Today's Sports

Julie Gruber knows how important the boys’ basketball state tournament is in Kentucky.

She found out watching her son, Oldham County High School junior guard Sam Gruber, during the Colonels’ state tournament appearance last year.

To help energize the team, Julie Gruber and 14 other parents of the OCHS’ boys’ basketball team gathered Sunday in the school’s cafeteria to craft signs showing their well-wishes. The signs will be placed along Ky. 146 for the team to see on their bus ride Wednesday to Rupp Arena in Lexington.

LEXINGTON — In a close game, Oldham County High School pulled out a win in the first round of state championship play Thursday.

OCHS defeated Bowling Green High School 55-48 at Rupp Arena during open rounds of the KHSAA Boys' Sweet Sixteen Basketball Tournament.

"Coming in we knew it was gonna be a great game because Bowling Green's a good team," OCHS Coach Jason Holland said. "We tried to slow them down and I was proud of my guys for battling for 32 minutes."

Once one of the eighth region’s leaders, Nicole Bryant could only spectate the eighth region championship game on Sunday.

A series of injuries derailed what could have been a banner season for the North Oldham High School senior forward.

Bryant concluded her high school girls’ basketball career with a 78-43 loss to South Oldham in the 29th district basketball tournament.

She’s a testament to strong-will and has displayed a willingness to not give up even though she had every opportunity to do so.

LOUISVILLE — Inside Broadbent Arena, it sounds like a stampede.

But there’s no cattle or horses.

It’s the sound of runners at full speed on an elevated wooden track with banked corners and older than the Nixon administration.

A number of Oldham middle school and high school runners conquered the track March 2 and 3 at the Mason-Dixon Games at Broadbent Arena in Louisville. Albeit with a few repairs, the track is the same used in the first running of the games in 1960.