High School Sports

 SHELBYVILLE – For the second week in a row, the North Bullitt Eagles jumped out of the gate with strong play, but the team’s lack of numbers and depth came to the forefront once again on Friday as they faltered late in a 34-20 loss to district rival Shelby County.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – The second rotation of intra-county volleyball match-ups has turned out to be much like the first as both North Bullitt and Bullitt East got the best of Bullitt Central over the past week.

That sets up a meeting next Thursday, on the final night of the regular season, with North Bullitt playing host to Bullitt East.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE – It will be a rare intra-county clash of top-10 teams in Class 5-A on Friday when Bullitt East visits Bullitt Central in the annual renewal of The War.

At least two state-wide polls have both teams listed in the top-10 of the class heading into the game. The Associated Press has Bullitt East third and Bullitt Central eighth while Bluegrasspreps.com has Bullitt East third and Bullitt Central tenth.

Of course, polls mean nothing in this game. This is an intra-county rivalry first and foremost.

HEBRON ESTATES – North Bullitt struck fast, but Bullitt Central was in it for the long haul on Friday in the 39th renewal of The Game.

     The Eagles were up 14-7 after the first quarter and had a chance to move further ahead, but the Cougars stayed the course, scored 27 straight points in the second quarter and then exploded in the second half en route to a 69-28 win in soggy and cold conditions.