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High school baseball: Tates Creek hurdles Lafayette 11-3 in district finals for 16th straight win

Tates Creek's Blake Rose, back, celebrated with Tanner Hart (11) after scoring in the Commodores' romp in the 43rd District finals. Rose got three hits and drove home two runs. Both Tates Creek and Lafayette advance to the 11th Region tournament.

After each Tates Creek baseball victory, the team awards a belt — the wide, gaudy, bejeweled kind fashionable in pro wrestling circles — to the hero of that particular game. 1 hour ago

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

John Clay: ESPN trolling for football fanatics and Finebaum is right man for job

ESPN reportedly laid off nearly 400 employees earlier this week, but on Thursday the World Wide Leader announced a hire that sets the tone for the future.
BASEBALL

Ole Miss sends Cats home early

Kentucky's hoped-for run in the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament came to an abrupt end Tuesday — and likely, so did the Wildcats' season.
MORE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

43rd District softball: Lafayette 12, LexCath 2; Dunbar 12, Tates Creek 1

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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

43rd District baseball: Walk-off single lifts Lafayette over Dunbar

Eight years in the making, and eight innings to finally get it done.
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

42nd District baseball: Fly ball helps Bryan Station beat Scott County

The baseball went high in the air, and it looked like the 42nd District title game was about to be all tied up.
BASEBALL

John Clay: Baseball Cats a big disappointment this year

After Kentucky's 4-1 loss to Ole Miss in the SEC Tournament on Tuesday, the UK baseball season has to be characterized as a huge disappointment. After starting the year No. 11 in Baseball America's pre-season poll, the Cats are unlikely to get an NCAA Tournament bid after going 11-19 in the SEC ...
CINCINNATI REDS

Reds 4, Mets 0: Leake, Wright's bases-loaded lapse fuel Cincy

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GOLF

Ex-Henry Clay golfer Josh Teater qualifies for British Open

Americans Josh Teater, Scott Brown, Johnson Wagner, Bud Cauley and Luke Guthrie qualified for the British Open on Monday at the international final qualifying at Gleneagles Country Club Queens Course at Plano, Texas. The 34-year-old Teater, a Henry Clay and Morehead State graduate, shot rounds of...
BASEBALL

UK needs a deep run in SEC Tournament to make NCAAs

When Kentucky opens play Tuesday morning against Mississippi in the Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament, the mission is clear. Win or go home. For the season.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

42nd District baseball: Bryan Station, Scott County advance

Bryan Station, which trailed Henry Clay 4-0 going to the bottom of the sixth, rallied for a 5-4 victory in the 42nd District baseball semifinals Monday night. Scott County beat Sayre 11-1 in Monday's nightcap.