Boyle County

LANCASTER - Garrard County got a win it badly needed Tuesday. And the Golden Lions are hoping that is just the start of a big week for them. With second place still up for grabs in the 45th District and a chance to be the home team in the district semifinals, Garrard jumped on Boyle County early and rode that to a 6-3 win. Matt Wilburn drilled a pair of home runs, Evan Smith was a triple short of the cycle and Sammy Galloway scattered six...

Since she began pole vaulting as a freshman, Rachel Wesley has wanted to compete in that event in college. Today, she will officially make that dream a reality, as the Boyle County senior will sign with Lindsey Wilson along with teammate Kaile Short. “I loved the athletic facilities, they are just so beautiful,” said Wesley, who committed to the school Wednesday. “And the coach (Edwin Hagans) was wonderful, and I've always had good coaches here.” Wesley said she got in contact with Hagans through Centre College assistant Dan Graber.

During his days at Boyle County and Western Kentucky University, Brandon Smith was a quarterback and set numerous records during his prep career. Now he's the defensive coordinator at South Warren High School and has two players - defensive tackle Adrian Middleton and linebacker Joel Iyiegbuniwe. Middleton has offers from Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana State, Western and Middle Tennessee. Iyiegbuniwe only has an offer from Western so far, but Smith expects more schools to soon offer Iyiegbuniwe.

Our highlighted pets this week are Kitty and Sundance. Kitty is a pretty, 2-year-old calico cat. Kitty was abandoned by her owner who moved and left her behind.  Luckily, a kind neighbor rescued Kitty and brought her to the humane society so she would be safe until she finds her new forever home. Kitty enjoys her afternoon naps and having her head petted. She is sweet and affectionate and will make a wonderful companion. Sundance is a cute, 3-month-old Heeler mix puppy. He's a handsome red merle color with a white spot on his forehead.

Do you have too much stuff? Every few days, it starts to feel like spring, so maybe you're in the spring cleaning mood. Maybe you have good stuff, too good to throw away but you're too busy to have a yard sale or list it on eBay. What to do? We suggest a donation to the Boyle County 4-H Council's annual yard sale fundraiser. Why donate to 4-H? Well, let me give you the current best reason: 4-H camp. We are in high season for camp promotion, and I already can see we are going to have more requests for camp scholarships than ever before.

It was just a matter of quantity over quality for the Boyle County boys. The Rebels only won three events Friday, but took second in five events and had at least two scorers in eight 13 possible events to finish with 156 points, outlasting Mercer County (105) and Anderson County (102.5). But it may have been a costly night for the Rebels, as relay runner Tristen Morrow pulled up with a hip injury at finish line of the 400-meter relay. “He ran a fantastic 4-by-2 split, he cooled down, got a little tight, had to re-warm up and never got warm again.

The Mercer County boys swept doubles play to pull out a 6-3 win at Danville on Thursday. Jacob Crowell, Andrew Yeager and Nathan Sheehan won at singles and doubles for the Titans. Michael McChesney, Johnathan Durall and and Jake Rankin had singles win for the Admirals. Casey County 7, Boyle County 2 - At Danville, Casey swept singles play in a win over host Boyle. Skyler Wright, Taylor Leigh posted singles and doubles wins fof Casey. Girls Mercer County 9, Danville 0 - At Harrodsburg, Christy Ingram, Kennedy Thompson and Kyliegh Murray each posted wins at singles and doubles for the Titans in a sweep of Danville.

100 YEARS AGO - 1913 Wesley Gilpin , the 9-year-old Stanford boy who walked to Danville last week in search of his brother, was taken in by Shorty Coconougher at Fox's Livery Stable. The lad slept at the stable and seemed inclined to remain there and do odd jobs for his living. He seemed perfectly satisfied. However, the boy has mysteriously disappeared. This lad ought to be found and placed in the Children's Home Finders Society lest he become worthless from straying from pillar to post.