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BOYS’ PREP

THURSDAY’S SCORES

CENTRAL HARDIN 4, JOHN HARDIN 1

Singles

Tyler Edlin (JH) def. Tad Skaggs (CH), 6-4, 6-3

Kevin Britt (CH) def. Herbert Veldenz (JH), 6-1, 6-1

Gabe Gonzales (CH) def. Nathan Anderson (JH), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

Hares Patel/Vasu Patel (CH) def. Jared Anderson/Carson McCann (JH), 6-2, 6-0

The Meade County Green Wave jumped out to a 2-0 lead against fifth-ranked Louisville Male on Thursday in the Louisville Invitational Tournament, only to watch the Bulldogs score seven unanswered runs en route to a 7-2 win.

Male, which won its fourth straight, tied it in the bottom of the first and took the lead in the second against Meade County sophomore Josh Durbin (2-1), who gave up 10 hits, three earned runs and one walk in five innings.

Green Wave coach Todd Clanton was far from disappointed in Durbin, who had four strikeouts.

Javier Echevarria had a difficult time putting his performance into words.

The primarily Spanish-speaking sophomore pitcher from North Hardin doesn’t speak very much English, but his catcher and coach had no problem describing his effort Thursday.

Echevarria threw a complete-game shutout with 11 strikeouts and added a solo home run to cap North Hardin’s 8-0 victory over 17th District rival John Hardin.

Central Hardin senior Gabe Hogan seemed to be right in the middle of the action Thursday night, while fellow senior Drew Harrington kept preventing the Elizabethtown Panthers from getting anything going.

Hogan went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Harrington tossed another shutout and the newly top-ranked Bruins rolled to a 5-0 victory over Elizabethtown in a 17th District game on Ron Myers Field at Panther Baseball Park.