Today's Sports

When talking about his 2008 Anderson County volleyball team, head coach Corey Sayre makes no secret of his optimism. "This is by far my favorite team I have had to coach," he says.

Now in his fourth year at the helm, Sayre has won the program's only district championship and has been to the regional tournament in back-to-back seasons, something that had never been done at Anderson in the past.

As Will Carlton disembarked his golf cart at Wild Turkey Trace Golf Club last Thursday, his instruction to the local media was short and simple.

"After I make this birdie, I will be right back," the Anderson County High School boys' coach said.

Call it bragging. Call it luck after some smack talk. Call it what you want but the former all-state basketball player did what he predicted while playing a practice round with some of his top players.

Call it confidence to compete. And win.

The Anderson County High School girls' soccer team might not be heading to the Olympics, but the Lady Bearcats are gold medalists.

For the Bluegrass State Games, that is.

The Lady Bearcats captured the statewide competition for the first time in history Sunday when they defeated North Oldham 3-2 in the gold medal game at Lexington.

Anderson upended Covington Holy Cross 2-0 in the semi-final round of the competition and had beaten Somerset and Hopkinsville by identical 6-0 scores in Saturday's contests.

The Central Kentucky Mudcats stood at 10-10 heading into the final week of the summer baseball season while outfielder-pitcher Ryan Pike has been smoking at the plate.

"In 10 years of coaching, I have never seen anyone be in the zone that Ryan is in this summer at the plate. After (last) Wednesday's games, he was hitting right at .600 for the summer with seven home runs. It just seems like every ball he hits is jumping off the bat. He isn't hitting bleeders or bloopers. He is sumply killing the ball every time he is at the plate, even when he gets out. It is just unbelievable."