Today's Sports

7:30 p.m. Friday, at Robert Doyle Stadium

Radio: WXLN-FM (9.33)

Records: Fern Creek 6-1(1-0 in the district), Shelby County 5-2 (0-1 in the district)

Last week: Shelby County lost, 35-21, at Male; Fern Creek beat visiting Southern, 48-0.

Coaches: Fern Creek, Curtis Higgins (311-114, 35 years); SCHS, Todd Shipley (49-58, 10th year at school)

Basketball fans around the county and state got to know Darryl Hicks last season.

Now the upcoming freshman is working on spreading his name around the country.

Hicks was invited to the Freshman All-American Camp at the University of Kentucky this past weekend. The camp was for the top 150 players in the class of 2013.

While there, Hicks averaged about 18-20 points per game and made the camp’s top 20 and played in its all-star game, in which he posted 11 points and eight rebounds.

 While Internet message boards lit up this week with rumors and comments  about Shelby County basketball player Darryl Hicks’ decision to enroll at North Oldham High School, his father and officials at North Oldham maintain that his transfer across the 8th Region is indeed legitimate.

Is Darryl Hicks going to North Oldham or not?

There hasn’t been a topic this hot in the county since the Colonel’s secret recipe turned up.

As an eighth-grader last season, Hicks played varsity basketball at Shelby County High School and averaged 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds as an integral part of the team.

This summer Hicks’ profile on the national scene exploded with his work at the Freshman 150 camp at the University of Kentucky and his AAU team’s adidas Super64 national title in Las Vegas.