Austin Peay

STANFORD - Emily Fox made her first choice her final choice. The Lincoln County senior guard visited Austin Peay this past summer and will sign her national letter-of-intent today and then there will be a  special ceremony at the school Monday for her. Fox said she was glad to get her choice out of the way so she could help the Patriots win a second-straight 12th Region title. “It's a big relief. Now I don't have to worry about anything,” she said. “I want to play my 'A' game, and now there's not so much pressure on me.” Fox said she realized Austin Peay was a perfect for her on her visit, and had her mind made up. She had talked to Northern Kentucky as well, but Austin Peay was the first school to offer, and she decided the Lady Govs fit her perfectly “I know their style of play.

Ever since she first picked up a basketball as a young child, Emily Fox has aspired to play Division I basketball.  The 5-9 guard, now a Lincoln County High School senior who helped lead the Lady Patriots to a 12th Region title and Final Four state finish last season, has made that dream come true by signing her letter-of-intent to play basketball for Austin Peay University. The Lincoln girls basketball team gathered in the school auditorium just before the Thanksgiving break to watch as Fox committed to the Lady Govs.

The Centre College softball team split a doubleheader with Rhodes on Saturday at Millennium Park, winning the first game 2-1 and losing the second 1-0. The Colonels (19-16, 6-3 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference) now must sweep today's doubleheader with Rhodes (20-12, 5-4) to earn the No. 2 seed from the SCAC Eastern Division for next weekend's conference tournament. Centre committed four errors in each game, yet "unbelievably, we only gave up two runs the whole day," assistant coach Chris Mason said.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Former Lincoln County High School standout Cassandra Peek will return to Kentucky to play Thursday when Austin Peay takes on Eastern Kentucky at 5:30 p.m. in Richmond. Peek and Austin Peay (8-5, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) lost to Kentucky in Lexington last month. Peek starts at point guard and played a key role in Austin Peay's recent 54-47 win over OVC rival Eastern Illinois. "Peek has a lot of guts. She is what we want our point guard to be. She steps up and makes big shots when it is time for her to do it, and at the same time runs the offense and does a good job with that," Austin Peay coach Andy Blackston told The Leaf-Chronicle of Clarksville after the Eastern Illinois win. Austin Peay will also play at Morehead State at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

LEXINGTON - Former Lincoln County standout Cassandra Peek will be back close to home playing tonight when Austin Peay takes on Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum here at 7 p.m. Kentucky (6-4) takes a two-game win streak into tonight's game while Austin Peay (5-4) is coming off a 65-60 win over Lipscomb College. Peek, a junior guard, leads the Governors in assists (4.3 per game) and steals (16). She is third in minutes played at 33.6 minutes per game. She is averaging 7.7 points and 3.3 rebounds per game while shooting 40 percent overall from the field as well as 40 percent from 3-point range.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Josh Taylor had never practiced the play. With the clock ticking down and the Colonels trailing by one, the freshman saw the open lane in front of him. He didn't hesitate. Instead of passing to open teammate Adam Leonard, Taylor drove to the basket and converted the layup with 2.9 seconds left, and Eastern Kentucky beat regular-season champion Austin Peay 63-62 Saturday night for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship. It was Taylor's only bucket of the night.

LEXINGTON - On paper, Austin Peay would look like one of those "feel good" games that Kentucky coach Tubby Smith said helped his team start its 26-game winning streak last year after losing to Louisville. But Smith says if Kentucky doesn't play much better than it did in Saturday's 65-56 loss to Louisville, then there won't be anything to feel good about after today's game in Louisville. "Austin Peay is not going to fold," Smith said. "They are a crafty, experienced team. They know how to play.

Former George Rogers Clark coach Lake Kelly died this morning following complications from kidney stone surgery. Kelly coached the Cardinals in the late 1970s and early 1980s before joining Joe B. Hall's staff at the University of Kentucky, where he helped lead the Wildcats to the Final Four in 1984. Kelly also coached at Austin Peay and led the Governors to the NCAA Tournament in 1987. Kelly's team knocked off Illinois before losing to Providence in the second round. Kelly, a native of Flemingsburg, finished his coaching career at Fleming County.

Perhaps it's only fitting that Cassandra Peek will be playing her final regular-season college basketball game at Eastern Kentucky Saturday. Peek, the starting point guard at Austin Peay, burst on the area girls high school basketball scene a decade ago as a middle school player. She went on to become one of the area's best all-time players and she'll end her college career as one of only three Austin Peay players to have made 100 3-pointers and handed out 300 assists in her career.

Class A Hazard at Lexington Christian, 7:30 p.m. Beechwood at Mayfield, 6 p.m. Class 2A Fort Campbell vs.Monroe County (at Austin Peay, Clarksville), 7:30 p.m. DeSales vs. Prestonsburg (at Southern HS), 7:30 p.m. Class 3A Central at Paducah Tilghman 7 p.m. Sheldon Clark at Somerset, 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Bell County at Boyle County, 7:30 p.m. Marion County at Lone Oak, 7:30 p.m. Class 5A John Hardin at Bowling Green, 7 p.m. Pulaski County at Highlands, 7:30 p.m. Class 6A St. Xavier at Greenwood, 7 p.m. Scott County at Trinity, 7:30 p.m.

His football coach is not really sure what is his best sport or even what he does best on the football field. All Caldwell County football coach Davis Barnes knows is that sophomore Elijah Sindelar is special whether it's football or baseball. “I really don't know what his best sport is,” said Barnes of the 6-4, 210-pound Sindelar. “This year he did not play basketball, but he's good there, too. He's just a gifted athlete. He excels in all three sports. In baseball, he pitches and plays either third base or first base.” On the football field, Sindelar - who runs the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds - plays quarterback.

Ever since she first picked up a basketball as a young child, Emily Fox has aspired to play Division I basketball.  The 5-9 guard, now a Lincoln County High School senior who helped lead the Lady Patriots to a 12th Region title and Final Four state finish last season, has made that dream come true by signing her letter-of-intent to play basketball for Austin Peay University. The Lincoln girls basketball team gathered in the school auditorium just before the Thanksgiving break to watch as Fox committed to the Lady Govs.

STANFORD - Emily Fox made her first choice her final choice. The Lincoln County senior guard visited Austin Peay this past summer and will sign her national letter-of-intent today and then there will be a  special ceremony at the school Monday for her. Fox said she was glad to get her choice out of the way so she could help the Patriots win a second-straight 12th Region title. “It's a big relief. Now I don't have to worry about anything,” she said. “I want to play my 'A' game, and now there's not so much pressure on me.” Fox said she realized Austin Peay was a perfect for her on her visit, and had her mind made up. She had talked to Northern Kentucky as well, but Austin Peay was the first school to offer, and she decided the Lady Govs fit her perfectly “I know their style of play.

George Robinson can still remember hearing the talk about a “tall, lanky middle school kid” named Alex Poythress - a Kentucky signee - when he first got to Clarksville, Tenn., in 2006. “I covered the middle school basketball tournament and watched him play in the championship game for his West Creek Middle School team. He had 28 points, about 16 rebounds and 11 blocks. Granted, it was against 12 and 13 year olds who were a full foot shorter than he was, but his hands and feet were huge which suggested to me that he was going to grow even more,” said Robinson.

LEXINGTON¿— Kentucky isn’t concerned about its 1-0 loss to California Saturday. The Wildcats are already looking ahead to Sunday. The Wildcats (39-15) knows a berth in the College World Series is within reach despite being down 1-0 in the best-of-three Super Regional series against the Bears that concludes today at the UK¿Softball¿Complex. The series is set to resume at 1 p.m. Sunday. If necessary, the third game will begin at 3:30 p.m. The winner advances to next weekend’s College World Series.

Kentucky freshman quarterback Morgan Newton was a standout basketball player during his Indiana prep career, and he's become an avid UK basketball fan. He often watches the Wildcats play and has become a big fan of freshman sensation John Wall. Has he seen a better athlete than Wall? "To be honest, I don't know. He is 6-4 and the things he can do, it's unreal. People are waiting on him to have a bad game, but I don't think it is going to happen," said Newton. He related how he and teammate Randall Cobb watched Wall dominate North Carolina.

LEXINGTON - Kentucky coach John Calipari wasn't sure how to evaluate Patrick Patterson's performance following the Wildcats' 90-69 win over Austin Peay Saturday at Rupp Arena. Patterson had a season-high 21 points and nine rebounds, but those numbers didn't impress Calipari. In Calipari's eyes, Patterson's numbers were lower than the final tally. "I have never seen a softer 21-and-nine that Patrick had," Calipari said. "I have never seen it. " Patterson's response? "I agree with him," he said.

LEXINGTON ? Wesley Channels has seen all this before. The Austin Peay guard knew John Wall is one of the best players in the country, and he knew the Kentucky freshman would be a handful when the Governors came to Rupp Arena on Saturday. But in the wake of the Wildcats' 90-69 win in which Wall had 17 points and six assists, Channels was hardly in awe. In fact, the Austin Peay senior was reserved in his praise of Wall, DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson. "They're really good players, and they play for a good team," Channels said.

LEXINGTON ? It might not have been an A-plus performance, but Kentucky still got a passing grade from coach John Calipari. The Wildcats certainly looked like a team that spent a lot of energy taking final exams all week while struggling to a 90-69 win over Austin Peay here Saturday in a game that was much closer most of the second half than many expected. "Think about the sloppiness we had up 16 or 18 points and we lose our minds. It looked like we were the (Harlem) Globetrotters at times," said UK coach John Calipari.