High School Sports

Carroll County was able to overcome two first inning errors and carried a 3-2 lead into the top of the seventh inning. Unfortunately the seventh inning was not kind as an error on the first batter led to four more errors as Boone County scored seven runs to take a 9-3 lead. The Lady Panthers made a little noise in the bottom of the seventh, but Boone held on for a 9-5 victory March 23.

The first two Boone County batters reached on errors, but Carroll’s defense stiffened behind pitcher Andrea Searcy and only allowed one run.

It was the ultimate pitching and defensive battle Monday night between district foes Carroll and Owen. Scoreless through regulation, it took the international tiebreaker rule to get the offenses going. Both teams scored in the eighth, and it was senior Hannah Polley’s single to right field that was the game-winner, 2-1 Carroll County.

On a cool and breezy Friday night, Carroll County opened its 2017 softball season with a 19-7 loss to visiting Oldham County.

Oldham’s Payton Hamm opened the top of the first with a single. A stolen base and a double by Taylor Sheller gave Oldham a 1-0 lead. With two outs Haley Springer doubled to up the lead to 2-0. An error by Allie Beach allowed a third run to score before a ground out ended the inning.

The Carroll County track team has new but familiar faces on the coaching staff, as former Panther track athletes D’Anthony Collins and Lauren Holloway have taken over the coaching duties.

Each team currently has six members. Holloway said she has been visiting students during lunch waves trying to recruit more athletes for the teams.

The girls’ team is primarily made up of sprinters. Collins said at this time no one would be running a distance longer than 400 meters.