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High School Sports

  • Early hole is more than BC can overcome

      SHEPHERDSVILLE – A little bit of a nervous start proved fatal for the Bullitt Cougars on Tuesday in the opening round of the Class Act Boys’ Sixth Region Tournament.

    Playing at home for the first time in a regional tournament in four years, the Cougars fell behind Jeffersontown 27-8 midway through the second quarter. Bullitt Central rallied to within 28-22 at halftime and when Jacob Mann drained a three-pointer to open the second half, the maroon and gray were within three points.

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  • Mercy ends NB dream season in Saturday’s final

     VALLEY STATION -- A big crowd and a huge effort couldn’t  pull the North Bullitt Lady Eagles through in the Sixth Region final.

    The Lady Eagles fell to Mercy 64-48 in the championship  game Saturday at Valley High.

    Mercy jumped on top early and North Bullitt could not make a run. In fact, North Bullitt’s only lead of the game came on Hailey Free’s three-pointer to make it 5-4.

    The balanced attack of Mercy and foul troubles for the Lady Eagles were too much for North Bullitt to overcome.

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  • Lady Eagles crush Doss in semi-finals

     VALLEY STATION – Winning a regional semi-final basketball game in Kentucky is never supposed to be easy or a given, but the North Bullitt Lady Eagles had that route on Wednesday as the green and gold crushed 22nd District runner-up Doss 56-22.

    The win moved the Lady Eagles into Saturday’s Sixth Region championship game, a game in which North Bullitt took on Mercy for the right to advance to this week’s Girls’ Kentucky State Basketball Tournament at Northern Kentucky University.

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  • BC, NB fans get a shock from proposed football alignment

     (Football fans should note that this realignment move starts with the 2019 season. The upcoming fall of 2018 season will be played under the alignment of the past three years with the three Bullitt County teams all in the same Class 5-A, District 3 positions.)

     

    SHEPHERDSVILLE – Just when everybody felt they had a handle on football realignment for the 2019-2022 seasons, the KHSAA Board of Control threw a couple of curve balls last week when they unveiled the first proposal of the future of the sport in Kentucky.

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  • THE CURSE IS OVER: North pulls away late to beat East 59-46

     HEBRON ESTATES – How Sweet It Is!

    Following 12 years of frustration that included 25 consecutive losses to their arch-rivals, the North Bullitt Lady Eagles got to savor an oh-so sweet victory on Monday, beating Bullitt East 59-46 in the opening round of the Girls’ Sixth Region Tournament.

    This was the fifth time in the past season seasons that the two Bullitt County programs had met in the regional tournament with Bullitt East winning all of those meetings including last season’s semi-final round win. 

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  • Lady Eagles advance to face Doss on Wednesday

     HEBRON ESTATES – There was plenty of celebrating going on for the North Bullitt Lady Eagles on Monday after the team defeated Bullitt East 59-46 in the opening game of the Girls’ Sixth Region Tournament, but the team will need to quickly get back down to earth and back to work.

    With the win, North Bullitt advances to the semi-finals for the Sixth Region Tournament for the third straight season. The Lady Eagles will take on the Doss Lady Dragons on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in a game at Valley High School.

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  • Cougars advance, Eagles fall in district play

     OKOLONA -- One young coach left the Southern High School gym a happy man.

    Another young coach was left wondering what might have been.

    Jessie Curry’s Bullitt Central Cougars continued a very satisfying season with a 52-47 victory over the host Southern Trojans.

    The victory sent Bullitt Central into the 23rd District championship game against the Moore Mustangs. Both teams would advance to the Sixth Region tournament this week.

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  • North Bullitt takes care of young Lady Cougars

     OKOLONA -- It’s been a long season for the Bullitt Central Lady Cougars. 

    But is one that should pay dividends in a couple of years.

    In the short term, North Bullitt ended the season for Bullitt Central by a score of 61-27 in the semifinals of the 23rd District tournament on Tuesday.

    Pressing the young Cougars, North Bullitt jumped out to a 17-0 lead. By the time coach David Marion pulled off the full-court press, Bullitt Central was down 21-2 with 2:55 left in the first quarter.

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  • OT again, but this time J-town beats the Chargers

     FERN CREEK – For the second time in three weeks, Bullitt East and Jeffersontown needed extra time to decide the outcome on Wednesday in the semi-finals of the Boys’ 24th District Tournament at Fern Creek High School.

    In the end, it was the Chargers dressed in maroon and gray that for the second straight season came up with the win, beating Bullitt East 66-63 this time.

    The setback ended the season for Bullitt East with a 15-16 record.

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  • Sixth Region hoops starting on Monday

     SHEPHERDSVILLE – For the fifth time in the last seven seasons the Bullitt East Lady Chargers and the North Bullitt Lady Eagles will clash in the Sixth Region Tournament as the two local powers will meet on Monday in the opening round of the Sixth Region Tournament.

    While Bullitt East has won the four previous meetings, two in the first round and twice in the semi-finals, this will be the first time that North Bullitt has had the Lady Chargers in the Eagles’ Nest.

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