Tates Creek

Nov. 6, 1983 Clark end Jeff Wills hauled in a 33-yard pass from quarterback Tim Porter that ended up on the Tates Creek 11-yard line in second quarter 4A opening round state playoff action Friday night in Lexington. The catch set up Clark's first touchdown. Wills, a senior, caught five passes for 67 yards and threw a winning 36-yard touchdown pass to Greg Waltermire. Lt. Gov. Martha Layne Collins, the Democratic nominee for governor in Tuesday's election, shook hands with supporters who greeted her in front of the Clark County Courthouse on Friday.

• Jeffrey A. Sturgill, 20, 74 Cool Breeze Drive, was arrested May 18 at that address and charged with fourth-degree assault. • Ashley M. Webb, 22, 845 Lauderdale Drive, Lexington, was arrested May 20 at the intersection of East Hickman and Tates Creek roads and charged with driving under the influence and failure to dim headlights. • Kentaris R. Wansley, 29, 109 Mint Lane, was arrested May 25 at that address and charged with driving under the influence.

Danville's volleyball team dropped a 25-9, 25-8 decision to Lincoln County Monday night at Stanford. Chelsea Knudsen and Riana Watson each had a kill for Danville (0-2) against Lincoln (4-7), and Courtney Cline had an ace. "They had several aces and kills that put us behind the 8-ball early. Although they didn't give up, we had trouble with communication and moving our feet," Danville coach Scott Johnson said. "But for our second varsity match, I was proud. The girls were upbeat after the match.

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.

Prep cross country at Woodford County Park, Versailles BOYS RESULTS Team standings - 1. Lexington Christian 63; 2. Harrison County 72; 3. Woodford County 83; 4. Tates Creek 113; 5. Mercer County 114; 6. Nelson County 138; 7. Anderson County 176; 8. Lafayette 192; 9. Western Hills 200; 10. Bryan Station 279. Winner - Devin Davenport, Anderson County, 17:57. MERCER - 7. Keita Uchida 18:41; 13. Jim Bob Mangum 19:22; 19. Jeffrey Kirkland 19:47; 32. Hagen Jackson 20:13; 57. John McMaine 21:35; 65. Wes Underwood 21:56; 71. Isaac Bosse 22:06; 87. Jonathan Moore 22:38; 91. Joe Mangum 22:53; 123. Will Bates 30:46; 125. Austin Huff 30:58.

The West Jessamine boy's cross country team placed third in their only home meet of the year last Thursday. Dunbar won the meet, edging out second place Woodford County. Will Stratford placed second in the meet with a time of 17:40. Brian Troyer finished 14th with a time of 18:35. Evan Ball's 18:47 was good enough to nab 19th. Nicholas Huzl was East Jessamine's top finisher. His time of 19:42 earned him 35th. East Jessamine finished 9th as a team. Tates Creek won 4th place and Franklin County won 5th to round out the boy's top five team finishers.

HARRODSBURG - The Mercer County girls were fortunate just to have a game Wednesday night. And for the most part, they made the most of it. Facing an opponent they weren't expecting in a game they weren't fully ready for, the Titans still took care of business in the first round of their tournament, rolling to a 78-58 victory over Tates Creek. Cassidy Martin scored 32 points to lead three Titans in double figures and lead Mercer into the semifinals of the Whitaker Bank Titan Christmas Clash, where a foe that is both familiar and unfamiliar awaits.

Heading into Friday night’s game against Tates Creek, many didn’t think that West Jessamine had the talent to hang with the Lexington team that was boasting a 4-0 record. West’s four wins had been made up of teams like Paris and Madison Southern, which have a combined record of 0-11, and really hadn’t been tested yet. Friday night, the Colts turned all those doubters into believers with a dominating 34-14 win over the Commodores. “All week, we talked about how confident we were coming into this game,” West coach Graham Heasley said.

VERSAILLES - Boyle County was fourth and Danville was fifth in the combined standings Saturday at the teams' first major invitational of the season, the Woodford County Invitational. Daniel Bastin won two individual events and Mackenzie Monterio won one for Boyle, which bested Danville by 33 points in the combined standings. Bastin won both the 50- and the100-yard freestyle for the Boyle boys, and Monterio won the 100 backstroke and was second in the 100 butterfly for the girls.

What an interesting season on the college football scene this year. While the bowl bids won't be announced until Sunday, it's a given that Boston College, Ohio State, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona State, Southern California, UCLA, LSU and Tennessee are the schools in the major conferences eligible for the 10 slots up for grabs for five BCS contests. In addition, Brigham Young, Clemson, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois and Kansas are among the at-large teams being considered.