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High School Sports

  • Carroll County High School girls and boys tennis teams win first-ever NCKC Tourney

    The Carroll County High School tennis teams will go down in history as the first winners of their respective NCKC tournaments.

    With the tournament counting as one match, the Lady Panthers extended their winning streak to 10 in a row going into the 8th Region Tournament. The girls finished the regular season 10-1 and also won the North American Stainless tournament held in Carroll County.

    The Lady Panthers won the championship in a tie-breaker with Trimble County. The other teams competing in the tournament were Gallatin, Williamstown and Walton-Verona.

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  • Baseball Panthers defeat Eminence, 14-4

    The Panthers pulled out a much-needed victory over the Eminence Warriors Friday, winning at home 14-4. The win put an end to a miserable week of three straight losses, including a loss the day before to Henry County in the first round of the NCKC tournament.

    The Warriors’ starting pitcher struggled in the first inning, giving up six runs on two doubles, three walks, one error and three batters hit to the Panther lineup before he was replaced. Relief pitcher Trevor Payton walked two more and gave up two more runs before ending the inning with Carroll up, 8-0.

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  • Bob Coots Legends game May 21

    The second annual Bob Coots Legends game will be held at Panther Field on Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. The field will be open for batting practice and infield reps beforehand.

    The game is in loving memory of “Big Bob,” who coached for a number of years. All proceeds go to the Carroll County High School baseball program, which the Coots Foundation is a huge supporter of, head coach Jay Jones said.

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  • Lady Panthers go down to the wire with Williamstown, fall 7-6 at home

    Williamstown senior Tori Wilhoit blasted a three-run homerun in the top of the sixth inning to give the Lady Demons (12-14) a 7-3 advantage in their game at Carroll Monday night. That ended up being the difference maker in the game, as the visitors defeated the Lady Panthers, 7-6.

    “The three-run homer, that was the difference in this game, and that’s on my shoulders,” Carroll head coach Ken Blair said. “That’s my inexperience calling a softball game.”

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  • Track results - Week of May 18, 2011

    The Panther and Lady Panther track and field teams both finished in sixth place out of 10 teams in the Carroll County Invitational, their final home meet of the season May 6. Madison won the girls’ meet, while Shelby County won the boys’ meet.

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  • Carroll tennis teams win NAS tourney

    The Carroll County girls’ and boys’ tennis teams won the North American Stainless tennis tournament held in Carroll County. There were six girls’ teams and three boys’ teams that competed.

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  • 2011 Track Senior Night

    The senior track and field players were recognized at the home track meet Friday. Results for the track meet were not available by press time. Not pictured: Colton Ogburn

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  • Baseball wins tourney

    The Panthers won the SE Kentucky Invitational last weekend in Bell County, Ky.

    In game one Friday, Ethan Stewart struck out nine batters as Carroll defeated host Bell County, 13-5.

    Head coach Jay Jones said the game was closer than the score made it appear. “Bell hit the ball hard all night, just right at us,” he said. “We made plays, and Ethan dominated the bottom half of their lineup.”

    With a three-run lead, Zach Wise hit a grand slam in the bottom of the sixth to blow the game wide open.

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  • Panthers win 8-5 at home

    It wasn’t always pretty, but chalk up another one in the win column for the Panthers as they defeated Highlands 8-5 at home.

    “We didn’t play our best baseball today, but we played well enough to win,” head coach Jay Jones said.

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