Nelson County

The Burgin girls may not have been familiar with their surroundings this weekend, but they were exactly where they wanted to be. The Bulldogs were in uncharted territory at the Boyle County Invitational, where they played a couple of teams that are a cut above most of those on their schedule, and they left satisfied both with the way they matched up with those teams and with what they believe that will do for them down the road. Burgin had the best record of any of the four area volleyball teams in the eight-team event at Centre College, going 3-0 in its pool before being knocked out by Nelson County in a semifinal Saturday.

LIBERTY — Brad Jeffries and Clay Cannon each posted 6-0, 6-0 victories Thursday as Casey County blanked host Nelson County 6-0. At No. 1 doubles, the team of Skyer Wright and Taylor leigh pulled off a 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 win. Casey County 6, Nelson County 0 Singles No. 1 — Brad Jeffries def. Ryan Stallings 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 — Ryan Martin def. Jackson Thompson 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 — Clay Cannon def. Joseph Cesere 6-0, 6-0; No....

East Jessamine had a hot week, winning four of its five games, including four wins in as many days. Last Wednesday, East defeated Model 14-8, recording a season-high in runs. The following day, the Jags plated 12 runs to record their second district win, beating Burgin 12-7. Friday night’s game at Nelson County was postponed. Nelson and East played two on Saturday, with the Jags winning both games 6-5. Monday The Jags fell at Boyle, 8-2, Monday night. The Rebels jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first inning and cruised the rest of the way, dropping East to 10-9 on the season and ending its four-game win streak.

Tyler Sebastian was a double short of the cycle Saturday, going 4-for-5 with a stolen base to help Danville to a 10-7 win at Nelson County. Hunter May drilled a two-run home run in the first inning, went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs. Max Meckes was 3-for-5 with a double and Dowell Harmon was 2-for-3 as Danville (6-2) led 7-1 after two innings. Rob Caudill worked the first two innings, giving up a run on one hit with three strikeouts, to pick up the win. Danville was ahead 9-2 when Nelson scored four runs (two unearned)

Grant Blevins and Dakota Jarman each shot 35 Tuesday to lead the Rebels to a 149-168 win over Lincoln County. Lincoln was led by Jordan Withrow’s 39 and Chris Butler’s 40. Both teams will be plying in the Bluegrass Conference Tournament on Thursday at Dix River Country Club. Girls Mercer County 183, Nelson County 237 — At Harrodsburg, five Mercer County girls were separated by only two strokes as the Titans routed Nelson County. Ally Perrin and Emili Moore each shot 45 to lead Mercer (7-5)

The George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals will attempt to rebound from it's first loss of the season tonight at Tates Creek in the team's second consecutive road game. Clark (1-1) couldn't get over a slow start in a 53-48 loss to Simon Kenton last Saturday at Highlands. Clark rallied late, but couldn't convert on numerous opportunities down the stretch. The Lady Cards took Sunday off and practiced Monday in preparation for the Lady Commodores. Tates Creek has a revamped lineup, featuring Lexington Catholic transfer Oney Harrison, a freshman and Torin Strickland, daughter of University of Kentucky men's basketball assistant coach Rod Strickland.

Mercer County's Ally Perrin shot 44 for the low score in her team's match with Nelson County on Tuesday at Harrodsburg. Perrin edged Nelson's Morgan Stine by one stroke at Bright Leaf Golf Course. Nelson won the match, beating Mercer by nine strokes. GIRLS At Bright Leaf G.C., Harrodsburg NELSON COUNTY (189) ? Morgan Stine 45, April Lewis 47, Ashley Gamlin 47, Marisa Cox 50, Clarissa Haste 52. MERCER COUNTY (198) ?  Ally Perrin 44, Lauren Yates 49, Caitlin Baer 51, Emili Moore 54, Maryssa Whittaker 55, Lee Baxter 58.

The West Jessamine boys' soccer team will host the Ryan Robinson Memorial Classic this weekend. The action starts tonight at 8 p.m. when the Colts take on Villa Madonna (1-3-3). Games are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Also taking part in the tournament will be Nelson County, Woodford County, Scott and Southwestern.

Tanner Burks shot a 2-under-par 34 to lead all scorers and help Danville to a 153-162 win over visiting East Jessamine on Thursday at Old Bridge Golf Club. Andrew McKinney shot a 37 for Danville, which plays in North Laurel's tournament at Crooked Creek in London on Saturday. Girls Nelson County 186, Mercer County 188 ? At Harrodsburg, Ally Perrin had a 44 and Lauren Yates and Sarah Walker each shot 46 for the Titans in a two-stroke loss to Nelson County at Bright Leaf.

Garrick Whittle struck out 11 Saturday and Boyle County pounded out 12 hits in a 10-1 win over Carmel, N.Y., in the Cocoa Expo in Cocoa Beach, Fla. Logan Tritapoe had three hits and drove in three runs, Cody Morris had two hits, drove in a run and stole three bases, Ben Carter had two hits and an RBI, Kody Ross had an RBI double and Jacob Bodner had two hits and two RBIs for the Rebels (6-2). Whittle walked just two, gave up no earned runs and had an RBI double. Carter also threw out two runners.