George Rogers Clark

The George Rogers Clark baseball team suffered its first district loss of the season with a 1-0 setback at Montgomery County Monday. The loss snapped the Cardinals' five-game winning streak, while the Indians notched their sixth consecutive win in their district opener. Clark opened the district schedule with wins at Paris and Bourbon County last week. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie through the first six innings. Montgomery (10-3) scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on Clay Barton's RBI single that scored Jordan Nester, who opened the inning with a single.

The George Rogers Clark track teams competed in the 37th annual Lake Cumberland track meet Saturday in Somerset. Out of 24 teams attending the boys team placed 12th and the girls team finished 16th. In the distance events, the Cardinals and Lady Cards posted several personal best times. Ben Petrey led the 4x800 relay team with a first leg run of 2:12, a personal best. Brandon Burris, Brandon Bailey and Austin Richards rounded out the relay, which placed fourth overall. In the 1600 meter run, Grayson Brookshire placed fifth with a personal best time of 4:42.77.

The George Rogers Clark High School softball team snapped a two-game losing streak by capturing three consecutive victories over the weekend. The Lady Cardinals defeated Danville 5-3 and beat host Rockcastle in a doubleheader Friday night in Mount Vernon. Clark rolled past Powell County 10-3 in a makeup contest Saturday in Stanton. In the win over Powell, Clark pitcher senior Whitney Conkwright tossed a one-hitter, scattering three runs, while striking out five batters and walking one. At the plate, Conkwright also laced a single and a double and drove in a run. Clark (9-6)

The George Rogers Clark baseball team pushed its winning streak to a season-high four games and opened district play with a 14-2 rout of Paris in five innings Monday in Paris. The Cardinals (7-6) broke a 1-1 deadlock with a four-run outburst in the third inning and put the game away with nine runs in the fifth frame. Clark collected wins over Madison Southern, Estill County and Campbell County during spring break last week, beginning the team's current string of four straight wins.

The George Rogers Clark baseball team concluded a successful week with a 7-5 victory over Campbell County Friday at Cardinal Field. Clark posted wins over Madison Southern, Estill County and Campbell County last week to even the season record at 6-6 going into tonight's 40th District contest at Paris. The Cards will then take on district foe Bourbon County on Tuesday in Paris. In the win over Campbell County, the Cards withstood a late rally by the Camels, who scored four runs in the sixth inning to tie the score at 5-5. Clark crossed the plate twice in the bottom of the inning.

The George Rogers Clark softball team was shorthanded but came close to notching a victory over visiting Somerset Tuesday afternoon at Cardinal Heights. The Briar Jumpers broke a 1-1 deadlock with three runs in the top of the eighth and held on for a 4-3 win over the Lady Cardinals in Clark's only contest during spring break week. Both teams opened the eighth inning with a runner at second base as part of an international rule enforced during extra innings. Somerset crossed the plate three times, while Clark mustered a pair of runs on a double by Kolbi Mitchell in the eighth inning.

The George Rogers Clark girls softball team racked up a pair of wins over the weekend, including a 16-1 rout of Paris in the team's 40th District opener Saturday at Cardinal Heights. The Lady Cardinals (6-4) scored four times in the first inning against Paris and plated 11 runs in the second frame, leading to a three-inning victory. In the win over Paris, Sydney Anderson and Whitney Conkwright paced the team's offensive effort with a pair of hits, while Megan Terrell, Emily Harrison, Kolbi Mitchell, Peyton Skillern, Abbi Puckett, Ashlee Crowe and Madison Norton each had a hit. Conkwright went the distance in the pitcher's circle and tossed a three-hitter.

James and Lucy Fraley, along with Johnny and Pam Brewer, announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of Brandy Nicole Christy to James Aaron Perdue, son of James W. Perdue and the late Charlotte (Smart) Perdue. The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of George Rogers Clark High School. The prospective groom is a 1993 graduate of George Rogers Clark and is employed by Lowe's of Winchester. The wedding will take place at 6 p.m. April 9 at The Holiness Church of God, 20 Mackey Ave., Winchester.

The University of Minnesota doesn't deserve to have Tubby Smith as its men's basketball coach. The former University of Kentucky coach was fired Monday, less than 24 hours after the Gophers lost to Florida in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The unexpected exit came nearly six years after he resigned as coach of the Wildcats to take a similar post in the Twin Cities, and three days after his team dismantled Pac-12 regular-season champion UCLA in the second round of the tournament, a loss that cost Bruins coach Ben Howland his job. Smith took over a program that had been marred by academic troubles that stripped the team of a Final Four appearance in 1997 and guided the team to three NCAA Tournament appearances despite competing in the Big 10 against the likes of Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan and Wisconsin.

It'll be some time before Boyle County can settle into any sort of regular routine. At this point, the Rebels are just happy to get in a game. Rain, snow and cold have turned the Boyle softball team's early-season schedule into a challenge, and Wednesday night's game was the only one the Rebels will play in an 11-day stretch between a tournament last weekend and another next weekend. So they made the most of their time on the diamond, using no-hit pitching from Hannah Miniard and 12 hits from nine different players to rout George Rogers Clark 12-0 in five innings at Rebel Stadium.