It was a complete sweep by the Knoxville Boys and Girls of Summer in Eddyville on Thursday night as the class 3A #7 baseball squad routed the Rockets by a combined 23-2 score and the softball Panthers held on for a 5-4 win as the softball game was heard live on 95.3 KNIA. EBF got on the board in the 2nd inning with two runs, but the Panthers settled down and largely shut down the Rockets with stellar pitching from Ashlyn Finarty and two big home runs from Finarty and Ciara Heffron, a 5-2 Panther lead. However the Rockets refused to go away plating two runs in the bottom 6th but Knoxville slammed the door shut with a game ending double play as right fielder Jordyn Counts made an acrobatic catch then doubled off the runner at 2nd. Coach Carla Smith told KNIA/KRLS Sports, Finarty’s leadership from the circle proved big during the game.

Smith: “Ashlyn in the circle was big and Emma at 1st base made some awesome play, at the end of the day it’s our senior leadership that gets us through.”

Finarty got the win, going six innings, scattering six hits and striking out two. Heffron pitched the final inning in relief. Heffron and Addi Dunkin had two hits each for the Panthers. Meanwhile on the other side of the Rocket Athletic Complex the Panther baseball squad was having its way in a 12-2 game one victory and followed that up with an 11-0 victory in the nightcap. Beau Leisure had his usual dominant night fanning nine Rocket batters while Lincoln Norris and Luke Spaur both provided the offense with home runs. In the second game Spaur and Leisure essentially traded roles with Spaur winning a five inning game, and Leisure blasting a grand slam. Trenton Kingery also swung a big bat at the plate going 4/5 on the night. Knoxville is now 11-0 on the season and 4-0 in the South Central Conference, while Softball is 5-2 and 2-1 in conference play. Both squads head to Centerville tonight.