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Today's Sports

  • SWEET 16 ONLINE EXTRA: Softball...

     

    I took to Twitter and Facebook, asking our readers for cool stories about the girls' Eighth Region tournament or the Sweet 16. I got this classic from Melinda Daugherty, a Lawrenceburg native who now lives in Florida.

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  • OUTDOORS: White bass runs coming...

    Some old-time anglers in Kentucky say the white bass run when the redbud trees bloom in spring. Others say they run when the dogwoods bloom.

    Fisheries biologists say don't watch the trees, watch the water temperatures.

    "White bass begin their spring spawning runs when the water temperatures reach the low 50s," said Gerry Buynak, assistant director of fisheries for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "It is just around the corner."

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  • Sports Briefs for March 13, 2013

    Elliott named to KCSAA all-star team

    Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg volleyball player Brette Elliott was selected to the North Region All-Star team by the Kentucky Christian Schools Athletic Association. She was to play in a KCSAA-sponsored tournament in Somerset last weekend.

    Players are selected to the teams based on their performance during the regular season, according to Lady Ram coach Meghan Bowling. Christian Academy finished with a 6-8 record.

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  • SWEET 16: Henderson should be...

    It's called the luck of the draw.

    But for this week's Girls' Sweet 16, you could understand if Anderson County and Henderson County start singing like those old guys from “Hee Haw.”

    If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all...

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  • SWEET 16: Birthday girl

     Only 90 seconds stood between Libby Pike and a sour end to her 18th birthday.

    The Anderson County backup center was watching from the bench as Simon Kenton forged its second 10-point lead of the the girls' Eighth Region Tournament championship game, but the senior kept her hopes up.

    “I had faith in us,” Pike said. “I knew we could still come back.”

    Had the Lady Bearcats not made it all the way back, chances are Pike would remember one of those signature birthdays in one's life with a bad memory.

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  • SWEET 16: Whiteside named...

    Anderson County senior Kali Whiteside was named the Most Valuable Player of the girls' Eighth Region Tournament following last Wednesday's championship game.

    Whiteside scored 17 points and pulled down 18 rebounds to lead the Lady Bearcats in the final.

    She scored 36 points in three games and altered countless shots through the tourney.

    Teammates Makenzie Cann and Eriel McKee joined Whiteside on the team, selected by the tournament coaches.

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  • SWEET 16: 'We can do this...

    Tony Kays never showed any sign of panic last Wednesday. Not once. Not even for a nanosecond.

    “He kept telling us, 'We can still do this,'” Anderson County senior Kali Whiteside said.

    Indeed.

    All season long, the Lady Bearcats had been considered one of the state's best teams. After a monstrous December, Anderson moved up to No. 2 in the state and earned the tag as the team to beat in the Eighth Region. Yet, there the Lady Bearcats were, staring at a 10-point deficit with 90 seconds to play.

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  • SWEET 16: In it to win it

    The changes from 2010 are not just apparent. They are striking.

    It was three years ago this week that Anderson County made its last appearance in the girls' Sweet 16 with a team that was largely made up of players who had not even matriculated to the high school

    Sure, three starters were high schoolers, but people were buzzing about “those eighth-graders.”

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  • SWEET 16: Keeping up with the...

    The Anderson News will be with the Anderson County Lady Bearcats as long as they are playing in the Houchens Industries/KHSAA Girls' Sweet 16 in Bowling Green.

    Anderson News sports editor John Herndon will be at courtside and will provide updates on Twitter. Follow him at AnewsJPHerndon. He will also post short online summaries of the Lady Bearcat games as soon as possible following the action and post-game press conferences. If the Lady Bearcats advance, he will also preview the upcoming opponent as the tournament unfolds.

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  • SWEET 16: Sweet 16 is different...

    Even before a team gets to the state tournament it is apparent things are just different when there are only 16 high school basketball teams from across the state still playing the game.

    Just getting there is a huge deal, no matter how often it happens. How big? Anderson County's girls' basketball team was met by a police escort when it got to the Franklin County line on the way back from North Oldham High School last Wednesday.

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