Nelson County

HODGENVILLE - Three Danville wrestlers qualified for the state tournament Saturday and a fourth qualified as an alternate in the 2nd Region Tournament at LaRue County. Matt Baskin (160 pounds), Evan Hester (189) and Brooks Evans (285) all finished fourth in their classes, and Brandon Lannum (145) was fifth and will be an alternate. In their third-place matches, Baskin was pinned by Tyler Lasley of Central Hardin, Hester lost 3-2 to Justin Underwood of LaRue County and North Hardin's Matt Ballinger pinned Evans.

Sunday, Feb. 18 COLLEGE Men's Basketball Sewanee at Centre, 1 p.m. Women's Basketball Sewanee at Centre, 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 19 HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball Kentucky Country Day at Mercer County, 7:30 p.m. (WHBN-AM 1420) 45th District Junior Varsity Tournament at KSD: Finals, Boyle County vs. Garrard County, 5 p.m. Girls Basketball Somerset at Danville, 6 p.m. Southwestern at Boyle County, 7:30 p.m. (WRNZ-FM 105.1)

East Jessamine had a hot week, winning four of its five games, including four wins in as many days. Last Wednesday, East defeated Model 14-8, recording a season-high in runs. The following day, the Jags plated 12 runs to record their second district win, beating Burgin 12-7. Friday night’s game at Nelson County was postponed. Nelson and East played two on Saturday, with the Jags winning both games 6-5. Monday The Jags fell at Boyle, 8-2, Monday night. The Rebels jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first inning and cruised the rest of the way, dropping East to 10-9 on the season and ending its four-game win streak.

Boyle County picked up its 20th win of the season Saturday, getting a three-hitter from Cheyenne Brumbaugh in an 8-0 win over visiting McCreary Central. Brumbaugh struck out three and walked two. Tara Allen, Hayley Hellyer, Emily Woolum and Kylee Talbott had two hits each. Boyle (20-13) got all of its scoring out of the way in the third and fourth innings. In the third, Hellyer and Woolum were on base when Emily Donlon's hit was misplayed by McCreary's third baseman, eventually allowing all three runners to score.

The Burgin girls may not have been familiar with their surroundings this weekend, but they were exactly where they wanted to be. The Bulldogs were in uncharted territory at the Boyle County Invitational, where they played a couple of teams that are a cut above most of those on their schedule, and they left satisfied both with the way they matched up with those teams and with what they believe that will do for them down the road. Burgin had the best record of any of the four area volleyball teams in the eight-team event at Centre College, going 3-0 in its pool before being knocked out by Nelson County in a semifinal Saturday.

HARRODSBURG - Kathryn King Holt, of Cardwell Avenue, has more than 100 years to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. She's thankful to have lived a long and healthy life, to have a 78-year-old son, Delbert Holt Jr., who lives nearby to keep an eye on her, and for a place to live. She has out-lived a daughter, three brothers and a sister. One brother was 100 when he died and another was in his 80s. Her father and grandfather lived to be in their 90s. She has an 82-year-old sister, Opal Krentler of Warsaw, still living.

The East Jessamine girls didn't were missing their floor general Tuesday night. That combined with poor shooting and low rebound totals dropped the Jaguars on the road against Nelson County to open the season, 56-36. Ashley Willoughby, junior point guard, was scratched from the lineup due to illness, Coach Ralph Sallee said. "We found out the day before Ashley wasn't going to be there," he said. "And we weren't able to make a quick adjustments. " The Jaguars were in the game through the first half, but the Cardinals pulled away in the third quarter, in large part due to East's inability to get shots to fall in. The team was 16-for-49 shooting on the night.

HARRODSBURG - Mercer County will be the home of the $30 million Kentucky Agriculture Heritage Center. The announcement was made this morning at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville. "I'm thrilled and excited beyond words to describe it," said Mercer County Judge-Executive John Trisler, who was reached by telephone at the fairgrounds. He said the announcement came from Harvey Mitchell, farm manager for Anderson Circle Farm and chairman of the statewide committee planning the center.

Brandon Lanham, Mickey Robertson, Joe Nedvidek and Evan Hester each won two matches as Danville wrestled five opponents Saturday in the LaRue County Duals at Hodgenville. Danville defeated Nelson County and Fort Knox but lost to LaRue County, North Hardin and Central. Lanham, wrestling at 140 pounds, won once by pin and once in a 20-11 decision. Hester (215) won a 12-6 decision and had one win by pin. Robertson (145) and Nedvidek (189) had two pins each. Danville (D)