Published: April 17, 2008 11:41 pm            

Lady Lions down Russell for first time in 8 years

CANNONSBURG — Boyd County downed Russell 14-8 Thursday evening, giving the Lady Lions their first win over the Lady Devils in eight years.

“It was a big confidence builder for our girls to beat a team the stature of Russell,” Boyd County coach Geoff Stewart said.

Russell put three runs on the board to start the game but Boyd County fired back with three of its own. The Lady Lions rallied for five runs in the second, held off all other Russell charges and added a four-run fourth for insurance.

Katie Hunter was 3-for-5 and scored four times for Boyd County. Haley Fannin had a 3-for-4 performance. Hannah Stewart was 2-for-5 and scored twice.

For Russell, Megan Moore was 2-for-3 and Bryanna Gullett was 2-for-2.

The Lady Devils slipped to 11-2, snapping a seven-game win streak. Russell will host Lewis County Monday at 5 p.m.

The Lady Lions improved to 6-6 and will play in the Bulldog Bash at Covington Holmes this weekend.

RUSSELL 302 111 0 — 8 7 4

BOYD CO. 352 400 0 — 14 13 5

Simpson, Baldridge (3) and Gross; Garvin, Caudill (5) and Smith. W — Garvin, L — Simpson. 2B: Moore (R), Stewart (B).

BASEBALL

Ashland sweeps West

OLIVE HILL Ashland swept Thursday’s doubleheader at West Carter, posting identical 11-1 scores in a pair of five-inning games.

The Tomcats led 3-1 after four complete innings but rallied for eight runs in the top of the fifth to win the first game of the day. Chris Tucker pitched a complete game to pick up the win for Ashland, striking out five batters and scattering four hits. Nick Jackson and Cris Duvall blasted solo home runs in the victory.

Ashland again led 3-1 before posting a six-run fourth and added two in the fifth to complete the sweep. Dillon Delaney picked up the win with four strikeouts in a one-hit game. Caleb Rigsby was 2-for-3 in the game including a three-run homer in the fourth. Justin Slone was 2-for-2 with an RBI.

The Tomcats improved to 10-3 and will play in the Spectrum Graphics Classic at Mason County beginning today.

West Carter fell to 3-8 and will travel to Elliott County today for a 62nd District matchup set for 5:30 p.m.

ASHLAND 010 28 — 11 10 2

WEST CARTER 010 00 — 1 4 1

Tucker and Duvall; Oney and Lawson. 2B: Jackson (A), Duvall (A), Slone (A), Miller (A). HR: Jackson (A), Duvall (A).

ASHLAND 210 62 — 11 10 1

WEST CARTER 001 00 — 1 1 3

Delaney and Duvall, Alexander (5); Valdepena, Lawson (4), Vanlandingham (5) and Carroll. 2B: Bonnette (A). HR: Rigsby (A).

        

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