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By Cathy Toole

Henry County Extension Service

Lady Cats beat Walton; lose to...

The Henry County Lady Cats traveled to Sugar Bay Golf Course in Warsaw Sept. 12 to take on the Walton-Verona Lady Bearcats and came away with a 187-237 win.
Maddie Hensley, who shot a 35 in the nine-hole match, led the Lady Cats. Bayleigh Boyer shot 43, Nikki Perkinson shot 45 and Carleigh Peyton shot 64. Hannah Marowelli shot 66 as the Lady Cats’ fifth golfer.
“I was very proud of our team’s performance at Sugar Bay,” HCHS Coach April Berry said. “All of the girls were striking the ball well. The challenging part of Sugar Bay is the small and quick greens.

Youth Salute honors Rayburn

The Central Kentucky Council on Youth Leadership has recognized the involvement of a Henry County High School junior in its 36th annual Youth Salute, according to a news release. The Youth Salute recognized 816 high school juniors from 52 high schools in Central Kentucky, who were nominated by teachers, guidance counselors and principals. In order to qualify, the students needed a 3.0 grade point average or better and have at lease two leadership roles during the past two years in school, religious or community-sponsored organizations.

Federal student aid changes are...

If you have gone to college or have had a child go, chances are you’ve filled out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA.
Changes to this form announced by the Obama administration in 2015 are about to go into effect for the 2017-18 school year.
One of the biggest changes to the application is how soon you can fill it out.
You can submit the form for the 2017 school year beginning Oct. 1, 2016.
This is sooner than in previous years.

Bardstown beats Wildcats, 41-28

A slow start doomed the Henry County Wildcats in their first district game at home against Bardstown Friday night.
The visiting Tigers took the opening kickoff and marched downfield to score on their first possession on a 17-yard pass into the corner of the end zone. The extra point kick was good to make it 7-0 with 8:40 left in the first period.
Henry County was unable to move the ball on their first possession and Bardstown used a reverse handoff on the punt return to score from 60 yards out to make it 14-0 with 6:21 left in the first period.

Sports briefs for Sept. 21, 2016

Campbellsburg Bengals JV 38 Trimble County Raiders 0
The Bengals got off to a slow start but turned it on in the second quarter to lead 27-0 at halftime.
Traven McFarland led the offensive attack with two touchdowns and converted two extra points. Ray Matthews had a touchdown and an extra point, as did Dylan Gallagher. Isaac Abney also got in on the scoring with a touchdown run.

Bookmobile to add new stops

The Henry County Public Library Bookmobile will try to reach some new patrons by adding a few new stops in the community this fall.
The bookmobiles evening and weekend hours now include:
• First and third Tuesdays – 6 to 7 p.m. at Eminence Village
• First and third Thursdays – 5 to 5:55 p.m. at Lake View Apartments
• First and third Thursdays – 6 to 7 p.m. at Campbellsburg Community Center
• Second and fourth Thursdays – 6 to 7 p.m. at Osage Estates

Honoring first responders on...

On some anniversaries we celebrate. On others we reflect.
The 15th anniversary of the attack on America and New York’s World Trade Center is one of the times for reflection. There is truly nothing to celebrate in the extraordinary tragedy of 9/11.
As much as I would like to forget some of them, the images from that day will never be out of my mind, nor will the victims and their families.
But there is one memory I want to hold on to, one that I want to cherish as the deepest and most lasting of Sept. 11, 2001.

Cross Country Cats run at Horse...

The Henry County cross country team traveled to the Kentucky Horse Park Saturday to run in the Franklin County Invitational. It is one of two regular season races at the site of the state meet course.
Keegan Kurtz led the way for the boys with a time of 19:50 and Ella White placed the girls in a time of 23:50.

Wildcats beat Owen; Fall to...

The Henry County Wildcats soccer team hosted Owen County Sept. 27 and played what Coach Adam Knust called the “half of the year” as they scored three first half goals and then held on for a 3-1 victory.
DJ Aneszko scored the Wildcats’ first goal just six minutes into the contest when he received a ball over the top of the defense and shot from about 15 yards on the right side into the bottom left corner of the goal.