{"id":21402,"date":"2026-05-25T03:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimmashek.com\/?p=21402"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:46:38","slug":"time-to-play-at-the-nick-bghs-opens-4th-region-play-bright-and-early-against-barren-county-greenwood-faces-logan-county-in-matinee-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimmashek.com\/?p=21402","title":{"rendered":"TIME TO PLAY AT ‘THE NICK’\/BGHS opens 4th Region play, bright and early, against Barren County; Greenwood faces Logan County in matinee contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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HUDSON NOTTMEIER (No. 26) AND
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KHSAA’s 4th REGION WILL SEND NEW BASEBALL CHAMPION TO LEXINGTON; SOUTH WARREN SOFTBALL TAKES 38-0 RECORD INTO TOURNAMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It might not be a restful night for Nathan Isenberg, the veteran head baseball coach at Bowling Green High School, and his counterpart from Barren County, Trojans coach J.R. Estes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’ll be at my place pretty early,” Isenberg said Sunday night. “We’ll take batting practice (at BGHS) and go over to WKU about 8:30 (a.m.), something like that …”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowling Green, ranked in the Top 10 in the statewide rankings for most of the season, is looking to put a disastrous performance against Greenwood in the KHSAA 14th District title game in the rear-view mirror. Bowling Green (31-5 overall) opens KHSAA 4th Region Tournament play against Barren County (19-15) in the opening game at WKU’s Nick Denes Field, set for a 10 a.m. start on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memorial Day will start with a bang on the WKU campus, as the school plays host to both the KHSAA baseball and softball 4th Region tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 1-ranked South Warren High School softball takes a 38-0 record into 4th Region play, looking to make its third consecutive state tournament appearance. The Spartans (38-0 overall) will face Clinton County (13-14) in the late game, scheduled for a 7 p.m. start at the WKU Softball Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weather can always be a factor in these tournaments, with the baseball championship game scheduled for Wednesday at 6 p.m. The softball championship game will unfold on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our girls have done a good job focusing on what’s in front of them,” South Warren coach Kelly Reynolds said. “For our seniors, I think they know, ‘This is it.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THESE KHSAA COACHES LEAD THEIR TEAMS
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GREENWOOD’s WHIT GLOSICK
AND THE GATORS ARE 25-10 OVERALL.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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BGHS COACH NATHAN ISENBERG.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Bowling Green’s baseball squad took a 10-game winning streak into the KHSAA 14th District Tournament, at South Warren High School, before a defensive collapse in the second inning sent them spinning to a 10-1 loss to Greenwood in the championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bowling Green won’t have to wait long to get back in the groove, with a morning game scheduled against Barren County. The Purples slipped past the Trojans, 6-5, just two weeks ago in Glasgow, so the two teams will have familiarity with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barren County took the KHSAA 15th District championship by drubbing Allen County-Scottsville, 10-1, at Warren East High School. Warren East dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to Allen County-Scottsville in the semifinals, in a 15-inning game that ended well after midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren East made a surprising run to the 4th Region championship game last year, at WKU, before South Warren came storming back to take an 8-7 victory at Nick Denes Field. The Spartans would make their second Elite Eight appearance in three seasons, falling to McCracken County, 9-4, in the quarterfinals at UK’s Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Isenberg said he’d start senior left-hander Jack Cowan (6-1, 2.77 ERA) in Monday’s game against Barren County. The Purples have several capable arms available, and senior right-hander Logan Johnson (6-2, 0.93 ERA) was the consensus 4th Region Pitcher of the Year. Senior second baseman Landon Gilbert leads the Purples at the plate, batting a team-high .421 with 45 RBI. Senior third baseman Matt Mosley, a transfer from South Warren, has hit a team-high eight home runs with 36 RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have a talented and very balanced team,” Isenberg said. “Hopefully we’re 100 percent healthy and ready to make a deep postseason run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You’re gonna have to play three good games, in three straight days, to win this thing, no matter who you play.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenwood coach Jason Jaggers has plenty of pitching options himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gators are likely to go with senior right-hander Whit Glosick (7-3, 3.16 ERA) or junior right-hander Mason Cosby (8-1, 1.86 ERA) in their 4th Region opening game against Allen County-Scottsville (13-19 overall). They used three pitchers — sophomore left-hander Ethan York, Cosby and senior right-hander Jackson Lee — in their impressive 10-1 victory over Bowling Green in the 14th District championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenwood’s quarterfinal game against AC-S is set for a 4 p.m. start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GREENWOOD SHORTSTOP KIOSHI UNE.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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BGHS SHORTSTOP COLT ISENBERG.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The tournament will feature some top-flight shortstops such as Greenwood’s Kioshe Une, Bowling Green’s Colt Isenberg and Franklin-Simpson’s Brady Delk. Delk, a senior, and the Wildcats will face KHSAA 16th District runner-up Monroe County (14-17-1) in the late game at WKU’s Nick Denes Field. Franklin-Simpson is 25-12 on the season and trails only Bowling Green in the 4th Region RPI rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You’ve got to play good, no matter who you play,” Franklin-Simpson coach Matthew Wilhite said. “We’ve played a tough schedule, and it’s paid off.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delk, a football\/baseball standout on his way to play baseball at Wabash Valley Community College, is optimistic about the Wildcats’ chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There’s a lot of good teams in pretty good spots going into the tournament,” Delk said. “It’s going to be a very competitive environment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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GREENWOOD WILL FACE
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MY NAME’s PIPER,
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