Published: May 13, 2008 12:20 am            

Raceland and Rose Hill split doubleheader

RACELAND — Raceland hosted Rose Hill Christian in a softball doubleheader on Monday night as the two teams split games.

Rose Hill took the first game 6-3 and Raceland won the second game 13-1.

Paige Vanhoose struck out 11 batters for Raceland in the first game, but the Lady Royals still pushed six runs across the plate.

Courtney Hammond led the Rose Hill bats with a two-run double in the third inning.

Every member of Raceland’s lineup scored in the second inning of the second game. Chloe Adkins earned her first career varsity victory for the Lady Rams.

Adkins and Kasey Lewis combined to allow just one run on one hit.

Vanhoose went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to lead the offense.



ROSE HILL 100 202 1 — 6 4 2

RACELAND 000 101 1 — 3 5 3

Hammonds and Virgin; Vanhoose and Lewis. W—Hammonds. L—Vanhoose. 2B—Rose Hill, Hammond. Raceland, Sargent. 3B—Raceland, Grubb.

RACELAND 090 103 — 13 11 3

ROSE HILL 000 100 — 1 1 0

Adkins, Lewis (3) and Lewis, Carman; Porter, Vanover (2) and Lutz. W—Adkins. L—Porter. 2B—Raceland, Vanhoose, Blevins, Grubb.

Fairview 2

Greenup Co. 1

WESTWOOD Hannah Daniel pitched a complete game three-hitter to lead Fairview over Greenup County, 2-1, on Monday.

Daniel struck out 15 batters and only allowed one walk. She gave up the Lady Musketeers’ only run in the top of the seventh inning.

Fairview’s offense struck in the bottom of the sixth. Sierra Manier hit a two-run double to bring Morgan Riffe and Elizabeth Moore across the plate to give the Lady Eagles the lead for good.

Manier went 2-for-3 to lead Fairview, which improved to 9-11 with the win. Greenup County dropped to 6-14.



GREENUP COUNTY 000 000 1 — 1 3 2

FAIRVIEW 000 002 x — 2 6 1

Howell and Latimer; H. Daniel and A. Daniel. W—H. Daniel. L—Howell. 2B—Greenup Co., Fox. Fairview, Manier.

BASEBALL

Royals win 2

ASHLAND Rose Hill took both games from Magoffin County in a doubleheader played on Saturday in Central Park.

Andrew Porter and Wesley Hunley battled in the day’s first game. Each pitched a complete game, but Porter emerged as the winner.

Connor Robinson drove in two runs while Matt Fultz, Troy Huffine and Ethan Parsons each contributed two hits to lead the Royals’ offense.

In the second game, Magoffin County struck first with a run in the first inning, but the Royals soon made up for it. They scored in the second and then added three more in the third.

Four players had at least two hits with Jacob Mullen leading the hit parade with three.

Taylor Young pitched a complete game for the Royals.



MAGOFFIN CO. 100 001 0 — 2 5 2

ROSE HILL 302 001 x — 6 8 2

Hunley and Miller; Porter and Fultz. W—Porter. L—Hunley. 2B—Magoffin Co., Allen. Rose Hill, Fultz, Parsons.

MAGOFFIN CO. 100 100 0 — 2 9 1

ROSE HILL 013 000 x — 4 11 1

Perkins, Manix (3) and Hall; Young and Fultz. W—Young. L—Manix.

        

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