Lady Cardinals

It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season, but George Rogers Clark has already accomplished the feat against rival Montgomery County this season. However, in order to earn a return trip to the Girls Sweet Sixteen, the Lady Cardinals will have to defeat the Lady Indians for a fourth time this season. The two teams will meet for the 10th Region title at 2 p.m. today at Bourbon County High School.   Although Clark was a favorite to return to the finals, the Lady Indians pulled off a mild surprise over Campbell County in the semifinals to earn their seventh straight appearance in the region finale.

The second time was the charm for George Rogers Clark. The Lady Cardinals made up for a 68-58 loss to Owensboro Catholic earlier this week with a 68-63 triumph over the Lady Aces in the finals of the National Guard Holiday Classic in Owensboro Thursday night. Clark (6-4) won all three games in the tournament, but lost to the hosts in a showcase opener Monday night. The Lady Cardinals defeated Henderson County, Daviess County and Owensboro Catholic to win the title. “It was a great tournament for us, not only because we won, but also because we improved as a team each game,” Clark coach Scott True said.

The George Rogers Clark girls basketball team recovered from a disappointing 62-58 loss to Montgomery County on Friday night with a 68-60 triumph over Bourbon County Saturday night at Norton Gymnasium. The quick turnaround didn't gave the Lady Cardinals a opportunity to ponder the loss to the Lady Indians, a contest in which Clark led 29-5 in the second quarter, only to come up short down the stretch. This time, the Lady Cardinals withstood a rally by the opponent in the second half and held on down the stretch as members of the school's nine 10th¿Region championship teams watched from the stands.

The George Rogers Clark girls basketball team picked up its first win of the season Tuesday night with a 47-36 triumph over Martha Layne Collins High School at Shelby County. Clark coach Scott True was pleased with his team’s ability to take control of the contest in the final eight minutes. “We didn’t play very well for three quarters, but we played awfully well in the fourth quarter,” he said. “We got it going late and we were able to put the game away.

George Rogers Clark had a hard time keeping up with MacKenzie Cann. The Anderson County freshman guard scored 31 points to lead the Lady Bearcats to a 64-51 victory over the Lady Cardinals Thursday night at Norton Gymnasium. Anderson County scored the first eight points and never trailed, ending Clark’s three-game winning streak. The Lady Bearcats built the margin to 24-8, before the hosts closed the gap to six at 29-23 with 4:47 left, but back-to-back 3-pointers by Cann thwarted the Lady Cards’ brief rally.

The George Rogers Clark girls basketball team will honor seniors Whitley Henry (5) and Brooke Pegg (10) prior to the team's home finale against Bracken tonight at Norton Gymnasium. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The Lady Cardinals close out the regular season Friday at Pendleton County.

BROOKSVILLE - The hits just keep coming for the George Rogers Clark High School softball team. The Lady Cardinals produced 11 hits, including a pair of home runs in a 9-0 shutout over Bracken County on Wednesday. The win was the sixth in a row for Clark, now 8-1 on the young season. The loss was Bracken's first of the year in six games. "We are just continuing to hit the ball," Clark coach Jackie McCloud said. "We are making the plays when we have to and we're getting the hits when we have to. " Morgan Woosley and Michelle Ladanyi went deep for Clark, but it was Woosley's dinger in the top of the second that sparked the Lady Cards' offensive attack.

The George Rogers Clark girls soccer team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end with a 2-0 loss Monday night at Henry Clay. The setback was Clark's first since a 5-3 loss to Dixie Heights on Sept. 10. The Lady Cards fell to 9-3-1 on the season, while the Lady Blue Devils upped their record to 9-2-3. Clark was coming off an impressive 3-0 victory over Conner Saturday afternoon. The two teams battled to a scoreless tie in the first half, but the hosts scored a pair of goals in the second half for the final margin.

PARIS - The George Rogers Clark girls basketball knows it can compete with Montgomery County but can't find a way to seal the deal. For the second time this season, the Lady Cardinals built a double-digit lead in the first half, only to falter down the stretch and come up short in a 68-52 loss to the Lady Indians in the finals of the 40th District Tournament Thursday night at Paris High School. “It was a 16-point deficit, but it was a lot tougher than that,” Clark coach Robbie Graham said afterward.

The George Rogers Clark softball team won three games and dropped a pair over the weekend in the Western Hills Invitational in Frankfort. The Lady Cardinals finished in the Top 4, with host Western Hills winning the tournament with a 4-3 victory over South Oldham. Clark coach Matt Puckett praised his team's defensive effort in the five games. “We really played well on the defensive side of the ball,” he said. “(The defense) kept us in games all weekend.” Clark opened the two-day event with a 2-0 win over Bishop Fenwick (Ohio)

April 16, 1988 The Wades Mill Homemakers Club met May 7 in the community room at College Park with Mrs. Wayne Pitts and Mrs. S.M. Anderson as hostesses. The devotional was given by Mrs. Aulta Berryman. Mrs. Marie Smith, president, conducted the meeting. Three Winchester men have rolled 300 games at Forest Park Lanes in the last 13 months after the lanes went many years without a single perfect score. David White got his 300 in February 1987. Paul Kaufman did it last August and Paul Rison turned the trick March 24. A highlight film chronicling the George Rogers Clark Lady Cardinals season could easily turn into a full-length feature film.

Matt Abner has worked his way up the coaching ranks and will embark on a new journey this fall. Abner, longtime youth soccer coach and administrator in both the Winchester Youth Soccer League and FC of Kentucky before taking over the boys and girls soccer teams at Clark Middle five years ago, was named girls soccer coach at George Rogers Clark High School Wednesday. “They've had a good (feeder) program over the past few years and the FC of Kentucky really helped advance our girls and be successful,” he said.

The George Rogers Clark High School girls softball team opened the season with two victories Friday afternoon. In the season opener, the Lady Cardinals scored four runs in the third inning and tacked on three more in the fifth frame in a 7-2 win over West Jessamine. Senior pitcher Whitney Conkwright went the distance and threw a six-hitter. Conkwright struck out seven and walked three. Kolbi Mitchell, Erin Carrus and Madison¿Norton paced Clark with two hits each. Conkwright, Skye Skinner, Meg Terrell, Peyton Skillern and Alexis Hardeman added one hit each.

PARIS - The George Rogers Clark girls basketball knows it can compete with Montgomery County but can't find a way to seal the deal. For the second time this season, the Lady Cardinals built a double-digit lead in the first half, only to falter down the stretch and come up short in a 68-52 loss to the Lady Indians in the finals of the 40th District Tournament Thursday night at Paris High School. “It was a 16-point deficit, but it was a lot tougher than that,” Clark coach Robbie Graham said afterward.

George Rogers Clark girls basketball coach Robbie Graham thought his team's postseason opener wouldn't be an easy task. The final margin turned out to be larger than he envisioned as the Lady Cardinals used a big second half to defeat Bourbon County 61-43 in the opening round of the 40th District Tournament at Paris High School. The Lady Cardinals advance to next week's 10th Region Tournament and will take on Montgomery County in the district finale at 7 p.m. Thursday at Paris High¿School.

The George Rogers Clark High School girls basketball team notched its sixth victory in the past eight games with a 78-32 rout of Pendleton County Saturday night in Falmouth. The Lady Cardinals lost at Scott County 68-46 last week but recovered to defeat the Wildcats and gain more momentum going into the last week of the regular season. “Scott County is a good team, and we're taking nothing away from Scott County whatsoever, I just didn't think we gave our best effort,” Graham said.

The glory days were relived at George Rogers Clark High School Saturday night. The school honored the girls basketball team's nine 10th Region championship teams (1975, 1981-82, 1988-91, 1995 and 2010) during halftime of a 40th District contest against Bourbon County. Former players, coaches and staff reminisced with current members of the program during a reception following the Cardinals' 68-60 triumph over the Lady Colonels. Former player Jeanne Kirk Anderson, a member of the 1981 squad, flew in from Decatur, Texas.