Logan teams to play Barren in both regionals Monday
Logan County’s diamond sports team will spend Memorial Day cooking out with their Barren County counterparts on the Western Kentucky University playing fields Monday.
Both the baseball Cougars and softball Lady Cougars drew Barren County teams when pairings were made for the Fourth Region Tournaments next week at WKU’s playing fields.
Logan County’s teams were the top seeds in the 13th District tournaments, but both of them lost to second-seeded Franklin-Simpson in Tuesday’s championship games.
Coach Ethan Meguiar’s Cougars (22-10) will face Barren’s Trojans (14-14) in Monday’s second game with a first pitch estimated at 12:15 at Nick Denes Field. They have not played this year.
The tournament will open at 10 a.m. with Russell County (21-12) clashing with Greenwood (17-19). In the lower bracket, the matchups are Franklin-Simpson (28-5) vs. Glasgow (14-16) and Warren East (26-7) vs. Cumberland County (11-22).
If Logan wins, the Cougars will playing in the semifinals Tuesday at 10 a.m. The championship game will be Wednesday at 6.
The Cougars have the best record against Fourth Region teams at 14-3.
Coach Brandy Trimble’s Lady Cougars (13-13) will play the Lady Trojans (21-8) in the last game of the day, expected to begin about 7 p.m. They played on April 20 with Barren County, which has the third best record in the region, winning 6-1. Logan has gone 7-3 against Fourth Region teams since then.
They are in the same bracket with Warren East (25-6) and Cumberland County (11-13).
The other bracket finds Russell County (18-17) starting the day against South Warren (29-3) and 13th District champion Franklin-Simpson (18-14) taking on Allen County-Scottsville (17-13).
If Logan wins Monday, the lady Cougars will play in the semifinals Tuesday at 8. The finals will be Thursday at 6 p.m.