Soccer

The Lincoln County girls' run for a regional title took another step foward Thursday night as the Patriots defeated East Jessamine 2-1 in the semifinals of the 12th Region Tournament at Boyle County. After losing to the Jaguars 3-1 during the regular season, Lincoln was able to avenge that loss with a pair of second-half goals by Maddie Adams and Micheala Sebastian. “I can't be any more proud of them,” Lincoln coach Andrew Kaiser said. “They just played their hearts out.” Lincoln (15-4-2)

HARRODSBURG - The Mercer County boys have planted their flag. After years as an also-ran, a slow crawl to respectability and two losses in regional title games, the Titans have finally completed their climb to the top. A 2-0 victory over West Jessamine in the boys 12th Region Tournament final Thursday night at King Middle School gave Mercer its first regional championship. What began as a dream grew into a viable goal for a talented senior class that had played together for years, and those seniors and some talented younger players completed the Titans' march to that goal with their fourth win of the season over West Jessamine.

HARRODSBURG - Mason Angel and his Mercer County teammates had a year to think about what could have been after falling to Danville in the regional final. On Wednesday night, the Titans got their revenge. Angel scored three times, twice off assists from Landon Souder, and the Titans dominated the second half to defeat the Admirals 4-1 in a boys 12th Region Tournament semifinal at King Middle School. The No. 6 Titans (20-3-1) advanced to tonight's regional championship against West Jessamine, which defeated Lincoln County 3-2 in Wednesday's other semifinal.

HARRODSBURG - The Lincoln County boys had Somerset on its heels less than a minute into the match and never let up Tuesday, beating the Briar Jumpers 5-1 in the first round of the 12th Region Tournament - the Patriots first regional win. Carl Lewis Cummins scored the first of his two goals 32 seconds into the match, Carter Dunn scored twice and Ian Blevins had four of his six saves in the first 17 minutes as the Patriots (12-6) advanced to face West Jessamine (13-10-1) in tonight's second semifinal at Mercer County.

The George¿Rogers Clark girls soccer team saw its season come to an end with a 4-1 loss to Campbell County Monday night at Covington Scott. The Lady Cardinals captured the 39th District Tournament with a 3-0 shutout of Montgomery County last week and ended the season with a 9-11 record. Clark won three of its last four games and built a dose of momentum heading into next season. “Our season obviously looked a little different than last year but I really hope that people don't look at our record and simply call us unsuccessful,” Clark coach Jessica Laswell said.

Shawn Ramos scored three goals Monday to lead the Danville boys to an 8-0 victory over Monticello in the first round of the 12th Region Tournament at Harrodsburg. Christian Gateskill-Fuqua also scored twice for Danville (12-7-2), which began its quest for a fourth straight regional title with an easy victory in which it held a 23-1 advantage in shots over Monticello (2-15-3). The Admirals advance to a semifinal matchup Wednesday with host Mercer County, the team it defeated in both district and regional championship games last season.

Year after year, Christian Gateskill-Fuqua has seen Danville players step in and take over the scoring duties for the Admirals. This year, it was his turn. And Gateskill-Fuqua has emerged as a solid scorer for the Admirals, leading the team with 24 goals as well as a team-high six assists going into today's 12th Region Tournament first round game with Monticello at Mercer County. “It's weird. Every single year coming into that first day of practice, and you can look and you have people that are going to do it. You look at Ethan (Hobson)

The No. 8¿Centre College women's soccer team moved to 13-0 Saturday with a 3-0 win over visiting Oglethorpe in Southern Athletic Association action. Rachel Brannen, Mary Taylor Kersey and Claiborne Willis all had first half goals for Centre, which moved to 4-0 in the SAA. Maddie Slattery had an assist for the Colonels, who outshot Oglethorpe (4-7, 1-3 SAA), 13-6 and held a 6-0 edge in corner kicks. Megan Foley had one save for the Colonels.