Edmonson Voice Sports:
Kasey Webb, a member of the Wildcat Track and Field team, recently set a new school record for the shot put.

Webb, a senior, achieved a throw of 52' 6", which beat the old school record set by Randy Meredith, which had remained for the last 35 years at a distance of just under 52 feet.

ECHS Track and Field coach Brad Meredith said the track teams are now into the competitive portion of the 2024 season, competing at Barren County and Warren Central last week.

Some team highlights from Barren County included:

Boys 4 x 800 - 2nd
Girls 100 meter
Bailey Furguson - 8th
Lincy Chacon - 12th
Makenzie Baker - 16th

Boys 100 meter
Ashton Gammons - 17th
Gabe Vincent - 23rd

Girls 4 x 200 - 3rd

Boys 4 x 200 - 3rd

Girls 1600
Mollie Johnson - 3rd

Boys 1600
Zander Garrett - 3rd

Girls 4 x 100 - 6th

Boys 4 x 100 - 4th

Girls 400
Cariann Williams - 3rd
Mollie Johnson - 6th
Abby Logsdon - 8th

Boys 400
Jackson Logsdon - 3rd
Tanner Bates - 4th

Boys 800
Landon Frainch - 2nd

Girls HJ
Cariann Williams - 3rd

Boys HJ
Landon Franich - 2nd
Wyatt Gravil - 4th
Jasper Young - 7th

Boys Shot
Kasey Webb -1st
Austin McCombs - 8th
Seth Baker - 11th

Girls Discus
Haley Shields - 4th
Avary Vertress - 5th

Boys Discus
Seth Baker - 8th
Austin McCombs - 9th
Kasey Webb - 10th

Boys Long Jump
Wyatt Gravil - 3rd

Boys Pole Vault
Blake Talley - 2nd

“This is really our first meet where most of our team competed,” said Coach Brad Meredith. “We had some great performances to start our season. Of course the biggest performance had to be Kasey Webb who threw over 50 ft in shot put for the first time, and he threw a state-leading mark of 52' 6". Kasey has worked very hard to reach this point in his high school career. He is exactly what track and field is all about. He has put in the time and effort to be an elite thrower , I am very proud of him. Coach Michael Peger has done such a great job with all of our throwers. They would not be where they are today without him. He deserves all the coaching credit with Kasey. I couldn’t be happier for him or Kasey."

This week the track teams compete in meets at Glasgow and Greenwood.

The short game saw Edmonson's first run on the board in the bottom of the first, when senior Kaylee Ann Sanders scored on a ground out from senior Autumn Simmons. After a quick top of the second, thanks to Lady Cat pitcher Julie Norris, the Lady Cats took control of the game in the bottom of the inning and never looked back.

With two outs, the Lady Cats were able to put together the following consecutive plays: single, walk, single, single, double, Lady Dragon error, and another double to take a commanding 7-0 lead.

After three straight outs against Warren Central in the top of the third, the wheels came off for the Lady Dragons as Edmonson County was able to put 8 more runs on the board, resulting in a run-ruled, 15-0 lop-sided win.

Kaylee Ann Sanders went 2-3 for the Lady Cats with a double and 3 RBIs, Julie Norris went 2-3 with 2 RBIs, Jolee Vincent went 2-2 with a triple and 2 RBIs, Shelby Sowders also earned a triple and an RBI, Makayla Hogg knocked in one on a double, with Autumn Simmons and Addie Childress also earning base hits.

It only took 34 pitches for Norris to get the job done for the Lady Cats from the circle, giving up no runs on 3 hits, no walks, and struck out 3.

Edmonson County committed no errors and put up 10 hits against the Lady Dragons.

Edmonson County is now 7-10 on the season and is scheduled to travel to Butler County on Thursday for a District 12 match.

Make plans to attend the Boys Soccer camp June 17th and 18th hosted by the Edmonson County Wildcat Soccer Team. Forms should be sent this week from school. Forms will also be available onsite on the 17th.

Darren Doyle, story: Alyssa Doyle, photos:
The Lady Cats could only manage three hits last night at James Woodcock field at ECHS as they fell to Grayson County 3-0 in their first district game of the season.

District play was set to begin last week but rain and soggy field conditions delayed that until Tuesday evening. Edmonson County had not played since their spring break tournament in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, that ended on April 5th and saw the Lady Cats go 3-2 on the trip. While the temperature was a nice 83 degrees at first pitch, the EC bats were not quite as warm.

Grayson County put a run on the board in the top of the first, after a couple of singles and a sacrifice bunt to take a 1-0 lead. Edmonson County held Grayson scoreless in the second and pitcher Julie Norris started off the bottom of the inning with a single to center. Despite a couple of singles and a stolen base, the Lady Cats could not cross the plate in the inning.

The score would remain 1-0 in favor of the Lady Cougars until the top of the 6th inning, when a couple of Edmonson County errors resulted in another run by Grayson. Another Grayson County single plated another run to increase their lead to 3-0.

Edmonson County had a good opportunity to generate some runs in the bottom of the sixth as the Lady Cats reached on back-to-back Cougar errors to put runners on the corners but each of the base runners were thrown out as they attempted two different plays at home plate.

After giving up two singles to start the top of the 7th, the Lady Cats held Grayson County scoreless, but went quietly in the bottom of the 7th with two groundouts and a strike out looking for a final 3-0 score in favor of the Lady Cougars.

Jolee Vincent, Julie Norris, and Emma Price all went 1-3 at the plate. Kaylee Ann Sanders drew the only walk for the Lady Cats. Pitcher Julie Norris went the full 7 innings for Edmonson County and gave up one earned run on 6 hits, struck out 5, and walked only one.

Grayson County's Ellie Bratcher (8th grade) struck out 11 Lady Cat batters in 7 innings.

Edmonson County fell to 6-9 on the season and 0-1 in District 12 play. They are scheduled to take on Trinity (Whitesville) on Thursday at home in another district match beginning at 6PM.

It was a barrage of bats at Wildcat Field on Monday evening as they consistently made solid contact with pitches from the Warren Central Dragons.

The onslaught of offense was far too much for the struggling Dragons as the Cats put up 17 runs in the second inning, where the entire lineup batted around, three batters hit three times in the inning, and one batter would have made is fourth trip to the plate in the inning had he not been pulled for a sub.

It was also a special evening for sophomore pitcher/infielder Hunter Wilson, who earned his 200th strikeout in a game during the team's spring break trip to the East Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Tournament. Head Coach Michael Meredith presented him with the game ball in which the feat was accomplished.

Against the Dragons, three Wildcats were perfect at the plate, with Levi Meredith going 2 for 2 with a triple and an RBI, Hunter Wilson went 2-2 with a double, and Garrett Lyons went 3-3.

Drew Pierce was 2-3, Carter Hodges went 2-3 with a double, Dakotah Curtis was 2-3 with a triple, Colton Webb went 2-3 with a double, and Layne Ashley was 2-3 with a double. Pierce also had two stolen bases and Ashley swiped one.

Three Wildcats saw action on the mound in the three-inning match against the Dragons, which was run-ruled. Colton Webb started the game, giving up no hits, walking three, and striking out one with one hit batsmen and an earned run.

Carter Hodges struck out three on no hits and no walks. Kalvin Kitchens faced two batters in the final inning and gave up two runs on one hit with no walks and a strikeout.

The Dragons were held to only one hit while the Wildcats slapped 21 total for their side. Edmonson County only struck out twice during the game and zero walks.

"We hit it pretty good," Coach Meredith said after the game.

Warren Central fell to 1-7 on the year.

The Wildcats improved to 8-5 on the season and will host Allen County-Scottsville tonight at 5:30PM.