Jared Peck

Lexington

Sports Writer at Lexington Herald-Leader

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Articles

Scott County player makes history with school’s first state tennis title

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

The broad smile of Scott County’s Sydney Zakic revealed how much winning the 2025 KHSAA Girls State Tennis Tournament singles title meant Thursday at the University of Kentucky’s Hilary J. Boone Tennis Complex. “It feels amazing,” said Zakic, the first girls state tennis champion in Cardinals history and only the second Scott County player to reach a state tennis finals. “I’ve never made it past the quarterfinals here. … To have it be semis, finals and now champion?
‘Instant classic.’ Sayre earns first 11th Region baseball title in a thriller

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

In a game that had almost everything, Sayre did one thing it’s never done — win an 11th Region baseball championship. Spartans senior reliever Lucas Saatman delivered a called strike three against Lexington Catholic pinch hitter Trip Winton with the bases loaded to cap an 8-5 victory in 10 innings of a tumultuous tournament finals for No. 5 Sayre against the two-time defending region champs at Kentucky Proud Park on Wednesday.
Lexington Catholic softball erases early season woes with back-to-back district titles

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Fourteen games into the season, Lexington Catholic had seemingly turned itself from a feared defending 43rd District and 11th Region champion into a Kentucky high school softball afterthought with just six wins against eight losses. This despite having senior Abby Hammond in the circle, a two-time state Gatorade player of the year and Kentucky commit.
Lexington Catholic girls track and field claims third straight region title

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Lexington Catholic’s girls track and field team continued its dominant run of recent years by winning its third consecutive Class 2A, 4th Region meet Wednesday and looks poised to claim a three-peat at next week’s state event, as well. The Knights won eight events and finished runner-up in seven others in their regional at Bourbon County High School in Paris.
‘They believed today.’ Douglass upsets Scott Co. for 1st district softball title

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Frederick Douglass freshman Riley Baker smashed a three-run home run for the lead in the fifth inning and tacked on a two-run shot in her next at-bat to help power the No. 24 Broncos to an 8-2 win against No. 7 Scott County and claim the school’s first 42nd District Tournament softball championship at The Farm on Wednesday. “This game, I was just thinking, ‘Go all out,’” said Baker, who doubled her home run total for the season.
Sayre baseball reigns again in the 42nd District. Next up: 11th Region history?

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Josh Moore |Jared Peck

Four years ago, Sayre had never won a district baseball title. Now it’s hard to keep the crown away. The Spartans (27-6-1) defeated tournament host Frederick Douglass 7-4 to secure their fourth district title in the last five seasons.
‘A long time coming.’ Frederick Douglass gets first baseball playoff win since 2021

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Despite being one of the best high school baseball teams in the state the last few years, according to statewide rankings and the naked eye, Frederick Douglass hit a roadblock in each of the last three 42nd District tournaments. Scott County ended the Broncos’ last two seasons in the district semifinals, so it was fitting that Douglass returned the favor Monday with a nail-biting 1-0 victory as tournament hosts at The Farm. “It’s been a long time coming,” Douglass coach Braden Johnson said.
‘That was epic.’ Douglass home runs power Broncos to district softball semifinals

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Frederick Douglass sophomore shortstop Emma Dunn claimed she didn’t know she got all of it when she took an 0-1 pitch over the left-field fence against Bryan Station on Monday night in the 42nd District Tournament semifinals at The Farm. “I was just thinking I have a strike on me. I need to hit the ball. I need to fix my swing and just go at it,” Dunn said. When did she realize it went out?
Lexington Christian dominates Class A region track meet with wins in 20 events

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

For the second year in a row, Lexington Christian claimed both the boys and girls team titles at the Class A, 5th Region Track and Field Championships. The Eagles’ impressive performances included wins in both the girls 1,600- and 3,200-meter races by freshman Kennedy Moughamian Saturday at Gallatin County High School in Gallatin. LCA took the top two places in the girls’ 100, 400, 800, 1,600 and 3,200 races in addition to a sweep of all four relay races for the second year in a row.
Woodford County wakes and rolls past Douglass to boys lacrosse state semis

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Jared Peck

Woodford County’s 1 p.m. boys lacrosse state quarterfinals match at Frederick Douglass on Saturday came with a wake-up call early in the first quarter. Yellow Jackets coach Ted Wilson probably would have preferred the alarm to have sounded before their bus trip to The Farm. Because just over six minutes into the win-or-go-home game, Woodford trailed 3-0 on Douglass goals by Nolan Falloway, Ben Seely and Noah Buchanan. Buchanan’s goal prompted a Woodford timeout.