LCA completed the 2008-09 school year, but not before some wonderful memories were created. We would like to thank all parents, grandparents and friends of Lakeside, who helped make this a successful school year. We look forward to seeing everybody this September! But for now, enjoy your summer and check back to our Website for information. And, enjoy some of the photos:
Sophomore Brooklyn Hesterberg’s third triple of the game scored the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh as Lakeside Christian Academy held on to defeat conference- rival Danville Christian 8-7 Monday night in Danville.
Hesterberg’s first triple to right centerfield scored Kayla Willoughby and Harper Wells in the second inning to give LCA a 2-0 lead. This see-saw battle saw Danville come back with one run in the second and two more in the third to take a 3-2 advantage. Lakeside wasted no time in producing a pair of runs in the fourth inning. Hesterberg’s second triple scored Harper Wells. Then, Farah Weaver brought Hesterberg home with a run-scoring single to right field putting the Lady Falcons back in front 4-3. However, that would be short-lived as Danville produced a solo run in the fourth to tie the game 4-4.
However, in the bottom of the sixth, Danville combined two singles with three walks to score three times and tie the game at 7-7. That set the stage for an exciting final inning. Kayla Willoughby led off the seventh with a walk, then, stole second and third base. After back-to-back strikeouts, Hesterberg produced her third three-bagger of the game to right center giving LCA an 8-7 advantage. She finished with four runs-batted-in.
Pitcher Taylor Conn struckout the first two batters in the bottom of the seventh before giving up a single, but then came back and ended the game by striking out Danville’s number two hitter.
“This was a big win and a big confidence builder for our team,” said head coach Mike Conn. “I like how we battled them. This win puts us in a good spot for a potential high seed in next week’s KCAA Tournament.”
The victory places LCA at 8-3 in KCAA action with a doubleheader scheduled Saturday at Somerset Christian.
Everyone is invited to join LCA for:
Senior Graduation
Sunday, May 17th at 2:30 p.m.
at Trinity Christian Fellowship
Eighth Grade Graduation
Tuesday, May 19th at 6:30 p.m.
at Johnson First Church of God
Check the Friday Falcon for more information
Lakeside scored early and often and rolled to an easy 20-0 victory over Somerset Christian this past Tuesday night in Lexington. The game was played at Applebee's Park, home of the Lexington Legends - the Houston Astros Single-A affiliate.
Sophomore Luke Carswell had a three-hit night and drove in four runs, Clay Barton and Brett McKinney each had two hits and two runs-batted-in, and senior Elliot Collett collected a triple and drove in three.
“We appreciate the opportunity to play at Applebee’s Park,” said LCA coach Rob Taylor. “The people associated with The Lexington Legends are top class professionals and they really do a great job of making you feel welcome at their park. Our kids will remember this night.”
LCA is now 4-3 on the season
(Harper Wells drives in the winning runs for Lakeside)
The Lady Falcon softball program has only been competing at the varsity level for three years in the Kentucky Christian Athletic Association. During the last three years, the Bluegrass Baptist Lady Eagles have not lost a KCAA game. But Saturday at Community Park, that all changed.
After posting a 6-0 win over LCA in the opening game of a doubleheader, Bluegrass was very close to completing the day with a two-game sweep. In fact, you couldn't get any closer - two outs in the last inning and two strikes on the batter with a one run lead.
But, sophomore Harper Wells hung tough and on an 0-2 pitch dropped a single into centerfield scoring Faith Conn and Alley Winkleman to bring the Lady Falcons back for a thrilling 8-7 victory. "We really battled them the entire day," stated head coach Mike Conn. "In fact, even in the first game we made good contact against Sarah (Dugger), but it was always at somebody. It was nice to get a win in the second game with everyone contributing."
The game started out like the previous two meetings, with Bluegrass scoring three runs in the first inning. But, Lakeside came right back. Brooklyn Hesterberg led off with a triple and came home on Taylor Conn's bunt single. Farah Weaver reached on an error followed by back-to-back run scoring singles by Faith Conn (bunt) and Kayla Willoughby giving LCA a 4-3 advantage. After reaching base in the second inning, Hesterberg stole second and third and scored on Taylor Conn's groundout to make the leade 5-3. Both teams scored solo runs in the third. Bluegrass came up with a three run fourth inning on run scoring hits by Savannah Wilson and Rebecca Robinson to claim a 7-6 lead. But, it was Lakeside's last at bat that snapped Bluegrass' winning streak.
LCA capped off a good week winning four out of five to raise its record to 6-6 on the season.
The LCA baseball team is headed for Disney's Baseball Spring Training this week after scoring a 15-1 victory over Trinity Christian on Friday night at Morehead City Park. The Falcons are 3-2 on the season. Meanwhile the Lady Falcons have struggled to score runs and Danville deafeated LCA for the second consecutive week 10-2 at Community Park.
(Pictured: Olivia Nickell is one of the new members of LCA's Fast Pitch Softball Team.)
LCA is scheduled (weather permitting) to play at Bluegrass Baptist this Tuesday and will host Trinity Christian on Thursday, Somerset on Friday and Bluegrass Baptist on Saturday. The Lady Falcons are 2-5 on the season.
In the first rematch since last year's KCAA championship game that saw the Falcons come from behind in dramatic fashion, Winchester Christian Academy scored a run in the seventh to nip LCA 4-3 Thursday night in Winchester. The Falcons did make another comeback and the drama came about when Brett McKinney drilled a solo shot over the centerfield fence in the sixth inning to tie the game 3-3.
McKinney's shot goes down in the record books as the school's first official home run as Lakeside celebrates just its second season of varsity baseball. As just a seventh grader, McKinney was the starter and winner when he pitched LCA to the state title against Winchester last season. Ironically, it looked like LCA's eighth grade slugger was going to be Winchester's nemesis again on Thursday night after hitting the home run, but the Warriors stole some of that thunder by winning in the seventh inning.
"Winchester has a solid team with about everyone back from last season," said LCA head coach Rob Taylor. "We made some mistakes in the field and it cost us early. Brett gave us a big lift with that home run."
LCA is now 2-2 on the season and will host Trinity on Friday night. Meanwhile the LCA Lady Falcons will swing back into action Saturday when they host Danville Christian at 1-pm.
Adkins Dominates, Lakeside Beats Bluegrass by Tanner Hesterberg
Senior pitcher Jonathan Adkins was nearly perfect on the mound, surrendering no hits and recording 16 strikeouts as the Lakeside Christian Academy baseball team defeated Bluegrass Baptist (
“Honestly, I was just trying to throw strikes,” Adkins said of his impressive performance. “My teammates deserve a lot of credit for playing great defense.” Adkins retired the first twelve batters he faced. Nine of those were strikeouts. “That’s the reason Jonathan is the number one pitcher in our rotation,” said head coach Rob Taylor. “Pitching is not an easy thing to do. You have to be mentally tough, and there’s no one better at getting mentally prepared for a game than him.”
Lakeside started the game hot and never looked back. After setting down the Bluegrass batters in order to start the game, the Falcons led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk to shortstop Elliot Collett. Two batters later, Adkins singled to advance Collett to second base. Senior Abe Rafat then roped a single to right field allowing Collett and Adkins to score giving LCA a 2-0 advantage.
Adkins made quick work of Bluegrassin the second inning, forcing clean-up batter Clint Underwood to pop out to second base and then striking out pitcher Andrew Peel and second baseman Josh Branham, respectively. However, the second inning was unkind to the Lakeside batters, as well. Left-fielder Dalton Collett led off with a sharp single up the middle, but was eventually thrown out trying to steal third base. The Falcons couldn’t muster up any more offense, but the lead stood at 2-0 after two innings. Consequently, Adkins turned up the heat on the mound. He fanned five of the next six Eagle hitters, giving him a perfect game after three innings.
“He was really focused at that point,” Coach Taylor noted. Lakeside did some buiness in the bottom of the fourth. Dalton Collett drew a walk and was spelled by pinch-runner Quentin Nunn. After stealing second and third, Nunn reached home on a wild pitch making the score 3-0. In the fifth inning, shortstop Matt Peel became Bluegrass' first base runner when Lakeside committed its first error. However, a couple of pitches later, Peel was picked off by Adkins killing any hopes of an Eagle rally.
The sixth inning was even more demoralizing for Bluegrass, as Adkins struck out the side. “I mixed my curveball in on those three batters,” Adkins admitted. “I tried to keep them guessing.” Lakeside added one more run in the bottom of the sixth when catcher Ethan Maggard collected an infield hit, scoring Adkins and upping the lead to 4-0. A no-hitter was now three outs away.
If Adkins felt any pressure, he sure didn’t show it. He struck out designated-hitter Jake Snowden, but then gave up a walk to right-fielder Scott Patton. Third-baseman Josh Haggard struck out swinging, and centerfielder Christian Williams followed suit. And the rest, as they say, is history.
“Its certainly feels special,” Adkins said, referring to the no-hitter. “Most pitchers never get to experience this. But, this win was not about one person, it was about the team.”
Adkins’ second win of the season was also Lakeside’s second, to go along with one loss. Meanwhile, Bluegrass dropped to 0-1. The Eagles never advanced a runner past first base.“Fundamentally, I see some areas we need to improve,” Taylor observed. “But I am confident when Jonathan takes the mound. He’s one of those guys that makes everyone around him play better.” Lakeside will travel to Portsmouth, Ohio on Tuesday to play Harvest Christian Academy.
LCA senior Jon Adkins tossed an impressive complete game in the season opener as the Falcons defeated Heritage Christian Academy 4-1 in Hopkinsville, Ky., on Saturday. Adkins gave up only two hits while striking out seven. Coach Rob Taylor saw his KCAA defending state champs jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back. LCA was poised to take two from Heritage, but the Warriors erased a 3-0 deficit in the nightcap, sent the game into extra innings and eventually won 6-5.
"We let the second one get away from us, but overall I saw some very positive things," stated Coach Taylor. "Now we may be faced with battling some tough weather this week. We just need to play games at this stage of the season so we can see what we have."
Meanwhile, the Lady Falcons lost the first game of a twinbill against Heritage 5-1, but bounced back for an impressive 9-3 victory in the second game. In the nightcap, Coach Mike Conn's squad scored five times in the fourth inning and two in the fifth to pull away. Carly Thomas collected two hits and drove in four runs in the second game.
"Heritage has one of the established softball programs in the KCAA, so going to their place and gaining a split was a positive for our young team," said Coach Conn. "We started hitting the ball in the second game and everyone contributed."
The Lakeside Lady Falcons posed for the camera following win number one of the season. LCA broke open a close game by scoring four runs in the top of the seventh inning enroute to an 11-7 victory over Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg (CAL).
"It's always nice to get the first game under your belt," stated head coach Mike Conn. "We made some mistakes, but getting that first one out of the way and getting a win makes you feel good."
The Lady Falcons finished as the KCAA State Runners-up last year and return the corp of the team. This Saturday, LCA will travel to Heritage Christian Academy for a doubleheader against the Lady Warriors.
Meanwhile, Coach Rob Taylor will also take his Falcons to Heritage Christian on Saturday as the defending KCAA State Champions will open the 2009 baseball season. Check back here over the weekend for all of the results.
