Louisa, Ky. — The Lawrence Co. High School softball team will head to Myrtle Beach next week with a perfect 5-0 record to start the season.
2025 Bulldog Juniors
Braylee Triplett, Taylor Blevins, Ella Smith
Lawrence Co. 15 Prestonsburg 0
( Monday )
The Bulldogs took care of the Blackcats in four innings at home.
Emalynn Kitts went 3-4 with two doubles, three runs batted in and three runs scored, Bree Jones had two hits including a triple, two runs batted in and scored three times, Addalyn Woods had two hits including a double, drove in a run and scored two runs, Jada Patton had two hits including a double and had one rbi, Leah Branham had an inside the park home run and scored two runs, Braylee Triplett singled, drove in a run and scored once, Millie Sammons singled and scored a run, Baleigh Blackburn and Abby Maynard scored a run each.
LCHS Head Coach Sam Sparks and Junior pitcher Taylor Blevins after Blevins got her 500th career strikeout.
Taylor Blevins struck out nine batters and allowed one hit in three innings of work to get the win. Ella Smith pitched one inning and struck out one and allowed one hit. Smith also singled, drove in a run and scored a run.
Lawrence Co. 14 Betsy Layne 4 ( Tuesday )
The Dawgs mercied the Bobcats in five innings at home behind a Addalyn Woods home run.
Woods also doubled, drove in four runs and scored two runs, Bree Jones had three hits including a triple and scored three runs, Jada Patton had two hits, scored two runs and drove in one, Emalynn Kitts singled, drove in two and scored a run, Abby Maynard had two hits and scored a run, Braylee Triplett, Addison Bowen, and Millie Sammons scored a run each.
Taylor Blevins pitched three innings, struck out four, allowed one hit and one run. Blevins singled and drove in two runs to help her cause.
Ella Smith pitched two innings and allowed three runs, two hits and struck out two. Smith had two hits and one run batted in offensively.
Lawrence Co. 15 Prestonsburg 4 ( Wednesday )
The Bulldogs pounded out 19 hits and beat the Blackcats in six innings on the road.
Emalynn Kitts smacked her first career homer at Prestonsburg
Emalynn Kitts went 5-5 including her first career home run, drove in four runs, and scored four times. Bree Jones had three hits and scored three runs, Jada Patton had two hits including a double, drove in three runs and scored two runs.
Addalyn Woods also had two hits, one RBI and scored a run.
Gracie Preece doubled, drove in two and scored a run, Abby Maynard singled and drove in a run, Taylor Blevins singled, Aleaha Gillispie and Addison Bowen scored a run each.
Ella Smith picked up the win in the circle going six innings, striking out five and allowed six hits and three earned runs. Smith went 4-4 at the dish with two runs batted in to help her cause offensively.
The Bulldogs will open the Cal Ripken Experience on Monday at 11:15 against Butler ( OH ) on Tuesday they will play Tri-County North ( OH ) at 3:45. At 9:00 Wednesday morning they will face Padua Franciscan ( OH ) and finish the trip on Thursday morning versus Butler ( OH ) at 9:00.
Bulldog Head Coach Sam Sparks
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We are off to a good start. Good to see our young and inexperienced players get their feet wet. The basketball girls are starting to get back in the groove as well.”
“ …Addalyn Woods has been battling some injuries but she has come back in a big way. Our upperclassmen have really played well and poised. We have a good mixture of young and older players and it is exciting to see them begin to come together as a team.”
“ …Exciting to see Taylor Blevins get her 500th career strikeout as a pitcher and Bree Jones get her 250th career hit.”
“ …Looking forward to some great competition at the beach and to seeing how we continue to grow. This has always been a great trip for us in growing as a team.”
