David Iery Foundation Showcase Saturday at Whitaker Bank Ballpark

Mason County, Fleming County and Lewis County are among the baseball teams scheduled to play in the David Iery Foundation Showcase Saturday at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington.

"Some of the colleges have been invited, hopefully they will show up and look at some of the kids," Iery said. "It's going to be a fun event."

Here is the schedule:

10 a.m. Bath County vs. East Carter

12 p.m. Fairview vs. Fleming County

2 p.m. Jenkins vs. Mason County

4 p.m. Lewis County vs. Ashland

6 p.m. Rockcastle County vs. Woodford County

Admission is $5.

Pregame ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m. Jenna Wallingford of Lewis County will sing the National Anthem, and former Lewis County coach and athletic director Gary Kidwell will throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Five $250 scholarships will be given to the winners of an essay contest. A scholarship will be presented at each game. The theme for the essay contest was spinal cord injury awareness and research.

Iery suffered a spinal cord injury and was paralyzed when he slid head-first into home plate while playing for Lewis County in 1989.

Iery will be one of my guests on SportsTalk Friday at 8:05 a.m. of Soft 96 WFTM-FM.



(Updated to add Woodford County as Rockcastle County's opponent.)