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LWC softball beats Blue Mountain and Brescia for a second straight day

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BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. — Lindsey Wilson softball closed out its stay in Blue Mountain with two more wins today at Topper Field.

The fifth-ranked Blue Raiders defeated Brescia (Ky.) 3-0 in today’s opener and closed with a 5-4 win over host Blue Mountain (Miss.) to improve to 4-0 on the season.

GAME 1

Abby Whelan hurled a three-hit, complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win over Brescia.

Lexi Isable pounded out her first two career home runs — both solo shots — to lead the Lindsey Wilson offense. Sam Sims and Zakiya Sizemore each added two hits in the win.

Just one Bearcat reached third base today against Whelan — who finished with four strikeouts and no walks to move to 1-0 on the season.

Sims and Sizemore each singled in the second inning and Sims later scored on an error to give the Blue Raiders the 1-0 lead. Isable led off the third and fifth innings with solo home runs to give Whelan all the run support she would need.

GAME 2

Seven different Blue Raiders recorded a hit while Breanna Clark went the distance in a 5-4 win over Blue Mountain.

Lindsey Wilson built a 3-0 lead only to have the Rams (4-2) score twice in the fifth to cut the deficit to 3-2. The Blue Raiders answered with two runs in the sixth, but Blue Mountain scored twice in the bottom of the seventh. Clark forced a ground out back to the center circle with the tying run on second in the seventh to preserve the win.

Sims and Jaydee Boursaw each provided two hits while Makea-Al Kaluau hit her fourth home run of the season.

Clark allowed all four runs while scattering 11 hits. She struck out three Blue Mountain hitters to pick up her first win of the season.

Lindsey Wilson returns to action at 2 p.m. CT on Sunday, Feb. 23, as the Blue Raiders face Stillman (Ala.) in Gardendale, Alabama.

LINK:  http://www.lindseyathletics.com/article/12476.php

Rich advances to state

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Adair County’s swim team competed in the regional meet last week and performed very well overall with one person qualifying for state next week.
“Regionals went very well for everybody,” Coach Harlee Smock said. “All of the swimmers dropped time and being a team of only eight boys we definitely showed up ready to compete.”

The boys’ team placed sixth out of 16 boys teams and Luke Rich qualified for state on Feb. 20-22 at the University of Kentucky.
Rich won the 200 individual medley event with his personal best and dropped six seconds off his preliminary time with a time of 2:03.57. He also won the 100 breaststroke event with another personal best and dropping two seconds off his preliminary time at 1:02.39.

The Indians’ 200 medley relay team placed fifth by dropping two seconds off their preliminary time. The relay team consisted of Timothy Archey, Skeet Carter, Rich, and Cy Yarberry. Archey placed ninth in the 50 freestyle event with his personal best time and Yarberry finished 13th while dropping .14 seconds off his best time.

In the 100 butterfly event, William Rowe placed 11th and Nathan Ballou finished 12th while also dropping seven seconds from his preliminary time. Yarberry placed eighth in the 500 freestyle event with his personal best time during the preliminary. Archey finished 10th in the 100 backstroke event and also dropped from his time.

Carter placed 19th in the 100 freestyle event with a personal best 1:06 and Ryan Wilkerson placed 26th with a personal best time of 1:09. Carter also placed 10th in the 100 breaststroke event that Rich won and he improved his time by two seconds from the preliminary.
“The entire season they came to practice ready to work and improve and from their times they definitely all did,” Coach Smock said. “I am so proud of them for their hard work and excited to see them continue to improve next season.”

By Josh Withers
Sports Writer

Super Bowl Contest

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SUPER BOWL CONTEST

Name:_______________________

Phone#:______________________

1 POINT QUESTIONS:

Who will win the Super Bowl? ________________
Will the opening coin toss be heads or tails? _______________
Which team will score first? _____________________
Which will occur first—a touchdown or field goal? _____________
Will a team score more than 14 points in the first quarter? ___________

2 POINT QUESTIONS:

Will there be 25 points or more scored at halftime? ___________
Will the opening drive of the second half result in a touchdown? __________
Will either team score in the final two minutes of the first half? ___________
Will both quarterbacks throw for more than 250 yards each? __________
Will any player rush for 100 yards or more in the game? ______________

3 POINT QUESTIONS:

Will the game be decided by more than 4 points? _______________
Will a quarterback score a rushing touchdown during the game? __________
Will the losing team score more than 17 points? _________
Will there be more than 3 successful field goals in the game (not PATs)? _________
Will either team score in the final two minutes of the game? ___________

TIE BREAKER

How many total points will be scored in the game? ______________

Answer these questions for your chance to win this SUPER BOWL PRIZE PACK!

PRIZE PACK INCLUDES:
√ Gift Certificate to Anderson’s Pizzeria
√ Gift Certificates to Hardee’s
√ Gift Certificates to Pizza Hut
√ Gift Certificates to Wendy’s
√ Gift Card to Hometown IGA
√ Gift Card to Walmart
√ Favorite Football snacks
√ Football and Storage Tin

Game entry must be postmarked or emailed by Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.

Mail entry to: Super Bowl Contest, P.O. Box 159, Columbia, KY 42728.

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Adair swim performs well at home meet

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Adair County’s swim team hosted a meet on Thursday of last week against Green County, Taylor County, and Campbellsville. The boys’ team beat all three teams with a total score of 385 and overall Adair County placed second out of the four teams.
Coach Harlee Smock is very pleased with her team and continues to get them ready for the upcoming region.
“At this point we are working on speed and technique in preparation for regions, which is coming up very quickly,” Coach Smock said. “Everybody is working really hard by coming to practice ready to work and push themselves. To continuously see time dropping for swimmers is great.”

There were several swimmers who performed well and even won their events. Luke Rich won the 200 individual medley and Nathan Ballou placed second while dropping 10 seconds off his time.
Rich finished with a time of 2:13.54 while Ballou finished at 2:50.87. Timothy Archey won the 50 freestyle event and dropped more than a half second off his time with a time of 25.55.

In the 100 butterfly event, William Rowe won over his competitors with time of 1:16.20 while also dropping a second off his time.
Andrew Godsey placed third in the 500 freestyle event and dropped 27 seconds off his time. Archey won the 100 backstroke event as well while dropping time and Rowe dropped his time by five seconds to finish third in the event. Rich won the 100 breaststroke and dropped a second off his time.

“We will start taper next week which means less yards but more speed and more rest in between sets,” Coach Smock said. “This allows them to rest while still working on improving their time and practicing race pace speed in hopes of allowing for more time to drop at regions.”
The team will have another meet next Friday at Elizabethtown against them and Green County.

By Josh Withers
Sports Writer

Indians drop games on road

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Adair County (6-10) continued their long streak of road games this past weekend at Hancock County (6-8) on Friday and at Metcalfe County (12-7) on Saturday.
The Indians lost at Hancock County from the 3rd Region 53 to 70 on Friday despite shooting 39 percent from the field but only knocked down seven shots from behind the arc out of 20 attempts. DJ Brown scored 15 points to help his team and was the only Adair County player in double figures.

“We struggled guarding the three points line and we didn’t hit our threes,” Coach Deron Breeze said. “They played a zone and packed it in real tight and if you don’t hit shots against it, they are hard to beat. The whole night was out of sync; we started all five subs contrary to our normal starters because of not meeting expectations of practice the day before. Hancock County did a really good job of getting the lead and protecting it, mainly with not missing free throws and playing fundamental.”

On Saturday at Metcalfe County, the Indians played a good game but a slow start left them playing from behind the rest of the game. Adair County managed only two points in the first quarter and trailed 2 to 12.
They would get the offense rolling in the second quarter scoring 21 points but still trailed 23 to 34 at the half. The Indians would never lead in this one and went on to fall 60 to 69. Adair County did have three players score in double figures with Connor Loy leading the way with

14. Kai Burton followed with 13 and Lucas Pooler scored 12 while Burton also led the team in rebounds with seven.

“This game was similar to the night before as we struggle against teams who can really shoot the three,” Coach Breeze said. “They hit eight threes in the first half. When teams put multiple shooters out on the court we have to leave the lane more open or we don’t get out to the shooters quick enough.”

“We played pretty good defense in the first quarter but struggled to score and spotted them a 12-0 lead. We didn’t get a bucket until the final horn of the first quarter and we aren’t a team who plays well from behind.”

By Josh Withers
Sports Writer