Lincoln County

The Lincoln County girls and boys tennis teams battled hard on the courts Monday and Tuesday, but neither had a good run, with the Lady Patriots dropping back-to-back matches and the Pats losing their lone match of the week. Lady Pat Cassie Smith got Lincoln started with a win Tuesday at Danville, knocking off the Lady Admirals' Jodi Gay 8-2 at the one seed. Lincoln's wait for its next win in the match went unanswered, though, as Danville swept the rest of the girls singles and doubles matches to win easily, 8-1, and the Admirals shut out the Patriots 8-0. The Lady Patriots also struggled in their match at home against Garrard County Monday, with Alyssa Turner the lone victor in the girls' match as the Lady Lions rolled 8-1.  Turner clawed her way back to earn the “W” against Alexa Slone, rallying from being down 4-1. The LCHS junior shook off the slow start to win seven straight games and claim the 8-4 victory at the two seed.

STANFORD - Twice Lincoln County and Madison Southern have met on the softball diamond. Twice it has taken extra innings to decide a winner. And twice Lincoln has come up on the wrong side of the scoreboard. The Lady Patriots fell 3-2 to the Lady Eagles in eight innings back on March 22 in Berea. Madison Southern needed nine innings to take out Lincoln in the rematch at LCHS Thursday, edging out a 7-5 victory. The Lady Eagles (10-4) used a late-inning rally to force extra innings and set themselves up for the win. After four scoreless innings, Madison Southern put up two runs in the fifth to even the game at 2-all and, after falling behind 3-1 in the bottom of the inning, tallied another run in the top of the seventh to force extra innings.  The score was tied 5-5 at the end of the eighth, but Southern took a 7-5 advantage in the top of the nine after Jaycee Combs and Tara Bord scored off back-to-back pop outs.

J.T. Sowders, 89, of Stanford, died Saturday, April 20 at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center in Danville.   He was born January 25, 1924 in Lincoln County to the late George and Bessie Ballard Sowders.  He was the widower of Dorothy Hager Sowders.  He had worked at Corning Glass in Danville as a forklift operator, he was an Army Veteran of WWII and a member and deacon of Fairview Baptist Church.   Survivors include a son, James C. "Jimmy" Sowders (Faith) of Midway Park, NC; six grandchildren, Darlene Ponce, Jimmy Sowders, Jeff Sowders, Joey Sowders, Jennifer Lins and Corey Elder; two step grandsons; thirteen great-grandchildren; five step great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.

STANFORD - The state Transportation Cabinet has awarded a $1.5 million project to resurface about 6.3 miles of U.S. 27 in north Lincoln County. The resurfacing will cover U.S. 27 from the Garrard County line south to the highway's intersection with Ky. 1247 at Patriot Mart, according to the cabinet. The deadline for completion of the project, which has been awarded to the Allen Company, is Nov. 15. The Lincoln County project is part of $27 million in "asphalt rehabilitation" funding awarded by the cabinet for projects in 45 counties across the state.

OTTENHEIM - A pair of Lincoln County Junior Guard members were involved in a wreck last week, after the vehicle they were in went airborne and rolled multiple times along Ky. 1948. Lincoln County Deputy Ryan Kirkpatrick said he wouldn't release the names of the two boys because they are both juveniles, but confirmed they were on their way to Lincoln County High School for a Junior Guard event on April 16. As the boys' vehicle was traveling west on 1948 shortly after 5 p.m., it went off the edge of the roadway for an unknown reason, Kirkpatrick said.

The Danville boys gave coach Mark Mojesky his 199th career win Tuesday by blanking host Lincoln County 9-0. Sam Nelson, Josh Joiner, Michael McChesney, Michael Graves, Jonathan Duvall and Jake Rankin all won at singles and doubles for Danville. Mercer County 7, Southwestern 2 - At Harrodsburg, the Titans won five of six singles match to post a win over the Warriors. Josh Conover, Nathan Sheehan and Lee Sims won at singles and doubles for Mercer. Girls Danville 4, Lincoln County 1 - At Danville, after losing at No. 1 singles, the Admirals ripped off four straight wins to down the visiting Patriots.

If Danville was just going to hand Lincoln County runs, the Patriots were gladly going to take them. Lincoln scored four unearned runs in the first inning off  four Danville errors and that proved to be enough for the visiting Pats in a 7-3 victory Tuesday in 45th District play. “I think that let us breathe a little bit. We were focused coming in and I think that showed early in the game. We took advantage of their mistakes and that got us out to that early cushion,” Lincoln coach Kevin Bandura said.

When a Danville man decided to go turkey hunting Saturday morning, he had no idea he'd be coming home with a story to pass down to his grandchildren some day. Although he's an avid hunter, 44-year-old Bud Griffith of Webster Road had never been turkey hunting before and figured opening day of the season was a good time to start. However, once in the woods of his Lincoln County farm, Griffith had a brief and slightly terrifying encounter with a wild animal. Griffith had set up decoys about 20 or 30 yards from where he chose to sit and wait.

LANCASTER - Two Lincoln County members of the Bluegrass 911 board of directors plan to step down from their positions. Stanford Mayor and 911 Board Chairman Bill Miracle told board members on April 8 that he intends to resign because he has too much going on. Lincoln County Magistrate David Faulkner has chosen to step down from his position on the board because of a time conflict with his radio show on WPBK, Judge-Executive Jim Adams announced last...

LANCASTER - An all-around performance, including timely hitting and excellent defense, lifted Lincoln County to a 10-2 win over 45th District foe Garrard County Tuesday. The Patriots snapped a four-game skid with the victory and also earned their first district win of the season. “Hit it, pitch it, field it. We did all three, and we did it well,” Lincoln coach Brad McNew said. “That's pretty much what happened. When you do that you're going to win.” Lincoln (8-10, 1-1 district)