Wade ties for 77th with final round of 80
CONCORD, N.H. – Glasgow’s Whitney Wade shot a three-day total of 226 to tie for 77th at the Duramed FUTURES Tour’s USI Championship over the weekend.
Wade opened with a par-72 on Friday and shot a 2-over 74 on Saturday to tie for 43rd after two rounds at Beaver Meadow Golf Course. She slipped into a tie for 77th with a final round of 80.
Wade’s next event is closer to home. The FUTURES tour hits Kentucky Aug. 8-10 at the Falls Auto Group Classic at Crooked Creek Golf Community in London.
BCHS football alumni game is Saturday
Barren County High School alumni are hosting the 4th-annual alumni football bowl game Saturday. Games start at 6:30 p.m. at the high school. Anyone wanting to play should be at the school at 5 p.m.
For more information, call the coach’s office at 659-0425.
WKU’s Neidell will coach national team - BOWLING GREEN
Western Kentucky’s women’s soccer coach has been selected to coach the United States National Team in a 2009 event.
Jason Neidell will lead the United States’ women’s team during the 18th World Maccabiah Games in Israel next summer.
The Games will take place July 13-23, and will be the world’s third largest international athletic competition.
The women’s open squad he will coach brought home gold medals from the Pan American Games in January 2008.
Abby Richter of Kent State University will assist Neidell.
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It's tournament time
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Underdogs...
With the likes of softball powerhouses Greenwood, Glasgow, Bowling Green and Allen County-Scottsville in the tournament, the Metcalfe County High School Lady Hornets, winners of the 16th District, are probably heading into next week’s Region 4 Tournament as underdogs.
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Champions...
Another chapter in the Glasgow High School Lady Scotties’ fairy-tale softball season was written Wednesday night as they became the first GHS team since 1996 to claim the District 15 Tournament championship, after beating the tournament’s No. 1 seed and the No. 1 team in the state, the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots, 1-0.
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Couldn't give it up...
Until a few weeks ago, Glasgow High School senior Shelby Ray wasn’t sure if she would pursue sports into her college career. Although a standout basketball and softball player, Ray thought it was time for her athletic career to come to a close so she could focus solely on academics in college. But in the end, she said she couldn’t imagine walking away from softball.
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Finally
After Glasgow High School center fielder Jordan Alexander settled under a fly ball to make the final out of the Scotties’ District 15 Championship game victory over Allen County-Scottsville Wednesday night, he raised his hands above his head, let out a big yell, and took off running to be with his teammates.
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Cornerstone
A cornerstone in the foundation that Steven Murphy has used to build the Glasgow High School softball program has been pitching. He believes you start everything with good pitching and then you can build from there.
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Season ends
The Barren County Trojans have struggled with their hitting over the last six or seven games of the regular season and unfortunately for the Trojan faithful, the problem arose again for Barren County on Tuesday in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association District 15 Baseball Tournament in Glasgow.
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Opportunity knocked
Going into Monday’s baseball game against Glasgow, Monroe County High School coach Jerome Taylor said the Falcons, to have a chance to beat the No. 1 seeded Scotties, would have to take advantage of every one of their opportunities.
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Big obstacle
The Monroe County Lady Falcons came into the Kentucky High School Athletic Association District 15 Softball Tournament Monday night in Glasgow with a big obstacle in front of them.
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