Louisa, Ky. — Lawrence County Baseball opened the 2026 campaign with a 58th District sweep of Betsy Layne on Thursday evening.
2026 Lawrence Co. Bulldogs
Back L to R Caden Sweeney, Brady Caudill, Max Murriell, Maddox Fletcher, Owen Pack, Grant Cochran, Boedy Maynard, Brayden Queen, Braden McGranahan, Eli CaudillFront L to R Bryce Pannall, Braylen Stumbo, Alex Meadows, Braxton Davis, CJ Whitt, Gray Derifield, Marley Toews, Ethan Queen, Colin Adams
Lawrence Co. 12 Betsy Layne 2
Senior Boedy Maynard went three innings to get the win in the first game of the season. He allowed one earned run, one hit, walked one and struck out three Bobcats. Freshman Eli Caudill went two innings of scoreless relief, allowing two hits, one walk and struck out two.
The Dawgs were led offensively by Senior Braxton Davis who had two hits including a double, drove in two runs and scored;
Sophomore Grant Cochran had two hits including a triple, drove in one and scored twice, Maynard helped his own cause with a double and two runs batted in. Sophomore Gray Derifield was on base four times, stole four bases, scored twice and had one RBI, Sophomore CJ Whitt and Freshman Braylen Stumbo scored two runs each, Senior Owen Pack and 8th grader Max Murriell scored a run each.
Lawrence Co. 15 Betsy Layne 0
In the night cap the Bulldogs scored eight runs in the first inning and Grant Cochran tossed a four inning no-hitter, struck out eight and walked one.
Boedy Maynard had two hits including a double, drove in three, and scored a run, Max Murriell had two hits, drove in one and scored twice, Grant Cochran one hit and three RBI’s, Braxton Davis was one base three times and scored three runs, Eli Caudill one run and one RBI, Gray Derifield scored twice and had one RBI, Brady Caudill doubled, CJ Whitt and Braylen Stumbo scored twice, Caden Sweeney and Ethan Queen scored a run each.
2026 Bulldog Seniors
L to R Caden Sweeney, Braxton Davis, Owen Pack, Boedy Maynard, Brayden Queen
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The Dawgs will have a busy week coming up beginning with a home District game with Prestonsburg Tuesday, road game at Prestonsburg Wednesday, at Paintsville Tuesday and at George Washington ( WV ) on Saturday.
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Bulldog Head Coach Travis Feltner
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… We are really excited for the 2026 season. Our guys have had a great off season. We return some seasoned veterans like Boedy Maynard, Braxton Davis, Owen Pack, Brady Caudill and Gray Derifield. We expect them to provide great leadership. And we have several inexperienced yet very talented guys going to provide some great depth.”
“… No doubt with our inexperience in several areas we will have some growing pains and that’s ok. At the end of the day our expectations are to win the 15th region and we will settle for nothing less than that.”
