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11-year-olds

The Shelby County 11-year-old All-stars will look to chip away at teams with base hits and solid defense.

"I think we'll be strong defensively, and I've been impressed with the way we've hit the ball so far," head coach Scott Corn said. "I think we're going to be pretty good."

The one area of concern is likely a concern for all 11-year-old teams: pitching.

The Shelbyville American Legion Post 37 baseball team finally won a close game that wasn't in the teens.

Shelbyville topped Scott County 4-1 on Tuesday with a quiet night from the bats.

"I didn't think we played real good," Post 37 skipper Jim Wiley said. "Baseball is one of those games where the one guy can control it, and that's what happened (Tuesday). Their pitcher really controlled the game. Just because you beat somebody 14-1 (like Shelby beat Scott on June 17), doesn't mean you'll do that the next time."

Shelbyville American Legion manager Jim Wiley still isn't sold on his team's pitching, but after wining two out of three over the weekend, Wiley did something he hasn't done all year: compliment the pitchers for three straight solid games.

"I don't know if we have it figured out or not, but we got three really solid games from our pitchers," he said. "We played three pretty decent teams and got good pitching against all of them."

Shelbyville closed out the weekend with a 5-2 win at Owensboro.

With a two-day score of 160, Candice Wiley was right on the cusp of making the cut at the Women's Public Links Tournament Tuesday.

In fact, she was so close that she and seven other golfers were forced to play a play-off hole. The top seven of the eight would make the cut.

"I knew it would be close when I finished my round," she said. "I kept sitting there hitting (refresh) on the computer to see the scores. Finally, I said 'Mom, we have to go back to the golf course.' When we got there they were still playing, and I was bouncing back and forth between in and out."