Today's Sports

After opening its season on a rough note, the Oldham County baseball team took a huge step toward righting the ship Tuesday night, dismantling rival South Oldham 5-2 to claim sole ownership of the 29th district lead.
They certainly looked the part against the Dragons, mixing strong pitching and timely hits in the game’s opening innings to take control and never look back.
Left-fielder Austin Norman started the scoring for the Colonels in the bottom of the first, ripping an RBI double to right field, and pitcher Sean Holton followed with an RBI single.

After entering the 2013 season with a 16-0 record against district teams over the past two seasons, the Oldham County Lady Colonels are at it again, claiming their first two victories of this year’s district campaign in convincing fashion.
Fresh off embarrassing Trimble County 11-0 April 9, Oldham County made short work of South Oldham Wednesday night, blitzing the Lady Dragons 9-0.
But that doesn’t mean Oldham County was flawlesss.

Despite sporting a 1-3 record against South Oldham in their last four meetings, the North Oldham Mustangs came out firing on all cylinders in Tuesday night’s district opener, dispatching the Dragons 8-5 to claim their first regular season win against a county team since 2011.
They certainly got a fight though as South matched the Mustangs beat for beat through the games’ first four innings, leading North Oldham 4-3 heading into the fifth frame.

While most high school teams headed to the beach looking for warmer weather during spring break, three local baseball teams got in plenty of game action a little closer to home, squaring off in the Derby City Classic at Spalding University.

TUESDAY’S GAMES
SOUTH OLDHAM 11, MANUAL 8
South Oldham was able to overcome three errors in Tuesday’s opener against Manual, pounding out 12 hits and adding five runs in a decisive sixth inning to win  11-8.