Today's Sports

It would come as no surprise if word leaked that Anderson County's baseball team had gotten together, clicked its collective heels three times and said, “There's no place like home. There's no place like home.”

A 12-4 win over a Scott County team shooting for its 20th win Monday evening indicated there really is no place like home.

LEXINGTON – Eight might be enough for some people, but not for Anderson County track.

Last Thursday, at Lafayette High School, eight Bearcats qualified for seven events this week's Class AAA state meet meet, to be held Saturday at the University of Louisville. It is the highest number of Anderson entries in recent years, but Anderson coach Robert Meacham sees his team's showing as a preview of what could be some stellar track years on the horizon.

The Anderson County Middle School softball team captured the Kentucky state championship Saturday night with a 3-2 win over previously undefeated Scott County in the final game at Cardinal Run Park in Lexington.

Scott had defeated Anderson, 10-2, in a pool play game earlier in the tournament. The first two games of the tournament were pool play, sending teams to a single elimination tournament format later in the tournament.

There is just something about those quiet types, you know.

Not a lot of chatter, not a lot of extraneous noise. When they talk, it's generally to the point.

In the lustrous annals of University of Kentucky basketball, there probably have been few quieter than A'dia Mathies.

That means when she speaks, we'd do well to listen.