Today's News

Fighting underage drinking and drug use has been a focal point of many in the community, but as it was shown at the Washington County Heartland Youth Coalition’s town hall meeting at Mordecai’s restaurant on Thursday, there’s still plenty of work to be done.

As many games this season have gone, the Patriots trip to Georgetown included two games which they had a good chance of winning, only to have that opportunity slip away. Such was the case Wednesday when the Tigers held on for a 10-8 win and game one and then pulled away late in the second game for a 5-1 win in Mid-South Conference action.

The Patriots used good pitching, some timely hitting and a dose of “small ball” in beating the visiting Rio Grande RedStorm 3-2 Friday. The Mid-South Conference victory gave Luther Bramblett’s team sole possession of fourth place in the conference with a 6-4 record.

“It was a good game all the way around,” said Bramblett whose team moved to 25-10 overall. “The situational hitting wasn’t so good for either team as we both left 11 runners on base. But our pitchers did a good job in making some big pitches.”

Commander baseball (4-5) dropped two of three games last week and two of those matchups were district bouts, a 3-1 win at Bardstown on Friday and a 7-6 loss at Nelson County on Saturday. Washington County has posted a 2-2 record just over halfway through its current seven-game road trip.

Washington County @ Nelson County
Score: 7-6 Nelson County
When: Saturday, March 23
Where: Nelson County High School