CORBIN — Cody Philpot’s team weathered the storm during regular season play, and seems to be playing its best baseball entering Friday’s KHSAA State Baseball Tournament matchup with Pleasure Ridge Park.
The Redhounds are winners of three straight and possess a 10-17 record, but enter their first round game against the Panthers as underdogs.
That doesn’t seem to bother Philpot much.
“I’ll take my guys every day against anyone,” he said. “They’re going to compete and give their best shot no matter the opponent. And they’ve embraced the under dog role and wanting to prove people wrong and will continue to do the same this week.
“Single elimination baseball is one of the wildest things in sports, you never know what can happen,” he added. “We have liked proving people wrong and have fed off of feeling disrespected in a sense. I think it has helped sharpen the focus and preparation over the last few weeks.
“Any time you see a smaller school make a run in the state tournament, they’ve almost always been there before,” Philpot continued. “We’ve got a lot of guys that were a big part of an amazingly competitive game last year and expect to go make some noise instead of just being happy to be there.”
