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Today's News

  • Boys cross-country: Fryman wins Rumble at home course

    GOSHEN – Trenton Fryman had come close to winning his home meet twice before.

    The North Oldham junior finished third in the 2012 Rumble Through the Jungle and came in second one year ago.

    Fryman broke through Saturday, winning the boys 5K at the Rumble, an annual meet North hosts at Creasey Mahan Nature Preserve.

    Fryman passed Madison Central’s Brennan Fields on the final of three laps to finish first with a time of 16:08.33. Fields (16:11.47) was second, followed by third-place Tanner Dowdy of South Oldham (16:26.40).

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  • Football: Thompson does it all in South rout

    BUCKNER – Something good happened for South Oldham seemingly every time Starr Thompson touched the ball Friday night.

    The junior wingback ran for, threw for and caught a touchdown. He added an interception while playing cornerback.

    Thompson set the tone as Class 5A No. 6 South rolled to its fourth straight win over rival Oldham County, 42-7 on the road at Bell Field.

    The four-game winning streak marks the Dragons’ (3-0) longest run in their series against their Highway 146 rivals.

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  • Volleyball: OC sweeps South, stays unbeaten

    CRESTWOOD ­– Oldham County showed some rare imperfections early on against South Oldham Thursday, but roared back to keep its undefeated record intact.

    The Lady Colonels trailed 18-11 at one point in the first set but came back to win the set 25-23, then took the next two to sweep the Lady Dragons, 3-0.

    OC (19-0) is off to the best start in school history and is now ranked No. 5 in the state.

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  • School Board approves tax increase, funding to go to teacher raises

    Local property owners will see their tax bills go up again this year after the Oldham County Board of Education approved a 3.1-cent increase at a special meeting.

    The board approved the measure 4-1, with board member Walt Schumm as the lone dissenting vote, after two hours of public comment on the topic.

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  • Football: Colonels host unbeaten Dragons

    Oldham County will hope to make the second intra-county football rivalry game of the year go differently than the first.

    North Oldham stifled the Colonels last month in Goshen on its way to a 42-7 win.

    At 7:30 p.m. Friday OC (0-3) will welcome Class 5A No. 6 South Oldham (2-0) to Bell Field with sights set on a better outcome.

    The Dragons are coming off an emotional home win over Class 5A No. 7 Anderson County, while the Colonels fell 49-7 last week at Class 5A No. 4 Franklin County.

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  • Boys golf: North out to defend Oldham Cup

    The county’s most prized boys golf trophy will be up for grabs next week.

    The Oldham Cup competition will begin at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon at Oldham County Country Club.

    Play will continue over the next two days at Harmony Landing and Nevel Meade.

    Coach Larry Dunn’s North Oldham team beat Oldham County and South Oldham for the title last fall.

    North out-paced both OC and South in the Oldham County Classic in August, finishing second only to St. Xavier.
     

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  • Volleyball: Lady Colonels win at Scott

    Oldham County volleyball went 5-0 this weekend, winning the Scott September Slam at Scott High in Taylor Mill.

    The Lady Colonels swept Boone County, Highlands, Covington Latin and Simon Kenton before sweeping Scott in the finals.

    Senior libero Danielle McCarson was the tournament MVP. Junior outside hitter Kelsey Miller made the all-tournament team.

    OC is 18-0 and ranked No. 9 at South Oldham at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

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  • OCYFL Week 2 recap

    The Oldham County Youth Football League (OCYFL) was back in action and finally able to complete a full week’s worth of games after uncharacteristic heat forced the league to cancel games during opening weekend.

    Saturday’s games went on as scheduled and Sunday wrapped up the Pee-Wee division’s games to complete the first full week.   

    The Vikings and Jaguars would start out the day for the division.

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  • Football: Mustangs, minus Heckenberg, play at North Bullitt

    The momentum North Oldham gained by beating OC 42-7 in its opener came to a halt last week when quarterback Taylor Heckenberg separated his throwing shoulder in a 24-21 loss at Class 2A No. 4 Christian Academy-Louisville.

    With Heckenberg out for at least a couple of weeks, sophomore Bryce Webb and/or junior T.C. Falkner will handle quarterback duties at 7:30 Friday night at North Bullitt (1-1).

    “(The difference is) experience more than anything,” Mustangs coach Billy Martin said. “They can run our offense.”

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  • Prospect swimmer goes for gold at world events

    When Patty Sweetall of Prospect turned her athletic efforts from competitive running and triathlons to swimming, she never thought she could be a world champion.

    Sweetall, 54, recently won ninth place in the 100-meter breaststroke, sixth place in the 200-meter breaststroke and participated in the 50-meter at the FINA World Masters Swimming Championships in Montreal, Canada in August.

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