Today's Sports

Several local athletes will take to the courts in the state tennis tournament as it kicks off in Lexington this Thursday. They are as follows:

*Matches will be held at two locations: Shillito Park or UK. You can find directions to both at http://khsaa.org/sports/spring/tennis/

Boys' singles-

Jordan Pitts (SO) vs.  Alex Nguyen, Russell High School; May 16, 9:15 a.m. SP

Steven Mayborg (SO) vs. Michael Thomas, Grayson County; May 16, 9:15 a.m. SP

Tyler Kilambi (NO) vs. Ryan Abell, LaRue County, May 16, 11:30 a.m. SP

Five local athletes can call themselves regional champs after Wednesday's Class AA Region 3 meet. North Oldham winners include Brianne Brown, who won both the 100-meter hurdles and long jump; Maggie Mollak, who won both the discus and shot put, and Haley Oliver, who won the pole vault.
Winners from South Oldham include Tanner Dowdy, who finished first in the 3200-meter run, and Tony Brackins, who finished first in the long jump.

North Oldham

F 100 Meter Hurdles
1) Brianne Brown 14.90
4) Elizabeth Olive 16.82
F 100 Meter Dash
3) Brianne Brown 12.52
7) Nicole Moeller 13.15

The No. 8 Oldham County Lady Colonels ran their district winning streak to 22 games May 1, knocking off upset-minded South Oldham in a 2-1 nail-biter.
“They played better than us,” Oldham County coach Steve Leanhart said. “We didn’t come prepared, we didn’t come ready to play. We had 15 out of 18 outs as pop-ups.”
South Oldham certainly had its chances, looking poised to cut into an early 2-0 OC lead with one out in the fifth inning.
Nothing came of it though as the Lady Dragons squandered a first-and-third situation with a pick-off and a strikeout.

By Chuck Harper

The result of the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby was satisfying in a lot of ways.
For the owners of Orb and trainer Shug McGaughey, they finally got that equine monkey off their backs.
All you needed to know, you saw on Shug’s face as the NBC cameras showed his expression right after Orb crossed the finish line first. Shug had that same “cat-that-ate-the-canary” look all week.