Jacob Preston

Kody Ross homered and drove in two runs and Jacob¿Preston and Josiah Robbins each had two hits Friday as Boyle County won a 6-3 decision at Casey County. Addison Coffey went the first two innings to pick up the win, giving up no runs and striking out two for Boyle (19-14).  Robbins doubled and Preston tripled for Boyle, which scored four runs in the top of the third to take an early 4-0 lead. Connor Blevins led off the inning by reaching on an error, went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Jacob Pike reached on a Casey error.

Chris Goodman scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to give Mercer County a 10-9 victory over Boyle County at Harrodsburg. Goodman scored from second base after leading off the inning with a walk and advancing on Tyler Devine's sacrifice bunt. The Titans pushed across the winning run after the Rebels had scored three runs in the top of the inning to tie the game at 9-all. It was the second consecutive three-run inning for Boyle, which had gotten back in the game after Mercer took an 8-3 lead.

Boyle County's bats didn't let pitcher Casey Whittle down. The Rebels connected for seven hits, including RBI hits by Jacob Preston and Brett Jones, to get runs on the board and Whittle did the rest on the mound to lead Boyle to a 3-1 victory over Lincoln County on Monday at Rebel Field. The junior right-hander went the distance, allowing just one run off two hits with one walk, one hit batsman and five strikeouts. “He pitched well,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said. “I feel very comfortable with him on the mound, and he's gone deep in every game he's pitched.” “Defense was big today because everybody hit balls hard on both sides.

Boyle County got a strong pitching performance from Jacob Preston and Clay Young got a badly-needed hit as the Rebels continued their recent hot play and pounded Pulaski County 8-2 in the first game of two games Thursday at Rebel Field. In the second game, Boyle routed visiting Bellevue 14-1 in five innings. Preston went the distance to improve to 3-0 on the season, striking out five, walking none and scattering six hits. Of his 78 pitches, 59 were for strikes. “He threw a lot of strikes, and maybe a leadoff guy or two he got behind, but other than that we tried to keep his pitch count down because he's on three days rest,”¿Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said.

Lincoln County used one big inning to knock out Boyle County for the second straight year, winning 4-1 in a 45th District Tournament semifinal Tuesday night at Stanford. The host Patriots scored all of their runs in the third inning as they reached the 20-win mark and eliminated Boyle in the district tourney for the second consecutive season. Lincoln pitcher Zach Brown scattered five hits, allowing Boyle a lone run in the sixth inning, and the Patriots backed him with errorless defense.

Garrard County cranked out 18 hits Thursday in a 10-4 victory over Boyle County at Lancaster. Sammy Galloway went 4 for 4 and Ronnie Saylor and Matt Wilburn had three hits each for the Golden Lions, who were shut out in the first inning but scored in every other at-bat. Garrard (6-8, 1-1 45th District) took a 3-2 lead with two runs in the third inning, then added three runs in the fourth inning and two each in the fifth and sixth. Boyle (7-7, 2-1) managed only four hits. “Our bats have to come alive,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said.

Boyle County lost two four-run leads before Brett Jones singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth inning to give the Rebels a 10-9 victory over East Jessamine on Monday at Nicholasville. Boyle (9-11) led 4-0 after 1 1/2 innings before East Jessamine (6-13) rallied, and the Rebels seemed to take command with four runs in the eighth inning, only to see the Jaguars tie the game in the bottom of the inning with the help of two errors. The Rebels finally won in the ninth when Jones' two-out single drove home Scott Conyers and Addison Coffey retired the side.

After dropping their first game of the Boyle County Invitational on Friday, the host Rebels came back with a vengeance on Saturday. Boyle clubbed 22 hits and scored 33 runs with a pair of wins over Mason County and Nicholas County. In a 13-3, five-inning win over Mason County, Casey Tiller had three hits with a triple, home run and drove in three runs and Connor Blevins had a homer and four RBIs. Billy Joe Bryington had two hits and he and Jacob Preston also drove in runs for Boyle, which trailed 3-0 before scoring six runs in the third inning, then blowing the game open with four in the fourth and three more in the third to end it. Casey Whittle went all five innings, giving up two earned runs on six hits, with five strikeouts and no walks.

The hits just keep on coming for Boyle County. The Rebels were doing just fine on offense before their spring break trip to Florida last week,  they did pretty well during their stay in the Sunshine State and they have showed no signs of slowing down since returning home. They teed off on Garrard County in an 11-1 win Thursday, giving them 24 runs on 28 hits in two 45th District wins on consecutive days. “We’re all coming focused, ready to play,” pitcher Kody Ross said. “We’re rolling right now. Everybody’s hitting it and fielding it pretty good.” Boyle coach David Camic said he hoped the Rebels would retain their focus after a rainout forced them to play district games on consecutive days.

Lincoln County used one big inning to knock out Boyle County for the second straight year, winning 4-1 in a 45th District Tournament semifinal Tuesday night at Stanford. The host Patriots scored all of their runs in the third inning as they reached the 20-win mark and eliminated Boyle in the district tourney for the second consecutive season. Lincoln pitcher Zach Brown scattered five hits, allowing Boyle a lone run in the sixth inning, and the Patriots backed him with errorless defense.

Kody Ross homered and drove in two runs and Jacob¿Preston and Josiah Robbins each had two hits Friday as Boyle County won a 6-3 decision at Casey County. Addison Coffey went the first two innings to pick up the win, giving up no runs and striking out two for Boyle (19-14).  Robbins doubled and Preston tripled for Boyle, which scored four runs in the top of the third to take an early 4-0 lead. Connor Blevins led off the inning by reaching on an error, went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Jacob Pike reached on a Casey error.

Josiah Robbins' single in the top of the seventh inning drove in the winning run to help Boyle upset No. 7 West Jessamine 3-2 Tuesday in Nicholasville. "West Jessamine is a great ball club, one of the best in the state. We knew it was going to be a battle,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said. “We are a much better team than when we faced them a few weeks ago. We were faced with adversity and I am very proud of these boys for being resilient and coming back in the seventh inning. Great momentum for this last week of the regular season.

The Boyle County Rebels knew what they were missing. Boyle struggled to string wins together in the first half of the season largely because it struggled to score runs, but that has started to change now. Big hits and big innings have led to a spike in the Rebels' offensive production, and they got both on Tuesday, scoring seven runs in the second inning to defeat Anderson County 8-2 at Rebel Field. Runs have been coming in bunches lately for Boyle, which has won six of its last eight games, and the Rebels say it's not a moment too soon.

Chris Goodman scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh inning Monday to give Mercer County a 10-9 victory over Boyle County at Harrodsburg. Goodman scored from second base after leading off the inning with a walk and advancing on Tyler Devine's sacrifice bunt. The Titans pushed across the winning run after the Rebels had scored three runs in the top of the inning to tie the game at 9-all. It was the second consecutive three-run inning for Boyle, which had gotten back in the game after Mercer took an 8-3 lead.

Garrard County cranked out 18 hits Thursday in a 10-4 victory over Boyle County at Lancaster. Sammy Galloway went 4 for 4 and Ronnie Saylor and Matt Wilburn had three hits each for the Golden Lions, who were shut out in the first inning but scored in every other at-bat. Garrard (6-8, 1-1 45th District) took a 3-2 lead with two runs in the third inning, then added three runs in the fourth inning and two each in the fifth and sixth. Boyle (7-7, 2-1) managed only four hits. “Our bats have to come alive,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said.

Boyle County's bats didn't let pitcher Casey Whittle down. The Rebels connected for seven hits, including RBI hits by Jacob Preston and Brett Jones, to get runs on the board and Whittle did the rest on the mound to lead Boyle to a 3-1 victory over Lincoln County on Monday at Rebel Field. The junior right-hander went the distance, allowing just one run off two hits with one walk, one hit batsman and five strikeouts. “He pitched well,” Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said. “I feel very comfortable with him on the mound, and he's gone deep in every game he's pitched.” “Defense was big today because everybody hit balls hard on both sides.

Boyle County got a strong pitching performance from Jacob Preston and Clay Young got a badly-needed hit as the Rebels continued their recent hot play and pounded Pulaski County 8-2 in the first game of two games Thursday at Rebel Field. In the second game, Boyle routed visiting Bellevue 14-1 in five innings. Preston went the distance to improve to 3-0 on the season, striking out five, walking none and scattering six hits. Of his 78 pitches, 59 were for strikes. “He threw a lot of strikes, and maybe a leadoff guy or two he got behind, but other than that we tried to keep his pitch count down because he's on three days rest,”¿Boyle coach Kyle Wynn said.

Mason Stamm's 10th-inning home run lifted Danville to a 4-3 victory over Clay County on Saturday at Stearns after two pitchers combined to throw nine no-hit innings. Stamm's second home run of the season, a solo shot to right field, gave the 12th-ranked Admirals the lead in the top of the 10th. He also gave Danville (9-1) a 3-2 lead with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning before Clay (4-3) answered with an unearned run in the bottom half. The Tigers scored two runs on three hits in the first inning, but they didn't get another hit or another earned run the rest of the day against Austin Baxter and Andrew Lasure.