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Today's Sports

  • Habitat Golf Scramble
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  • Paddle Battle on the Salt River

    The 2nd Annual Paddle Battle on the Salt River is set for June 20-21. Participants will travel from Taylorsville to Shepherdsville over a 2 day course and paddling 30-plus miles.

    The race begins Saturday morning with a 10 a.m. launch.  Event finishes at Louisville-South KOA on Ky. 44, Shepherdsville. First boat to cross line in each of four categories wins respective class. Awards will be on Sunday.

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  • Faces of Kentucky basketball

    Faces. Past and future.

    As Jerry West’s silhouette is emblem for the NBA, if Kentucky basketball’s glorious past had a face (and idyllic nickname), both would belong to Raymond ‘Corky’ Withrow.

    At 75, Withrow will be inducted into the KHSAA Hall of Fame next spring. Good thing coming to a deserving man very late. A man who, with his athletic skills and personality, brought much credit to his home state.

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  • Rockets burst season ender, Lady...

    Two months ago, the Spencer County Lady Bears shocked the 30th region with an upset win over Shelby County in the basketball tournament. For three innings  Monday night, it looked like Spencer County might repeat that effort on the softball diamond, but in the end it wasn’t meant to be, and the girls saw their season come to an end with a 12-4 loss at the hands of the Lady Rockets.

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  • JV/Freshmen Girls’...

    The JV/Freshmen girl’s softball team won the Relay for Life fundraiser tournament hosted by Carroll County on May 9.

    The girls played Carroll County and won with a score of 7-3.

    They also played against Shelby County and won with a score of 6-0.

    Pitching the shut-out game against Shelby County was LeeEllen Thomas, a sixth grader at Spencer County Middle School. (at left)

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  • 11 runners qualify for AA State...

    The SCHS Track and Field team qualified 11 runners for the AA State Championship at the Region 3 Championships  May 16.

    The Regional meet started off well for Spencer County with the girls 4 x 800 meter relay team placing 3rd with a time of 10:34.  The team, consisting of Charliann Garcia, Whitney O’Dell, Christina Shawver, Chelsey Talley, and Adrian Gregory as an alternate, will enter the State Championship with a 4th place ranking.

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  • Honeymoon Cal trying to bridle...

    While we marvel at Rich Brooks rise to fifth ranked genius among SEC coaches, up from 12th, the Commonwealth’s hottest new celebrity was back in the news last week.

    John Calipari was trying to put the brakes on fan expectations next season and drew support from an NBA general manager and a Louisville fan in western Kentucky.

    Rex Chapman told The Sporting News: “... I believe it’s going to realistically be at least two years before the Cats can be back in a Final Four.”

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  • Bears win season ender

    The Spencer County Bears ended their regular season on a high note Saturday with a 5-4 victory over Trimble County as they prepared for the postseason that was scheduled to begin Tuesday night.

    The Bears were to be in Anderson County to square off with the Shelby County Rockets in the first round of the 30th District Tournament Tuesday.

    The final week of the season got off to an exciting start with a 23-13 win over Bardstown on the road last Tuesday.

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  • Sports update: Find out what...

    Youth football meeting

    Spencer County Youth Football Association will be having their first Open board meeting on tomorrow at 6:30 pm at the Fiscal Court Building downtown Taylorsville. All parents and the community are encouraged to join in  discussing the 2009—2010 season.

    Charger hoops camp

    Bullitt East High School will be hosting a boys and girls basketball camp for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

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  • Lady Bears defeat Atherton

    The Lady Bears Softball team got returned to the diamond after a week of wet weather and walked off winners with a 4-2 victory on the road at Atherton Monday afternoon. The win improved the girls’ season mark to 6-10 with just a week of action left.

    On Tuesday, the girls were set to take on Bethlehem and on Wednesday will face Jeffersontown for a double-header at home. This weekend, the girls are set to travel to Elizabethtown for a round-round tournament to close out the season and will open up 30th disctrict tournament play on Monday at Eminence when they

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