Lincoln

By Nancy LeedySOMERSET - The Lincoln boys' run in the regional postseason came to a heartbreaking end last Thursday night.Carl-Lewis Cummins scored a game-high 21 points for the Patriots in the opening round, but it wouldn't be enough to lead his team to victory as Southwestern eliminated Lincoln 51-42 in the first round of the 12th Region Tournament at Pulaski County High School.“We had some opportunities,”¿Lincoln coach Jeff Jackson said....

MOUNT VERNON - The Lincoln County girls' basketball team picked up its second big road win of the week Friday night, handily defeating Rockcastle County 68-35 at Rock Arena. Lincoln fell behind to start the game, but senior Kourtney Belcher sparked a 16-4 run with a steal and a basket that would eventually earn the Lady Patriots the lead - one  which they would never relinquish. “I thought we did a good job. From top-to-bottom, everybody that played tonight contributed in some way,” Lincoln coach Cassandra McWhorter said.

RICHMOND - The Lincoln County boys battled back from a 20-point first-half deficit to pull within three late in the fourth quarter Friday night against host Madison Central. But finishing off the Indians proved a little difficult.  Timmy Taylor and BJ Hoover both nailed 3-pointers and Brandon Pittman sank two free throws to get the Patriots within 46-43 with 3 minutes, 4 seconds to go in the game, however, Madison Central scored nine of the final 12 points of the game to hold off Lincoln 55-46.

RICHMOND - Six Lincoln County athletes got to celebrate victories Thursday night in the Class AAA, Region 7 Championships at Glenn Marshall Elementary. Alex Bunch dominated in the 1,600-meter run, Santana Hocker blew away the field in the 300-meter hurdles and the 400-meter relay team of Hocker, Micah Ward, Luke Shofner and Deon Shannon smoked the competition to earn first-place finishes for Lincoln. The sixth Lincoln athlete, Brian Carlson, did not dominate his 3,200-meter event but he pulled off a dramatic finish to win. Bunch, a junior, garnered the lone Patriot girls win at the meet, cruising to the 1,600-meter win with a time of 5 minutes, 32.40 seconds, a full 10 seconds ahead of second-place Gabriella Sabino of Madison Central.

HUSTONVILLE — Paul Isaacs had been working on his dream home for more than two years. It went up in flames this morning before he ever got a chance to live in it. The home on Ky. 78 between Hustonville and Stanford was completely destroyed by a fire that was reported just after midnight and had fully engulfed the structure by the time firefighters arrived, said Lincoln County Fire Chief Danny Glass. The fire is considered suspicious because electricity had not yet been connected to the house, Glass said this morning.

The Lincoln County boys basketball team will tip off the 2012-13 season Nov. 27 night with a relatively young and inexperienced team taking the hardwood. The Patriots return 11 players from last year's 19-14 squad, but only three have significant varsity experience and only two of the three are returning starters. “We're going to get better as the year goes on, but we've got a lot of work to do,” Lincoln coach Jeff Jackson said. “Last night (scrimmage at Oldham County) we started four sophomores and a junior, and brought a sophomore and junior off the bench.

And she was right. The 11th-ranked Lady Patriots led most of the first half in Monday's first round and had a seven-point lead in the third quarter, but the 10th-ranked Lady Bruins cut the margin down to two by the end of the third and were able to pull away in the fourth for a 62-57 win at Lexington Catholic's Alumni Gym. “They are a good team. That's why they're a top 10 team in the state. We knew it was going to be a battle coming into the game. We knew it was going to be physical, that they were going to get after it. And they did,” McWhorter said.

Brittany Dawn Stephens, 18, Hustonville, homemaker, to Tyler Chase Reed, 22, Hustonville, industrial.