Jim Richards Cup
The Glasgow Country Club and Bowling Green’s Indian Hills Country Club will face off in the Jim Richards Cup this weekend.
The opening round will tee off Saturday at 8 a.m. with the second round beginning Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
It will be a Ryder Cup style tournament featuring a 20-person Glasgow team and an 18-person Indian Hills squad.
The cup will follow United States Golf Association (USGA) rules.
Last year, Glasgow won the event, which honors golf coach Jim Richards.
KHSAA officials recruitment
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s (KHSAA) Fourth Region Volleyball Officials will hold a recruitment meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the Bob Kirby branch of the Warren County Public Library.
Anyone interested in officiating volleyball this season is encouraged to attend.
For more information, contact Fourth Region Assigning Secretary Adam Rider at 270-991-4400 or at adamjrider@aol.com.
Prevent Blindness golf scramble
Kentucky’s Prevent Blindness volunteer group will hold a “Swing for Sight” golf scramble at Lake Forest Country Club in Louisville on July 27.
Proceeds from the tournament will help the group provide preschool vision screenings and other community services.
A silent auction will be held after the scramble to help raise money.
Registration begins at 11 a.m. on the day of the event, followed by lunch at 11:30.
The event begins at 12:30.
Boys and Girls Club 5K
The Glasgow / Barren County Boys and Girls Club will sponsor a 5K Run / Walk and Kids half-mile “Fun Run” on Sept. 19 at 8 a.m.
The entry fee for the 5K will be $15 before Sept. 12 and $18 after.
The entry fee for the Fun Run will be $12.
Sports
Sports briefs
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One last chance
As Lora Garrett prepares the Glasgow High School swim team for this weekend’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association Region 1 Swimming and Diving Championships in Owensboro, she sees a lot of positives for her team. Meghan Taylor is swimming well in the freestyle and Grayson Reynolds is swimming well, as are a couple of the Lady Scottie relay teams.
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Focused
Steve Metzger, the head swim coach at Barren County High School, is pretty excited about where his team is right now as the Trojans and the Trojanettes prepare for the regional championships this weekend.
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Underdog role
Luke Pniewski, the head wrestling coach at Barren County High School, knows his team will be the underdog this weekend at the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Region 2 Wrestling Championships in Danville.
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Swindle signs to play golf at Lindsey Wilson
Only three years after she picked up a golf club for the first time, Glasgow High School senior Courtney Swindle signed her letter of intent to play golf for Lindsey Wilson College.
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Caverna girls lose close match, 58-50
The Caverna Lady Colonels lost a hard-fought battle Tuesday night to John Hardin High School out of Elizabethtown. Caverna lost, 58-50.
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Cummings leads Trojanettes over Russell County
A coach, in any sport, prays for the night when everything comes together for his or her team. In basketball, coaches want their teams to play good defense, rebound and shoot the ball well. When a team can do those three things, and do them well, they’re hard to beat.
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Glasgow boys dump Hornets
While Glasgow and Metcalfe started off on equal footing Tuesday night, the Scotties ran away with the game in the second half, to end the night 97-49.
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Barren County boys lose, 84-81
For 31 minutes and 24 seconds of Tuesday’s game against visiting Russell County, the Barren County Trojans were playing some pretty good basketball. Barren County was shooting well over 50 percent from the field, was playing good stingy defense on the Lakers and, with just 36 seconds remaining in the game, the Trojans were in striking distance, trailing 81-79.
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Lady Scotties roll past Metcalfe girls
The Glasgow Lady Scotties won handily on the basketball court Tuesday night with a 71-35 win over the Metcalfe County Lady Hornets. It was a big night for Glasgow, as it was only the second time in the school’s history that the girls’ basketball team won 20 games.
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Lindsey leads Caverna over Monticello
Dearrick Lindsey scored 23 points Monday night to lead the Caverna Colonels to a 55-46 victory on the road at Monticello.
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