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Today's News

  • GIRLS DISTRICT 29: Lady Dragons rematch with Trimble

    South Oldham’s road to a sixth straight District 29 championship will begin with a tough start.

    The Lady Dragons will meet Trimble County at 6 p.m. Wednesday at North Oldham in the first round of the district tournament.

    South (8-12, 2-1 District 29) beat Trimble (15-7, 1-2) on Feb. 12 in Bedford, getting out to a 12-0 lead and holding on for a tense 49-46 win. The Lady Dragons, who will be the No. 2 seed when the teams meet Wednesday in Goshen, came into the matchup last week as underdogs.

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  • BOYS DISTRICT 29: North has home court against OC

    There’s no place like home for North Oldham’s boys basketball team.

    In Goshen the Mustangs are 2-0 against county teams the last two years, including a 76-63 win against South Oldham Feb. 10.

    On the road they haven’t beaten a county team since 2011, including a 62-48 road loss to Oldham County Jan. 30.

    Luckily for No. 3 seed North (11-14, 2-1 District 29) it’ll have home court advantage when it hosts No. 2 seed OC (19-6, 2-1) in a first round district tournament game 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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  • South swimmer thrives at his former backup sport

    Nathan Davis will be competing at state next weekend in what used to be his second favorite sport.

    Davis, a South Oldham senior who grew up concentrating on soccer, qualified for the state swimming championships after his performance Saturday at the Region 2 championships in Louisville. Davis will be swimming in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard freestyle relay and 400-yard freestyle relay at the state championship Feb. 28 after going in the past as an alternate.

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  • Robinson races again

    Dallas Robinson will get his second shot at an Olympic medal this weekend in the four-man bobsled event in Sochi, Russia.

    Robinson, Justin Olsen and Johnny Quinn will be the push athletes on Nick Cunningham’s four-man sled in the event that begins at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and concludes at 4:30 a.m. Sunday.

    Robinson, a Crestwood native and Oldham County High School graduate, will look to help the U.S. repeat as gold medalists in the event.

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  • North’s Beasley impresses at Ohio combine

    North Oldham running back Arien Beasley ranked No. 12 out of 1,281 entrants Saturday at the Nike Football SPARQ Combine in Massillon, Ohio.

    The rising senior ran the 40-yard dash in 4.48 seconds, the sixth best time of anyone at the combine.

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  • North cheer finishes Top 15 at UCA

    North Oldham High School cheerleaders finished 11th in the country at the UCA National High School Cheerleading finals in Orlando earlier this month.

    North competed in Super Large Varsity Division II. Only about a third of the teams made it to the finals and this is the first year North has competed in the national competition.

    Teams had to qualify for nationals through other competitions, in a process called “earning a bid” in cheerleading. 

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  • OC wrestling takes first in Region 5

    Oldham County will go to state this weekend with a deep roster of competitors.

    The Colonels won the Region 5 wrestling championship Saturday at Western Hills High School in Frankfort, beating second place Woodford County 265-229. North Oldham (175) finished fourth and South Oldham (99.5) finished sixth.

    OC qualified 12 wrestlers for this weekend’s state tournament, which begins at 10 a.m. Friday at Alltech Arena in Lexington. North qualified six wrestlers and South qualified four.

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  • Oglesby matches Mary T

    LOUISVILLE – Grace Oglesby, like most talented swimmers in the Louisville area, said she knows the name of Mary T. Meagher.

    The North Oldham sophomore will now get to see her name right alongside Meagher’s in the record books.

    Oglesby won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 54.66 seconds Saturday in the Region 2 championships at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. That mark tied a regional record set by Meagher in 1982.

    Meagher, who swam for Sacred Heart, went on to win three gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics and a bronze in 1988.

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  • Snoddy takes plea deal on DUI, manslaughter charges

    A Louisville man charged with murder and driving under the influence as the result of a 2012 accident has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge just days before he was set to go to trial.

    Nicholas W. “Nick” Snoddy pleaded guilty to manslaughter, 2nd degree, in lieu of a murder charge late Friday afternoon. He was set to go to trial on Monday, but he accepted a plea agreement from Commonwealth Attorney Courtney Baxter instead.

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  • Feb. 14 county sports events canceled

    Winter weather projected to hit the region Friday afternoon has caused the cancelation of the day's sporting events.

    The KHSAA Region 2 swimming prelims set for Friday at the University of Louisville have been postponed. Girls prelims will begin at noon Saturday at the Ralph Wright Natatorium. Boys prelims will begin at 6 p.m. The finals will start at 11 a.m. Sunday.

    Also, the following basketball games slated for Friday night have been canceled.

    Boys:

    Boyle County at South Oldham

    Christian Academy-Louisville at Oldham County

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