Scott County

Jan. 21, 1986 The Antioch Sunshine Circle met recently at the home of Mrs. Aileen Abner, Muddy Creek Road, with Mrs. Mary Clay Ballard, vice president, presiding. Those present were Mrs. Ballard, Mrs. Betty Bishop, Mrs. Fern Bradley, Mrs. Jeanie Brinegar, Mrs. Patsy Fraley, Mrs. Nancy True, Mrs. Dorothy Osborne, Jessica Brinegar and Debbie Dearing. The George Rogers Clark Cardinal freshman team beat Scott County 53-39 Monday at Letcher Norton Gym to improve their season record to 9-1. Dondry Gay led Clark with 16 points, followed by Josh Poer with 12 and John Flynn and R.J. Palmer with six each.

GEORGETOWN ? Not even a wet field could stop Scott County. The host Scott County Cardinals scored on their first six possessions en route to a 40-0 win over George Rogers Clark Friday night on a rain-soaked surface at Toyota Stadium. The game was delayed because of lightening with 4:48 left in the third quarter. Following a 15-minute delay, both coaches agreed to call the game, ending Clark's poorest outing of the season. Another lightening strike during the delay led to the suspension of the contest.

The honors keep coming in for George Rogers Clark High School senior Preston Knowles. Knowles, who signed with the University of Louisville earlier this month, was named to the Kentucky-Indiana All-Star team on Thursday. Steffphon Pettigrew (Elizabethtown), Twany Beckham (Ballard), Riley Benock (Meade County), Thomas Coleman (Jeffersontown), Matt Fraliex (Caldwell County), Austin Hill (Holmes), Tanner Jacobs (Trinity), Ty Proffitt (South Laurel), Greg Rice (Holmes), Reggie Smith (Fairdale)

GEORGETOWN ? Scott County had little trouble with visiting Lincoln County Friday night, exploding to a 47-0 second-quarter lead to set the Cardinals up for a 53-20 rout at Toyota Stadium. "Defensively, we just couldn't stop them," said Lincoln coach Mike Settles. "They showed tonight why they're in the Top 10 in the state and in (Class) 6A. " Scott County, ranked No. 8 in the Cantrall's Rating the State poll, needed little more than a minute to get on the scoreboard. Jose Smith, who led the Cardinals with 147 yards and three touchdowns in the first quarter, chalked up his first TD on the fourth play of the game, going 15 yards in for the score.

The Clark Middle School eighth-grade football team will take on Woodford Middle in the opening round of the playoffs on Thursday night. The contest is slated to begin at 6 p.m. and is scheduled to be played at George Rogers Clark High School. Georgetown Middle and Clark-Moores will compete in the other semifinal game at Georgetown Middle. In the seventh-grade playoffs, Scott County and McNabb will play the winner of the Madison Middle-Georgetown Middle game. Those two games will be played tonight in Georgetown and Richmond.

GEORGETOWN - The George Rogers Clark High School boys soccer team suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday with a 3-0 setback to No. 7 Scott County.The host Cardinals, ranked No. 18 in the state, scored two of their three goals in the first half and added another score in the second frame to preserve the win. Trent Halasek, Anthony Dicarlo and Jesse Hawkins had one goal each for Scott County, which improved to 4-0-1 on the season. The Cards scored their last goal on a direct kick from 40-yards out in the 71st minute after Clark was called for a foul.

LEXINGTON - Sam Morgan finished seventh out of 86 runners Saturday and John Anderson was 11th to lead the Boyle County boys cross country team to a sixth place finish at the Henry Clay Invitational. Woodford County won both meets, the boys with 16 points and the girls with 50 points. The Rebel boys finished sixth with 175 points and the Boyle girls placed 10th with 245 points. Kelsey Barbato was 36th to lead the Boyle girls. BOY'S RESULTS Team standings - 1. Woodford County 16; 2. Conner 79; 3. Paul Dunbar 98; 4. Henry Clay 105; 5. Lexington Catholic 141; 6. Boyle County 175; 7. Tates Creek 198; 8. Lexington Christian 201; 9. Rowan County 205; 10. Scott County 268; 11. Lafayette 280. BOYLE - 7. Sam Morgan 17:38; 11. John Anderson 17:49; 47. Blake Hendricks 19:42; 59. Matthew Overing 20:38; 65. Marcus Fluty 21:37; 74. Daniel Bastin 22:41.

The East Jessamine soccer team captured its first win Thursday night with a 6-3 victory over Scott County. THe Jaguars got the scoring started early when Parker Banta found Sam Cage for a goal in the fifth minute. Just three minutes later, Cage found the net again. Salvador Carmona picked up the Jaguars' third goal in the 10th minute. But East wasn't finished. Michael Small scored twice before the end of the first half to stretch the East lead to 5-0. Small scored in the 18th minute and then Carmona got his second assist of the game when he found Small in the 24th minute.

Theft reported HARRODSBURG - Police were called to Southern States Oct. 27 after a manager reported a theft equaling $500. According to Harrodsburg Police, a cord containing copper was taken off a grain elevator at the store. Unfortunately, they could not confirm when it occurred, as the elevator had not been used for several weeks. “It is a 70 foot cord with copper in it,” Corporal Tony Godbey said, explaining that the copper could be sold, which is likely why it was taken.

Boyle County won eight of 10 contested matches Wednesday night in a 72-9 rout of Scott County. All eight of host Boyle’s wins in those matches came on pins by Lucas McCain (117 pounds), Hunter Sheegog (119), Zack Cope (135), Devin Reynolds (152), J.P. Robbins (160), Bryant Warnock (189), Bryan Ferrell (215) and Tanner Abbott (heavyweight). The Rebels’ next home match is Dec. 28 against Danville. At Boyle County (BC) 72, Scott County (SC) 9 103 — Lucas McCain (BC)