Louisa, Ky — Sophomore Braxton Davis went six innings on the mound to help Lawrence Co. ( 19-11 ) defeat Prestonsburg 8-2 on Tuesday in the 58th District Baseball Championship game.
2024 District Champs
L to R Front Tygar Cavins, Gray Derifield, CJ Whitt, Logan Whisenant, Braxton Davis, Alex Meadows, Brayden Queen
L to R Standing Jonathan Hill, Boedy Maynard, Travis Feltner, Eli Fletcher, Owen Pack, Colin Howard, Brady Nelson, Blake Prater, Talan Pollack, Cody Crum, Ford Scaggs, Abner Collinsworth, Brady Caudill, Jake Derifield, TJ Caudill, Jackie Holt, Julius Music, Hunter Crum
Braxton Davis struck out 6, allowed 3 hits, walked 4 and gave up 1 earned run to get the win. Talan Pollack pitched the seventh inning and allowed 1 hit, 1 run and walked two.
58th District player of the year Eli Fletcher had two hits including a double, one RBI and scored one run, Logan Whisenant singled twice, drove in a run and scored twice, Colin Howard singled and had two runs batted in, Blake Prater and Boedy Maynard singled, drove in a run and scored a run each, Gray Derifield singled and scored a run and Tygar Cavins scored a run.
2024 All-District Team
L to R Gray Derifield, Talan Pollack, Colin Howard, Braxton Davis, Player of the Year Eli Fletcher, Logan Whisenant, Boedy Maynard
Both teams will advance to the 15th Region which will be held at Stonecrest Sportspark.
Lawrence Co. will play either Paintsville, Pike Co. Central or the loser of Shelby Valley/Pikeville in the first round.
Prestonsburg ( 14-20 ) will play Johnson Central, Belfry or the winner of Shelby Valley/Paintsville in the first round.
Lawrence Co. Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… Yes I would agree on the brand of baseball and the intensity
Since losing in district finals last year for first time in a long time- we’ve attempted to redirect what we are doing. We’ve put a premium on more focus and being locked in.”
“… All the off season workouts going back to last June, all fall during 6:00am workouts, and pre season practices, we’ve had tremendous by in and last night was pay dirt.”
“… Happy for all of our kids in our program and especially our 6 seniors playing their final game at home and winning a district title.”
“… Make no mistake- our eyes have been on a much bigger prize and that is for next Thursday night.
We will put the work in this week in preparation to bring the region championship back to Louisa.”
