High School Sports

The Carroll County football team traveled down to Louisville Friday night and returned with a satisfying 16-14 win over Kentucky Country Day, retribution for the 27-7 home loss suffered last season.

On the opening possession, the Panther (4-0) defense held the Bearcats (3-1) to a three-and-out, forcing a punt. On Carroll’s first play from scrimmage, senior Carson Butcher broke away for a 60-yard touchdown run. The point after kick by senior Ben Newby gave the visitors a 7-0 lead and the momentum.

The Carroll County Panthers faced the Louisville Evangel Christian School on the soccer field Saturday afternoon and rolled right over the Screaming Eagles, 8-0.

The Panthers hosted the third annual Two Rivers Invitational tournament, made up of four teams, including Holmes of Northern Kentucky and Henry County in the second game, and a championship game topped off the evening beginning around 8:30 p.m.

The Trimble County High School gymnasium was much like a sauna on a sultry Thursday evening last week as the Lady Raiders hosted Carroll County in volleyball. Trimble jumped to an early lead and never trailed in either contest en route to wins of 25-17 and 25-14.

Trimble head coach Ruth Staples noted her team at times had a tendency to coast after building a large lead. In the opening contest Trimble fronted 22-10 before allowing the Lady Panthers a run that brought them within 24-17 before Trimble closed the door.

It was a battle of the keepers through most of the game Thursday between Carroll County’s sophomore Michael Hedges and Gallatin County’s senior Collin Hartke. Both players made save after save, including a one-handed grab by Hartke, to keep the score knotted at zero through the midway point of the second half.

“That keeper for Gallatin is a great player, a great keeper,” Carroll head coach Ben Crutcher said. “He made some stellar saves and I thought that Michael really stepped it up and made some great saves for us as well.”