Sports

November 19, 2020 by ACCV Editor

The Board of Control conducted its third regularly-scheduled meeting of the 2020-21 academic year on Wednesday and elected to postpone the start of the winter sports season to January 4th by unanimous vote. In congruence with the Governor’s order issued later the same day, official practice for all indoor interscholastic winter sports shall cease on Friday, November 20 at 5 p.m. and is planned to resume on Monday, December 14. This cessation will apply to all indoor interscholastic sports at all school levels, including but not limited to basketball, bowling, competitive cheer, dance, indoor track and field, swimming, and wrestling.

Details regarding any allowances for indoor interscholastic sports, which will be restricted prior to December 14, will be distributed to the membership prior to the Governor’s ordered shutdown of school-related in-person activity on Friday, November 20. The season calendar for each winter sport, as well as current virus data and any potential adjustments to the start and end dates for spring sports, will be reviewed in a follow-up meeting of the Board of Control currently scheduled for December 10th. The Board’s approved motion for basketball also included authorizing the Association to attempt to negotiate the dates for the Girls’ and Boys’ Sweet 16® during NFHS calendar weeks 37 and 38, and is pending final confirmation of specific available dates with the Lexington Center and Rupp Arena.

“Our Board has remained steadfast in their support for the spring sports and sport-activities in 2021 and continues to attempt during these challenging times to ensure these athletes, coaches, and schools have a full and complete season with an appropriate culminating event,” said KHSAA Commission

er Julian Tackett. “We should never forget the sacrifices made by all involved during the spring of 2020 and that has remained at the forefront of Board discussions. The currently approved action would shorten the winter seasons but the Board and staff continue to recognize that during these pandemic times, there will be nearly constant changes in the operations around education and school-based sport.”

The ongoing football playoffs were also addressed on Wednesday, with the Board authorizing the Commissioner to adjust the schedule for the state finals as necessary depending on the ever-developing situation with COVID-19 and facility availability. It was noted following the meeting that the Governor’s executive order and references to the KHSAA in that order apply to indoor sports, and there has been no adjustment to the completion of any KHSAA fall sport championship.

Indians football game for Friday canceled due to virus

November 5, 2020 by ACCV Editor

Nov. 5, 2020

Adair County High School Football Coach Van Isaac announced Tuesday the Indians’ regular-season finale scheduled Friday at Glasgow High School has been canceled due to COVID-19 complications.
“It is the right call, it would not be responsible for us to play this week,” said Isaac, whose team had a positive case. “So what we’re trying to do essentially is to get healthy. We’re going to take the whole week off and come back next week and, hopefully, prepare for a playoff game.”

The current standings in the second district of Class 3A have Taylor County on top at 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the district. Glasgow is next at 5-2 and 2-1. Adair County is 2-3 and 1-1 in league play, while Casey County is at 1-4 on the year and 0-2 in the district. Hart County is now 0-4 and 0-3.

The top four teams from the district advance to the playoffs set to begin Nov. 13.
“The odds of us making the playoffs are good,” Isaac said. “We have five teams in our district and we have beaten Hart County. I think we’re a two- or a three-seed heading into the postseason. It looks like we’re going to get to play again, but the bad thing is it is out of our control. We’re not in control of our destiny and that’s not where you want to be at this time of the year.”
More than likely, if the Indians finish as a third seed, they will battle Glasgow in the first round. If they’re a fourth seed, they will probably visit Taylor County. Playoff pairings should be announced Saturday.

“We don’t really care who we play, we just want to play,” said Isaac. “We know what Taylor County’s going to do, we know what Glasgow is going to do, we’ve scouted these teams all year.
“We know our system well. We run the Wing T, we run the bone, both of those offenses are not that complicated. We also run a 4-4 defense. We just hope we get healthy, sharpen things up, show up on Friday (in the playoffs) and take somebody out.”
Isaac said the postseason shows which teams are really ready to play because it becomes a win-or-go-home scenario for all the teams.
“(To be successful in the playoffs) it is the will to win. When you get late in the season, sometimes the kids are ready to give up,” Isaac said. “The successful teams I have been around, it all comes down to the will to win, and a little bit of luck. You’ve got to peak at the right time, and that’s even harder this year because the virus wears you out mentally and physically.”

By Scott Wilson
Assistant Editor
scott@adairvoice.com

LWC men win Mid-South golf tourney

October 28, 2020 by ACCV Editor

The Lindsey Wilson College men’s golf team put together its best rounds of the season to finish in first place at the Mid-South Conference Fall Tournament Tuesday in Bowling Green. The Blue Raiders carded a 595 (295-300) to capture the team title and pick up their first victory of the season.

Lindsey Wilson entered the final round of the tournament trailing Cumberland (Tenn.) by two strokes. By the day’s end, LWC made up three strokes on the Phoenix to take the team championship by just one stroke. Cumberland finished in second place with a 596, as Cumberlands (Ky.) took third with a 599.

The event took place at Bowling Green Country Club, a par-72, 6,800-yard design.

Callum Blinkhorn finished the tournament in a tie for sixth place overall, carding a 146 (72-74). Emil Gruhn just cracked the top-10 in a tie for 10th place with a 148 (73-75). Callum Burns followed up his round one score of 77 with a second day total of 73. He managed 14 pars and two birdies to finish in a tie for 13th place after starting the day in 24th.

Sebastian Sandin managed a tie for 19th with a 153 (75-78) as Janik Hawlitzky finished in a tie for 32nd with a 156 (75-81). Jeremiah Hayes competed as an individual at the tournament to turn in a 146 (72-74). He finished in a tie for sixth place with teammate Blinkhorn.

BJ Knox of Shawnee State (Ohio) and Kyle Alexander of Thomas More (Ky.) finished in a tie for first place at three-under-par 141.

With the completion of the MSC Fall Tournament, the Blue Raiders wrap up the fall portion of their schedule.

LWC archery gets second in national championship

October 21, 2020 by ACCV Editor

FOLEY, Ala. — Lindsey Wilson archery recorded a program-best runner-up finish today at the 2020 USA Archery 3D National Championships.

A pair of Blue Raiders and two LWC teams captured national championships during the two-day event.

“I couldn’t be any prouder of our archers this weekend,” LWC archery coach Mark Elam said. “They put up one heck of a fight but came up a little short of the win. They’ve worked really hard to get to where they are, and their work showed in several new personal best performances and four national titles.

“It has been fun and exciting to see their growth and progress and I can’t wait to see what they can accomplish the rest of the season,” Elam added. “I would sincerely like to thank the Lindsey Wilson administration for allowing us the opportunity to compete this fall and for their continued support of our archery program.”

Britney McCarthy and Dalton Richardson each picked up individual national titles while McCarthy, Casey Stickfort, and Gracie Wells won the women’s barebow team championship and McCarthy and Hunter Current won the mixed barebow team title.

McCarthy and Richardson become the second and third individual national champions from the archery program while the two team titles mark the third and fourth golds for LWC archery.

McCarthy — who’s three titles today gives her four for her career — posted a score of 298 over 40 arrows in the women’s barebow. She entered today’s final shoot with an 11-point lead over second-place and ultimately won by 19 points.

Stickfort earned a podium finish, ending in third with a score of 273. McCarthy and Stickfort were two of 17 podiums for the Blue Raiders.

Richardson captured the men’s compound championship in dramatic fashion over teammate Austin Taylor.

Richardson and Taylor finished the two days tied with a score of 454. The Blue Raider pair were forced to a one-arrow shootout for the title — with Richardson winning to become the first male in program history to stand atop a podium at the national championships.

McCarthy and Stickfort teamed up with Wells — who finished 10th in the individual shoot — to win the women’s team barebow for the Blue Raiders for a second consecutive year. The trio posted a team score of 789 to take gold.

McCarthy capped her third title of the championships in the mixed barebow with Current. The duo posted a score of 601 for the fourth Blue Raider crown of the day.

Six other Lindsey Wilson teams finished runner-up in their respective discipline.

Richardson, Taylor, and Ethan Johnson posted a second-place finish in the men’s compound with a team score of 1,333. Richardson added a third podium and a second runner-up teaming up with Natalie Brockman to finish second in the mixed compound team event.

Gabe Crenshaw, Hunter Reading, and T Sanchez posted a runner-up finish in the men’s recurve team while Savannah Gould, Olivia Harner, and Casie Metcalfe finished second in the women’s recurve team chase.

Sanchez and Harner teamed up to post a runner-up finish in the mixed recurve team competition while Courtney Blevens, Jessica Heady, Anna Krampe, ended in second place in the women’s bowhunter team shoot.

Lindsey Wilson added five third-place finishes to the weekend.

Taylor Bell posted a score of 426 in men’s bowhunter to finish third — just four points off the winning score of 430. Bell added two more third-place finishes — pairing with Krampe in the mixed bowhunter and Dylan Hamilton and Evan Mahanna in the men’s bowhunter team competition.

Brockman posted a third-place finish in the women’s compound with a score of 424. Like Bell, she was just four points off the winning score. Brockman paired with Madison Hart and Jalyn Sharp to finish on the podium in the women’s compound team event.

Cumberlands (Ky.) finished atop the team podium for a third straight year.

With this weekend’s competition, Lindsey Wilson closes out its fall schedule. The Blue Raiders now turn their attention to the Mid-South Conference Indoor Championships on Jan. 29-31 in Madisonville, Ky.

Lindsey Wilson Football releases 2020 schedule

April 22, 2020 by ACCV Editor

LINK: http://www.lindseyathletics.com/article/12640.php

SCHEDULE: http://www.lindseyathletics.com/schedule/36/32.php

Lindsey Wilson Football releases 2020 schedule

COLUMBIA, Ky. — Lindsey Wilson football head coach Chris Oliver announced the 2020 Blue Raider schedule on Wednesday.

The Blue Raiders are slated to play a 10-game schedule in 2020 with five home and five away games.

Lindsey Wilson opens the season on Saturday, Sept. 5, at Blue Raider Stadium against Mid-South Conference newcomer Florida Memorial in a non-divisional game. The season-opener marks the only game on the Lindsey Wilson schedule featuring a team the Blue Raiders are playing for the first time.

The Blue Raiders are slated to play a pair of night games this season — both on the road. Lindsey Wilson faces Campbellsville at 6 p.m. CT on Oct. 10 in Campbellsville in the annual Battle of Highway 55 and Cumberland (Tenn.) at 5 p.m. CT on Oct. 31 in Lebanon.

Lindsey Wilson also travels to Bluefield (Va.) on Sept. 12, Kentucky Christian on Sept. 26 and Georgetown (Ky.) on Oct. 17.

The Blue Raiders host Thomas More (Ky.) at 2:30 p.m. CT on Oct. 3. The game is part of Homecoming weekend as well as Lindsey Wilson’s MSC Bluegrass Division opener.

The Blue Raiders host Cumberlands (Ky.) on Oct. 24 and close out the regular season with back-to-back home games against Bethel (Tenn.) on Nov. 7 and Pikeville (Ky.) on Nov. 14.

Lindsey Wilson is coming off its best season in the program’s history in 2019. The Blue Raiders won a program-record 12 games en route to reaching the NAIA Football Championship Series Semifinals.