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I traveled to the tournament in Meade County this weekend to watch some 6th & 7th Region teams. I was able to see Male play Collins, Butler and Holy Cross.

Male's team is no longer a mystery to me as I had stated in my first post. I was able to watch 3 of their games, and see that they have a very solid team, that can hit and overall an athletic looking team.

They had one player, Mudd, hit 2 HRs during the games I watched, and a 3rd in another game, I was told. Wireman was very impressive at the plate and in the circle. I had never seen her pitch prior to these games, and all I can say is Wow! She dominated a very good Holy Cross team and shut down Collins, other than a nice hit by Rankin. Male's other pitcher Miozza looked good against a decent Butler team. I had seen her in the past, and she was about the same. The other pitcher I saw for them that came in against Collins was fairly average.

Bloomer stayed relatively calm, that I saw, and the parents I was talking with say they are very happy to have him coaching their kids. I didn't stay around for the last game against Mercy, though, which I was told was a thumping.

Looking at the scores from Ballard and Eastern this weekend, this first week of games has created more questions than answers for Region 7.

Not so for the 6th, except for, in my opinion, who will battle for 2nd place, Bullitt East or Holy Cross. Given the perpetual drama surrounding Bullitt East, I could easily see Holy Cross in the Region 6 championship game against Mercy.

Ballard???

I don't have a daughter playing, but I stopped in at Ballard to catch the Softball Tournament final...

Championship Game (5 innings):
Ballard 11
Owensboro Catholic 1

Ballard team hit 3 deep bombs out of the park in the 4th inning and it felt like 35 degrees outside. Ballard lost to Owensboro Catholic 1-2 on Friday and came back on Saturday to win 3 games and take the title, and rode the back of an 8th grade pitcher that went the distance in all 3 Saturday games.

High Quality Tournament with 6 excellent teams:
Ballard
Owensboro Catholic
Boyle County
Fern Creek
Bowling Green
North Laurel

The Catholic ace pitcher was taken out after the 3 HR's...the best defensive player on the field was the #12 from Ballard that played 2nd base, I found out that she is freshman from that moved in from Southern California, was also the fastest kid on the field by far.