Today's Sports

Next week’s 30th District baseball tournament is wide open, according to Shelby County Coach Bart “Rudy” Roettger, despite the fact that the 4-team field includes two ranked teams.  

“I have said all year, any team in the 30th District is capable of not only winning the district but the Eighth Region [as well],” said Roettger, who is in his sixth season on the job. “This is, by far, the strongest this district has been since I have been here. So it should be fun starting next Tuesday.”

It’s rare for opponents or emotions to get the better of Doug Martin and Jeron Russell.

That’s one of the major reasons why Martin, a junior for Shelby County junior, and Russell, a freshman, will play doubles in the KHSAA Tennis Tournament, which begins Thursday at the University of Kentucky’s Boone/Downing Tennis Complex.

Martin and Russell are about as even-keeled as they come on the tennis court.

The road hasn’t been kind to the Collins baseball team recently.

The Titans, who are ranked No. 11 in a pair of state polls, topped host Christian Academy of Louisville, 7-4, on Thursday but lost, 3-1, at Lexington Catholic on Saturday and, 5-4, at South Oldham on Monday.  

COLLINS 7, CAL 4:Thanks to some timely hitting and a strong relief effort from a freshman, the Titans rallied from an early, 3-1 deficit to beat the Centurions (17-14).

Devin Ashton and Zach Lingle said they enjoyed being teammates on the Shelby County football team so much that they’re going to do it again for the next four years.

The seniors both signed Thursday in the school’s library to play football for Campbellsville University.

“My best friend [Ashton] was going there, and it’s really close to where I live, plus it’s a big teaching school,” Lingle said of the key factors in his decision.