Today's Sports

Ice cold off the bench (literally), Mackenzi Hawkins hit a sacrifice grounder to second base to score a run in the middle of Carroll County’s sixth-inning rally at home Tuesday against Gallatin County. The junior clipped on her gear and caught an inning behind the dish, before her big moment in the bottom of the seventh inning. With two outs and bases loaded, Hawkins singled to centerfield to score the game-winning run, 5-4.

Weather disrupted yet another tournament for the Carroll County softball team. The team traveled to Woodford County for a spring break tournament Saturday, April 5. The tournament was originally scheduled for both Friday and Saturday, but heavy rainfall changed those plans.

The Lady Panthers played three games Saturday, and, unfortunately, left dropping all three.

Carroll County started the day off against Boyle County. The girls managed just three hits in the game, falling 8-0, in five innings.

As the horn sounded and the canons of confetti exploded, all I felt was an ache in my heart, the disappointment weighing heavy. I had had this nagging feeling all day long that it might end up this way, but I still believed just like the rest of Big Blue Nation.

My alma mater Kentucky Wildcats had just lost in the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship.

Congratulations to the UConn Huskies. They made plays when they had to and deserved to win.

Girls fall to W-V, win over Trimble

The Lady Panthers tennis team ultimately lost and won their last two matches by forfeits. The girls lost to visiting Walton-Verona, 3-2, Thursday, March 27, after forfeiting in the No. 3 singles match and defeated Trimble the next day, 3-2, after the Raiders did the same.

Head coach Juan Fernandez said Monday that he is disappointed in the way the girls are playing. They can play much better tennis, but no one can tell that right now on the court, he said.