Area Sports

By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots combined for 15 hits in shutout wins over Clay County, 3-0, and Wayne County, 5-0, last Saturday at the East/West Classic at Clinton County. In the day’s opener, a two-run homer off the bat of sophomore Payton Hopkins in the first inning staked the Lady…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots defeated the Franklin-Simpson Lady Cats 13-3 in six innings to reach the finals of the 2A Championships last Saturday. However, Warren East powered their way past the Lady Patriots, 11-3, to claim the 2A Sectional championship. The 2A Championships were created several years ago by…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Payton Hopkins and Brooklyn Oliver combined for four hits and two RBIs Maddie Gray added two RBIs, and Addison Ausbrooks allowed one run to lead the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots to a 6-1 season-opening win Monday (March 17) over the Franklin-Simpson Lady Cats. Franklin-Simpson pushed a run across in the…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer The sound of baseballs pinging off aluminum bats has started, signaling the beginning of baseball season for the Allen County-Scottsville High School. For fourth-year coach Brantley Bray, the return to the diamond brings high expectations for his team. “Things are looking good,” Coach Bray said. “I don’t want to overplay…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Expectations are high as the tradition-rich Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot softball team takes to the diamond next week seeking a bounce-back year following a disappointing 2024 year. AC-S will seek win their first District championship since 2022 and a first region title since 2011–the same year as the program won…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer For the second Monday in a row, shooting woes hurt the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots. On February 17, AC-S struggled to score in a setback against South Warren. The woes continued on February 24 in the first round of the District 15 tournament against Warren East. The Lady Raiders pulled…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Often when two teams meet on the basketball court in the same regular season, coaches use the second meeting to gauge where the team has come since the first match-up. On December 12, South Warren dominated Allen County-Scottsville in a 100-72 win at Patriot Gym. On February 17, the teams…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Allen County-Scottsville escaped the Swamp on February 24 with a 57-54 win over the Greenwood Lady Gators–a win that lifted AC-S to the 15-win mark headed into the final week of the regular season. At the end of the night, free throws for the entire game made the difference. AC-S…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot Aubrie Naiser inked Wednesday, Feb. 5 to continue her basketball career with the Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders. Naiser has been a fixture with Lady Patriot basketball since her seventh grade season. To date, Naiser has appeared in 140 games, seventh all-time in the 51-year history…

By Don Meador, Sports Writer Shooting 45 percent from the floor, sinking nine three-pointers, and out rebounding your opponent by five rebounds are numbers that–more often than not–result in a win. Such was not the case for the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots at Cumberland County on January 28. Despite the solid numbers–and a 25-point night…