High School Sports

Senior Ryan Carek was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to lift the homestanding John Hardin Bulldogs to a 6-5 win over Glasgow on Monday in both teams’ season openers.

Sophomore Garrett Ray scored the winning run.

Senior Jacob Skaff got the win in relief of senior Cody Creamer, who struck out nine in five innings.

Creamer singled twice and drove in a run, while junior Claudio Deaza had two singles and two RBIs.

JOHN HARDIN 6, GLASGOW 5

In what was the longest Boys’ 17th District Basketball Tournament game ever, Elizabethtown survived.

Terry Jones staved off his exhaustion and put his driving skills to work. The Panthers’ senior guard took charge. He was going to go to the hole and score any way he could.

Senior forward Mitchell Henry scored a game-high 22 points, senior forward Chris McDonald had 14 and Jones added 12 to lift Elizabethtown to an 81-76 four-overtime victory over No. 9 John Hardin in Saturday night’s district championship game at Central Hardin.