Vol. 140 No. 44

Wednesday October 31, 2007

MBMS rolls over Williamstown

At times it looked like a layup drill. The Bowling Middle School eighth-grade girl’s basketball team defeated Williamstown 51-5 in their first home game of the season last Thursday night.
The Lady Rebels used pressure defense to force Williamstown into turnovers that were converted into points.
Bowling Middle limited Williamstown to just one field goal.
The other three Williamstown points came from the free throw line.
The girls led 12-0 at the end of the first quarter and 32-0 at halftime.
Williamstown did not score until there was less than a minute to go in the third quarter.
The Lady Rebels were led in scoring by Devin Juett’s 12 points. Meredith Marston pitched in 11 points.
Rianna Gayheart had eight while Alexis Ellis scored seven.


Regular season ends in defeat

The Owen County Rebels finished the regular season with a loss on Friday night. The Rebels traveled to Trimble County where the Raiders came out on top 40-6. Matt Harris scored the only touchdown of the game for the Rebels.
For Coach Hockensmith and the rest of the team, they will now have a week off before they will travel to play DeSales in the first round of Class 2A Playoffs. DeSales beat the Rebels 42-0 earlier in the season in Owenton.
Owen County began the season with a win over Bishop Brossart. The Rebels however would finish the season by dropping their final nine games to finish the year 1-9. The Rebels will use the week off to see how to get the offense on track. In the Rebels first game against Brossart, the offense put up 30 points. Over the final nine games, the offense only managed to score 38 points.
In other district action on Friday night, Kentucky Country Day knocked off Carroll County (1-9) 32-7. The Panthers will finish the season by hosting Dayton on Friday. DeSales (5-4) defeated Southern 28-27 in overtime. The Colts will close out the regular season at Fairdale. Christian Academy-Louisville (6-3) beat Brossart 34-0. The Centurions will close out the season by traveling to play Pendleton County.


   

    


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