Sweeps

Aaron Norris rushed for 175 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Clark Middle seventh-grade football team to a 28-6 win over Caudill Middle. Josiah Israel added 73 yards, a pair of touchdowns and two extra points. Dylan Frazier had 25 yards. Duncan Bennett had a solo tackle and an interception. Derrick Akers, J.C. Cornelius, Andrew Lile and Derick Stamper all had tackles. In the eighth-grade contest, Elijah Farris had 82 yards, four solo tackles and a touchdown to lead the Eagles to a 20-14 win. Malachi Israel had 56 yards, five solo tackles and a touchdown.

Clark Middle came away with a sweep against Conkwright Thursday night at Central Elementary. In the seventh-grade game, Aaron Norris scored a pair of touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 28-0 shutout over the Cougars. Norris rushed for 32 yards and added an extra point. Josiah Israel added 46 yards and a 5-yard touchdown for Clark Middle. Hunter Barrett and Kameron Finley combined for 30 yards and Dylan Frazier added a 5-yard score. Russell Stevenson hauled in a 25-yard pass from Clay Glover and added 10 yards rushing.

The George Rogers Clark volleyball team swept Montgomery County in a district encounter between the two rivals Tuesday night at Norton Gymnasium. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Lady Indians 25-16 and 25-12. “Our serving was too much for Montgomery to handle tonight, making it difficult for them to get good passes to the setter,” Clark coach Robyn Curry said. Curry praised the performance of her team, including Amy Kao. “Amy Kao did a great job in the defensive back position tonight for us,” Curry said.

Lincoln County won its second straight match Tuesday, earning a 25-23, 25-14 25-18 sweep over host Danville. The Patriots improved to 8-10 overall, while Danville fell to 3-21.

The Danville wrestling team swept two matches Wednesday, knocking off Barren County 42-39 and host Taylor County 51-18. Against Barren, the Admirals got  pins from Zach Phillips (113), Isaiah Scott (126), Daniel Lannum (132), Abby Sallee (138) and Carson Coulter (145). Michael Graves (120) and Elliott Porter (285) won by forfeit. Against Taylor, Lannum, Coulter, J.J. Clark (170), Seamus Sallee (182) and Porter (285) all won by pin. Abby Sallee won by decision and Phillips, Graves and Scott won by forfeit.

Burgin improved to 10-6 on the season Tuesday after pulling out a 21-25, 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 15-12 win over visiting Casey County. “I could not be more proud of how this team performed tonight. Faced with a strong Casey County team, these girls pulled together and worked hard to earn every point. They battled to win every volley,” Burgin coach Maggie McKnight said. “Emilee Hurt stood out tonight playing middle. Her consistent blocking took a lot of pressure off our defense. Setter Summer Burke also had a strong game.

SOMERSET - No one will remember in May who won a track meet in March, but it matters for the time being. It certainly mattered to the Boyle County girls who competed in relays Friday night at the first invitational of the area high school track and field season. They offered a glimpse of what they're capable of by sweeping all four relays and leading Boyle to the team championship in the Pulaski County Invitational. And while it's a long way to the state championships, where the Boyle girls will try to defend two relay titles, they said this is a pretty good start.

West Jessamine baseball has a knack for drama. Monday's doubleheader sweep of Garrard County at home featured two wins that came with help from clutch batting in the bottom of the seventh inning. Game one's 5-4 win came on a single by sophomore Troy Merida that passed beyond the grasp of Garrard's right fielder, scoring junior Daulton Peters and freshman Tucker Greer. “We finally caught a break,” said West head coach Jody Hamilton. “We have not been catching many breaks lately.” The Colts held a 3-1 lead until the fifth when junior Jarred Jones allowed an RBI single up the middle and a sacrifice fly later in the inning that scored a runner from third.

West Jessamine boys' tennis defeated rival East Jessamine on Monday by sweeping the Jaguars in singles and doubles play. The win moves West's record to 6-4 ahead of their regular season finale Wednesday against Lexington Catholic at home. With their sixth consecutive year of defeating the Jags, West sealed their sixth straight winning season. Singles No. 1 Andrew Monell (WJ) def. Taylor Harper 6-1, 6-4 No. 2 Grant Wells (WJ) def. Wyatt McDonald 6-2, 6-0 No. 3 Isaac Horne (WJ)

The Mercer County boys swept doubles play to pull out a 6-3 win at Danville on Thursday. Jacob Crowell, Andrew Yeager and Nathan Sheehan won at singles and doubles for the Titans. Michael McChesney, Johnathan Durall and and Jake Rankin had singles win for the Admirals. Casey County 7, Boyle County 2 - At Danville, Casey swept singles play in a win over host Boyle. Skyler Wright, Taylor Leigh posted singles and doubles wins fof Casey. Girls Mercer County 9, Danville 0 - At Harrodsburg, Christy Ingram, Kennedy Thompson and Kyliegh Murray each posted wins at singles and doubles for the Titans in a sweep of Danville.

The Danville boys gave coach Mark Mojesky his 199th career win Tuesday by blanking host Lincoln County 9-0. Sam Nelson, Josh Joiner, Michael McChesney, Michael Graves, Jonathan Duvall and Jake Rankin all won at singles and doubles for Danville. Mercer County 7, Southwestern 2 - At Harrodsburg, the Titans won five of six singles match to post a win over the Warriors. Josh Conover, Nathan Sheehan and Lee Sims won at singles and doubles for Mercer. Girls Danville 4, Lincoln County 1 - At Danville, after losing at No. 1 singles, the Admirals ripped off four straight wins to down the visiting Patriots.

The George Rogers Clark boys and girls tennis teams swept Campbell County in a regional match Wednesday at Georgetown College. In boys action, the Cardinals posted a 5-0 victory over the Camels. Ian Rowe (6-2, 6-0), Laz Wilkerson (6-2, 6-2) and Colby Birkes (6-3, 6-4) each won in singles. On the doubles side, the tandem of Wes Conkwright and Brooks Harrison won 6-2 and 6-3, while Irvins Juarez and Mark Thomas won 6-2, 7-6 (7-2). The players competed in exhibition matches with Preston Blair (8-1)

The Mercer County girls improved to 3-2 with an 8-1 victory over Garrard County on Monday at Lancaster. Erin Pigman won a super tiebreaker at No. 1 singles for Mercer, while Christy Ingram and Kyleigh Murray won in straight sets at No. 1 doubles. Casey County 4, Taylor County 1 - At Campbellsville, Tylyn Leigh and Haley Owens scored singles wins for Casey in its win over Taylor. Boys Casey County 7, Taylor County 2 - At Campbellsville, Casey won five of six singles matches and two of three doubles matches against Taylor.

The Centre College softball pounded out 21 hits Saturday to sweep a doubleheader from visiting Millsaps. In the first game, an 11-2 win in five innings, Katie Martello went 2-for-3 with a grand slam home run in the third inning and drove in five runs. Ashley Christian was 2-for-4 with three runs and an RBI and Kara Drake was 2-for-3 and scored twice for the Colonels. Centre got four runs in the third, five in the fourth and two more in the fifth. Emily Meador got the complete-game win, striking out one and walking one and allowing one earned run. Centre (7-12, 6-9 Southern Athletic Association)

The East Jessamine baseball team used a narrow 4-3 home victory over Scott County (1-2) on Friday to start a rhythm for things to come for the Jaguars in a double-header on Saturday in Boyle County (1-2). “Saturday was really good,” said East head coach Kevin Clary. The Jaguars escaped what early was a tight game, 7-1, with the combination of batting and pitching by senior Forrest Baldwin. Following a stalemate in the game's opening innings, East got on the scoreboard in the top of the third with Baldwin's single to center, scoring junior Conner Lindsay.