Winterfest is conducted by the Chamer of Commerce and they identify children throughout the various grade schools that are less fortunate and would not otherwise be having much of a Christmas. They solicit donations from area businesses and setup collection boxes for toy donations. One evening close to Christmas, they invite all of the families that were identified to come to the LCHS cafeteria and they have Santa Claus, music and they usually have some type of meal for the people. They hand out a wrapped gift to each child and a bag with some fruit and a treat. Since the baseball team will be responsible for collecting a lot of the toys that will be handed out, the president of the Chamber suggested that the players come and hand out gifts in their baseball uniforms. She said it would make it even more special for the kids receiving the gifts.

We will have collection boxes at Patriot Sports, Precision Fitness, and the High School. Brandon is also going to talk with the 6th Grade Center and the Middle School about getting involved with the program as well and have collection boxes. Some of the things he'll need the boys to help out with are:

1. Handing out flyers at different locations to let people know about the program. They will be handing out flyers at the football game on Friday night so if anyone can help on Friday night before the game (starting at 6:45), have them call Brandon at 606-669-9595.
2. We will setup a collection box at the home basketball games
3. We are planning to collect donations from the crowd at a home basketball game so we'll need the boys to walk around with buckets to collect donations.
4. Sorting out the toys by gender.
5. Help sort out toys by age group
6. Box and Wrap gifts
7. Hand out gifts at the christmas party

We don't expect that everyone will have to do everything listed above, but we would like to know that they would be willing to help out when they can. This is a very worthy cause and one that I think the boys will get a lot of reward for doing.

Brandon will be on WPBK-FM (102.9) next Wednesday morning at 7am with Jayme Phillips to talk about the toy drive and start getting the word out. So, if your son would be interested in helping out, please reply back me with his cell phone number or a number where he can be reached.

Parents and siblings of players are also welcome to help out if they want to be part of something special this Christmas!

10/28/09 - GOOSE CREEK CANDLE FUNDRAISER

The baseball team is now selling Goose Creek Candles to raise money for the upcoming Spring Break Trip next year. Each player will be required to pay $100 for the Spring Break Trip, however they can use the profilts from the candle sales to apply toward their fee. For each candle sold, we receive $10 profit, therefore each player is encouraged to sell at least 10 candles. Everything above and beyond the $100 fee will be applied toward the general expenses for the trip. We have passed out sales forms to all of the players we can think of, however if you are planning to play next year and have not received a form yet, please contact Steve Weir (502) 314-6836 or email at sweir@ups.com and he will get you a form. We would like to thank Tabitha Holbrook for organizingt his fundraiser.

All forms should be turned in by November 13 so we can get the candles back in time for Christmas.

MIDDLE SCHOOOL BASEBALL BANQUET, TUESDAY, 6/2, AT 6PM

The Eagle will have their annual awards banquet on Tuesday, June 2 at 6pm.

HIGH SCHOOOL BASEBALL BANQUET, THURSDAY, 5/28 AT 7PM

The Patriots will have their annual awards banquet on Thursday, May 28 in the LCHS Cafeteria at 7pm. We ask that each player family bring either a covered dish or dessert of your choice. All food, drinks, and chips will be provided. Coach Gibson has asked that every player attend and turn in their gray uniform and their red travel jersey at that time so that we get everything collected.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JV PATRIOTS ON 2ND PLACE FINISH

May 16 - The Patriots JV team took 2nd Place in the 45th District tournament after a heart-breaking 1-run loss to Danville in the 7th inning.

JUNIOR VARSITY DEFEATS BOYLE IN 1ST ROUND 6-5

May 16 - The Patriots JV team took care of business in the first round of the 45th District Tournament today by toppling Boyle County 6-5. Congratulations to the JV Patriots!

INDIVIDUAL PICTURE PROOFS DISTRIBUTED

May 13 - The individual proofs have been handed out to the players and it includes an order form that must be filled out and turned into one of the baseball coaches by the end of the week so they can be turned back into Graham's by 5/19. Graham's says it will take a week to get your orders back once they receive the orders.

SPORTS PHYSICALS ON THURSDAY, MAY 14

May 13 - The school has scheduled doctors to perform sports physicals at the high school Thursday, May 14 starting at 6pm. The cost for the physicals are $10 per person. The physicals are good for one year from the date of examination. This is not required for this year, but will be needed for next year. Although we do have a game on Thursday at Southwestern Pulaski, I wanted to pass along the information in case we are rained out (what are the chances, right?). They will have 7-8 doctors available to perform the examinations.

If we are fortunate enough to play, you will need to make arrangements to have the physicals done some other time. You can contact Eva Stone, who is the School Health Coordinator, to schedule an appointment and she can perform the physical for the $10 fee. You can reach her at the Shool Board Office at 365-2124 or via email at eva.stone@lincoln.kyschools.us. You can also have the physicals performed at the Medical Park in Stanford for $25. These must be completed and turned in before the start of the 2010 season.

NO FOOL'S GOLD HERE - PATRIOTS BEAT BOYLE 8-2

May 5 - The Lincoln County Patriots didn't plan on coming back to Boyle County this season, and after the way their first visit went, they probably didn't want to.

But they made another trip to Boyle on short notice Tuesday, then made the most of it by ending two losing streaks against one of their biggest rivals. Lincoln used a five-run third inning to beat the Rebels 8-2 and snap a current eight-game losing streak and a six-game losing streak in the series.

"We've been on a little bit of a skid, and it's been very, very difficult to get out of this funk that we're in, but I think we may be starting to turn it around," Lincoln coach Kalen Gibson said.

The two teams rearranged their schedules to make up a rained out game that was supposed to be played in Stanford. But Lincoln's field remained too wet for play Tuesday, so the game was moved to Boyle, where the Patriots had lost a five-inning game 12 days earlier.

"We weren't exactly happy with the rainout and coming back over here for another one, but we responded and didn't let that affect us," Lincoln pitcher Brandon Weir said.

After Lincoln's offense gave him the lead in the third, Weir shut Boyle out over the final four innings to give the Patriots their first win over the Rebels since 2006.

"This is probably the biggest win of my career," Weir said. "We always say the one game we want every year is Boyle County."

It was the Patriots' first win since April 17, and their losing streak included four district losses by a combined score of 49-19.

"Those district losses, they cut us a little bit, but we made a choice last night (at practice) that the season starts over here," Weir said.

Lincoln (9-12, 1-5 45th District) will still have the No. 4 seed in the 45th District Tournament later this month, while Boyle (15-9, 4-2) will settle for the No. 2 seed after falling into a first-place tie with Danville.

"We controlled our destiny today, and we didn't take care of business," Boyle coach David Camic said. "They just outplayed us. They outpitched us, outhustled us and outcoached us."

Lincoln scored all of its third-inning runs with two outs after an intentional walk to Johnny Robles, who had an RBI single in the first inning, as he became the first of five straight Patriots to reach base.

Garrick Whittle, who started for Boyle for the second straight day after pitching one inning in a loss to Mercer County on Monday, hit Ryne Otto with a pitch to load the bases and walked Scotty Bradford to force in the tying run.

Big play from Lincoln's Mullins
Camic turned to Blake Bottoms, who had thrown a no-hitter in Boyle's 11-1 win over Lincoln on April 23. But Ben Mullins greeted Bottoms with a double to left field that cleared the bases, and he scored on an error to make it 6-2.

"That was a sophomore stepping up and making a big play," Weir said of Mullins. "All through the lineup we had some great hits."

The hit parade continued in the fourth inning as Trey Edwards led off with a double and Cody Hensley followed with a single - both had with two hits - and Weir brought them both in with a sharp single up the middle.

Jacob Bodner then came on in relief of Bottoms and got six straight outs for Boyle, but the Rebels couldn't rally against Weir. They outhit Lincoln 9-8 but stranded seven runners, six of them in scoring position.

"I think Weir was just the difference today," Camic said.

Boyle had six hits in the second and third innings, scoring its two runs on a single by Brenan Short in the second and a double by Ben Carter in the third. Carter, Bodner and Kody Ross had two hits each, but Weir was able to limit their damage.

"Every game you're not going to have your best stuff, but the ability to dig down, to find you a little bit of something to get you out of jams here and there, that's the difference between big-game pitchers and just pitchers, and it was good to see that aspect of Brandon's game show up tonight," Gibson said.

Weir (4-3), who struck out six batters and walked only two in his second start since returning from a hamstring injury, benefited from error-free defense by Lincoln and particularly from two sparkling plays by Bradford at first base in the second inning.

Bradford corraled a hard grounder by Logan Tritapoe that could have gotten down the right-field line for a run-scoring double but instead became a double play, and two Boyle runners were left on base when he snared a line drive off the bat of Caleb Runyon for the third out.

LINCOLN EXTENDS STREAK TO 7 WITH WIN OVER TITANS 6-1

April 14 - The Patriots extended their streak to 7 last night defeating the Mercer County Titans 6-1. Lincoln broke out of the gate in the first inning scoring three runs off of RBI singles by Cody Hensley, Scott Bradford, and an RBI-sacrifice fly by Tre Owens. Brandon Weir reached with a single in the fourth and was driven in on a two-run homer by Trey Edwards. Tucker Brogle scored the final run on a double that eventually led to him scoring after Mercer decided to throw the ball around. Brandon Weir pitched a very good game throwing another 2-hitter and allowing only one unearned run, 6 strikeouts, and 3 walks. Lincoln hasn't had a 7-game win streak since 1994.

PATRIOTS EXTEND STREAK TO 6 GAMES WITH WIN OVER WASHINGTON CO. 8-6

April 9 - The Patriots chalked up another win defeating Washington County Commanders 8-6. Cody Hensley gets the complete game win going 7 innings. Lincoln improves their record to 6-3. More details

PATRIOTS ON A STREAK! WIN OVER TRI-COUNTY 4-3

April 9 - Lincoln extends their win streak to five going into extra innings to defeat Tri-County North 4-3. Johnny Robles pitched a complete game and gets his third wind of the season. More details

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LCMS EAGLES ON 2 WINS SATURDAY

April 5 - Saturday was a red letter day for Lincoln County baseball as the LCMS Eagles won both of their tournament games against Casey County and Northern Pulaski. Great Job!!!

PATRIOTS SWEEP THE WARRIOR CLASSIC WINNING 3 GAMES

April 5 - The Patriots came ready to play at the Warrior Classic, held at Southwestern High Shool on Saturday. With (3) games in a single day, they had their work cut out for them. They rose to the challenge and avenged two of their previous losses against Russell County and Southwestern. In summary, the numbers looked pretty good as shown in the table below:

STATISTIC	LINCOLN	OPPONENTS
RUNS SCORED	16	5
HITS	21	13
STRIKEOUTS	12	26
WALKS	23	6
STOLEN BASES	13	7

GAME 3 - PATRIOTS EDGE OUT HOST SOUTHWESTERN 3-2
April 4 - In the final game of the day, the Patriots defeated Southwestern in a great game that went to the wire. If ESPN had been there, Freshman Clay Estes would have been on Web Gems! Estes made a gamebreaking diving catch in the 6th inning with bases loaded to end the inning and made the final catch of the game on a dead run and caught it over his shoulder to end the game. Cody Hensley pitched gets his first win of the season pitching 6 innings, only 2 runs, 7 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Tucker Brogle came in the 7th inning and collects his first career save.

The Patriots scored one in the second inning after Bradford reached and on a single and was driven in on an RBI single by Whitaker. The game winning runs were scored in the 6th inning after a double by Whitaker drawn walks by Brogle, Weir and Edwards. Whitaker and Brogle scored.

Offensive Summary - Whitaker wen 2 for 4 with 2 doubles and 1 RBI, Bradford was 1 for 2 with a single and 2 walks, Edwards was 1 for 2 with an RBI and 2 walks, Wier was 1 for 3 with a single and a walk, Hensley was 1 for 4 with a single, Robles was 1 for 4 with a single, Owens was 1 for 4 with a single.

GAME 2 - LINCOLN DEFEATS RUSSELL COUNTY 5-2
April 4 - In the second game of the day, the Patriots rolled past Russell County 5-2. Brandon Weir pitched a complete game 2-hitter, allowing only 2 runs, 2 hits, 3 walks, 10 strikeouts and gets his first win of the season.

All of Lincolns runs came in a 3rd inning rally with Brogle and Weir drawing walks to start the inning. Henlsey laid down what was intended to be a sacrifice bunt, but ended up being a single. Brogle scored after Bradford drew a walk and then Weir and Hensley scored on a line drive 2RBI single by Robles. Tre Owens drove in Bradford and Robles for the final two runs on a 2RBI double.

Offensive Summary - Tre Owens went 2 for 2 with a single and a double, 2 RBIs, 2 walks and 2 stolen bases, Bradford was 1 for 2 with a walk, Robles was 1 for 4 with a single, 2 RBIs and a stolen base, Hensley was 1 for 4 with a single, Weir was 1 for 3 with a single and a walk, Edwards was 1 for 3 with a single and a walk.

GAME 1 - PATRIOTS WIN OPENING GAME OF THE WARRIOR CLASSIC 8-1 OVER WHITLEY CO.
April 4 - In their first of three games today, in Warrior Classic at Southwestern High School, it was Dejavu for Whitley County as the Patriots unloaded on them winning 8-1 (same score as last year). Johnny Robles pitched a complete game allowing only 1 run, 4 hits, 1 walk, 14 strikeouts and gets his second win of the season.

Lincoln jumped out on Whitley, scoring one in the first on an RBI single by Trey Edwards that drove in Brandon Weir from second. Whitley county also plated their first and only run in the first inning. Lincoln rallied again in the 6th inning scoring 3 runs with bases loaded when Scott Bradford and Tre Owens were both hit by pitches to bring in runs and a sacrifice fly by Levi Gifford.

The Patriot would have another big inning in the 7th to extend the lead after a lead-off singles by Tucker Brogle and Brandon Weir, Trey Edwards drew a walk to load the bases and Cody Hensley hit a frozen rope to left feild driving in Brogle and Weir. Scott Bradford reached on a single and Johhny Robles hit a line drive down the right field line to score the final two runs, making the score 8-1.

Offensive Summary - Weir went 3 for 4 with (3) singles and 4 stolen bases; Edwards went 1 for 1 with 3 walks, a single and an RBI, Hensley went 2 for 4 with a single and 2 RBIs, Bradford went 1 for 3 with a single, Robles was 1 for 4 with a double and 2 RBIs, Gifford had 1 RBI

PATRIOTS POST FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AGAINST McCREARY COUNTY

March 31 - After a slow start to the season, the Patriots went into extra innings tonight to defeat McCreary County 3-2 in (8) innings. This was a great game to watch and was a nail-biter right down to the end.

Cody Hensley was the starting pitcher for Lincoln and pitched another oustanding game, allowing only 2 runs on 4 hits, 4 K's and 4 walks. McCreary jumped out in the first inning scoring the first run of the game and then posted their 2nd run in the top of the 5th inning. Lincoln responded by scoring 1 in the bottom half of the 5th and then tied it up in the 6th inning to eventually force extra innings. Johnny Robles came in to relieve in the 6th inning and held off McCreary for two innings allowing no runs on 1 hit and collecting 2 K's and 2 walks. Finally in the bottom of the 8th inning the Patriots put themselves into position to secure the win with Trey Edwards on third base after reach on a blistering line drive single over the second baseman's oustretched glove. With 2 outs, Tre' Owens hit a fly ball to left field and the McCreary outfielder misread the fly ball and dropping it. Edwards plated the winning run to give Lincoln their first win of this young season.

Lincoln was lead in hitting by Trey Edwards, who went 3 for 4 with 3 singles, and by Scott Bradford, who wen 2 for 4 with 2 singles.

Congratulations to Coach Gibson on the first official High School win of his career and congratulations to the Patriots on a very oustanding effort tonight!

If you missed the game, or would like to relive the action, WPBK-FM was there to broadcast the game and a replay will be available on www.wpbkfm.com under the Archives section.

TEAM PICTURES RESCHEDULED

March 31 - We have been informed by our Athletic Director that we cannot use Coffman's to take our team pictures. The school district has a contract with Graham Photography so we have to use them. We will contact them and setup another date for taking pictures.

2009 PATRIOTS ROSTER

March 3, 2009 - The 2009 Patriots Roster includes a total of 28 players between the Varsity and JV squads.

SENIORS Trey Edwards Cody Hensley Travis Frith		JUNIORS Brandon Weir Johnny Robles Scott Bradford Tucker Brogle Hartford Jenkins Cody Tarter		SOPHOMORES Nick Baker Ben Mullins Dalton Southerland Isaac Shelton		FRESHMEN Vinny Morris Buck Volk Clay Estes Tyler Holbrook Michael Wilcher Nick Smith Jake Combs Chase Pemberton Blake Hardin
* There are also (6) basketball players which will also join the team at the conclusion of their seasons.

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