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High School Sports

  • BASKETBALL: Hawks defeat Nelson 59-49

     Junior guard Kelton Ford scored 23 points and senior guard Kyle Sheeran added 19 as the host Hawks (17-7) knocked off the Cardinals (6-17) Tuesday for their fourth win in six games.

    Nelson pulled within three points at halftime but the Hawks outscored them 15-7 in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

    Ford also had seven assists and four steals, while Sheeran hit four 3-pointers and had three steals.

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  • Girls basketball: NELSON 38, LARUE 33

     The host Lady Hawks blew a nine-point first-quarter lead as Nelson County's Lady Cardinals rallied to win their sixth straight Feb. 7.

    The Lady Cards took advantage of the early lead to win 38-33.

    LaRue County, which lost its third straight, led 12-3 after the first quarter but was held to single digits the final three periods.

    Sophomore wing Ivy Brown paced the Lady Hawks with 22 points, eight rebounds and three steals. She hit two-of-four 3-point shots. Sophomore center Alley Evans scored five points.

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  • Hawk seniors complement strengths

    The three senior players on LaRue County High School’s basketball team complement each other’s strengths well, according to head coach Paul Childress.
    Where one stands out on defense, the others show strong skills in free throw shooting or searing the nets with three-pointers.
    Kyle Sheeran, averaging 18.3 points per game, is the long range sharpshooter, connecting on 38 percent of his trey attempts.

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  • Alexis Brewer out due to injury in Green game

    Alexis Brewer, freshman guard for the Lady Hawks, was injured Friday during the Green County game.
    Brewer had scored 11 points when she was elbowed in the face by Green County’s Micah Jones.
    Lady Hawks Coach Travis Wootton said Brewer’s nose was broken.
    “We hope to have her back as soon as possible,” he said.
    Brewer’s mother, Debbie Brewer, said it doesn’t appear that surgery will be needed. She has another doctor’s appointment in two weeks.

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  • Lady Hawk seniors to be honored Feb. 10

    Statistics are sometimes misleading, or at least they don’t tell the whole story when it comes to describing the value that LaRue County High School’s senior basketball players have been to their team.
    Take Lady Hawks’ Shana Zajdel, for example.
    “Shana’s stats aren’t going to tell you what she has meant to our basketball team over the last four to five years,” said Lady Hawks’ coach Travis Wootton. “She has been one of the best defensive players in the region during this time.”

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  • BASKETBALL: Lady Hawks beat Bethlehem

    LaRue County’s Lady Hawks defeated Bethlehem’s Banshees 59-31 Jan. 31 in varsity basketball action.
    LaRue was ahead 13-5 at the end of the first quarter and pulled ahead 19-17 at the half.
    Freshman guard Alexis Brewer had 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and a block as the host Lady Hawks improved their record to 14-7.
    Sophomore wing Ivy Brown added 18 points, 16 rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks for LaRue County, which has won 8-of-9.
    Sophomore forward Alley Evans had eight points and junior forward Alisha Durbin had 10 rebounds and six points.

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  • BASKETBALL: Hawks lose to Green Wave

     The LaRue County High School Hawks fell Tuesday 71-59 to the Meade County Green Waves.

    The Hawks led 20-19 after the first quarter when both teams matched each other shot-for-shot.

    Meade County began pulling away in the second quarter, taking a 29-20 lead on a putback by senior center Wes Dowell.

    The Green Wave stretched their advantage to 43-29 early in the second, prompting Hawks coach Paul Childress to call for a timeout.

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  • BASKETBALL: Double wins make Homecoming 2012 a success

     LaRue County teams had a heyday at Friday’s Homecoming with the Hawks coming away with a 60-54 win and the Lady Hawks with a 62-44 victory.

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  • PHOTO: ECTC presents $1,100 check to Hawk Athletics

     LaRue County High School Principal Paul Mullins was presented a check for $1,100 from Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Friday. The funds were donated to Hawk Athletics. 

    At right is ECTC representative Amber Roberts. ECTC has placed a banner in the LCHS gym for recruiting purposes.

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  • Lady Hawks fall to E’town

    LaRue County’s Lady Hawks had a rough first quarter Jan. 23 as they played the Elizabethtown Lady Panthers at Charlie Rawlings Memorial Stadium.
    They gave up seven turnovers and misfired on their first 12 shots from the field.
    “That’s what they do on their home floor,” LaRue’s Coach Travis Wootton said. “I think it was nerves and figuring things out. They’re one of the best defensive teams in the state. You have to be aggressive against them and I thought they were more aggressive than us in the first quarter.”

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