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.”

Senior Dan Sanders tossed a 1-hit shutout to lead the Collins baseball team to a 10-0, 5-inning victory over visiting Henry County on Tuesday night, the Titans’ Senior Night.

Sanders gave up a single to Landon New to start the game, and that was it. He finished with eight strikeouts to improve to 9-0 on the season.

Sanders had plenty of offensive support as the Titans (27-6) scored one run in the first inning, two each in the second and third and then plated five in the fourth to end the game early.

When the Collins and Shelby County softball teams meet Monday in the 30th District Tournament semifinals, both coaches want something different from their teams.

First-year Titans Coach Suzanne Cates doesn’t want her team to be overconfident, and long-time Rockets Coach Kelly Cable just wants her team to be confident.

Candice Wiley closed one chapter of her life Saturday, but she already is beginning another.

Wiley, a Shelby County High School alum and former state champion golfer for the Rockets, graduated from the University of Louisville less than a month after completing her collegiate career for the Cardinals.

Wiley walked with her classmates during the ceremony at the KFC Yum! Center, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Education and Human Development.