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Today's Sports

  • ATHLETICS: WKU's Petrino...

    Loy Brashear met new Western Kentucky University football coach Bobby Petrino on Monday and made a pretty bold prediction.

    The longtime area resident, one-time WKU student and co-owner of the Heartland Golf Club told Petrino he believed the Hilltoppers could win eight to 10 games this fall.

    “Coach Petrino is very impressive,” Brashear said during the Toppers on Tour stop at Heartland. “The man can coach.”

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  • NOTEBOOK: Elam vaults to a five-...

    Don’t be surprised if John Hardin senior lineman Matt Elam changes the preferred spelling of his last name to El*****m.

    That’s because the 6-foot-5, 340-pound defensive tackle vaulted to a five-star recruit Monday by 24-7 Sports.

    The website also gave Elam a 99 player ranking and made him a top-10 recruit for the 2014 class. The website said Elam is the No. 1 player in the state and the No. 2 defensive tackle in the country.

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  • SWIMMING: Open Water...

    Swim team coach Mavi Sampaio spent Father’s Day with his extended family, the Elizabethtown Dolphins, as his immediate family – wife Ana and teenage daughters Mariana and Manuela – are spending part of the summer in his native Brazil.

    “It’s just me and the dog,” Sampaio lamented from the boat dock at Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown on Sunday afternoon.

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  • TIM WALKER: Mayor was a friend...

    Mike Pyles remembers the phone call from Elizabethtown Mayor Tim Walker.

    It was July 30, a day after the grueling Cal Ripken Ohio Valley Regional tournaments – which Pyles served as tournament director – finished at the Elizabethtown Sports Park.

    It was the first tournament to be held at the then-brand new Sports Park and Walker wanted to thank Pyles, the Elizabethtown Area Baseball Commission and a corps of volunteers for their efforts.

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  • PREP BASEBALL: Central Hardin...

    Drew Harrington can now call himself a two-time first-team All-State honoree.

    The Central Hardin senior southpaw was selected to the Kentucky High School Baseball Coaches’ Association first-team All-State for the second straight year Thursday.

    The University of Louisville-bound Harrington went 10-1 with a 0.26 ERA for the Bruins, who finished 34-6 and lost to eventual state champion Louisville Pleasure Ridge Park in the Forcht Bank/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament semifinals last weekend.

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  • COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Krupinski...

    COLUMBIA— Lindsey Wilson College sophomore first baseman Kristina Krupinski has earned a second-team spot on the NAIA Softball All-America Team.

    Krupinski, a former Central Hardin star, finished the season with 24 home runs, ranking second in NAIA and leading the Mid-South Conference. Her .949 slugging percentage ranked third in the nation and she drove in 70 runs – eighth-best in the NAIA.

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  • PREP FOOTBALL: Panthers get...

    From youth football all the way through the NFL, football teams are constantly looking for any way to help prevent head injuries. In a violent sport, it’s easier said than done.

    With concussion awareness growing by the day and many teams expanding the protocol after a head injury, the Elizabethtown football team believes it took a major step in advancing that process Thursday afternoon.

    The Panthers gathered at Carnes Family Dental to get fitted for Pro-form mouth guards, which are supposed to help prevent concussions.

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  • MLB: Diamondbacks claim former...

    Nate Adcock wasn’t without a Major League Baseball club for very long.

    One week after being designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals, the former North Hardin star right-handed pitcher was claimed off waivers by Arizona Thursday afternoon. The Diamondbacks then optioned Adcock to Triple-A Reno.

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  • SWIMMING: State open water...

    About 100 swimmers are slated to compete Sunday in the first Kentucky Open Water Championship at Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown.

    Action gets started at 9 a.m. and eight events will be contested. Age groups 15-and-over, 13-14 and 11-12 will compete in 400-meter races, while age groups 9-10 are 200-meter races.

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  • PREP TRACK: North's Gray...

    James Webb knows a state champion when he sees one.

    The longtime North Hardin track coach was unwavering in his belief sophomore Kianna Gray had the potential to be a multiple-time state champ – and one of the best to compete at North Hardin – by the time her high school career was over.

    It just took a little while for Gray to have that same belief in herself.

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