BROWNSVILLE — Barren County volleyball was eliminated from the district tournament by Allen County-Scottsville Monday night, falling in two games 25-21, 25-21.
The Trojans beat Allen in their two previous games this season on Aug. 18 and Sept. 22.
The loss ends an 11-18 Trojan regular season and the high school volleyball careers of seniors Kelsey Trowbridge, Alissa Hampton, Hilary Rickard, Hannah Shaw and Shelby Houchens.
Barren’s last victory of the season came Sept. 26, when the team defeated Breckinridge County at the Elizabethtown Invitational.
Glasgow falls to Edmonson in District
Glasgow lost to Edmonson County in the opening game of the District 13 tournament in three games Monday.
The Scotties rallied after a game one loss to post a 25-16 win in the second frame.
Edmonson won the third game 25-17 to seal the match and eliminate Glasgow from district play.
The defeat ends Glasgow’s season with a 9-25 record under first year coach Kirsten Shive and the high school volleyball careers of seniors Whitney Williams, Shawn Smith and Courtney Taylor.
7th, 8th grade football teams playing in state tournament
Glasgow Middle School's seventh and eighth grade football teams will compete in the Kentucky Middle School Football Association's State Championship. The seventh grade team will play Oct. 19 at Meade County at 5:30.
The eighth grade team will host Meece (Somerset Ind.) Middle School Saturday at 3 p.m. at Glasgow High School’s Scottie Field.
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SPORTS BRIEFS: Barren County loses to Allen County in District
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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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