Area Sports
Football Season Ends in Second Round of Playoffs
By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Bardstown Tigers knocked the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots from the Class 4A playoffs last Friday in the second round of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association playoffs. The homesteading Tigers downed AC-S 42-7–the second consecutive year that the Patriots’ season has ended on the turf at Bardstown. Based on RPI,…
Read MoreSpecial Teams Play Helps Patriots Advance in Playoffs
By Don Meador, Sports Writer Three punt returns for touchdowns were key moments in Allen County-Scottsville’s 56-34 win over a hard-playing Nelson County squad last Friday night at Patriot Stadium. The big plays by Chase Ross and De’Ante Grainger–made possible by the blocking of AC-S’s special teams’ squad–not only helped AC-S avoid an upset but…
Read MoreLady Pats taken down by Cumberland
By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots were five points away from reaching the semifinals of the Region 4 volleyball tournament last week. Then, the wheels fell off. Cumberland County outscored AC-S 9-3 over the final 12 points of the third set to stay alive in the match. The run not only…
Read MorePatriots Edge Tigers 36-34
By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Patriots closed out the regular season District slate with a hard-fought 36-34 win over the Hopkinsville Tigers last Friday. The Senior Night victory lifted AC-S to their eighth win of the year overall and 4-1 in District play. Once again, senior Chase Ross was the story for…
Read MoreLady Patriots Finish Regular Season with Wins over Warren Central and Edmonson County
By Don Meador, Sports Writer The Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriot volleyball squad finished the regular season with wins over Warren Central, 2-0 and Edmonson County, 2-1. The final week of the regular season also included a 2-0 loss at the hands of Monroe County. In the Lady Patriots 2-0 (25-17, 26-24) win on October 14…
Read MoreBarton Rutledge Ties for Second in State Golf Tournament
By Don Meador, Sports Writer Allen County-Scottsville junior Barton Rutledge is now in rare company when it comes to the best high school golfers to ever tee it up from Allen County. Rutledge finished the 2024 Leachman Buick-GMC-Cadillac Kentucky High School Athletic Association state golf tournament as the state runner-up–sharing the honor with Cam Roberts…
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