High School Sports

Carroll County High School baseball player Justin Ray was selected to play in the Sophomore East/West All-Star game. The game was held at 10 a.m. June 18 at Bryan Station High School in Lexington. A total of 32 sophomores from the state were chosen, two from each region. Those players will be put on opposing teams for the game. The team was picked from coaches in each region. The other player joining Ray to represent Region 8 is Garrett Lehkamp of Walton-Verona.

Two Carroll County High School track and field athletes competed at the KHSAA State Track Championship Meet May 24 at the University of Kentucky Outdoor Track Facility.

Senior Michael Burns finished 20th in the Class 1A boys long jump event. His longest jump was 17 feet 3.25 inches.

Freshman Malachi Corbin finished 24th in the Class 1A boys discus throw. His longest throw was 96 feet.

The Carroll County High School baseball team held its annual banquet May 29 at the high school. The following are the awards received by the players:

Zakk Hicks - Team MVP, Cy Young (top pitcher), NCKC All-Conference Team and 8th Region All-Tournament Team.

Jacob Wise - Team Captain, senior plaque and most stolen bases.

Keifer McIntyre - Most quality at bats and senior plaque.

Taylor Hill - Highest GPA and senior plaque.

Austin Crowell - Highest GPA and senior plaque.

If you really want to know what happened in the baseball 8th Regional semifinal between Carroll County and Anderson County Tuesday night, don’t look at the final score.

The two teams were deadlocked at one run apiece in the bottom of the sixth before the Bearcats took advantage of a Panther mental error and added a couple RBI singles to take a 5-1 lead and ultimately win by the same margin.