Senior Adam Kunkel remained undefeated this season, pitching Covington Catholic to a 6-0 victory over Highlands in a Ninth Regional baseball semifinal game at Ryle High School Wednesday.

        The victory puts the Colonels in Saturday's championship game against the winner of today's semifinal game between Dixie Heights and Bellevue.

        “We have a good rivalry with Highlands, and they beat us 8-7 during the season,” Colonels assistant coach Tom Eckerle said. “Pitching and defense were the keys for us today.”

        The shutout didn't come easy for Kunkel (8-0), who worked his way out of two jams.

        After Brett Hamblen led off the fourth inning with a triple for Highlands, Kunkel retired the next three batters.

        The Bluebirds loaded the bases with no outs in the sixth, but the next batter hit into a double play.

        The Colonels took a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Kunkel hit a double and scored on a two-run single by Greg Durr. Elliot Brass drove in two more runs with a single in the second inning, giving CovCath a 4-0 lead.

        Highlands ....... 000  000  0—0  4  2

        CovCath ....... 220  002  x—6  7  1

        WP—Kunkel (4 ks, 8-0). LP—Schlosser (5 ks). Hitting leaders: CC—Kunkel 2B; Brass 3 RBI; Durr 2-4, 2 RBI. H—Hamblen 2-2, 2 3B. Records: CC 29-7, H 21-12.

        • Bishop Brossart 3, Mason County 2, 10th Region tournament at Harrison County — Brandon Seiter pitched a complete game and drove in the winning run in the sixth inning for the Mustangs.

        Seiter, who struck out 10 and gave up two hits, hit a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to score Nick Ziegler and break a 2-2 tie.

        The victory advanced Brossart into a semifinal game at 7 p.m. today against the winner of the Estill County/Nicholas County game.

        “Brandon stayed focused and got out of two jams that were the result of errors,” Mustangs coach Mark Cuthrell said.

        Nick Ziegler opened the sixth with a single, advanced to second on a balk and moved to third on a ground out. Seiter hit a run-scoring fly ball to center field. Brossart ....... 100  101  0—3  5  3

        Mason County ....... 000  200  0—2  2  1

        WP—Seiter (10 ks, 8-1). LP—Cecil (5 ks). Hitting leaders: B—Ziegler 2-3, HR; Menkedick 2B. Records: BB 22-15, MC 14-18.

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