Sweeps

The Danville boys won all 48 games played Thursday in a season-opening win over Madison Southern at Danville. Danville won three singles matches and the lone doubles match by 6-0, 6-0 scores. Boyle County 6, McCreary Central 0 - At Stearns, J.T. Henderson filled in at No. 1 singles and scored an 8-4 win for Boyle. Girls Boyle County 6, McCreary Central 0 - At Stearns, Nikol Pluess won 8-5 at No. 1 singles; Boyle's three other singles wins were by 6-0 scores.

MEMPHIS - With just over three minutes left in the first half, hot-shooting Centre College had a 39-14 lead over host Rhodes College Sunday. However, the Colonels had to survive a missed 3-pointer at the buzzer to win 76-74 and earn the right to host the Southern Athletic Association Tournament. Centre and Rhodes (16-9) tied for first place with 11-3 records, but the Colonels got the No. 1 tourney seed by virtue of a sweep of Rhodes. Centre (18-5) will host Berry, the No. 8 seed, Friday at 1 p.m. If the Colonels win, they will play the Sewanee-Oglethorpe survivor Saturday at 6 p.m. The tourney championship game will be Sunday at 2 p.m. Josh Karsner had 14 points, including four 3-pointers, in the first half at Rhodes.

HARRODSBURG - The Mercer County girls were not looking ahead to Tuesday's matchup with defending 12th Region champion Lincoln County, and they continued to dominate their 46th District competition Saturday. Cassidy Martin scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in the first half and the host Titans scored the game's first 11 points off turnovers and led by 19 points at the half en route to a 66-48 win over the  Bulldogs. “We wanted to jump on them early, set the tone early, and the kids did a god job of that.

MOUNT STERLING - Montgomery County completed a regular-season sweep of George Rogers Clark High School Friday night at the MCHS Arena. The Indians used a 31-point outing from standout Omar Prewitt to record a 78-56 victory over the Cardinals. Montgomery defeated Clark 81-55 on Dec. 14 at Norton Gym. Clark coach Scott Humphrey said the Cardinals were outmatched, but held their own against one of the favorites to win the 10th Region this season. “Tonight was a learning session,” he said.

In the meeting between George Rogers Clark and Bourbon County last month, the Cardinals discovered the Colonels were no longer a pushover. The rematch between the two 40th¿District foes Wednesday night proved to be an equally difficult task for Clark. The Cardinals knocked down three shots from longe range in the fourth quarter and held on to complete a regular-season sweep with a 62-57 triumph at Norton Gymnasium. Clark edged the Colonels 57-56 on Dec. 18 in Paris on a Riley Caudill free throw in the closing seconds.

The Danville Christian boys and girls swept a doubleheader against Kentucky School for the Deaf on Thursday at Thomas Hall. Boys DCA 58, KSD 27 - Josh Asmus scored 14 points and Daniel Crall and Zach Tarter scored 12 points each to lead DCA (6-4) over KSD (3-9). The Warriors took control in the second quarter, when they outscored the Colonels 22-8 to take a 32-13 halftime lead. DCA shot 39 percent (24 for 62) from the field - Asmus was 6 for 9 - while KSD shot just 22 percent (11 for 49)

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.

A two-year investigation into gun and drug trafficking nearly wrapped up Wednesday morning as officers and federal agents swept Clark County looking for 20 suspects. Winchester Police Capt. James Hall said the arrests were the result of a joint investigation between Winchester Police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Other suspects were taken into federal custody on indictment warrants, he said, and were not included in the local arrest totals. Hall said the suspects included low-, mid- and high-level drug dealers, but they were not linked to other cities and did not appear to be part of an organized group with one person in charge, he said.