Today's Sports

LOUISVILLE - Bullitt East sprint standout Bobby Harrison stood on the infield grass at the University of Louisville track on Friday night with three medals hanging around his neck.

For most athletes in Kentucky, it would have been an electric moment. For Harrison it was really the end of a frustrating day that saw him come up short of some of his goals, namely a state championship in either the 100- or 200-meter dashes or the 4 X 100-meter relay.

Instead, the senior finished fifth in the 200, and sixth in the 100 while the relay team was fourth.

LEXINGTON - Everybody thinks it and dreams it, but nobody expects it to come true.

But the dreams did become true for the Bullitt East Chargers in the first round of the Forcht Bank/Kentucky State Baseball Tournament on Thursday when the red and gold sent 14 batters to the plate and scored ten runs in the first inning. It was smooth sailing from that point as Bullitt East beat South Laurel 16-5, advancing to Friday’s semi-finals against Owensboro.

HODGENVILLE - Not storms, nor cold bats, nor even a graduation could stop the Bullitt East Chargers from winning the Section III Baseball Tournament last week at LaRue County High School.

The final piece of the puzzle came on Saturday night when the red and gold rode the pitching arm of Brandon Alphin to the title in the best-of-three series against Elizabethtown, winning the third game 6-0. The junior allowed only three hits and only one Panther runner reached third base.

HEBRON ESTATES - Former North Bullitt football standout Dalton Cissell will play on Friday in the Kentucky East-West All-Star game at L.T. Smith Stadium at Western Kentucky University.

There was some confusion back in March when the original rosters were announced. Cissell, the ninth-leading rusher in Kentucky history, was not part of the team. That oversight was corrected and Cissell will wear number 21 on Friday in his final high school football game before heading to the University of Louisville as a preferred walk-on.