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Today's Sports

  • The chance to learn from a legend

    Would you spend a weekend learning to drive a race car from a legend like Richard Petty?

    Of course you would.

    Many locals and students from Spencer County Martial Arts, owned by Spencer County resident Scott Smith, spent this weekend training with a martial arts legend in Gracie Jiu Jitsu. That is none other than Relson Gracie (pronounced Helson Gracie).

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  • Palmer Road access for...

    The Palmer Road access to the Salt River Bottoms on the Taylorsville Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is now vastly improved because of work recently conducted by the Engineering Division of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources.

    “The Engineering Division upgraded Palmer Road to the old River Road along Salt River,” said Bill Mitchell, manager of Taylorsville Lake WMA for Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. “They also built a 10-car parking lot at the bottom of the hill near Salt River.”

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  • Joker Phillips’ rise...

    Fired, football coaches at Washington and Kansas State. Add Phil Fulmer at Tennessee and Tommy Bowden at Clemson to list of first to fall from the coaches carousel. An Associated Press story surfaced quickly. Ignoring Fulmer and Bowden, it centered on Ty Willingham and Ron Prince firings and linked them to Barack Obama’s election. Then gave pulpit to the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports.

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  • Washington Co. stops Bears in...

    Teams with their playoff future secure may use a final regular-season game as a chance to fine-tune their game. But on Friday night, the Spencer County Bears discovered they may be in dire need of some major repairs after grinding to a halt at Washington County during a 45-7 loss to the Commanders.

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  • Ugly end to Bears’...

    Spencer County’s football season came to an ugly end Friday night as they suffered a 32-19 loss to Louisville Shawnee in the opening round of the 3A playoffs in a game that exposed the consequences of a poor finish.

    There was the failure to finish a game-opening drive by the Bears after they drove the ball to inside the one-yard line of Shawnee, a failure to finish the season strong and a failure to finish with class as the game ended with a brawl brought on by poor sportsmanship on both sides.

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  • Flames get in some Kick or Treat...

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  • PHOTO: Chicks with great footwork

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  • Three cross country runners in...

    Spencer County’s cross country season came to a close in the cold, rainy conditions at the KHSAA State Championship in Lexington. The girls team managed to place 5th in team scoring in spite of having two runners with injuries. Bethany Crews and Adrian Gregory both suffered injuries mid-week. Gregory ran through the pain but was nowhere near her usual performance, while Crews was on crutches and unable to attend.

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  • Smith runs in the Akron Half...

    Spencer County marathon runner, Joe Paul Smith, recently traveled to Akron, Ohio to compete in the sixth running of the Akron Half Marathon.

    Smith completed the 13.1-mile race in 1:52:59. Due to the higher than normal temperatures, the pace was slower than typical marathons. Smith, a member of the Kentucky Hill Runners, is scheduled to run next in the Chicago Marathon.

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  • Sports update: Find out what...

     

    Youth baseball

    taking

    nominations for officers

    The Spencer County Youth Baseball Association will hold a nomination meeting for the 2009 officers on November 16 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held above the concession stand at Ray Jewell Park. All positions are open so please come and volunteer for the kids of Spencer County.

    Youth soccer

    meeting

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