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A year ago, they were left at home. No SEC Tournament. No NCAA Tournament. This year, they can pack their bags. Kentucky saw to that last night. With a vengeance. James Paxton pitched the deepest and best game of his life, nine innings, no runs allowed.
Rebecca Gray dropped off her paperwork Friday and made it official. The former Miss Basketball from Scott County is joining Kentucky's basketball team, Coach Matthew Mitchell confirmed late Friday night.
The Cats are in. James Paxton twirled a complete-game shutout Friday night as Kentucky blanked Mississippi 9-0 and clinched a spot in next week's Southeastern Conference tournament. The Cats almost certainly will receive an NCAA Tournament bid, too.
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Eastern Division SEC All GB Georgia 19-7-1 34-17-1 -- Vanderbilt 15-12 37-16 41/2 Kentucky 15-13 40-14 5 Florida 15-13 32-20 5 South Carolina 13-15 35-19 7
With post-season hopes at stake, Kentucky opened its final three-game series of the regular season like, well, Wildcats. Sawyer Carroll homered, doubled twice and singled, driving in six as UK downed Mississippi 12-4 Thursday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
College baseball: Mississippi at Kentucky What: Three-game series Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 p.m. Saturday
When you are headed into the frenzied final weekend of this anything-but-regular Southeastern Conference baseball season, and you are not Georgia (already in) and you are not Mississippi State (already out), then you are a mass of conflicting emotions.
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NCAA President Myles Brand criticized the trend of colleges recruiting ever-younger prospects and expressed the hope that such efforts can be curtailed, if not eliminated.
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As the propriety of recruiting younger prospects gets debated nationwide, Kentucky has offered a scholarship to another high school freshman.
Keenan Wiley tied the game in the top of the ninth inning with a two-out, two-run double, and Chris Wade singled home the game-winning run in the top of the 10th, as Kentucky rallied for a 4-3 win over Murray State in front of a school-record 1,651 fans at Brooks Stadium.
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The UK baseball team's 20 runs Sunday were good enough for the team's first series sweep at Tennessee in 20 years. Ryan Wilkes homered and knocked in four runs as the Cats finished off the Volunteers with a 20-5 victory.
Eastern Division SEC All GB Georgia 19-7-1 33-17-1 -- Vanderbilt 15-11 37-15 4 Florida 14-13 30-20 51/2 Kentucky 14-13 38-14 51/2 South Carolina 13-14 34-18 61/2
Jared Lorenzen admitted to being shocked when he heard that the New York Giants had selected his former teammate, Andre Woodson, in the sixth round of the NFL Draft two weekends ago. The selection of Woodson gave the Giants five quarterbacks to work with. Most NFL teams keep only three.
This is what most people know about Sawyer Carroll. The University of Kentucky right fielder is the leading hitter in the Southeastern Conference. And he'll undoubtedly be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this June.
Kentucky Tennessee Wiley cf 5 0 0 0 Polk lf 3 0 0 0 Wilkes 2b 5 1 1 0 Davis cf 3 0 1 0 Carroll dh 3 1 1 0 Gomes c 3 0 0 0
Michael Avery, the eighth-grade basketball player who committed to Kentucky before choosing a high school, has decided to remain in California as he prepares for life as a Wildcat, the Los Angeles Times reported on a high school sports blog Saturday.
Kentucky Coach Billy Gillispie respects that someone might object to offering an eighth-grader a scholarship, but he vowed to continue recruiting any prospect that might help UK win.
