Lindsey Wilson

Boyle County seniors Blake Mason and Keegan Kendrick are making their college choices official today, signing with their schools on the first day of the national signing period. Mason will be signing with Campbellsville University, and Kendrick will sign with Lindsey Wilson College. “I just really liked the campus. The coaches treated me really well and talked to me about how everything could go if I went there,” said Mason, who was recruited as a tight end. “Everyone looked at me as a tight end. A couple of schools might have mentioned being a defensive end, but it was mainly tight end.” Mason earned All-Area honors last season at tight end, catching 22 passes for 324 yards and four touchdowns, and blocking for a run game which averaged 228 yards per game.

Kaile Short knows this is the time of year where all the winter work pays off. The Boyle County senior sprinter  said she has been getting her times down and is feeling great heading into the homestretch of the track season. “I'm peaking at the right time. That's all due to our coach's training. Coach (Brent) Wagner, he's got this all set up so we peak at the right time,” Short said. “I've just been trying to push myself harder and harder every day and think it's all about state and region, not about what happened in February.” Short had two wins Friday at the Boyle County Invitational, taking the 200-meter dash and anchoring the winning 400-meter relay.  Now she's ready for what she said is one of her favorite meets this Friday, the Central Kentucky Conference Championships at Henry Clay.

The Centre College women's cross country team has never made it to nationals, even though the men have been there for the past three years. But the women got one step closer to their goal Saturday when some of their youngest runners helped them win the Centre Invitational. Four freshmen and a sophomore finished in the top 10 and four more runners finished 17th or better to help Centre win its own meet at Admiral Stadium. "This gives us a future in the next few years of building up this team," Centre coach Lisa Owens said.

Centre College freshman Chelsea Goodman has been named to the all-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference's third team. Goodman led the team in scoring. The former Mercer County High School standout averaged 14 points per game overall and 15.5 points per game in conference play and had five rebounds per game. She hit 32 of 88 3-pointers. She ranked 13th in the conference in field goal percentage at 42 percent and was sixth in total steals with a team high 49 (2.23 per game)

Wednesday, Nov. 1 College Volleyball Transylvania at Centre, 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 College Men's Basketball Lindsey Wilson at Kentucky, exhibition, 7 p.m. (WRNZ-FM 105.1) Friday, Nov. 3 College Men's Soccer Austin at Centre, 5:30 p.m. College Women's Soccer Austin at Centre, 7:30 p.m. College Volleyball Trinity vs. Centre at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Millsaps vs. Centre at Atlanta, 7 p.m. High School Football Class A, District 4 playoffs: First round, Trimble County at Danville, 7:30 p.m. (WHIR-AM 1230)

Centre College's Chrys Jones won two events and Charles Mercy added another win Saturday at the Centre College Invitational. Jones set a school record by winning the long jump with an effort of 22 feet, 10 inches. He also won the triple jump with a leap of 50 feet, 4 inches. Mercer won the javelin with a toss of 166 feet. Emily Niehaus won the hammer throw for the Colonels with a toss of 167 feet, 5 icnhes, and was secod on the shot put. Eastern Kentucky won both meets, while the Centre men finished second and the women were third.

STANFORD — It’s really not a surprise that Lincoln County’s Ande Stamper is going to continue her athletics career at Eastern Kentucky University. She started playing AAU basketball in the fourth grade with future Lincoln teammates Jessica Upchurch, Kendra Brown, Nikki Bustle and others. She played softball from her seventh grade year through her senior year at Lincoln. She even played volleyball and started her junior season. However, it’s cheerleading that has given Stamper a chance to continue her athletics career.

Lincoln County's Jonathan True and Mercer County's Courtney Watts have been invited to try out for the Kentucky All-Stars. Tryouts to pick the team that will play Indiana on June 19 in Owensboro and June 26 in Indianapolis will be April 16-17 at Georgetown College. True, a 6-10 center who is deciding whether to accept a scholarship offer from Morehead State or walk on at Kentucky, averaged 16.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 6.9 blocked shots per game last season. He also shot 56.5 percent from the field.

SOMERSET — Nicole Coffman, Casey County’s leading scorer and rebounder this season, could only watch the final rounds of the girls 12th Region Tournament after suffering a season-ending knee injury. Coffman, a senior guard, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee Monday in Casey’s first-round victory over Lincoln County, and she said Friday she expects to undergo surgery in the coming days. She is scheduled to meet with Lexington orthopedic surgeon Dr. Mary Lloyd Ireland on Tuesday.