GLASGOW — Although the start of football season is still two weeks away, it unofficially begins tonight for four area teams.
Glasgow, Barren County, Metcalfe County and Monroe County each hit the field tonight as the first week of scrimmages get underway.
Glasgow is in a jamboree at Edmonson County. The Scotties will face Edmonson, Logan County and Clinton County in a series of 50 minute scrimmages. Things get underway at 6 p.m.
“We’ll probably script 10-15 plays and run the same thing against all three teams, that way we’ll see if we’re able to adjust against three different defenses,” Glasgow coach Billy Lindsey said.
The Scotties will start off against Edmonson and then face Logan. They’ll end the scrimmage against Clinton.
Lindsey said Glasgow will run its base defense against Edmonson and Logan, two teams that run a lot of spread offense.
“We’ve been working a lot on our run defense, so this will allow us to get more reps in on pass defense,” Lindsey said.
Glasgow was 8-3 a year ago with a first round playoff loss to Metcalfe.
Barren heads north to Pleasure Ridge Park to take on the Class 6A Panthers.
The Trojans were 5-6 last year and look to replace a bulk of their starters on both sides of the ball.
Metcalfe will travel to Russellville for its first scrimmage. The Hornets are coming off the school’s most successful gridiron season in history with a regional championship. They were one game away from playing in the state finals.
“It’s Friday and it’s football time,” Metcalfe coach Larry Harbison said. “I’m excited to get started.”
The Hornets lost a bulk of their starters from a year ago. They’ll have to replace nine of 11 starters on the defensive side of the ball and eight on the offensive side. Only two offensive lineman and running back Daniel DeLeon return for 2008.
“The key for us is to stay healthy this year,” Harbison said. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to catch up, especially with our quarterback just getting back.”
Sophomore Zack Morgan was out early during practice while recovering from hernia surgery. Morgan has been cleared to play and is at practice.
Monroe will travel to Hart County for its first scrimmage. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m.
The Falcons have 18 seniors on their 2008 squad and hope to turn things around from a 2-9 season a year ago.
Friday is the first of two scrimmages for all four teams. Glasgow is at Warren East on Aug. 22 for a scrimmage, while Barren is at Russell County and Monroe travels to Campbellsville. Metcalfe and Caverna, in its only scrimmage before the season, will both be at the Bardstown Bethlehem jamboree on Saturday, Aug. 23.
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Football scrimmages begin tonight
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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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