Lyon County opens defense of its region baseball title Sunday with an opening-round game against Madisonville.
The region tournament will be split between Hopkinsville High and Christian County High for Sunday’s opening round games.
Lyon County plays Madisonville at 3:30 Sunday at Hopkinsville High. Henderson County will play at Hopkinsville at 6:00.
In Sunday’s quarterfinals at Christian County High School, Caldwell County plays Union County at 3:30 and Christian County will host Trigg County at 6:00.
The Lyons (26-6) posted a 15-3 record against region competition in 2022. They defeated the Maroons 11-1 on May 10.
Madisonville (12-16) was 10-6 against region teams in 2022 and will be looking for its first win in the region tournament since 2016.
Henderson County (21-10) enters the region tournament having won seven of their last eight games. The Colonels were 12-3 against region competition.
The Colonels split a pair of games with the Tigers during the season, losing 7-1 on April Fool’s Day and returning the favor with a 5-2 win three days later. Henderson County, last year’s runner-up, is looking for its first region title in nine years.
Hopkinsville was 13-15 during the season but 7-5 against Second Region teams. The Tigers most recently won region titles in 2019 and 2015.
Caldwell County (15-8) won the 7th District title and plays a Union County team that beat them 3-2 in the first week of the season. Caldwell has won two region titles since 2016 and finished as runner-up in 2019.
Union County (17-15) was 12-7 against region competition in 2022. The Braves, who won region titles in 2011 and 2014, last won a game at the region tourney in 2018 when they finished as runner-up.
Christian County (26-7) is tied with Lyon County for the most wins in the region with 26. They have one more win against region teams (16-1) than the Lyons (15-3). The Colonels are looking for their first tourney win since 2019 which was one year after their last region title.
The Colonels will play Trigg County (13-18) who is back in the region tournament for the first time in four seasons. Trigg lost to Christian County 9-4 on March 15 and 10-7 on March 26.
The semifinals will be played Monday at Hopkinsville High School at 5:30 and 7:30. The championship game will be at 7:00 on Tuesday.
If Madisonville wins its opener with Lyon County, the tournament will be pushed back to Tuesday and Wednesday because Madisonville’s graduation is scheduled for Monday.
