High School Sports

 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.

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.

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.”

 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.