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EASTERN BROWN 6, HUNTINGTON ROSS 3 DEMING ROLLS TO 13-5 WIN AT AUGUSTA today's The Deming Black Devils news went to Augusta on Friday Lady Warriors evening and returned to to go! Robertson County with a 13-5 win over the Panthers. Jordan Earlywine pitched advance with win entertainmentsix inning for the Devils and struck out seven Augusta batter in helping lift Deming over Huntsmen to 7-13 on the season. Tyler Burns was 5-for-5 at MULLINS BLAST SNAPS TIE IN 6TH the plate with a double and a today's triple for Deming and Jacob Curtis also had a 5-for-5 CHUCKnews HAMILTON Johnson plated a sliding Purdy day, with five singles. [email protected] when she hit a grounder to Travis Sharp was 4-for- to go! shortstop and the throw sailed 4 and Kenneth Martin MACON, Ohio | Eastern over the catcher’s head. John- chipped with a 3-for-4 Brown junior catcher Shelby son, who moved to second on + game for the Devils. Mullins smashed a solo home the errant throw, took third on region stateDeming travels to Paris to run over the center field fence a delayed steal and scored the face the Greyhounds in its in the sixth inning to break a third Huntington miscue of the next game on Tuesday. — LI 3-3 deadlock and helped lift inning. the host Lady Warriors to a 6-3 Eastern coach Dennis For- SEAN WOODS TO BE win over Huntington Ross in sythe said after the game that NAMED MOREHEAD STATE an OHSAA Southeast District the early runs were key for the Divisiontoday's III Sectional game on Lady Warriors. BASKETBALL COACH Friday evening. “It was good to get off to a Sean Woods, who has Mullins’views bomb came after the good start and it really ended spent time with five Divi- Huntsmento go! tied the game in the up being the difference in the sion I men’s basketball top half of the frame on junior game,” Forsythe said. “We’ve programs and led Missis- Maisie Hurless’ run-scoring been off for a week, so I was sippi Valley State to the 2012 down the right field line. concerned we might be a little opinionNCAA Tournament, has Hurless was also responsible for rusty and it showed a little bit been named the 13th head the other Huntington runs by when we made an error that coach in Morehead State driving in a pair in the second began their rally in the second University history. inning on a line-drive double inning. Maria did a great job of Woods will be formally into the left field corner. pitching for us today, she didn’t TOM PATRICK PHOTOS, FOR THE LEDGER INDEPENDENT introduced during a press After Lady Warriors junior throw too many right down the Eastern Brown junior pitcher Maria Johnson delivers a fastball during the conference on Monday at Maria Johnson set down the middle and she had great con- Lady Warriors’ 6-3 sectional tournament win over Huntington Ross on 2 p.m. ET. Huntsmen in order in the trol. Huntington put the ball Friday. The press conference, opening frame, Eastern got on in play, their pitcher did a heck which is open to the public, the board in their first at-bat of a job and they surprised me will be held at MSU’s Adron against freshman Alayna Lytle, with how well they played.” Doran University Center. scoring three runs. The Huntsmen second inning Woods led Mississippi Senior Kayla Ratliff led off began with Kendra Detty reach- Valley State to 50 overall by laying down a perfect drag ing on an error and advancing wins and 44 Southwestern bunt down the first base line for to second on a single up the Athletic Conference vic- a single, advanced to third base middle from Kelsey Watters. tories the past four years. on freshman Mikayla Purdy’s After both runners moved up a The 2011-12 Delta Devils base hit to center and scored base on a groundout, Hurless finished 21-13 overall, 17-1 when the center fielder’s throw in the SWAC, won the con- got past the third baseman, ference tournament and with Purdy moving to third. See EASTERN, C3 advanced to the school’s fifth-ever NCAA Tourna- Eastern Brown junior catcher Shelby Mullins smacks a over the ment.—LI fence in center field in the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie in the Lady War- riors’ 6-3 win over Huntington Ross in an Ohio Division III Sectional game AP SOURCE: JAMES WINS at Eastern High School on Friday. 3RD NBA MVP AWARD tuesday, 04.27,2010 | the ledger independent www.maysville-online.com/newsMIAMI | Heat forward LeBron James is the NBA’s WASHINGTON 7, CINCINNATI 3 LEWIS COUNTY 3, GREENUP COUNTY 2 MVP fortoday's a third time, put- ting him alongsidenews some of the game’sto all-time go! greats. A person familiar with the decision told The Associ- + Lions rally for win in ated Press that James will be region state announced Saturday as this year’s winner of the league’s top individual honor, and district preview that he’ll be formally pre- section b tuesday, 04.27,2010 | the ledger independent www.maysville-online.com/lifestyles sented with the trophy by JAYME PRICE said Riley’s shoulder popped out Commissionertoday's David Stern For The Ledger Independent of place. “It was amazing he was on Sunday afternoon be- able to stay in the game. But I was fore Miamirecipes hosts Indiana in GREENUP – On a night when a glad to see that for him, he needed Game 1 ofto an Easterngo! Con- pair of freshmen had shined most that.” ference semifinal series. + for Lewis County, a senior stole Sammy Holder was the first to The person spoke on life travelthe spotlight during the Lions’ last reach base in the seventh with a condition of anonymity at-bat. one-out single, then advanced to because the league has not Having trailed Greenup County second on a wild pitch. Levi Clark announced the results. 2-1 entering the seventh inning, followed with an infield single, set- James is winning the catcher Kasey Riley belted what ting up Riley’s game-winning shot. award for the third time in proved to be a game-winning, Jordan Doyle led Lewis County’s four seasons. section b tuesday, 04.27,2010 | the ledgertwo-run independent double to right to give offensive efforts, www.maysville-online.com/entertainmentgoing 3-for-3 Only seven other play- Lewis County the lead 3-2 Friday with a double. ers — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in a preview of what will be the “The kid’s a player,” Michaeltoday's Jordan, Bill Russell, 63rd District Tournament opener Prater said. “There’s no doubt Wilt Chamberlain,recipes Larry on May 22. about that. He puts the ball in play Bird, Magic Johnson and “(Riley) was able to battle back and if you do that, you’re going to Moses Maloneto go! — have at after hurting his shoulder early,” be in the lineup.” least three MVP trophies.— entertainmentLions coach Keith Prater said, in AP reference to a play at the plate in seventy-five cents the second inning in which he See LEWIS, C2 BROWNS DT PHIL TAYLOR ASSOCIATED PRESS starting pitcher Gio Gonzalez COULD MISS SEASON throws against the during the first inning BEREA, Ohio | The Cleve- on Friday in Cincinnati. The lefty whiffed nine Reds in five land Browns have a massive innings in the 7-3 win over the Reds. hole to plug on their defen- Undrafted LB Burfi ct gets sive line. Run-stopping tackle Gonzalez fans nine in Phil Taylor will be out for chance with Bengals months, and maybe for the Nationals’ win over Cincy season with a torn chest muscle. JOE KAY Taylor tore his left pec- NATS HIT 2 HRS OFF Associated Press toral muscle lifting weights Thursday and needs surgery, STRUGGLING LEAKE CINCINNATI | Vontaze Burfict a potentially devastating swooped in from the middle line- blow to Cleveland’s defense. backer spot and closed on the ball Taylor, the No. 21 overall JOE KAY carrier, then quickly pulled up to pick last year, started all 16 Associated Press avoid any contact. He was practic- games as a rookie. ing the thing he needs to improve He finished with 59 CINCINNATI | Roger Bernadina and Danny Es- upon most. tackles, four sacks and the pinosa each hit a two-run homer Friday night in No cheap shots. No late hits. No 6-foot-3, 335-pounder im- one of Washington’s biggest scoring splurges of losing control. proved Cleveland’s defen- the season, leading the light-hitting Nationals to a The linebacker from Arizona sive front. 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. State didn’t get selected in the NFL The Browns drafted Cin- Washington matched its season high for runs by draft last month in large part be- cinnati defensive tackle John taking advantage of Mike Leake (0-5), who lasted cause of the way he plays. He was Hughes and Boise State’s three innings and remained winless in six starts. repeatedly penalized for personal Billy Winn last month for He gave up seven hits and six runs, including the fouls in college, despite his coach- depth, and the two may homers by Bernadina and Espinosa. es’ insistence that he change. He be needed sooner than the It’s the second time Leake has failed to last four also did poorly at the NFL combine ASSOCIATED PRESS team envisioned.— AP innings this season. drills, marking himself a huge risk. Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Tony Left-hander Gio Gonzalez (4-1) struck out a It wasn’t surprising when Burf- Pike throws a pass during rookie season-high nine batters — including six in a row ict went undrafted. The Bengals minicamp at Paul Brown Stadium in — but lasted only five innings because of a high signed him for depth at linebacker, Cincinnati on Friday. pitch count. a low-risk move given his contract status. One cheap shot and he could be See REDS, C4 gone. And he knows it. See BENGALS, C2