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Boys Basketball: Mustangs out-play Colonels in district upset

GOSHEN – According to both its coach and star player, North Oldham had yet to play a full game this season heading into its showdown Friday night against then-No. 11 Oldham County.

“We always said if we put four quarters together we can beat anybody and we’ll be tough to beat,” Mustang senior guard Jon Jon Henry said.

“We’ll usually have one, maybe two (good quarters) per game,” North coach Rob Burton said. “But we’ve never been able to put four quarters together defensively or offensively.”

Girls Basketball: Lady Dragons hand Eastern second loss

CRESTWOOD – It took each of South’s Oldham’s “Big Three” to beat an Eastern team that came into Saturday with just one loss.

Erin Wilson, Sydney Jones and Abbey Van Zant, all seniors, combined for 58 points as the Lady Dragons notched a 76-74 win against the Eagles on Saturday afternoon.

Eastern (12-2) was just outside the top 20 in this week’s Litkenhous ratings. The Eagles, with a 94.5 rating, became the highest-rated team South (9-7) has knocked off in coach Jessica Conner’s first year in Crestwood.

Mosley released from jail after serving one month

A former police officer sentenced to nine months in jail will only spend one month there.

Harry “Shane” Mosley, a Pendleton resident and former Oldham County Police officer, was sentenced in early December after being convicted of one count of official misconduct and taking an Alford plea on a second count of the same charge.

He was sentenced to serve nine months jail time for each count, to be served concurrently, in addition to more than $1,200 in fines and court costs.

Lashleys plead not guilty to theft, abuse charges

The former county road superintendent and his father have pleaded not guilty to several charges against them, including abuse of public trust and theft by unlawful taking.

Lance Eric Lashley, the former superintendent, and his father, Jack Eric Lashley, were both indicted in December on multiple charges. Lance Lashley was indicted on one count of abuse of public trust (less than $10,000) and theft by unlawful taking, more than $500 but less than $10,000. Both are felony charges.

Free food, clothes at libraries as part of homeless count

Several local agencies are teaming up to help accurately count the homeless in Oldham County.

Led by Good News Homes and the Oldham County Public Library, the groups are hoping the area’s homeless will visit one of the three public library branches in Oldham County on Jan. 28 to be counted as part of a state and federal program.

Stephanie Skeens, director of Good News Homes, said the issue of homelessness in Oldham County is a tricky one, because the county’s homeless don’t operate the same way as they do in urban areas.

Boys Basketball: Cantrell powers South to home win

CRESTWOOD – Injuries have forced South Oldham coach Steve Simpson to spend the last month tweaking his lineup.

One of those tweaks has been to move sophomore Cooper Cantrell from the bench into the lineup. And after originally having him play point guard in place of injured junior Grant Williams, Simpson has moved Cantrell off the ball to small forward.

Cantrell scored 13 points in a loss to Mercer County Tuesday, then played his career game Thursday night.

Boys Basketball: Hard-to-guard Henry leads North

Jalen Henry cracked up Monday when he was asked how a team might go about guarding his older brother, Jon Jon Henry.

“I really don’t know,” Jalen said. “I guess you’d have to play him really close, just don’t let him get the ball… But I don’t think you can stop that, really.”

Not many people have stopped Jon Jon Henry this season.

Non-profit status granted to Crestwood group

 

It may be the most affluent county in Kentucky, but that doesn’t mean Oldham County is excluded from the perils of the winter season and the hunger epidemic.

Mission Crestwood, which just received its charity status, has served 24,000 hungry and needy people just this year and 76 percent of those people were Oldham County residents.

New members make La Grange council stand out

It happened on Jan. 5, with very little fanfare.

Those involved showed up between 15 and 30 minutes early, but there were no parties, no special recognition, nothing to note the occasion. To be honest, several of those involved didn’t even realize what happened.

But at 6:31 p.m. on Jan. 5, the La Grange City Council became the first, and only, legislative body in Oldham County populated by a majority of women.

Boys Basketball: Colonels cream Collins

BUCKNER – Oldham County made a statement in Region 8 on Tuesday night.

The Colonels dominated visiting Collins 68-43 in a battle of two of the top three-rated teams in the region.

Juniors Jacob Bates and Brandon Johnson scored 15 points each as OC, No. 1 in the region per the latest Litkenhous ratings, controlled the game from the start.

The Colonels (15-4) became the first region opponent to beat the Titans (12-6) this season.