High School Sports

The LaRue County High School Hawks defeated Elizabethtown Monday 3-1 in the 5th Region Baseball Tournament.
The Hawks play Adair County at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in E'town.

ELIZABETHTOWN: Elizabethtown plays host to the 5th Region baseball tournament, which gets under way Monday at 11 a.m. Opening the tournament is 18th District champ LaRue County (27-9) against 17th District runner-up and tourney host Elizabethtown (14-22).

Bethlehem (17-19) is up next at 1:30 p.m. against 20th District runner-up Adair County (25-13). The Eagles and Indians met once this season, with Adair prevailing in a 12-inning thriller at Dean Watts Park in early April, 4-3.

 Michelle McKamey, a seventh grader, helped lead her Lone Oak High School team from Paducah to the KHSAA Tennis State Championship. 

Michelle plays the #1 singles spot for the Lone Oak varsity team. They defeated Louisville Sacred Heart 3-1 in the semifinals with McKamey winning her match 6-0 6-2. Then, Lone Oak defeated Covington Notre Dame in the finals 3-2. 

 The Lady Hawks fell 4-0 Thursday to Green County in the 18th District Softball Tournament championship game.

Both teams advance to next week's 5th Region Tournament in Marion County.