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Bryon Ellis scored 18 points Saturday to lead the Centre College men to a 64-4 victory over Huntingdon and give the Colonels a sweep in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tipoff Classic at LaGrange, Ga. Ellis earned most valuable player honors at the two-day event after scoring 27 points in the Colonels’ two wins. Centre (3-0) scored the first 18 points of the game, holding Huntingdon (1-2) scoreless until the 11 minute, 27 mark of the first half. The Hawks cut the margin to 10 points, but the Colonels took a 38-16 lead to the locker room at halftime and were never threatened in the second half.

Sharon Dale Greer, accused in the Jan. 10 shotgun wounding of a Lincoln County woman, was transferred from the University of Kentucky Hospital to a nursing-care facility in the Kentucky State Reformatory at LaGrange, where he is recovering from a self-inflected shotgun wound, jail officials said. Mr. Greer's alleged victim was released from UK Hospital and is recovering at her home. When Mr. Greer is medically able, he will be returned to Lincoln County to face felony charges.

The Centre College softball team raised its record to .500 Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of LaGrange at Millennium Park that increased its winning streak to four games. Amber Mills hit a two-run home run to set the stage for a 4-1 win in the first game, and Laura Hufnagle drove in three runs in the second game to help the Colonels win 10-2 in five innings. Mills, a Boyle County graduate, followed a leadoff single by Lindsey Willett with her first career homer, and Centre (12-12)

LaGRANGE, Ga. - The Centre College football team rolled up 346 yards of offense Saturday and led by 25 points at the half in a 41-10 win over LaGrange. Adam Blandford had 137 yards and three touchdowns, and Kevin Phelps threw for one touchdown and ran for another for Centre (5-4). "It was nice to have a few of those (big wins)," Centre coach Andy Frye said. "We established the running game (226 yards on 41 carries), and I think we were just a little more physical up front than they were.

LEXINGTON - Wide receiver Quentin McCord is proud that he started the pipeline from LaGrange, Ga., to Kentucky that has brought players like Wesley Woodyard, Braxton Kelley and Demoreo Ford to the Wildcats. "I love it. It seems like something I started because I was the first guy to come up here and now a lot have done that," said McCord, a former UK player who was a seventh-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 2001. "It is a testament to what coach (Steve) Pardue is doing there to get those guys ready for the next level.

Monday, March 20 Women's college tennis: Centre at Mobile, 3 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 College baseball: Centre at LaGrange, 7 p.m.

Glenn Douglas Moore, 44, of LaGrange, died Saturday at the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at Newman Funeral Home Chapel in Beattyville. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Winchester Cemetery.

Stacie and James Reed of Prospect announce the birth of a daughter, Brooke Lynne Reed on Friday, May 19 at Baptist Hospital Northeast in LaGrange. She weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and measured 20 inches at birth. Proud grandparents are David and Nancy Taylor of Louisville and James (Jim) and the late Fanlee Reed of Stanford.

Glenn Douglas Moore, 44, of LaGrange, died Saturday at the Kentucky State Reformatory in LaGrange. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at Newman Funeral Home Chapel in Beattyville. Visitation will be Wednesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Winchester Cemetery.

Bryon Ellis scored 18 points Saturday to lead the Centre College men to a 64-4 victory over Huntingdon and give the Colonels a sweep in the Coaches vs. Cancer Tipoff Classic at LaGrange, Ga. Ellis earned most valuable player honors at the two-day event after scoring 27 points in the Colonels’ two wins. Centre (3-0) scored the first 18 points of the game, holding Huntingdon (1-2) scoreless until the 11 minute, 27 mark of the first half. The Hawks cut the margin to 10 points, but the Colonels took a 38-16 lead to the locker room at halftime and were never threatened in the second half.

Wrapping up what its coach called “the best two weeks of football that we have played all year,” Centre College closed its season Saturday with a convincing 48-7 rout of LaGrange at Farris Stadium. Centre’s defensive secondary picked off four LaGrange passes and Jordan Albright returned a punt 52 yards for a score as the Colonels won their season finale for the 13th time in the past 15 years and clinched their fourth consecutive winning season. “Honestly, the way we played the last two weeks was as good as the top-25 team that I coached in the past,” Centre coach Andy Frye said.

A winning season may be the most important thing, but it isn’t the only thing Centre College is playing for in their season finale. The Colonels can secure their fourth straight winning record if they defeat LaGrange on Saturday at Farris Stadium, and they can also accomplish a few other things that coach Andy Frye said are almost as important. “One of the biggest things is you always want to end the season on a good note,” Frye said. “The second thing is we want to see improvement in all the things we started doing in the preseason.

LEXINGTON — It’s not hard for Mychal Bailey to describe what being eligible to play at the University of Kentucky means to him. “It is nice to be here. I was confident that I could put in the hard work to get here. You have to have hard work to get anywhere these days. I stayed focused and got it done,” said Bailey. He originally signed with Kentucky in 2007 after an all-state career at LaGrange, Ga., where he had 118 tackles, including 19 for loss and 11 quarterback sacks, his senior year.

The Centre College men returned from their Christmas break to defeat Emory & Henry 80-70 Monday in the opening game of the Papa John's/Country Hearth Inn Tournament at Alumni Gymnasium. Centre (4-4) held Emory & Henry (2-8) to 39.7 percent shooting from the field and dominated the boards, outrebounding the Wasps 44-33. "(That) is two goals we have and we exceeded our goals," Centre coach Greg Mason said. Jeff Mullaney and Dee Smith led five Colonels in double figures with 13 points each.

LEXINGTON - Wide receiver Quentin McCord is proud that he started the pipeline from LaGrange, Ga., to Kentucky that has brought players like Wesley Woodyard, Braxton Kelley and Demoreo Ford to the Wildcats. "I love it. It seems like something I started because I was the first guy to come up here and now a lot have done that," said McCord, a former UK player who was a seventh-round draft pick of the Atlanta Falcons in 2001. "It is a testament to what coach (Steve) Pardue is doing there to get those guys ready for the next level.

It's easy to assume that Qua Huzzie's decision to play his college football at Kentucky is just another part of the LaGrange, Ga., pipeline that started five years ago when Wesley Woodyard came north to play for the Wildcats. However, for Huzzie, playing for Kentucky is going to have an even more special significance. "I am the first person in my family to go to college. That's really a big thing with my family, and something I am very proud of," Huzzie said. "I am all set academically, too. I've always been smart.