Pikeville

CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF Accident - On Thursday, officers responded to an injury accident on Interstate 64 in which Karen Friend of Pikeville was traveling east, missed a turn and pulled to the left side of the road. She did not realize part of her vehicle was still on the roadway. Jodi Johnson of Winchester was also traveling east behind another vehicle. The vehicle in front of Johnson swerved to miss Friend's vehicle and Johnson had no time to react. Johnson struck Friend's vehicle in the right rear that caused severe damage to both vehicles.

A year ago the Jaguars competed in the Lady Pirate Holiday Classic at Berea and went 1-3. Coming into this year's tournament, East Jessamine's girls basketball team had dropped two straight road games. When the club arrived, it was looking for a turnaround to its fortunes. Things didn't start out that way as the Jaguars fell to Madison Central 52-46 to open the tournament despite 31 points from senior guard Ashley Willoughby. "We felt like we were in the first game and didn't execute as well as we needed to," East Coach Ralph Sallee said.

J.B. Williams dropped everything else this past year and completely devoted himself to golf. The move has paid off as the Danville senior won the All “A” Classic title, earned his third straight trip to this week's state tournament in Bowling Green and earned a Division I scholarship. “I just think the results that I've had, I got the state championship win that I was so dearly looking for, and I think I'm third or fourth in all-state points now. I think from a personal standpoint, I've gotten better in all aspects of the game,”¿Williams said after placing second in the 4th Region Tournament last week.

Kentucky released its 2007-08 schedule Saturday and Pikeville College will be the first unofficial opponent in the Billy Gillispie era, continuing the school's trend of playing smaller college programs during the exhibition campaign. Kentucky followers will get their first glimpse of the Wildcats' new coach, while former Mason County coach Kelly Wells and the Bears will get a chance to play in front of a full house at Rupp Arena. The game won't be just another exhibition game, it will be one that will generate a lot of excitement, especially from Kentucky's perspective and followers of the Bears.

LIBERTY - Beth Patterson had limited her college choices down to two prospective schools before a new school entered the picture. Just about a month later, that school got a commitment from Patterson. The Casey County senior signed a scholarship Friday to play basketball for Pikeville College. The Bears beat out Cumberland and Union, her first two choices. "The coach at Pikeville (Bill Watson) told me he had been talking to another coach, telling him what he needed this year and what he wanted them to come in and do," Patterson said.

Amy Haggard, George Rogers Clark High School girls softball pitcher and shortstop, signed to play with Pikeville College on Friday. She was joined by front row, from left, her friend Caitlin Collins, mother Teresa Haggard and father Dennis Haggard. Pictured on the back row are, from left, Clark softball coach Matt Puckett, Pikeville College Athletic Director and Softball coach Robert Staggs and Pikeville Director of Admissions Gary Justice.

George Rogers Clark High School senior Caitlin Collins signed a national letter-of-intent to play golf at Pikeville College Friday at the Winchester Country Club. Pictured front row from left are as follows: Tammi Huff, Jeff Collins, Caitlin Collins, Dolly Hollan and Tim Sluder. Back row from left: Barbara Collins, Paul Collins, Haley Collins, Amy Haggard, Pikeville College golf coach Nelson Scott, Pikeville College director of admissions and financial aid Gary Justice, Clark girls golf coach Anne Baldwin and Sue Hollan.

East Jessamine golfer Hillary Harkins signed a national letter of intent last month to continue her golf career and education at Pikeville College. “(Pikeville) is close to home, and they really made me feel like it was home,” Harkins said. Her father also has an office near Pikeville, so family will never be too far away. Pikeville’s golf program is still in it infancy, having just begun in past few years. Harkins knows that she can help build the program, and that was one of the draws.

Cody Vest said Pikeville College was after him from the beginning. And the recent Danville graduate decided to take his baseball talents to the school next season. “It had a really good feel, and I just thought it was the right school for me because I have a shot a going and playing as a freshman,” said Vest, who was recruited as an outfielder and first visited Pikeville last fall. “There were a few schools that I had been looking at before I made my decision.