Today's Sports

GOSHEN – After seven years spent in the background of North Oldham’s boys basketball program, Tee Salinas got his time in the spotlight Friday night.

Salinas, a North senior who has Down syndrome, has been manager for the Mustangs since sixth grade. Friday against DeSales, Salinas put on a white North uniform and took his place in the starting lineup.

Salinas scored a layup on the Mustangs’ first possession in North’s 51-32 loss to the Colts.

CRESTWOOD – Thursday night against Woodford County was the last time a group of nine South Oldham players took the Dragons’ home floor.

South needed just about all of them to hold off the Yellow Jackets.

Senior guard Zach McWilliams scored a team-high 18 points and the Dragons were able to beat Woodford 74-71 in their regular season finale.

South Oldham’s road to a sixth straight District 29 championship will begin with a tough start.

The Lady Dragons will meet Trimble County at 6 p.m. Wednesday at North Oldham in the first round of the district tournament.

South (8-12, 2-1 District 29) beat Trimble (15-7, 1-2) on Feb. 12 in Bedford, getting out to a 12-0 lead and holding on for a tense 49-46 win. The Lady Dragons, who will be the No. 2 seed when the teams meet Wednesday in Goshen, came into the matchup last week as underdogs.

There’s no place like home for North Oldham’s boys basketball team.

In Goshen the Mustangs are 2-0 against county teams the last two years, including a 76-63 win against South Oldham Feb. 10.

On the road they haven’t beaten a county team since 2011, including a 62-48 road loss to Oldham County Jan. 30.

Luckily for No. 3 seed North (11-14, 2-1 District 29) it’ll have home court advantage when it hosts No. 2 seed OC (19-6, 2-1) in a first round district tournament game 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.