate any of-fense once again. Then, in the fi fth, Shelton’s pitching seemed to get stronger, as she got Western Hills down in or-der off a strikeout and two easy fl y balls into the outfi eld.

“You just have to concen-trate on the next pitch and really just bear down and get down to business,” she

explained. “… I hit my spots, and if they hit it and put the ball in play, then my defense has to back me up, and they did their job.”

Woodford added another run in the bottom of the fi fth when, with freshman Amanda Rice on second, pinch running for Graham who hit a double, Fletcher hit a grounder into the outfi eld that bounced off the pitcher for a single, which scored Rice to give the Jackets a 4-1 lead.

“Catie Fletcher has been a consistent producer for us throughout her career, and she’s continuing to do that as a senior,” Floyd said of Fletcher’s hitting. “She’s providing us with some great leadership both on and off the

fi eld. And, she’s going to step up as the season continues and get more hits that way. She’s kind of struggled a little bit here recently with her hand mechanics, but we’re working on that in practice, and that was the result of her hard work.”

Shelton and the Woodford defense then got Western Hills out in order in the sixth. It began with a hit to Fletcher at short, which she threw to fi rst for the out. That was followed by a fl y ball to junior Merry Krueger in center fi eld, which she caught on a nice running catch for the second out. Then, the third out came on a hit to freshman Brook Corum on third, who threw the runner out at fi rst to end the inning.

In their half of the sixth, while Woodford did get a runner on base, the Lady Wolverines got out of the in-ning on two routine plays and a strike out.

Going into the seventh in-ning, Shelton was looking to fi nish off her fi rst complete game this season. She knew her defense was playing strong behind her, so she just went into the inning, as she had the rest of the game, and just tried to hit her spots and let her team-mates play behind her.

Western Hills, on the other hand, was trying to do their best to ruin her complete game and

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KEENON LANE, left, and AUSTIN BAMBACH, right, had strong days for the WCHS boys’ track team at the Montgomery County All-Comers meet on Saturday, March 24. Both runners were part of Woodford’s 4x200-meter relay team, which fi nished in sixth place at the event. (Photo by wowtrackshots.com / Jim Jarman)

and While fi nished in third place in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 56.36.

In the fi eld events, Ramsey Adams took 12th place in the long jump with a jump of 12-ft., 9-ins.

Other boys’ event results

In the 400-meter dash, Austin Bambach fi nished in 18th place in 59.09, while Fister took 13th in the 800-meter run in 2:18.86. Also, Courtland Johnson ran in the 800-meter and fi nished 19th in 2:27.94.

Chad Venn ran the hurdle events for Woodford and fi n-ished 10th in the 100-meter hurdles in 21.11 and 11th in the 300-meter hurdles in 50.11.

In the boys’ relays, the team of McClintock, Walter Kinder, Keenon Lane and Amadife fi nished 12th in the 4x100-meter relay in 53.46, while the team of Amadife, Lane, Slaid Leatherman and Bambach took sixth in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:44.37.

Then in the 4x400-meter relay, McKee, McClintock,

Rathbone and Fister came in sixth in 4:03.06, and in the 4x800-meter relay, McKee, Shaw, Johnson and Rathbone took seventh with a time of 9:38.65.

In the fi eld events, Shaw fi nished seventh in the high jump, clearing 5-ft., 6-ins.,

while Lane came in 17th, clearing 4-ft., 6 ins.

In the shot put, Kinder had a best throw of 31-ft., 4-ins., which was good for 21st place, while Curry threw the discus 67-ft., 3-ins., good for 23rd place event.

AMANDA RICE, who was pinch running for AndreaGraham, scored this run in the fi fth inning in Woodford’s win over Western Hills. (Photo by Rick Capone)try and catch up to the Yellow Jackets. But, it was not to be, as Shelton and the Woodford defense were determined to end the game.

After getting the fi rst batter out on a routine infi eld play, the next Western Hills batter got a single on a fl y ball into short center fi eld. But, that was it for the Lady Wolverines, as a strike out and another infi eld play ended the game and gave the Jackets the 4-1 win.

“It feels really good,” Shel-ton said about the win and her complete game. “It’s really easy to go up there and throw with the defense behind me. It gives me a lot of confi dence on the mound. So, that’s really

good.”Floyd was also pleased with

Shelton’s complete game andhow far she has come sincelast year.

“Leah has come so far fromlast year,” he said. “In fact,there’s a story there. She cameto us as a JV player last yearand told us that she did notwant to pitch. So, if someonedoesn’t want to do something,then we don’t make them doit. So, she didn’t pitch any JVinnings. And, obviously, sheworked over the past summerand through the winter, andnow we have Leah (who) isgoing to do a good job for us(this year). We’re really proudof her for that.”