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  • Bearcats rout Madison Southern...

    BEREA -- Jacob Russell and B.J. Robinson hooked up for a 60-yard touchdown pass on the first play from scrimmage igniting a scoring explosion as Anderson County routed host Madison Southern 52-0 in high school football action Friday night.

    The Bearcats piled up 38 points in the first quarter, then cruised for their third consecutive season-opening win.

    "I am pleased, but not satisfied," Anderson coach Mark Peach said in what has become a common refrain around the Bearcat camp in the young season.

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  • Add Bearcats to list of regional...

    Don't make reservations for the state golf tournament just yet, but keep the week of October 6-10 open just in case.

    Anderson County should definitely be in the hunt for a state berth.

    The Bearcats officially placed their name in the mix with a victory in the Garrard County Invitational, held Saturday at Dix River Golf Course, the site of this year's regional tournament.

    Proving that their win in the Warren East Invitational a week before was no fluke, Anderson came home with a 307, two strokes better than second place Adair County. Boyle County was third with a 310.

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  • Gillis shares individual title...

    Anderson County junior Taylor Gillis had a huge day Saturday as she earned co-champion honors of the East Jessamine Invitational, held at High Point Golf Club in Nicholasville.

    Gillis finished the day tied with Woodford County's Kristina Stevens for the championship. No other details were available at press time.

    In an earlier match, Anderson County fell to Sayre 185-215 Thursday at Shady Brook golf course. Gillis led Anderson with a 43.

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  • The one that got away

    You have heard the story so many times you can probably recite it from here to Paducah.

    And back.

    You know the one that ESPN will tell again Sunday afternoon: Quarterback Hunter Cantwell was not recruited by anyone, anywhere to play college football. He opted to walk on at Louisville, where his three years as an understudy to Brian Brohm have prepared him so well that Mel Kiper says Cantwell is one of the best NFL prospects around.

    Some predict he might even go higher in next year's draft than Brohm did this season.

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  • GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER:...

    Anderson County got its first win of the season, romping past Mercer County 7-0 in the first round of the Lady Bearcat Invitational soccer tournament Tuesday night.

    The Anderson defense limited Mercer to one shot on goal the entire night. Emily Mager, playing in the net in the second half, made the stop to preserve the shutout.

    Madison Carter and Taylor Clark led the Lady Bearcats with two goals each. Carter struck twice before intermission while Clark, a freshman, scored her first varsity goal in the first half, then came back with another after the break.

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  • Putts - and records - falling...

    Tiger Woods might be on the shelf right now, but members of the Anderson County boys' golf team are playing like they are shooting for a chance to take his spot at the Ryder Cup.

    "We had a record-setting week!" exclaimed Anderson coach Will Carlton, whose team improved to 5-0 in dual meets and placed very high in the Warren East Invitational, played at Shady Hollow course in Cub Run, Ky.

    Individually, senior Graham Young showed the ability many had seen for his entire career when he shot a one-under 70 to win the individual championship of the Warren East tournament.

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  • Peach 'pleased but not...

    There are certain steps a football team - make that any athletic program - has to take if it wants to bring home state championships.

    The words "state championship" and "Anderson County football" had not been intertwined in even the wildest of dreams for nearly a decade when Mark Peach officially took the challenge of restoring Bearcat football glory on Dec. 2, 2004.

    But on that Thursday, after Peach met with some of what would be his first Bearcat team and took time for the obligatory photo ops, he sat down with me for what turned out to be a 90-minute interview.

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  • More than a close one

    The huge smiles and even bigger sighs underscored the simultaneous relief and joy surrounding Anderson County volleyball last Thursday.

    The host Lady Bearcats dug themselves out of two deep holes to register a thrilling 25-23, 26-24 win over defending 28th District champion Henry County.

    It was more than just a nail-biter, though.

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  • Loaded Lady Cats seek place...

    It was only a scrimmage.

    It won't show up in the girls' soccer record books or count for anything other than memories.

    But Anderson County will have a hard time thinking that way.

    "Especially when it was them," smiles Lady Bearcat senior Jessi Newton.

    "Them" happens to be South Oldham, a program that boasts six state championships since the sport was sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

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  • Pitchers get little help in...

    Good pitching will beat good hitting.

    It's the oldest truism of baseball, but it contains the unspoken assumption that good pitching will have adequate defense behind it. Just ask the Central Kentucky Mudcats.

    The local traveling team won just one of five games in the Smoky Mountain Classic, held July 31-Aug. 3 in Dandridge, Tenn., as Mudcat fielders repeatedly let the pitchers down with shoddy glove work.

    "You talk about a frustrating weekend for pitchers, wow!" said Mudcat coach Chris Copenhaver.

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