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SPORTS
Owen
County cross country performs well
BY: Brian
Blair
It was home sweet home
for the Owen County Cross Country teams last week. In the only
race the teams would run in Owen County both took advantage.
In the girls’ race, Danielle Hoop came across the finish
line first to win the race in 20:34.57. Seventh-grader Julie Spaulding
finished fifth with a time of 24:25.05. Kendall Cochran finished
seventh, Eko Kemper finished eighth, Morgan Walker placed ninth
and Haley Decandia rounded out the top ten.
The boys’ race was won by Larry Farmer from Williamstown.
Owen County’s Michael Kincaid finished third with a time
of 20:20.83.
On Saturday, both teams traveled to Walton-Verona for the NCKC
Championships. Danielle Hoop captured the NCKC title by winning
in 20:07.7. The freshman defeated Natalie Brown from Walton-Verona
by 46 seconds. Brown was ranked tenth in the latest state rankings
while Hoop was ranked fourth. Julie Spaulding finished nineteenth
and Kendall Cochran place twentieth.
The boys’ race saw Michael Kincaid finish twelfth with a
time of 19:29.
Rebels
lose in Louisville
BY: Brian
Blair
If it could
go wrong for the Owen County Rebels on Friday night, it did. The
Rebels made the trip to Louisville to play Christian Academy-Louisville
in their final district game of the season. The Rebels came home
with a 51-6 loss.
The Centurions scored on their first offensive possession and
then intercepted Jordan Cox on the first offensive play for the
Rebels and returned it for a touchdown.
Christian Academy would later score when two Owen County players
ran into each other causing a fumble that was picked up and returned
for a touchdown. The Centurions also returned a punt for a touchdown.
Coach Hockensmith said the team dug themselves an early hole,
but the kids kept fighting. The coach said he was proud of the
way his team kept their composure throughout the game.
The Rebels’ only score came on the last play of the game
when Jordan Cox found Justin Stevens for a touchdown pass. The
drive covered 96 yards after the Rebels defense, made up of junior
varsity players, stopped Christian Academy on the goal line. Coach
Hockensmith said the defensive stand was an encouraging sign that
some of the younger players are getting better and learning how
to make plays.
The loss means the Rebels must travel back to Louisville on Nov.
9 to play DeSales in the first round of the district playoffs.
DeSales captured the top seed in the upcoming playoffs by beating
Carroll County 35-14 on Friday night.
Owen County will wrap up the regular season this Friday night
when they travel to play Trimble County. Coach Hockensmith said
the Raiders have a big offensive line that usually runs over the
opposition. He said the game plan may have changed some after
Trimble County lost its best back a couple of weeks ago. Trimble
County is coming off a 60-0 win on Friday night over Bracken County.
Game time on Friday night will be 7:30.
Rebels
sweep into Super Bowls
The Owen
County Parks & Recreation Competitive Football Teams made
it a clean sweep over the weekend with all three teams advancing
to their respective Super Bowl games. The following are results
from each of the division’s play-off games.
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