Clark County Sports
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: Hawn, Barker lead Rock Creek to first win
Four Lions score in double figures in win over Borden
Four different Rock Creek Christian Academy players scored in double-figures as the Lions defeated two-time defending Sectional 62 champion Borden on Saturday.
Senior Ethan Hawn led the Lions with 18 points and sophomore Reece Barker added 17. Shawn Austin and Dontale Mayes scored 12 apiece.
The Lions outscored Borden 16-10 in the second quarter to take a 31-23 haltime lead. After the Braves cut the lead to 45-40 at the end of three period, Rock Creek pulled away in the fourth to secure its first victory.
Jacob Rich hit five 3-point shots and had a game-high 27 points for the Braves, who are 0-2.
Rock Creek (1-1) goes to Louisville to face Evangel on Tuesday.
Borden goes to Lanesville on Friday. The Eagles dropped their season opener on Saturday, 73-55 to Corydon Central.
ROCK CREEK 15 16 14 26—71
BORDEN 13 10 17 22—62
Rock Creek (1-1) — McGregory 3, Ashby 7, Barker 17, Hawn 18, Mayes 12, Austin 12, Pierson 2.
Borden (0-2) — Beam 14, Scott 2, Little 4, Ellis 3, Wagoner 11, Rich 27, Mitchell 1.
3-point field goals — Rock Creek 1 (Ashby); Borden 6 (Rich 5, Beam).
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GRIDIRON AFTERMATH: Devils stay positive through losses
Even while Bedford North Lawrence was scoring about two points a minute in the first half of Friday’s 47-21 win over Jeffersonville, the Red Devil sideline never turned negative.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Piooners finish fourth at Early Bird
Providence finished fourth in Satuday’s Pioneer Early Bird Tournament.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pirates pull away in second half to beat Generals
After blowing all of a 14-0 first-half lead, the Charlestown Pirates scored shortly before halftime then rolled in the second half to a 44-14 victory over host Clarksville on Friday night.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Jeff can’t overcome early hole in 47-21 loss to Bedford
The Jeffersonville football team surrendered 20 points in each of the first two quarters and fell to 0-3 with a 47-21 loss to Bedford North Lawrence on Friday at Blair Field.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pioneers blow out Mitchell
After surrendering a first-quarter touchdown and trailing 6-0, the Providence football team scored 50 unanswered points to thump host Mitchell, 50-6.
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ROUNDUP: Highlanders start Hoosier Cup by blanking Vincennes
Taylor Patty recorded a hat trick to lead the Floyd Central girls’ soccer team to an 8-0 victory over Vincennes Lincoln in its opener of the Hoosier Cup in Bloomington.
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Garr leads Dragon volleyball past Charlestown in three
Haley Garr returned to the Silver Creek volleyball team’s lineup on Thursday night and led the Dragons to a 25-8, 25-13, 25-18 home victory over Charlestown.
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COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Sept. 3, 2010
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Melanie Stutsman, Floyd Central graduate (Western Kentucky volleyball, Fr.) — weekly stats: 111 assists, 29 digs, 19 kills, four blocks (four assist), two aces; top performance: match-high 34 assists, 12 digs, four kills and three blocks in the Hilltoppers’ four-set win over Central Michigan last Saturday in Purdue’s Mortar Board Premier tournament in West Lafayette; notes: Stutsman made the Mortar Board Premier’s all-tournament team; team record: 2-2.
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ON CAMPUS; Chwalek not satisfied with freshman year, looking to improve at NKU
From a layman’s perspective, Brendan Chwalek had a successful freshman season last year for the Nova Southeastern University men’s cross country team.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Pigskin Picks
Pioneers finally get some relief
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