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Today's Sports

  • Local dance, cheer teams win big...

    Spencer County’s dance and cheer teams won accolades Saturday at the America’s Best  Game Day Championships at the Kentucky State Fair.

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  • Stallions slay the Dragons

    Submitted to The Spencer Magnet

    Stallions Pee Wee Quarterback Payton Huckleberry handed off the football to running back Trey Early during a game against the Doss Dragons Saturday. The Pee Wee team brought home another victory beating the Dragons 33 - 7. Photo by Kim Carruthers.

     

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  • Lady Bears take on Henry County...

    JOHN SHINDLEBOWER for The Spencer Magnet

    Maggie Koenig serves for Spencer County in a recent game for the Lady Bears Volleyball team. The girls are 4-5 on the season after dropping a two-game set to Shelby County - 25-22 and 25-19 last week. They travel to Bardstown tonight and will be at home tomorrow to take on Henry County. They’ll also be home next Wednesday to battle Bullitt Central and again on  Thursday to host Iroquois.

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  • SCHS girls soccer

    JOHN SHINDLEBOWER for The Spencer Magnet

    Spencer County’s Ardin Gregory, #5 (seen here in a game against Oldham County), scored one of the Lady Bear’s season high 11 goals during an 11-3 victory over Southern last week. Cheyenne McKinley, McKenna Pfeiffer and Tori Palmer each scored three goals and Kelsey Hedges also added a goal in the route. Ardin Cooper chipped in with two assists. The Lady Bears are 2-3 on the season and will host Holy Cross today, and will host Shelby County next Tuesday and Ft. Knox on Thursday.

     

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  • PHOTO: SCHS girls soccer

    JOHN SHINDLEBOWER for The Spencer Magnet

     Freshman McKenna Pfeiffer keeps the ball away from an Oldham County defender during the squad’s season-opening game last week. The girls fell 9-0 to the Lady Colonels and are 1-2 going into play this week.

     

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  • PHOTO: SCHS boys soccer

    JOHN SHINDLEBOWER for The Spencer Magnet

     Freshman Brandon Miller kept the ball away from an Oldham County defender in last week’s loss to Oldham County. The boys were to host Shelby County Tuesday night before traveling to Bullitt East on Thursday and then to Western Hills on Monday.

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  • PHOTO: SCMS girls basketball

    ROBIN BASS/The Spencer Magnet

     Madison Ratchford throws the ball past an Anderson County defender during a game last Tuesday. Spencer County Middle School’s eighth grade team lost to Anderson 46-13.

    The Lady Grizzlies were scheduled to go head-to-head against My Old Kentucky Home Middle School last night. Their next game will be away against Bardstown Middle August 31 at 6 p.m.

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  • Volley season continues

    The Spencer County Lady Bears volleyball team had a busy week last week, wrapping up with the First Spike Invitational Tournament at the Ohio Valley Volleyball Center in Louisville on Saturday.

    The girls prepped for that event with a two games to none victory over Eminence on Wednesday, winning games of 25-12 and 25-21. On Thursday, the team traveled to Christian Academy of Louisville and dropped two games of 25-18 and 25-11.

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  • Stumbling blocks to football...

    High school football is in full swing. The college game is preparing to march onto center stage, but Sports Department’s other stuff keeps raining on the parade.

     To wit:

    • Media fascination with Brett Favre.

    • Pennat races. Cubs? Stick a fork in ‘em, again.

    • Rick Pitino jokes.

    • Media fascination with Michael Vick.

    • NCAA punishments.

    And, John Calipari.

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  • Oh, what a night for a comeback

    First-year SCHS Head Football Coach Wes Napper had a night to remember Friday. In his first game at the helm, his Bears rallied late in the fourth quarter for a 35-34 victory over East Jessamine in front of a large and excited home crowd. He got the traditional post-game empty-the-water cooler shower from players, and was later given the game ball. Not a bad way to start a season, not to mention a career.

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