Great Game

LEXINGTON - Kentucky junior defensive tackle Lamar Mills has a torn knee ligament and he will miss the remainder of the season. Mills was hurt late in Sunday's loss to Louisville after making a career-high eight tackles. "This is devastating for him because he played such a great game. He has been playing better than he ever has, and this is a big disappointment, for him and for our defense," UK coach Rich Brooks said. Ricky Abren will miss his second straight game because of a broken wrist Saturday.

George Rogers Clark's Tyler Wallin (7) scored a goal for Clark during a game against Harrison County Tuesday night at the Cardinal Soccer Complex. The game was called because of lightening in the first half and has been rescheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Cardinal Soccer Complex. In the junior varsity game, Clark posted a 3-0 win over the Thorobreds. Goals were scored by Nathaniel Wells, Matthew Reed and Braxton Williams. An assist was recorded by Williams. Clark had 10 shots on goal and keeper Conner Blankenship had three saves.

The George Rogers Clark boys soccer team captured the Larry Raney Memorial junior varsity soccer tournament Saturday with a 2-0 win over Madison Central at the Cardinal Soccer Complex. Raymond Borja and Nathaniel Wells one goal each for Clark and Wells had an assists. Clark goal keeper Conner Blankenship recorded three saves. "The guys played a great game," Clark junior varsity coach Patrick Fitzgerald said. "Borja had a great goal to close out the first half. " Madison Central was second, followed by Franklin County and Bourbon County was fourth.

Jessica Rubelin's goal in overtime gave host Centre College a 2-1 victory over Lindenwood Sunday. "This was by far our best game of the season," said Centre coach Tom Hobbs. "Our communication and energy was fantastic. Lindenwood had more individual talent than our team, but Centre College won because it played a team game. If we keep building like this, we will be in fine shape for the remainder of the year. " Centre's first goal was by Gina Preston off an assist by Rose Ardery.

The George Rogers Clark boys' soccer team remained winless on the season with a 6-0 loss to Madison Central Thursday night at the Cardinal Soccer Complex. The Cardinals fell to 0-9-2 with three games remaining in the regular season. The Indians upped their record to 10-1-0 on the year. Clark coach Greg Dyk was disappointed in his team's loss. "For six or seven minutes, here and there, we played well, but we're still making mistakes in the defensive end of the field," he said.

The George Rogers Clark girls volleyball team earned a sweep of Pendleton County Thursday night in Falmouth. Clark defeated the Lady Wildcats 27-25 and 25-18. “They were a very good defensive team, but our size and athleticism hurt them. We served the ball extremely well, making it hard (for them)¿to pass the ball. We talked about what a big game this was and we needed to come out ready to throw many things at them. I was pleased, because we executed beautifully.” Curry also was pleased with her team's overall defense, led by Amy Kao and Maddie Hamlin and also liked other individual performances.

Jennifer Palumbo is a WDKY-TV ( Fox 56) news anchor, but she's also a huge sports fan, especially when it comes to the University of Kentucky .  She goes to many UK games with her husband, Joe, as a fan and often at tournament time covers the Kentucky fan angle for the Lexington TV station. Palumbo was at Saturday's game in Nashville with her husband sitting on the first row behind the Kentucky bench and next to actress Ashley Judd .   Palumbo offered these insights into her personality, job and love for UK sports.

Josh Sadler went five innings and gave up no earned runs Wednesday as Danville beat visiting Madison Southern 3-2. Sadler struck out three, walked two and allowed two hits. He worked into the sixth inning, but walked one batter and another reached on an error before he got anyone out. "Josh pitched a great game," Danville coach Paul Morse said. Will Ray worked the final two innings to get the save for the Admirals (2-0), walking two and allowing no hits. Matt Yates was 3-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs, Brett McGee had a double and drove in a run and Max Meckes singled for the Admirals.

LANCASTER - Heath Ayres scored the go-ahead goal and Jacob Denny had a goal and two assists as the Garrard County boys defeated Marion County 4-1 Saturday night. Ayres gave Garrard (7-1-1) the lead about 31 minutes into the game - and about three minutes after Marion (5-4) had tied the game - when he scored off an assist from Denny. The Golden Lions added to their lead when Denny scored on a penalty kick with five minutes left and Malcolm Smith scored from the left side with one minute left.

HARRODSBURG - Burgin went over .500 for the first time in school history Friday, getting a three-hitter from pitcher Taylor Bottoms in a 5-1 win over host Harrodsburg. "It was a pretty good game. I was not only impressed with my own team, but with Harrodsburg as well," Burgin coach Matt Grimes said. "Taylor pitched a great game and the defense did an excellent job of backing her up. "Meredith Lear (five putouts) did a nice job. She made some great decisions defensively. " Burgin's Chelsea Williams went 2-for-3 and the Bulldogs went 12-for-12 in stolen bases in winning their second straight game.