Washington County baseball opened its season with a 16-2 loss to Casey County at home Monday night.

It was the Commanders fi st match since the CO-VID-19 Pandemic hit last year canceling spring and summer sports.

“We were a little rusty,” Coach Jason Hilton said. “It’s been two years and we are just happy to be out there.”

Hilton said his team had trouble throwing strikes coupled with a few other errors snowballing on them.

Despite the challenges, he said his team fought hard and did what they had to.

“Good thing about

baseball is there is always tomorrow,” he said.

Washington Coun-ty played fi ve innings against the Rebels giving up 8 runs late in the game.

Luke Mattingly led the team in strikeouts pitch-ing 5, Eli Goben pitched 5 base on balls.

Andrew Blandford and Josh Burkhead were the only two to score runs.

Hilton said it’s a com-bination of things which

played into it, including waiting on players to fi n-ish up basketball and get-ting them into “the swing of things,” for baseball.

“It’s the fi rst time a lot of these kids have thrown varsity,” Hilton said. “It’s just a diff erent animal.”

Th e Commanders take on Nelson County Tues-day night on home fi eld. Th e stats for this game were not available by print time this edition.

Washington matches

up with Nelson County Th ursday at home as well and Friday night on he road.

According to the Ken-tucky High School Athlet-ics Association website all three games are scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.

“I told the team, it’s a marathon not a sprint,” he said. “So long as we are getting better by the end of the year. Th at where we need to be.”

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Commanders strike out in season opener

Photo by Nacogdoches MillerLuke Mattingly pitches during the Commanders first match of the season. Mattingly lead the team in strikeouts with five against Casey County .

WASHINGTON CIRCUIT COURTDIVISION II

CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-CI-00124

INDEPENDENT CAPITAL HOLDINGS, LLC PLAINTIFF VS.

ELVIS THOMPSON, DEFENDANTSTONYA THOMPSON,COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, COUNTY OF WASHINGTON,MTAG, AS CUSTODIAN FOR MGD-KY, LLC

* * * * *By virtue of the judgment in the above styled action rendered February 17, 2021, I will sell at public auction on FRIDAY, April 9, 2021 on the steps of the Washington County Courthouse in Springfi eld, Kentucky on or about the hour of 3:00 P.M. to the highest and best bidder the following described real property belonging to the Defendants.

Tract #1 – House, Barn and Acreage

A Part of Carroll and Ben Settles Tatum Ridge Road Farm

Located about 2150 feet northwest of Tatum Ridge-Cornish Lane Junction on the east r/w of Tatum Ridge Road at Old Ta-tum-Royalty Ridge connector from DB 296, PG 751, as found in the County Clerk’s Office, Springfi eld, Washington County, Kentucky, and more particularly described: All reference to rebar (Set) are ½” x 24” rebar, I.D. capped PLS 3066.Beginning at rebar (Set) on the east r/w of Tatum Ridge Road (15 feet centerline) and in the north junction of Old Tatum-Roy-alty Ridge connector. Thence leaving old road west r/w and with east r/w of Tatum Ridge Road, N 37 degrees 40’50” W 111.03 feet to rebar (Set); N 18 degrees 51’27” W 113.61 feet to rebar (Set); N 12 degrees 03’22” W 151.16 feet to #60 spike (Set) at centerline of existing entry, and N 29 degrees 58’25” 116.90 feet to rebar (Set) as witnessed by yard fence and corner to remain-ing Settles Farm. Thence leaving r/w with yard fence N 42 de-grees 25’22” E 60.86 feet to rebar (Set) at pullpost. Thence with new lines, N 58 degrees 39’24” E 209.50 feet to corner rebar (Set); S 31 degrees 20’36” E 136.00 feet to corner rebar (Set), and N 27 degrees 30’50” E 378.01 feet to corner point in the middle of Plum Run as witnessed by rebar (Set) in Stone fence on the north bank at 27 degrees 30’50” E 12.00 feet. Thence leaving Settles and with centerline meanders of Plum Run, N 83 degrees 23’42” E 171.44 feet to corner to William L. Young as witnessed by rebar (Set) at pullpost on the north bank at N 22 degrees 31’58” W 14.12 feet. Thence leaving Young and Plum Run Creek, S 22 degrees 31’58” E 14.12 feet to rebar (Set) in stone fence line on the south bank and west side of Old Tatum-Royalty Ridge Road connector. Thence continuing with stone fenceline remnants and wire woven fence on the west side of Old Road, S 23 degrees 34’42” W 93.34 feet to rebar (Set); S 23 degrees 31’28”’W 494.04 feet to rebar (Set); S 29 degrees 45’30” W 275.70 feet to rebar (Set), and S 58 degrees 19’59” W 88.21 feet to the beginning. Containing 05.034 ACRES by survey of Reed Spaulding PLS #3066 as performed 5/12/05 and as shown on plat by same dated 5/17/2005.Being the same property acquired by Elvis L. Thompson and Tonya Thompson, by Deed dated May 26, 2005, of record in Deed Book 297, Page 592, in the Office of the Clerk of Washing-ton County, Kentucky.The terms of sale by the Master Commissioner shall require the purchaser of said real property to deposit a down payment equal to twenty (10%) percent of the purchase price on the date of sale and to pay the balance of the purchase price within thirty (30) days after the sale date, to secure payment of which the purchaser shall give bond for the unpaid purchase price with good surety approved by the Master Commissioner. The said bond to bear interest at the rate of 6%. The purchaser shall have the privilege of paying the entire purchase price in cash on the sale date or earlier than 30 days thereafter.The real property herein shall be sold free and clear of all claims of Independent Capital Holdings, LLC and all parties to this ac-tion but shall be subject to all liens and easements of record or apparent and excepting defects in description, which an accu-rate survey would disclose.Bidders will be required to comply promptly with these terms. Possession will be granted with confi rmation of the sale by the Circuit Court.The Plaintiff has recovered a judgment against Defendants in the amount of $7,314.41 plus interest and seeks to recover from this sale plus cost and fees.For further information concerning the above sale contact the undersigned Master Commissioner at (859) 336-3766.

HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES TO INCLUDE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE USE OF FACIAL COVERINGS OVER THE NOSE AND MOUTH WILL BE REQUIRED AT SALES.

DANIEL CARROLL KELLY MASTER COMMISSIONER

Photo by Nacogdoches MillerWill Pettus takes a swing during Washington County’s season opener against the Rebels at Idle Hour Park.

Bass Commanders weigh in at Lake Cumberland

Washington Coun-ty’s bass fi nishing team opened their season on Lake Cumberland in-side Burnside State Park competing in the Student Angler Federation State Championship over the weekend.

Th e Bass Command-ers hit the water with fi ve, two-person teams com-peting against 197 other boats.

“Only a little over half of the teams weighed fi sh,” fi rst year Coach Scott Seg-recy said. “All fi ve of ours did.”

Teams had eight hours to fi sh their haul limit of fi ve bass at weigh in.

Brady Lawson and Na-than Greathouse fi nished 33rd with a 10.8 weigh in, putting them a pound away from the national championship spot Seg-racy said. Following them in 42nd place with 9.2 was Logan and Andrew Wil-son.

“I was really proud of the kids,” he said. “Th ey

all did a great job, it was really tough conditions, lighting and raining.”

Th e Bass Commanders will compete at the end of April in the Regional Qualifi er for the Kentucky High School Athletic As-sociations State Champi-onship.

He said there are four other regions in the state holding qualifi er tourna-ments for the KHSAA state championship.

Each participating high school can send up to six teams and the teams who fi nish in the top 15-20% will go on to compete in the State Championship.

“Our region alone next month will probably have, I’m thinking well over 200, two-man teams,” Segracy said. “Th is sport has grown a lot in the last eight or nine years since we started doing it.”

Segracy has been with Washington County’s bass fi shing team since the sports inception and recently became the head coach.

“I was a boat caption for eight years, I had a daughter and a son that did it from the get-go,” he

said. “I’m just one of those guys that took my boat

and took them out and let them fi sh.”

Photo submitted Brady Lawson and Nathan Greathouse finished the highest of the Bass Commanders in the Student Angler Federation State Championship on Lake Cumberland in 33rd with a 10.8 weigh in on Saturday, March 27.

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By Nacogdoches Millernmiller@thespringfi eldsun.

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