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2009 Season
2009 Eastern Eagles (34 wins 6 losses) The 2009 Eastern Eagles baseball team finished the year with the second highest win total in school history with 34 victories and with its highest ranking ever, #2, in the state in the last regular season coaches poll. The Eagles also won the 28th district tournament for the fourth time in the last five years and put together a school record winning streak of 16 games during the season. Eastern has won 30 or more games for five consecutive years. The Eagles had impressive wins during the season and went undefeated in the regular season against other 7th region opponents. Eastern beat the following ranked teams during the year: #3 PRP 4-1, #5 Male 3-2, #8 Trinity 4-1, #8 St. X 7-5, #14 Western Hills 3-1, #17 Dunbar 10-0, #20 Manual 2-0, #21 Madison Central 10-4, #22 Ballard 8-7, #25 Christian County 3-2. Head Coach John Morris finished his 8th season as head coach of the Eagles and has an overall record of 242-65 for a winning percentage of .788. After a loss to start the season to 6th region champion Bullitt East, Eastern won 10 of its next 11 games, including wins over Arnold, FL and Escambia, FL on spring break. Eastern won many other games over quality opponents during the year such as Butler, DeSales, North Bullitt, Somerset, Mercer County, Christian Academy, Woodford County, Campbellsville and Taylor County. Eastern beat KCD in the district tournament 16-2 and run ruled Jtown 11-1 to claim the 28th District Championship. Eastern then opened the regional tournament with an 11-1 win over Fern Creek before losing 5-4 in the regional semi-finals to Ballard in a last inning heartbreaker. Easterns pitching staff again led the way in 09. Chris Toombs posted 10 wins, Ben Lady eight wins, Tyler Dunaway six wins, Spencer Drake five wins and Kyle Cornett two wins. Lady and Drake led the team in ERA at 1.13 and 1.18, respectively while Drake threw a no-hitter against East Jessamine. Dunaway had wins over PRP, Trinity and Manual, Cornett over Male and Ballard, Toombs over St. X and Christian County and Lady over Western Hills, Dunbar and DeSales. Kyle Cornett led the Eagles at the plate by posting a school record .532 batting average and .653 on base percentage. He led the team in hits (58), singles (42), doubles (16) and walks (28). Jimmy Conway was second in average at .414 with Ben Lady at .393. Justin McCarty hit .383 and led the team in home runs with eight and RBIs with 43 while Spencer Drake was second with 31 RBI. Lady was also named the player of the year in the 7th region. Eastern is sending the following players to college to continue their playing careers. Ben Lady (Murray State University), Tyler Dunaway (Wabash Valley JC) and Justin McCarty (Bryan College, TN). Post Season Honors and Awards Ben Lady : 7th Region Player of the Year, All Region Team (Season), All District Team (Season), All District Team (Tournament), Senior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game Tyler Dunaway : All Region Team (Season), All District Team (Season), Senior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game Kyle Cornett : All Region Team (Season), All Region Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), All District Team (Tournament), Junior State East/West All Star Game, 7th Region All Star Game Justin McCarty : All Region Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game Jimmy Conway : All District Team (Tournament), All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game, Junior State East/West All Star Game Chris Toombs : All District Team (Season), 7th Region All Star Game Spencer Drake : All District Team (Season) David Johns : All District Team (Tournament) TEAM LEADERS FOR 2009 : (*denotes school record was set) Hitting Highest Average : Kyle Cornett - .532* Highest On Base Percentage : Kyle Cornett - .653* Most At Bats : Ben Lady 163* Most Hits : Kyle Cornett - 58 Most Runs : Ben Lady and Justin McCarty 48 Most Singles : Kyle Cornett 42 Most Doubles : Kyle Cornett 16 Most Triples Ben Lady 3 Most Home Runs : Justin McCarty 8 Most RBI : Justin McCarty 43 Most Walks : Kyle Cornett 28 Most HBP : Kyle Cornett 12 Most Stolen Bases : Brent Carneal 9 Most Sacrifices : Jimmy Conway 14 Pitching Best Record : Chris Toombs 10-1 Most Wins : Chris Toombs 10 Lowest ERA : Ben Lady 1.13 Most Appearances : Tyler Dunaway, Chris Toombs and Kyle Cornett 14 Most Complete Games : Chris Toombs 4 Most Shutouts : Spencer Drake, Kyle Cornett, Tyler Dunaway 1 Most Saves : Kyle Cornett 3 Most Innings Pitched : Tyler Dunaway 65 Most Strikeouts : Tyler Dunaway 91 Most Games Started : Tyler Dunaway 13 Eastern set the following team records in 2009 Eastern had 8 seniors on the 2009 team : There were Ben Lady, Tyler Dunaway, Justin McCarty, Brent Carneal, David Johns, Chris Toombs, Brian Campbell and Tommy Dishion. Easterns coaches for the 2009 season were Head Coach John Morris, Assistant Coaches Tyler Christensen, Jim Conway, Joe Dailey and Bryan Hall, JV Coach Seth Husted and Freshman Coach Tyler Sibley. |
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