2025 JCHS Generals Win 49[th] District Championship to Cap Historical Season

May 29, 2025

by JCHS Generals Head Coach Jacob Bowling

On Thursday, May 22nd, the Generals faced off against the Clay County Tigers for the 49th District Championship at Clay County High School. The Generals went into the night with 3 district championships in the school's history (1986, 1987, and 2018). The team had fought hard to win the 1 seed in the district tournament and gain the bye into the championship.

Taking the mound for the Generals was senior Cayden Farmer. On offense the Generals started off strong early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the 1st inning on a run-scoring base hit by Tydus Summers and a bases loaded walk by Davon Seals. On defense, Cayden shut the Tigers down completely through 5 allowing only one hit (a single in the top of the 5th), and would allow only 1 unearned run in the top of the 6th. The Generals on offense would tack on with a single run in each of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings. On the night Cayden struck out 14 hitters, allowed only 1 hit, walked only two while picking up the win on the mound for the team with a score of 5-2. Ashton Clemons would come on to pitch in the top of the 7th to close out the game for the team. On the night Tydus Summers went 2-3, Elijah Thomas went 2-2, and Michael Sparks also went 2-3 at the plate, while Luke Elam also went 1-2 with an RBI double to help lead the Generals to the district championship! For the first time in 7 years and only the 4th in the history of the school, the Generals bring back the 49th District title to the county.

On Monday, the Generals would face off against a really good Corbin Redhounds team in the 13th regional tournament. The team would fight and claw and hold a 1-0 lead going into the top of the 5th, with Cayden Farmer pitching on the mound. The Redhounds mounted together two monster innings scoring 8 in the 5th and another 5 runs in the 6th inning, ultimately picking up the win and ending our season and run.

Despite ending our season a couple of wins short of winning the 13th region tournament, our ultimate goal, this season has seen many historical heights reached by the program. Some of these include:

Winning the 2nd 13th region All-A title in the school's history (2022 and 2025)

11 straight wins- longest winning streak since KHSAA scoreboard and schedules (since 2003)

Highest end of year RPI and 13th Region Media Ranking since their existence

Undefeated on the season in district play (3-0 vs Clay, 1-0 vs North Laurel, 1-0 vs OBI)

Earned the 1 seed in the district tournament play

Tied or set the program record for school wins (22)

Cayden Farmer finished 2 strikeouts shy of 100 on the season and will finish in the top of the leaderboard in the state in that category while also collecting 5 wins on the bump. Cayden also finished the season hitting .337

Elijah Thomas was named an alternate for the state's East/West all-star game while picking up 5 wins of his own on the mound, while hitting .337

Luke Elam finished the season hitting .432 while striking out only 4 times for the season.

Ashton Clemons picked up 5 wins on the mound and had an ERA of 3.26 and hit .302 at the dish

Michael Sparks finished the season hitting .374

Tydus Summers would finish the season hitting .382 with 3 HR and a perfect 20/20 on stolen base attempts.

Davon Seals would hit 2 home runs and finished hitting .267

Team batting average of .304

Team ERA of 3.36