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Steve Cornelius Photo On hand for Southwestern High School senior Zack Turpin’s signing to Georgetown College were, front row from left, Lucas Turpin, Lyn Turpin, Zack Turpin, Joy Turpin and Shirley Turpin; back row from left, Matt Cook, Danita Ellis, Josh Franklin, Michael Gover, Rodney McAninch and Scott Gregory. Zack Turpin signs with Georgetown College

BY MICHAEL CHILDERS College, and Shawnee top of my list of choices. I It's great to watch a percentage (.476), RBI’s So far this season, the CJ Correspondent State University. enjoyed meeting the player grow and develop (36), and stolen bases (19 Warrior hurler currently After taking a look at players and touring the over the years. He has of 19). For his success, he holds a 4-2 record with 54 Ever since Zack Turpin the campus and the facilities and I was very had a dream of playing was named the 2011 strikeouts in 33 innings. arrived at Southwestern facilities, along with the impressed with their collegiate baseball and he Commonwealth Journal At the plate, Turpin has High School, he has been tradition of it, Turpin throwing program and is going to have a great All-County Baseball Co- a .397 batting average, asked to make some knew Georgetown was the proven success that opportunity at Player of the Year, along .468 on-base percentage, tough throws. Whether it the place to be. they have had with their Georgetown to fulfill with the All-District and 24 RBI’s. was at the quarterback “One of my goals for pitchers. I believe that those dreams.” Team for the second “Zack has been a position on the football the last ten years has the combination of While at Southwestern, consecutive season. M field or on the mound on been to be able to be a academics and baseball Turpin has a made a See TURPIN, Page A6 the baseball diamond, baseball pitcher beyond at Georgetown is right for huge impact both on the you could always count the high school level and me.” diamond and the on Turpin to deliver with Georgetown is giving me Alex Eaton, who is in gridiron, as well as, in a big throw. that opportunity,” began his second season as the the classroom. Turpin Turpin is being Turpin, who is currently Southwestern baseball has made the biggest rewarded for that golden undecided on his major, head coach, is more than impact on the baseball arm of his, as he signed a but is leaning towards a happy to see one of his field, as he has been an scholarship earlier this law degree. “I wanted to players go on to play at integral part of the week to play baseball at go to a school that had a the collegiate level, Warriors’ pitching staff Georgetown College at strong and proven something that not in three straight district the NAIA level. The pitching program, as well everyone gets to do. championship seasons. Southwestern athlete as, respected academics.” “I am happy for Zack,” Last season, as a Fresh Cut Flowers had a handful of schools “From the first time I stated Eaton. “This is a junior, Turpin went 8-1 to choose from, as he visited Georgetown and very special time for Zack on the season with a 2.71 Arrangements chose Georgetown over met Coach Micah and his family. He has ERA, while having 51 Beautiful Hanging Baskets Lincoln Memorial Baumfeld and Coach worked so hard for the strikeouts in 44 innings. Plants University, Lindsey Josh Franklin, I knew last several years to get At the plate, he led the Wilson College, Centre they were near or at the to where he is at today. team in on-base

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for-4 from the plate. WARRIORS Fourman, who pitched the entire game for Southwestern, got the victory. Continued from PAGE A8 The sophomore hurler gave up four hits Here’s our Cardinals. Freshman Allie Venable and struck out two batters in six Commonwealth had a , while Molden hit an innings of work. Sign RBI single. Halcomb would come up big “Sydney pitched really well for us Journal once again, hitting another two-run tonight,” praised Blair. “She also came All your election news double. • 3 out of 4 voters are regular up with a big home run early in the newspaper readers. At your fingertips The Lady Warriors would get the game.” game-clinching score in the sixth The Lady Warriors were back in • 55%-majority of voters read inning, as Corder scored on Wayne action last night, hosting South Laurel a local paper every day. County’s sixth error of the night. at the War Path. Look for details of the It was a big night at the plate for South Laurel-Southwestern game in • Newspapers dominate in Southwestern, as they finished with 12 tomorrow’s sports section. state and local elections. hits. Blair was more than happy to see Southwestern will travel to Grayson • Newspapers are the preferred her club hit the softball as well as they County today. did in the ten-run district victory. source for campaign and “I think the girls realized that we WC 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 4 6 election news. weren’t going to win games if we didn’t SW 4 0 1 2 4 1 - 12 12 1 start hitting the ball,” stated the first- Call Kathy at year Lady Warrior softball coach. WP: Fourman (SW) “Even though she was a little bit of a LP: Tori Bell (WC) 606-678-8191, Ext. 110 slower pitcher, the girls waited on the 2B: J. Upchurch, B. Upchurch, ball and drove it where they needed it Feduccia (WC); Halcomb 2 (SW) to. HR: Fourman (SW) Halcomb finished the game with RBI: Taylor Bell, J. Upchurch (WC); three hits, which included a pair of Halcomb 5, Corder 2, Venable, Molden, doubles and a game-high five RBI’s. Fourman (SW) Corder, meanwhile, went a perfect 4-