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Stillwater Lake hosted the final water ski competition of the season in Eminence Sunday, Aug. 31. Stillwater opened the statewide water skiing competitions June 14 with a slalom-only event, hosted the Kentucky State Water Ski Championships July 12-13 with all three events — slalom, tricks and jumps — and finished off with another slalom-only event Aug. 31. It attracted some of the top slalom competitors in the area, including Stillwater owner and state record-holder Leon Leonard.

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For most of the Eminence cross country runners, Saturday’s Shelby County Invitational was their first time in an official race and, for the most part, it showed. The Warriors had conservative starts, miscalculated paces and were intimidated from the get-go, coach Scott McClamroch said. But now, with a race out of their way, McClamroch expects them to show improvements during the rest of the season.

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With the introduction of volleyball into the All “A” Classic over the weekend, it was a good year for the Henry County Ladycats to make the jump back into the All “A” since their departure in 1999.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my time out of state in Gatlinburg last week, which was a needed vacation as my first real get-away in nearly two years. But I missed a whole lot while I was gone: I didn’t check my e-mail for six days; never got online; didn’t find out the scores of any of the local high school games; and never once tuned in to ESPN. My wife was proud — even though she got to watch the HGTV channel numerous times while we were in our cabin in downtown boonieville.