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Today's Sports

  • Wildcats fall to Bearcats

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    The Henry County Wildcats football team traveled to Walton-Verona Friday night to take on the Bearcats and got off to a slow start that doomed them to a three-touchdown loss.

    “We turned the ball over early and they took advantage of that,” HCHS Coach Jason Spencer said. “They got a safety on a strip-sack on our first possession and then we had to kickoff from the 20 and they had good field position that led to their first touchdown.”

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  • HCHS gets first win at Grant...

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    The Henry County Lady Cats traveled to Louisville Sept. 6 to take on the Pleasure Ridge Park Lady Panthers and fell 4-3.

    The Lady Cats struck first in the game when Megan Abney scored 12 minutes into the game after dribbling through the defense to get into a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper.

    The Lady Cats added to their lead when Savannah Medley was fouled just outside the 18-yard box. Abney took the free kick from about 23 yards away and netted her second goal of the game.

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  • Wildcats fall to Walton

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    The Henry County Wildcats traveled to Walton-Verona for a soccer game Sept. 7 and fell to the Bearcats 6-1.

    Walton jumped on Henry County for three early goals and never looked back. They added one more goal late in the first half and scored two more in the second.

    Henry County got a late goal from DJ Aneszko to avoid a shutout.

    HCHS Coach Adam Knust thought his team had their poorest start to a game of the season.

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  • HCHS splits two matches

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    The Henry County Wildcats golf team played a home match against Carroll County Sept. 7 and came away with a 171-185 victory.

    Alex Hadden led the way with a 38, Luke Kent shot 41, Isaac Klempner shot 43 and Will Peyton totaled 49. Wyatt Pittman shot 50 as the Wildcats’ fifth golfer.

    Henry County was able to play its entire team in this match and Luke Hall shot 53 while Tyler Massey shot 54. Massey and Hall outscored Carroll’s sixth and seventh golfers by 11 strokes.

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  • XC Cats run at North Oldham

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    The Henry County cross country team traveled to Goshen Saturday for North Oldham’s Rumble through the Jungle Invitational meet at the Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve.

    After a strong showing at Shelby County that saw most of the team improve their personal best times, the Wildcats took a step back for the most part according to Coach DeeDee New.

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  • Lady Cats host tri-match

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    The Henry County Lady Cats have been on the road most of the season but Thursday afternoon, they finally played a home match against Walton-Verona and Collins. Collins edged the Lady Cats by one stroke to win the match while Walton came in a distant third.

    Collins totaled 188 strokes by their top four players while Henry County totaled 189. Walton’s score was 235.

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  • Spencer to Wright bomb brings...

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    The Henry County Wildcats struggled offensively for three quarters Friday night in their first home game against Owen County. But the offense got rolling in the fourth period and Henry County came back to defeat the Rebels 14-10 on a 68-yard pass play from Trevyn Spencer to D’Andre Wright with one minute left in the game.

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  • Hadden wins HCIT in six-hole...

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    When HCHS freshman golfer Alex Hadden teed off at about 1:30 Saturday in the Henry County Invitational golf tournament, he probably couldn’t have dreamed that he would not know the final outcome of his round until dusk. But that is what happened when he and South Oldham’s Cooper Gray battled through six playoff holes before Hadden finally won with a par on the 24th hole of the day for both players.

    Hadden and Gray both finished regulation with a one-under par 71 before their epic playoff battle.

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  • Nicholas defeats Warriors

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    The seventh-ranked Nicholas County Bluejackets used their superior size and strength to overwhelm the Eminence Warriors Friday night at home.

    The Bluejackets’ offensive line averages 250 pounds per player and they used that size advantage to create numerous opportunities for the backs all night as they jumped out to a 41-6 lead midway through the third quarter and went on to win 55-14.

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  • Lady Cats take round one

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    The Eminence Warriors hosted Henry County Aug. 30 in the first match between the district rivals and fell 3-0.

    The Lady Cats got off to a fast start and built an 18-11 lead in the first set. But the Warriors came back to narrow the margin to two points at 20-18 on an ace by Madison Sweeney.

    Henry County was able to stop the run and finished with the final five points to win the first 25-18.

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