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Today's Sports

  • Slaughter makes history

    The University of Louisville men’s and women’s basketball teams have a chance to make history early next week.

    Both Cardinals squads will compete in the NCAA Final Fours this weekend – the men in Atlanta and the women in New Orleans – with the chance to become only the second school (Connecticut did it in 2004) to win both national championships in the same season (the men’s title game is Monday night, the women’s Tuesday night).

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  • Wright, Smeaton power 4 victories

    The Shelby County softball team racked up four victories last weekend to win Bath County’s Lady Cat Invitational.

    The Rockets edged Cooper, 4-3, before hammering the hosts, 15-4, Friday, then shutting out Scott, 6-0, and Elliott County, 7-0, Saturday to finish the 5-team round robin unbeaten.

    “That was a good weekend to help to build our confidence and to let us know we are capable of winning games,” said Shelby County Coach Kelly Cable, whose team improved to 5-4. “I thought we pulled together as a team.”

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  • Rockets countdown hits record 10

    The Shelby County baseball team ran its winning streak to 10 games – the longest in coach Bart “Rudy” Roettger’s tenure – with road victories Tuesday and Wednesday.

    The Rockets edged host North Hardin, 4-3, Tuesday, then clobbered Carroll County, 11-2, Wednesday.

    “I can’t complain too much with the eleven and one record on the season,” said Roettger, who is in his sixth season at Shelby.

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  • Wells switches to Morehead State

    Collins senior girls’ basketball standout Aaliyah Wells has rescinded her commitment to play college hoops for Vincennes (Ind.) University Junior College and orally committed to Morehead State.

    “It’s understandable,” Collins Coach Phillip Conder said. “That’s what everybody dreams about, going to play at the Division One level. It’s great for her.”

    Wells averaged 20.1 points and 10 rebounds per game this season in leading the Titans to a 16-15 record and into the 8th Region Tournament semifinals.

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  • Titans pound out 13th victory

    Don’t tell the Collins baseball team that 13 is an unlucky number.

    The Titans improved to 13-0 this season, thanks to three victories at the end of last week and two more at the start of this week.

    Collins beat Ballard, the 15th-ranked team in the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches Association Top 25, 5-3 Thursday then followed that up with a 16-3 victory at Oldham County on Friday and a 9-2 romp at Western Hills on Saturday.

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  • Slaughter has big role in ambush

    To the victors go the spoils – and pictures with Kevin Durant.

    Posing for photos with the NBA’s leading scorer was one of the perks for Shelbyville’s Antonita Slaughter, a junior guard on the University of Louisville women’s basketball team, on Sunday night after the Cardinals shocked Baylor, 82-81, in the NCAA Tournament’s Oklahoma City Regional semifinals.

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  • Rockets roll to 8th in a row

    The Shelby County baseball team continued its winning ways at the end of last week, with four victories in three days to run its winning streak to eight in a row.

    Shelby County (9-1) rolled over Gallatin County, 9-1, Thursday, beat North Bullitt, 9-4, Friday then topped Powell County, 8-4, and Letcher County Central, 13-3, Saturday at Powell County.

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  • 17 runs in final 3 innings rally...

    The Collins softball team overcame an 8-1 deficit and 10 errors to outlast Fern Creek, 19-18, in a slugfest Thursday in Shelbyville.

    Trailing by seven runs after four innings and down six after five, the Titans scored six runs in the sixth inning and seven in the bottom of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.

    The Tigers scored three runs in the top of the eighth to take the lead, but Collins came back with four runs in the bottom of the inning to win the game.

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  • Shipley sets his route to Murray

    When it came time to decide which college he wanted to attend, Shelby County senior Zach Shipley was focused on the “F’s” – football, fit, future and fun.

    Those were the primary factors in his decision to attend Murray State University, where he will play football. 

    “It was the best fit,” Shipley said.

    A standout quarterback and defensive back for the Rockets, Shipley was recruited by the Racers to be a slot receiver, a position he played early in his career at SCHS.

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  • Collins student lifts Oldham to...

    One Collins athlete recently helped his team win a state championship with a flick of the wrist.

    Collins junior Austin Myers, a right wing for the Oldham County ice hockey team, assisted the game-winning goal – with only 1 minute, 52 seconds to play – that lifted Oldham to a 2-1 triumph over Trinity in the Kentucky High School Hockey League state final, capping off a 19-0 season, on March 3 at the Iceland Sports Arena in Louisville.

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