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The Gallatin County News, Warsaw, Ky. - Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - Page 5 Sports and Wildlife Tennis teams tie Trimble in opener 8th Region Standouts Damron and Clark at #1 Mark Gray Morgan won 8-0. Sports Reporter Eli Ackermann/Luke The Gallatin County Ackermann lost in dou- tennis teams opened up bles and Brady Carlton their season last Thursday lost in singles. against Trimble County. Girls Both the girls and boys Girls #1 singles Savan- matches ended in a 2-2 nah Clark won 6-1, 7-5 tie. The contest was sus- and #2 Rachel Noble nar- pended due to darkness. rowly lost 7-6, 7-6. Boys In doubles, Amelia In boys singles play, Sanders/Jonna Ross won Garrett Damron won 6-3 8-3 and Melissa Bessel- and the doubles team of man/Deanna Griffi n lost Jacob Crawford/Tyler 6-3. Trent Maddox hopes to play more college hoops Ends career at Sinclair Mark Gray CAA in free throw shoot- Sports Reporter ing this season with 82 Former Gallatin Coun- percent. Travis Davis, left, and Kristian Morgan ty Wildcat Trent Maddox The former Wildcat were selected for the All 8th Region Tourna- has wrapped up his bas- standout is looking to pur- ment team last week. Here, they play against ketball career at Sinclair sue his career at another Simon Kenton in the opening round. Both Junior College. Maddox school. He has two years Wildcats were also selected for the All 8th fi nished 17th in the NJ- of eligibility remaining. Region Team. Photos by Kelley Warnick By Bob Watkins Mark’s Sweet 16 Sports in Kentucky South Region East Region It’s On! team rid itself of (per- 5. Numbers to avoid – •Kentucky vs. Witchita St. •Syracuse vs. Vanderbilt Best three weeks in ceived?) pressure from fi ve, zero and 16. Michael sports? Roll out the jar- 24-wins-in-a-row Sunday. Kidd-Gilchrist points, •Duke vs. Baylor •Ohio St. vs. Florida St. gon: Big Dance ... brack- Pressure removed, a game rebounds and minutes in West Region Midwest Region etology ... good draw-bad fi lm is the result. A Van- SEC title game. draw ... ‘we wuz robbed’ derbilt production. Video 6. Calling Terrence •Michigan St. vs. Louisville •N.C. vs. Michigan .. One Shining Moment. title: Ways to beat Ken- Jones’s number early pre- •Missouri vs. Marquette •Kansas vs. N.C. State Bonus? The Bluegrass tucky. The Commodores’ vents a Jones disappear- State is so near the mid- win, and it was more than ance (Indiana). Five double-digit seeds to win in the second round: Long dle of it all, we can hear a UK loss, was tough, 7. Recall Al McGuire the heart beats. Heck, we smart, relentless, no sur- NCAA tourney golden Beach State, Belmont, N. Carolina State, West Virginia and ARE the heartbeat. render, swish and “hey, rule: “One, maybe two California Kentucky earned the Kentucky IS beatable!” games, will be decided at No. 1 seed, Western Ken- A career moment too the free throw line.” tucky got a play-in; Mur- for Kevin Stallings and a 8. Ignore Dick Vitale ray State is the lone once- four-word catapult to the altogether. beaten; and Louisville, Commodores: “Yes! We 9. 28 and six. Number like a good Derby horse, CAN beat anybody.” of threes tried and made roared out of the pack to In Kentucky a few cau- last Sunday. (See UK- win its league tournament tionary notes for our Big West Virginia, NCAA then was cast as underdog Dance entries. Flashing 2010). to Davidson. Peculiar that, yellow lights that could 10. Doron Lamb pout. but perfect for Big Mo. undo a March march. Contributed to his two- College basketball’s 1. Beware of the Praises of-11 shooting in 32 min- place on the calendar re- of March. They are many, utes against Vandy. NBA duces all else in sports frequent, well-intentioned scouts notice. to below-the-fold also- and in the NCAAs, a dis- 11. Anthony Davis ... stuff. This includes Pey- traction. This includes no repeat performance of ton Manning’s next stop, NBA draft order buzz. 34 minutes against Festus Kentucky Derby candi- 2. Try and forget – be- Ezeli and Steve Tchien- date Union Rags, the NIT fore the clocks fall back gang. fi eld and USA’s only un- in autumn, four or more 12. Anthony Davis av- beaten college baseball beloveds on this team erage four blocks in his team, University of Ken- will have packed up and last six college games. tucky, 16-0). gone from Lexington, in- 13. Snatch and grab Big Dance cluding one destined for fouls away from the ball – From San Diego State legend-status here and in Darius Miller and Doron to Harvard yard, all things the black hole (NBA), 19- Lamb. are possible and moves year-old Anthony Davis. 14. Laugh off John us to anticipate who will 3. Promising UK teams Calipari’s whine about the be this year’s Butler and past have lapsed into mys- South bracket “The only VCU? Which big dog will terious shooting holes and thing I was happy about fall fi rst: North Carolina, were dispatched early on is I heard that they were Kansas, Michigan State, empty trips home, (see trying to get an exemption Kentucky? Who will be Georgetown, 1984). for the (Miami) Heat to Ty Rogers for 2012? 4. Talking-head pun- be the second seed in our SEC Tournament. As if ditry touting Kentucky- bracket and they weren’t scripted, John Calipari’s Syracuse fi nal. Ignore it. allowed to.” Where Healing Begins... For Treatment of Non-healing Wounds Visit our Wound Care Specialist, Teresa Tallon, ARNP Now Open at St. Elizabeth Grant County and accepting new patients. CALL TODAY TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT (859) 655-1100.