The line of separation in district baseball games can be cruelly thin, as Scott County was reminded Wednesday evening at Henry Clay.

Twenty-one softball players earned the distinction of first-team selection from the Mid-South Conference this spring.

Two boats will represent Scott County in this weekend’s KHSAA state championship this weekend.

Scott County United boys’ lacrosse watched key players carted and carried off the field this season.

Great Crossing continued its impressive inaugural boys’ track and field season with a pair of team victories Saturday at Harrison County and Wednesday at Bourbon County.

After a lost season and a frustrating run of five consecutive defeats to open the new one, Scott County United girls’ lacrosse heated up in a hurry.

Scott County softball might not have entered this season with a wealth of experience, but the Cardinals are rapidly becoming experts in one-run games.

Four wins in 18 hours looked like business as usual for Great Crossing softball, which has won nine consecutive games while taking down no fewer than three fellow top-25 teams in the process.

One sputtering start in this weekend’s Dan Cummins Slugfest turned out to be a great place for the Scott County baseball team to rev up its engine. A second one, however, was a dead end.

If the 11-game winning streak by Great Crossing baseball had the makings of a scrumptious sandwich, Mercer County provided the stale bread.

When the loss column outweighs the win column by four, and your team is still receiving votes for the top 25 in a statewide softball coaches’ poll, it means you’ve played a ridiculous schedule.

Last season’s fate and pure preference conspired to ensure that baseball wasn’t the primary sport for three seniors at the top of Scott County’s lineup.

Forty to zip.

More at-bats ended with a base hit than not for Great Crossing baseball Tuesday night, but no outcome was more appropriate than when the Warhawks belted one into an outfield gap for extra bases.

Scott County junior Kole Brannock finished among the top six in a pair of events at the KHSAA swimming and diving championship, held Saturday at Union College in Barbourville.

Nine consecutive wins, the second-best team batting average in the state, and complete control of the 41st District regular-season title chase.

FRANKFORT — If given the privilege of putting superb sophomores Camryn Lookadoo and Delani Sullivan on your softball lineup card for the next three seasons, you might think it doesn’t much matter on which line their names are written.

One week ago, a late-game rally of seven unanswered runs by Oldham County was only enough to throw a scare into Scott County, not cost the Cardinals a win.

Deaton Oak was the most heralded name on the Oldham County lineup card Friday night, but Drue Osbourne was an even bigger thorn in Scott County’s side.

A sweep of the relays anchored a landmark night for the Great Crossing boys’ track and field team, which won a 12-team meet Tuesday at Henry Clay High School.

A winning streak is one thing. Lately, Great Crossing baseball is breaking opponents’ spirits before they can even get out of the first inning.

Scott County baseball’s previous win was No. 500 in coach Scott Willard’s career. The Cardinals’ latest triumph got them to the .500 mark — six wins, six losses — which might have looked like a steep climb after an 0-3 start to the season,

A gauntlet of six games against other the state’s other softball superpowers clearly served Great Crossing nicely in its 41st District debut Tuesday at Frankfort.

Sometimes the scoreboard says a loss is inevitable, but it also tells you there’s still time to avoid having a permanent place in someone’s highlight film.

Great Crossing High School is holding up its end of the bargain when it comes to preparing students athletes for the next step in their careers.

Milestone wins aren’t likely to be forgotten, but Thursday night at Sutton Field was extra special for venerable coach Scott Willard and the Scott County High School baseball team.

Maybe the key to rousing the Great Crossing softball bats was an early wake-up call.

There is no debating which team is hottest on the local diamond as we whoosh through an unseasonably chilly mid-April.

The philosophy of playing the kind of programs you want to be is starting to pay off for new coach Billy James and a young Scott County softball team.

Georgetown College was beaten at its own game Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the NAIA football playoffs at Toyota Stadium.

Milestone wins aren’t likely to be forgotten, but Thursday night at Sutton Field was extra special for venerable coach Scott Willard and the Scott County High School baseball team.

Led by a double whammy of home runs in the top of the first inning, Great Crossing announced its triumphant arrival on the 41st District baseball scene Tuesday night and extended its overall winning streak to five games.

College signing day at Scott County High School typically happens two or three times a year and is always a sprawling event, given the athletic program’s decades-long tradition of across-the-board success.

Great Crossing and Scott County softball showed everyone Tuesday night what to expect from their rivalry this year, probably next year, and likely in a hundred years.

An overmatched opponent Friday night helped Scott County softball alleviate some of the sting from consecutive losses in its final at-bat. 

Every team on the bubble of an at-large playoff invitation knows the drill going into its final regular-season game: Win impressively, hope it’s enough, and wait for the committee, computers and/or pollsters to do their job.

Baseball lifers promise that if you show up at the yard and grab a seat in the bleachers any given day, you might see something you’ve never before witnessed.

Scott County High School junior Lucas Kinzer won the community’s first-ever KHSAA regional archery title on Saturday, topping the steep competition by a single point to win the boys’ division of the Region 8 meet at Royal Spring Middle School.

It goes into the books as a no-contest, but Scott County baseball’s rain-drenched Saturday morning trip to Franklin County was worth the gas mileage and laundry duty for the confidence the Cardinals gained going into district play.

Male exhibited many of the reasons Wednesday night why it was the KHSAA’s undefeated state champion and USA Today’s mythical national champion in 2019.

Scott County successfully created a district environment against a familiar out-of-region opponent Monday and Tuesday.

The flurry of firsts from Great Crossing baseball continued Tuesday evening with the Warhawks’ initial shutout.

After three fall-from-ahead losses to Scott County during the 2019 softball season, having to wait an extra year apparently made Frederick Douglass even hungrier for revenge.

Great Crossing’s first-ever home run Saturday afternoon inspired two more in the twilight. Likewise, the Warhawks’ initial win led to another.

The ride home from a spring break baseball trip, whether the destination was Vero Beach or Paducah, is abundantly more pleasant when you break out of a slump and win big in the final.

Opportunistic offense, dynamic defense and superb special teams have turned this strangest of seasons into a splendid spring for Georgetown College football.

Scott County’s young, talented softball lineup showed pluck and persistence Wednesday, playing catch-up with Louisville Mercy all evening until finally taking the lead with two runs in the top of the seventh.The host Jaguars had the last word, however, matching that pair in the bottom of the…