Calloway County's Grant Williams, projected as one of the Lakers' top pitchers and hitters, has been out for two weeks with a serious hamstring pull in his right leg, an injury he sustained while hitting "a three-RBI single. I went down in the baseline and had to crawl to first base," he said after the Lakers' game Friday in their round-robin tournament.
Williams is still using a crutch to get around, and while he hopes to return to the lineup in a couple of weeks, he may not be able to keep that schedule. The injury also has bigger implications for Williams, a three-sport athlete who will be one of the area's top football prospects next season.
A 6-foot-5, 270-pound two-way lineman, Williams is a two-time member of The Paducah Sun's all-area team and is attracting extensive Division I interest as an offensive tackle.
— Lone Oak's revolving door at third base may have settled on freshman Mitch Jacobs, who was rock-solid on defense in Friday's 2-1 win over Franklin-Simpson. In the sixth inning, Jacobs made a nifty backhand grab with one out and a runner on second base, looked the runner back to the bag and got the hitter at first base.
"We were ready to put him in the lineup a couple of weeks ago," said Lone Oak coach Geno Miller, "but he started having back problems."
Miller has used five different third baseman this season, but he liked Jacobs' poise and confidence on a couple of other nice plays at the hot corner.
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