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Today's Sports

  • Murray's grand slam propels...

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    The Henry County Wildcats were cruising at home May 2 against the Kentucky Country Day Bearcats when the wheels came off defensively in the top of the sixth inning. Fortunately, the Wildcats still had two at bats left and Daniel Murray made up for the defensive flaws with a grand slam home run in the bottom of the sixth to help his team to 12-8 win.

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  • Lady Cats beat Simon Kenton,...

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    The Henry County Lady Cats traveled to Independence May 2 to take on the Simon Kenton Lady Pioneers and came away with a 10-2 win.

    After a scoreless first inning the Lady Cats broke out for five runs in the second inning. They added two more in the third and three in the fourth to lead 10-0.

    Simon Kenton scored an unearned run in the fifth and another unearned run in the sixth.

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  • Peyton finishes 7th in Sun Belt

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    Henry County High School graduate MacKenzie Peyton finished her sophomore season of golf at South Alabama with her best collegiate performance to date as she shot even par on the last two days of the Sun Belt Conference tournament to finish tied for seventh place.

    Peyton shot 76 on the opening day of the tournament and then recorded 72 on each of the two remaining days.

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  • Shepherd signs with Midway

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    Henry County High School senior Kelsey Shepherd signed a letter of intent to play for Midway University’s softball team next season.

    Shepherd currently plays centerfield for the Lady Cats. Shepherd is batting .361 with 13 runs scored and 11 RBIs. She is four for four in steal attempts. Shepherd has not committed an error in 20 chances this season and has thrown out four base runners.

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  • Wildcats win three vs. EHS,...

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    Zack Woods took advantage of his first varsity start at Eminence April 24. The sophomore went the distance in shutting out the Warriors in Henry County’s 14-0 win.

    Woods pitched five innings and gave up only four hits while striking out seven and walking two.

    He got plenty of offensive support as the Wildcats got multi-hit games from Daniel Murray and Justin Edens. Murray had a single, a home run and five RBIs while Edens had a single and a double with one RBI.

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  • Golden's walk off leads...

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    The Henry County Lady Cats needed a seventh inning rally and two extra innings to come out of district seeding play undefeated when they hosted Owen County April 25.

    Senior first baseman Lilly Golden got the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth but it took a couple of big defensive plays prior to that hit to keep the Lady Cats alive.

    The Lady Cats struggled at the plate through the first four innings and fell behind 5-0 going into the bottom of the fifth when they finally broke through for a run.

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  • Track Cats host NCKTC...

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    The Henry County track and field team hosted the North Central Kentucky Track Conference championships Thursday.

    The Eminence boys were led by athird-place finish by Austin Roberts who finished second in the 100-meter dash and fourth in the 200-meter dash.

    McCoy Walker led the Wildcats with a first-place finish in the shot put. Walker’s winning throw was 42 feet, eight inches.

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  • EHS falls to Owen

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    The Eminence Warriors softball team traveled to Owenton April 26 to take on the Owen County Lady Rebels in a district seeding game and fell 12-2 in five innings.

    The Lady Rebels struck for four runs in the first and five in the second before the Warriors got two back in the top of the third.

    Jadyn Browning led off the third inning and was hit by a pitch. Alexis Shields followed and drew a walk. Browning advanced to third on a wild pitch during Shields’ at bat. Shields stole second.

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  • Wildcats drop two, win one

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    The Henry County Wildcats traveled to Carrollton April 18 for a district seeding game and came away with an 8-7 loss.

    The Wildcats got off to a good start with two runs in the top of the first. Leadoff hitter and pitcher Jaydon Berry walked to open the game. Blake Prather followed and reached on an error to give the Wildcats runners on first and second with no outs. Berry and Prather advanced on a passed ball.

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  • Warriors fall to Gallatin Co.

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    The Eminence Warriors baseball team hosted Gallatin County April 18 and took an early lead only to see the Wildcats come back for the 12-run win.

    Gallatin scored a run in the top of the first on a single, a walk and a double.

    Eminence took the lead in the bottom of the inning with a two-out rally. Marshall Metten and Trey Gregory drew walks before Hunter Gnagie doubled to right field to drive in both runs.

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