Bardstown

The Boyle County girls had three of the top 13 runners and took first pace Saturday at the Nelson County Hillbilly Run in Bardstown. Emma Ditto placed fourth, Rachel Ditto was eighth and Nikki Coffey ran 13th for the Rebels, who finished with 70 points, 17 points better than runner-up Mercy. Lincoln County’s Alex Bunch led all area runners with a second-place finish in a time of 20 minutes, 30.8 seconds as the Patriots finished ninth with 207 points. On the boys side, Boyle’s Eric Evans took third place in 16:53 and Lincoln County’s Brian Carlson was fifth (17:08)

Danville may have lost half a dozen games this season, but the Admirals discovered Saturday night that all losses are not created equal. Their first five defeats were neither as close, as meaningful nor as painful as No. 6, a 17-15 loss to Bardstown at Admiral Stadium. Victor Kremser's field goal with 1 minute, 47 seconds remaining allowed Bardstown to hand Danville a damaging loss in the district opener for both teams. The Admirals' fifth straight loss will likely cost them a shot at a district championship, and it might have doomed them to their first losing season in 22 seasons under coach Sam Harp.

If anyone can understand why Bardstown is only 2-4 this season, it is Danville coach Sam Harp. After all, his Admirals are only 1-5 going into Friday's Class AA, District 4 opener against Bardstown at Admiral Stadium. "They play big schools just like we do, because schools their size will not play them unless they have to. It is tough week in, week out to line up against people that have more players than you do and can two-platoon a lot of kids. Believe me, I understand that," Harp said.

Rachel Ricker and Bethany Schulz scored two goals each and Lindsey Walton assisted on all of them Tuesday night as the Danville girls rallied for a 4-2 win over Bardstown. Schulz scored the tying goal for Danville (5-1-2) in the 38th minute, Ricker put the Admirals in front to stay by scoring in the 56th minute and Schulz added an insurance goal in the 77th minute. Those scores came only after Danville's defense struggled in the first half, coach Michael Lauer said. "I think we had some pretty bad defensive lapses.

BARDSTOWN - The Danville Admirals didn't need another fiery halftime speech from Sam Harp. Well, maybe they did, but before their coach had the chance to deliver that speech Friday night, the players did much of the talking in the locker room after a second straight lackluster first half. The Admirals answered their own challenge with a dominating second-half performance that gave them a 40-26 win over Bardstown in a critical Class AA district game. For the second week in a row, Danville followed a sloppy first half with a strong second half, rolling up 319 yards and holding host Bardstown to only 64 in the third and fourth quarters - but only after their halftime summit.

This week's Arby's Prep Football Most Valuable Player is Danville quarterback Trae Grey. He was 19-for-32 passing for 406 yards and three touchdowns and ran for one score in Danville's 40-26 win over Bardstown. He was at his best in the third quarter when he went 8-for-10 for 196 yards and touchdown passes of 77 yards to Derrick Henderson and 50 yards to Antwoine Simon.

From Prestonsburg to Bardstown to Gilbertsville, Kentucky is home to an exciting variety of summer theaters. A few have been producing shows for more than a half-century and have achieved renown throughout the state and beyond its borders. Several newer additions to the Kentucky Summer Theater Trail are attracting attention and theater-lovers by presenting unique stages, settings and productions throughout the commonwealth. From mid-June through August, these purveyors of dramatic entertainment provide a bit of Broadway in your backyard.

The Burgin softball team scored 10 runs and swept two games Saturday at the Bethlehem Round Robin in Bardstown. In a 5-2 win against Bethlehem, Tiffany Shewmaker and Hannah Harley each went 2-for-3 and Elizabeth Harlow doubled. "We were not satisfied with where we were at in the win-loss column and decided after a good Wednesday practice that it was a new season," Burgin coach Matt Grimes said. "I am very pleased with how we performed at the plate and with our desire to not give up. " Nikki Bugg singled and struck out six, walked four and allowed no earned runs as Burgin (4-8)

Jack Pogue of Danville never thought much about being in the business of making Kentucky bourbon like his ancestors, who began operating the H.E. Pogue Distillery Co. in Maysville in 1876. However, when he was going through some family heirlooms a few years ago with his son Peter, a recent law school graduate, they found the original recipes for Old Pogue bourbon. The recipes were handwritten by Henry Pogue III on three sheets of lined paper. The recipes intrigued Peter. He began researching the reintroduction of the Pogue Distillery in 1989, 40 years after it was sold.