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West Jessamine improved to 6-0 in region play with an 81-55 win over Somerset on Saturday. The Colts held the Briar Jumpers to only 23 second half-points as they cruised to their fourth win in a row. West was defensively sound for the second game in a row, holding Somerset to less than 60 points and 37.5 percent shooting from the field. Senior Chase Fain scored a season-high 31 points and was 13-for-20 from the field. He also collected 13 rebounds. Will Henderson had a double-double made up of 11 points and 13 assists.

Louie S. Wesley of Winchester, son of the late Delbert and Imogene Garland Wesley, was born in Somerset April 23, 1964, and he departed this life on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the age of 48. He is survived by his wife, Lucy Fugate Leslie. Other survivors include two sons, Dustin Wesley of Lexington and Logan Wesley of Winchester; one daughter, Crystal Gale Embs of Louisville; and two sisters, Donna (James) McQueen of Somerset and Vickie (Charles) Hoffman of Somerset. Louie was a self-employed trim carpenter and a member of Grace Baptist Church of Winchester.

Devin Conley scored 18 points Monday to lead the Garrard County girls to a 50-43 victory over Somerset in the season opener for both teams at Lancaster. Host Garrard took control of the game in the third quarter, when it outscored Somerset 19-6 to take a 36-28 lead after scoring just two points in the second quarter. “We were really sloppy early in the first half. We looked like it was our first game of the year,” Garrard coach Scott Bolin said. “We tried to knock off some rust in the second half and played with a little more intensity, a little sharper.

Blanche Hubble White, 91, of Highlands Assisted Living Facility in Somerset, formerly of Waynesburg and Louisville, passed away Sunday, Nov. 18, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset.  Born Friday, Aug. 5, 1921, in Lincoln County, Blanche was a daughter of the late Caleb and Kabelle Falconberry Hubble. She was a graduate of the University of Louisville and a retired teacher of 42 years for the Louisville/Jefferson County Board of Education. Blanche was a member of Double Springs Baptist Church, the Waynesburg Eastern Star,  the Kentucky Retired Teacher's Association and Alpha Delta Kappa in Somerset.

SOMERSET - On a night when almost everything had to go right for Danville, almost nothing did. One by one, the turnovers and penalties and missed opportunities stacked up in the second half Friday night until they broke the Admirals' backs, then broke their hearts. Unable to overcome its own mistakes, Danville saw its season end with yet another loss to Somerset, a 31-7 defeat in the Class AA, Region 4 final at Clark Field. It was the Admirals' sixth loss in four years to Somerset (11-2)

Ready or not, here comes Somerset again. And Sam Harp says Danville is ready. The Danville coach readily acknowledges that the Admirals must play better than they did the first time they faced Somerset nearly six weeks ago. And he says they must correct and/or prevent the kinds of mistakes that nearly prevented this rematch. But Harp said he believes those things will be within Danville's control Friday when it faces Somerset in the Class AA, Region 4 final, and he doesn't believe the Admirals have any kind of hang-up when it comes to playing the Briar Jumpers, a team no current Danville player has beaten.

James W. "Jim" Price, 89, of Eubank, passed away Monday, Nov. 5, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital. Born May 26, 1923, in Ocala, James was a son of the late James S. and Anna Warren Price. He was a farmer, a member of Nelson Valley Baptist Church, a retired truck driver from Eagle Express and a World War II Army veteran.  He was also preceded in death by a son-in-law, Donald Taylor.   Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Bernice Vaught Price, whom he married on April 16, 1946 in Norwood; a son, Gary (Barbie)

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.

It may be in a new district and region, but the West Jessamine girls' soccer team wanted everyone to know it's still the team to beat. Thursday night, the Lady Colts defeated cross-town rival East Jessamine 1-0 to win the 46th District championship. The lone goal of the defensive battle came with 16:13 remaining the first half, Toria Howard scored on an assist by Sarah Wiggins. “I got a (pass) from Sarah Wiggins and I just looked up and saw the corner and shot it,” Howard said.

STANFORD - The Lincoln County girls soccer team closed out the regular season with back-to-back solid performances, scoring 21 consecutive goals in shutouts over Somerset and McCreary Central. The Lady Patriots blanked Somerset 10-0 on the road last Wednesday in a makeup game, then returned home on Thursday to post a 11-0 shutout over McCreary Central on Senior Night. Fourteen different Lady Patriots got in on the regular-season ending scoring blitz, led by Rachel Spangler with six goals between the two games.