PAGE B1 SPORTS THE INDEPENDENT / TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012 baseball surges to 21-0 start tional Player of the Week, accord- Inside: ing to ukathletics.com. Lawrence County’s Shepherd in on success Full Collegiate Kentucky beat South Carolina Staff report giate Baseball Newspaper on 2007 and 2008. Baseball Poll / 4-3, 4-3 and 6-3 on Friday, Satur- Monday. They were 16th last Only LSU in 2010 (23) and South day and Sunday in Lexington. LEXINGTON Fresh off a sweep of week. Carolina in 2000 (22) have longer PAGE B2 The Wildcats travel to Cincin- two-time defending NCAA cham- Kentucky (21-0, 3-0 SEC) has not winning streaks within the SEC. nati on Wednesday. pion South Carolina, Kentucky been ranked this high since Chandler Shepherd, a freshman It will be their first true road baseball has the third-longest March 17, 2008. The Wildcats are pitcher and Lawrence County in five innings in his last outing, a game. winning streak in the history of behind unanimous No. 1 . graduate, is 1-0 in three starts. 2-1 win over Murray State. They are back in Lexington to the Southeastern Conference. The current streak ranks first The right-hander has a 3.14 UK freshman A.J. Reed was take on Western Kentucky on The Wildcats are ranked No. 2 in school history, with the previ- earned run average in 14.1 innings named the SEC Freshman of the March 27 following at three-game nationally according to Colle- ous mark being a 19-0 start in both pitched. He relented just one hit Week and SEbaseball.com Na- series at . Getting four Bucks in a row OU, OSU, Cincinnati Xavier give a fourth of Sweet 16

By JOE KAY AARON SNYDER / THE INDEPENDENT AP Sports Writer Travis Hanshaw eyes the Kentucky State Welterweight Title belt on Monday in Summit. Hanshaw boxes for the belt on Saturday night at El Hasa Shrine Temple.

CINCINNATI Stirred by a pep talk from the school president, the Ohio Bobcats applauded themselves in the locker room and celebrated “ their trip to the NCAA tour- nament’s round of 16 by chanting: “We are Ohio!” Within his reach Not a bad March motto for the whole state. The nation’s 17th state is Hanshaw gets a shot at state title belt Saturday the first to send four teams to the NCAA’s round of 16 By AARON SNYDER — the Bobcats, Ohio State, The Independent My goal is to mentally and the University of Cincinnati AP PHOTO physically torture him ... and Xavier. The four come Cincinnati coach Mick SUMMIT Twenty-year-old Travis from different conferences Cronin shouts instructions Hanshaw is approaching another make him mad. and play different styles, but to his team during Sunday’s stepping stone in a climb to his ulti- have gone a combined 8-0 in mate aspiration. Travis Hanshaw On Ruben Galvan, who stands in defeat of Florida State in the Hanshaw’s way of getting state title belt the tournament. third round of the NCAA On Saturday, “The Rattlesnake” Beware the Buckeyes — tournament. and veteran Ruben Galvan will all of them. square off in the main event on a a welterweight, that he could vie for O’Neill. He also has a new condition- “It’s super for Ohio bas- has topped them all. card featuring at least eight fights at “a state title after four fights. ing coach in Corky Salyers. ketball,” former Ohio State No state has ever had a El Hasa Shrine Temple. “Now here we are,” said Hanshaw, Bates, 38, has been impressed star Jerry Lucas said in a better opening week in the Along with Hanshaw, brother standing outside of the former Sum- with Hanshaw from the start. phone interview on Monday. tournament. Thomas Hanshaw, Chris Brammer, mit Fitness Center building on Mon- “He’s not in it just to be a local “It’s always been good, and The First Four games Chad Vansickle, Colt Phelps, Jason day. He wore his “Gotta Have Faith” hero,” Bates said. “He’s going to will always be good. This were played in Dayton, Williams and Adam Collins are shirt in honor of his aunt, Faith jump out of the pond soon. He’s whole region has tradition- where President Barack among those set to step inside the Sperry. Sperry has cancer, but “nev- dead set on being the youngest state ally had great basketball. To Obama and British Prime ring. er misses a fight,” said Hanshaw. title holder.” see Ohio be the first to have Minister David Cameron Hanshaw (4-0, three knockouts) Between periods of grueling Hanshaw will again possess a four in the Sweet 16 — that’s watched Western Kentucky will become the youngest to ever training, Bates pours on more tor- clear height and reach advantage — great.” pull off an historic come- earn a Kentucky state boxing title in ture by teasing Hanshaw with the Hanshaw is 6-foot-3, Galvan 5-7. Seven other states have back in the opener. any class if he can defeat the 39- Kentucky State Welterweight Title Words will be flying during Friday managed to get three teams The rest of the state has year-old Galvan (27-21-4, belt, which he hasn’t yet laid a fin- night’s press conference, but most into the round of 16, accord- kept up the excitement. boxrec.com) in an eight-round bout. ger on. will come from the animated Gal- ing to STATS LLC: Pennsyl- Ohio State — the Big Ten When Hanshaw began working “It’s been miserable,” said Han- van, according to Hanshaw. vania, Kentucky, , Cal- school whose band spells with Jeremy Bates, a local heavy- shaw, shaking his head but smiling. “He tries to get in your head,” ifornia, North Carolina, weight with 40-plus fights to his Hanshaw has also worked exten- Kansas and Tennessee. Ohio See BUCKS / Page B3 name, last July, Bates told Hanshaw, sively with his father, Tom, and Tim See HANSHAW / Page B4 MILE-HIGH MANNING? Robinson Coveted QB double chooses Denver, leaving Tebow’s lifts East tenure in doubt Raiders drop Fleming By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer in home opener, 7-2 By RAY SCHAEFER DENVER The Denver Broncos got their For The Independent Man. Make that Peyton Manning. Pending final contract negotiations, GRAYSON East Carter coach Jeremiah Manning will join John Elway’s Broncos Shearer isn't ashamed to admit it; he relies on with hopes of winning another Super senior shortstop Connor Robinson for much Bowl. of his team's offense. So much for Tebowmania. It took Robinson until the sixth inning of Still to be decided is what happens to Monday's home opener against Fleming last season’s quarterback sensation, Tim County, but he came through. His three-run Te b ow. double helped the Raiders beat the Panthers, The Broncos and Manning agent Tom AP FILE PHOTO 7-2, at J.P. Kouns Field. Condon spent Monday working out pa- Former Colts quarterback Peyton Manning shakes hands with Broncos quarterback “He was probably our top hitter last year,” rameters of a deal expected to be worth Tim Tebow following a game last season. The Broncos are working on a deal with Man- Shearer said. “He's been in the middle of the about $95 million over five years after the ning, creating questions for Tebow’s future. order the past three seasons. We lean on him NFL’s only four-time MVP called Elway, he avi ly. ” the Broncos’ revered QB-turned-execu- also said Manning let him know that he said to The Tennessean: “He called me Robinson's double to center field off tive, and told him he had decided to come had picked the Broncos. Adams released himself and told me he wasn’t coming, Desmond McAdams led an East (1-1) offense to Denver. a statement Monday confirming the Ti- Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams tans were out of the running and later See MANNING / Page B3 See EAST / Page B4

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