Zack Klemme

1 week ago | loganbanner.com | Zack Klemme

The last ball Myleigh Adkins clubbed in Wednesday’s state softball tournament opener wasn’t the first one she hit hard down the left-field line on Wednesday. But the first one was a loud foul, so loud that the ball was returned to the box of game balls with a scar on it. So for a split second, Levi Curry thought he knew where the next one was headed without looking. kAm“{:DE6?[ 9@?6DE=J[ x H2D?’E 8@??2 H2E49 :E 3642FD6 x E9@F89E :E H2D ;FDE 8@??2 36 @G6C >J 9625[” {@82?’D 4@249 3682?

2 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Tim Stephens |Zack Klemme

HUNTINGTON — Scott Shumate wasn’t ready for Huntington St. Joe’s baseball season to end, but he looks back fondly at the Irish’s accomplishments. “I hate when baseball season is over,” Shumate said after Gilmer County eliminated St. Joe 4-0 in the Class A Region 4 tournament on Monday. “All our players worked their butts off this season.”The Irish set a program record for wins in going 25-8 one season after posting a 12-18 mark in Shumate’s first campaign.

2 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Zack Klemme

HUNTINGTON – LeeAnn Blankenship wanted to make sure Tug Valley’s baseball players had something tangible to back up their memories. So the Panthers’ first-year coach doubles as an unofficial team photographer. Any time there’s a free moment before, or even during, a game, Blankenship’s cell phone is out and she’s snapping a couple of quick pictures.

2 weeks ago | williamsondailynews.com | Zack Klemme

HUNTINGTON – LeeAnn Blankenship wanted to make sure Tug Valley’s baseball players had something tangible to back up their memories. So the Panthers’ first-year coach doubles as an unofficial team photographer. Any time there’s a free moment before, or even during, a game, Blankenship’s cell phone is out and she’s snapping a couple of quick pictures. kAmp?5 E96? 324< :E 8@6D :?E@ 96C A@4<6E 2D D96 E2<6D 96C DA@E :? E96 7:CDE\32D6 4@249VD 3@I[ 492ED FA 2?

2 weeks ago | williamsondailynews.com | Zack Klemme

HUNTINGTON – Tug Valley sent top-seeded Huntington St. Joe the long way around in the Class A Region 4 baseball tournament bracket on Wednesday. And the Panthers threatened to finish what they started on Saturday. “They put in Mike Tyson on us in that first game,” Irish coach Scott Shumate cracked of the eighth-seeded Panthers’ 13-6 win at St. Joe earlier in the week. “It's like we were all shocked.”kAm%F8 '2==6J AFE E96 xC:D9 @? E96 7:8FC2E:G6 C@A6D 282:? :?