South Oldham

First year South Oldham coach Gene Heffington hopes the Lady Dragons can turn their season around when they host Oldham County to start district play Friday. On the other side, the Lady Colonels are hoping to keep up recent success. South hosts OC Friday night at 6 p.m. hoping to end a six-game losing skid against a Lady Colonel team also trying to find their way with a first year coach.

LOUISVILLE — North Oldham isn’t surprised a bit at the early success its having on the mat. The Mustangs took first place at the Valley “Main Event” last Saturday with eight wrestlers making it to the finals at Valley High School. Colin Portman (220), John Reitnauer (152), Dallas Ochsenbein (120) and Drew Johnson (113) each earned first-place in their respective weight classes to lead the Mustangs to an easy first place finish.

This year was a lot of fun. So much fun that we’re resorting to the cliche end-of-the-year column when we look back on the best sports stories in Oldham County for 2015.  I asked the question on Twitter and received plenty of responses which didn’t come as a surprise because of so much success this county had at the state level. With a quick glance looking forward at the rosters of future teams, it’s not far fetched to believe similar success is on the way.

 LOUISVILLE  - Zack Wheeler led with 24 points and North Oldham hit crucial free throws down the stretch to beat Scott 62-53 in the opening round of the City of Middletown Holiday Classic Tuesday afternoon at Eastern High School. North Oldham shot 77 percent from the charity stripe, which included 11 of 14 in the fourth quarter to set up its tournament semifinal contest with Eastern Wednesday afternoon.