SPORTS
Meade County High School Football showcases seniors and families, B2 Friday, November 5, 2010
Justin Ray Sports Editor 270-422-4542 sports@thenewsstandard.com
WINTER PREVIEWS
The News Standard will have its annual winter sports season previews starting in November. Here is the tentative schedule for each preview:
Nov. 12th Boys and Girls Swim Preview
Nov. 19th Wrestling Preview
Nov. 26th Boys and Girls Basketball Preview Dance Team Preview
The previews will include an in depth analysis, team photo, and roster along with team schedule. ON DECK Nov. 5 Greenwave Football Paul Dunbar First Round Playoffs 8:00 p.m. Nov. 6 Boys and Girls Cross Country High School Regional Championship E.P. Tom Sawyer Park TBA BASKETBALL NEWS
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Donkeys take to the court to play ball, B4 The News Standard
Greenwave get defensive on senior night By Justin Ray The News Standard
With Meade County’s potent offense looking as if it needed a tune-up for much of the first half, the Greenwave defense created havoc on Butler’s offense doing its part to send the Greenwave seniors out with a victory on senior night. Meade County’s (6-4) offense was a no-show for most of the first-half, consistently having problems sustaining drives against Butler’s (5-5) physical defense. The Bears were able to slow down the highly explosive running game of quarterback Thomas Wilson and Meade County’s two-headed monster in
running back Max Cundiff and Rex Liverman. Wilson did run for 84 yards in the first half, but 41 of the 84 yards came on one play when Wilson scrambled out of the backfield for a big gain. Cundiff and Liverman were held in check with Cundiff rushing for 27 yards and Liverman 9 yards. Meade County head coach Larry Mofield believed his team’s ability to be productive with its running game throughout the season has led opponents to prepare to stop the Greenwave rushing attack. “A lot of people realized we are going to try to run the QB and I think they zeroed in on Thomas good,”
Mofield said. “In the first half I thought our running back might have ran a little high, but I would never question their effort.” With the offense struggling to find its groove in the first half, the defensive line made its presence felt early and often in the first have with some timely sacks. The Greenwave ended the Bears’ first drive of the game with an 11-yard sack of Seth Bowen on a thirdand-eight play from the Bears 31-yard line. Early in the second quarter, Meade County’s defense stepped up big for the Greenwave with two huge tackles for a loss. The Bears See DEFENSIVE, Page B3
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Max Cundiff makes a diving effort for an interception.
Conference Champs
By Justin Ray The News Standard
Middle School Basketball Tournaments Planned In December in Frankfort
The Frankfort Convention Center and Kentucky State University will host the first Bluegrass State Games Middle School Basketball Tournament for boys and girls in Kentucky in December.
There will be two 16-team, double-elimination tournaments for both 7th grade and 8th grade teams. The girls’ tournament will be Dec. 20-22, and the boys will play Dec. 27-29. All games will consist of four, six-minute quarters.
Registration began Oct. 14, 2010. Teams will be entered on a first-come, first-serve basis. The fee to register is $200. Teams can register by visiting www.bgsg.org. Outdoor News Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife and Resources
Retired Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks will be appearing on Kentucky Afield television Nov. 6th and 7th to talk about his time in the state of Kentucky.
Tim Farmer will host the show while the two fish a Fayette County pond.
The show also features 11-year-old skeet shooting champion Gavin Stevenson as he takes aim at Calvert Country City Gun Club.
The program will air at 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 1p.m. Sunday on KET. Middle School Basketball
New guy in town
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Zach Bowen charges to the finish line leading Meade County with a second place finish at Conference.
Greenwave take down competition at Lincoln Heartland Conference Meet By Justin Ray The News Standard Meade County boys’ cross-country team used a late burst of speed to win the Lincoln Trail Heartland Conference meet at Brandenburg Telephone Company, Oct. 28. North Hardin’s Andrew Stewart set the meet record with a time of 16:22. Stewart broke the previous meet record of 16:34, which he had set the previous year. Zach Bowen paced the Greenwave runners with a second place finish. The Greenwave team took first place in the meet with five runners finishing in the top ten: Bowen 2nd, Tyler Blair 4th, Nathan Bates 5th, Tyler Breeds 8th and Dakota Waldecker 9th. Meade County head coach Larry Garner said the Greenwave came into the meet wanting to concentrate on running as a team and boosting the team’s confidence heading into the team’s upcoming tough regional and state meets. See CHAMPS, Page B4
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Tyler Blair’s 4th place finish helps the Greenwave win its conference meet on Oct. 28.
If you have attended any local sporting events the past few weeks you might have noticed a new face roaming the sidelines, carrying a notepad and taking photos of the sporting event. Don’t be worried or alarmed, I’m walking the sidelines with a purpose. I’m the newly hired sports editor at the News Standard. I’ve taken on the task of filling the big shoes left behind by previous sports editor Ben Achtabowski and continuing the excellent coverage of Meade Country sports. While I’m new to Meade County, I’m familiar with the county, growing up not to far away in Louisville. In the short time I have been here, I have really enjoyed the warm welcome from the few people I have been fortunate enough to meet. I look forward to meeting many more of you as I embark on my sports journalism career here in Meade County. At The News Standard, I plan to show my passion and excitement for sports in every topic I cover and write about in Meade County. My goal is to show in my stories the hard work, dedication and the desire to succeed every Meade Country athlete puts into playing sports. I consider myself to be a sports fanatic, someone who might have a borderline sports addiction. Most of my time is spent watching sports, reading about sports or debating sports with anyone who is willing to debate with me. Some people might consider it an obsession, and I say they could be right. One afternoon this summer, after spending countless hours on the computer reading sports articles my fiancee asked “Don’t you ever get enough sports?” I
Stuart Pepper Middle School
The middle school girls’ basketball tournament starts next week.
See TOWN, Page B3
Lady Waves running best races heading into postseason meets By Justin Ray The News Standard
The 7th grade team opens the first round of the playoffs Nov. 8th. Games will be played at Scott Middle or West Hardin. The semi-finals for the 7th grade playoffs will be played Nov. 11th at West Hardin. Times for each game are TBA. 8th grade girls first round of the playoffs start Nov. 9th. The games will be played at Scott Middle or West Hardin. The time is TBA.
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Kaylea Neal leads Meade County with a team best 6th place finish at the Lady Waves Conference Meet.
With the regional crosscountry meet set to take place tomorrow at E.P. Tom Sawyer Park, the Lady Waves seem to be excelling this season at just the right time. The Lady Waves ran the Lincoln Trail Heartland Conference meet on Oct. 28, with a plan of boosting the team’s confidence and sending them into the postseason on the right foot. Elizabethtown’s Hannah Godfrey’s meet best 19:50 lead Elizabethtown to a first place finish. Kaylea Neal’s
20:48 was good enough for 6th place at the meet for the Lady Waves. Meade County placed two other runners in the top ten with Tiffany Brown’s 8th place and Destiny Timmons 9th place finish. As a team, the Lady Waves finished in 5th place. John Hardin placed two runners in the top ten finishing for second place followed by Central Hardin (3rd) and North Hardin (4th). Meade County’s crosscountry head coach Larry Garner said even though his overall team finished fifth at the meet, he saw some good performances from his top
three finishers that led him to believe his team was running its best races to close the season. “Today we only ran three of our top seven girls because four of our girls are in the middle school meet on Saturday,” Garner said. “Our top three girls ran amazing today.” With great performances from his top finishers, Garner was left questioning his decision to not let his middle school runners compete along with the rest of the team. See WAVES, Page B4