Today's Sports

The last time the Collins and Shelby County baseball teams met – a little more than 11 months ago – it was an instant classic.

The Rockets topped the Titans, 10-8, in 11 innings in the 30th District Tournament semifinals last year at Collins. It not only was Shelby County’s first victory over its new rival, which had routed the Rockets by a combined score of 39-8 in the first three meetings since the school “split” in 2010, but it also ended the Titans’ season.

The road back has been an arduous one for Taylor Webb.

Late last summer Webb, a senior at Shelby County High School, had surgery to repair a torn labrum in her hip. That forced Webb, who finished fifth as a sophomore and 12th as a junior at the Class AA state cross-country meet, to miss her senior season.

This spring, though, Webb has worked her way back onto the track for the Rockets. She will be there again today in the Class AA, Region 3 track & field meet at North Oldham.

TAYLORSVILLE – Dillon Boone was dealing Tuesday night.

Boone, Shelby County’s junior left-hander, tossed a 2-hit, complete-game shutout of host Spencer County, 4-0, in a key 30th District baseball contest.

“Dillon did a great job; he’s done it all year,” Shelby County Coach Bart “Rudy” Roettger said.

Boone, who improved his season record to 7-0, gave up a pair of hits – a 2-out single in the fourth and a 1-out single in the seventh – while striking out five.

A pair of senior student-athletes from Collins High School recently confirmed in writing their colleges of choice.

Michael Smither signed last Thursday, during a ceremony in the school’s library, to play baseball for Berea College. Then Bailey Rankin on Tuesday inked to play softball for Southern (La.) University and A&M College.

Through the Titans’ first 26 games Smither, a pitcher-infielder, had appeared in one game on the mound and hit .312 with seven runs scored.