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High School Sports

  • REGION 2 WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: No upsets for locals in opening rounds

    RADCLIFF — Things went according to form for Nelson County and Thomas Nelson grapplers in the opening rounds Friday of the Region 2 Wrestling Championships at John Hardin High School, including Zac Lawson and Andrew Ackley, a pair of region finalists from last year.

    “Everything went the way it was planned,” coach Nick Ackley said. “We were kind of hoping for some upsets.”

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  • REGION 3 SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Handful of locals make it to finals

    RUSSELL SPRINGS — Local teams qualified a handful of individuals and relay squads into Saturday’s Region 3 Swimming meet finals at Russell County High School, keeping hopes alive for a shot at qualifying for the state meet.

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  • BOYS' BASKETBALL: Generals' last-minute rally falls short at WC

    SPRINGFIELD — Despite erasing a 10-point lead with less than a minute remaining Friday night, Thomas Nelson came up short at Washington County, 67-65, in one of the more intense 19th District games this season.

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  • GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Nelson girls let one slip away

    For only the fifth time all season, Nelson County tasted a bitter loss.

    The Cardinals (20-5) turned the basketball over five times in the final two minutes of play Tuesday, as LaRue County downed Nelson County 58-55 at home.

    It was a 10-4 run that doomed Nelson County in the final moments of the contest as LaRue County came from behind.

    “You have to play 32 minutes. We had the tempo the way we liked it. You have got to play together and play smart, and we didn’t play smart tonight,” Cardinal coach Kelly Wood said.

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  • BOYS' BASKETBALL: Cards fall, Eagles win

    Nelson County fell behind quickly and could never quite grab any momentum Tuesday, as they dropped the nightcap of a girls/boys Homecoming doubleheader to LaRue County, 71-41.

    The Cardinals seemed to be their own worst enemy at times, producing turnovers early and falling behind 9-2 early in the game.

    “For whatever the reason, we just weren’t ready to play. We played very poorly and you usually get what you deserve and we really deserved to get pounded and we did,” Cardinal coach Bev Hart said.

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  • On the record with: Thomas Nelson's Shannah Borders

    Thomas Nelson sophomore Shannah Borders is this week’s nominee for The Kentucky Standard/PLG-TV 13 Student-Athlete of the Week.

    Shannah carries a 3.857 GPA and is a member of Thomas Nelson’s first-ever cheerleading squad, the 5th Region small-school champs, while also staying active in clubs around campus such as FFA.

    Kentucky Standard sports editor Peter W. Zubaty had a few questions for Shannah to better get to know her.

     

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  • SWIMMING: Regions start today for local squads

    Nelson County, Bethlehem and Thomas Nelson squads head south today to Russell County High School for the Region 3 swim meet, and coaches for the local teams feel good about their chances to get a few of their athletes into Saturday’s final heats.

    “For a small team we have some good, quality swimmers,” Bethlehem coach Fran Spaulding said. “We do have a good possibility for our three seniors to make it back to the final round on Saturday, as well as a boys’ relay team and a girls’ relay team. So our outlook is pretty good.”

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  • WRESTLING: NC's Lawson top seed

    Last year, Zac Lawson came out of nowhere to score a region runner-up finish and won three matches at state as a sophomore.

    This time around, however, Lawson won’t be able to surprise anyone as the Nelson County heavyweight goes into the Region 2 wrestling meet as the top seed in his division, having lost just twice in 30 matches.

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  • GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Banshees, Tigers grab wins

    Banshees close with monster run

    Down 39-29 to visiting Campbellsville with five minutes to go, things were looking rough for Bethlehem.

    But the Banshees were just getting started, finishing the game with a 24-0 run to grab a 53-39 win over the Eagles (6-17).

    Shawn Zellers delivered a huge effort for Bethlehem as the senior posted a double-double with a team-high 23 points and 10 rebounds. She also had two steals and an assist. Addie Alm pitched in 11 points and five rebounds.

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  • RIVER RAT: A general discussion

    With Thomas Nelson High School playing a JV-only schedule in 2012, we didn’t get a lot of chances to check up on the Generals during the fall.

    To help remedy that and get kind of a “state of the program” idea of what went on during the 2012 season, I exchanged a few questions with coach Greg Brohm over e-mail to get his thoughts on what he saw during the season, and what the TNHS program could look forward to as it makes the leap to varsity district competition in 2013.

    Here are the results of that exchange.

     

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