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Robbie Settles of New Hope claimed his first win at the Shorty Gardner Memorial at Bluegrass Speedway June 5. Other feature event winners included Tim Tungate of Campbellsville, Jason Wheatley of Loretto and Timmy Glazer of Bardstown.

The seventh annual event was held in honor of Gardner, formerly of Hodgenville. Gardner was a long-time supporter of the Sportsman division at Bluegrass Speedway and ran his own wrecker at the track on many race nights.

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WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman (9 entries)

Top Qualifier- Billy Meredith 18.899

The LaRue County Hawks varsity baseball season came to an abrupt end in the first round of the 5th Region Tournament against Washington County 5-3.

The Hawks defeated the Commanders in the regular season 14-2 in five innings. 

“It was a tough way to end a good year. It’s tough playing a team you run-ruled earlier in the year. We became complacent after the early lead. The mental edge just wasn’t there. We hit entirely too many pop-ups and fly balls,” said Coach Chris Price.

The LaRue County Hawks won their ninth consecutive 18th District Baseball Tournament last week with defeat of Caverna 10-2 in semifinals and Green County 8-2 for the championship.

The games, played at American Legion Park in Greensburg, were a prelude to the 5th Region Tournament which began Monday in Hodgenville.

District: Green County

James “Boo” Brewer has traveled the world playing professional basketball. Now, after spending some time in LaRue County, he is returning home in the hopes of having an impact on high school basketball players.

Brewer, 40, was recently hired as the head coach of the boys’ varsity basketball team at Bardstown High School, his alma mater. He graduated from Bardstown in 1988 and went on to become a star basketball player at the University of Louisville. After that, Brewer played professional basketball in Europe for 13 years.