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Community Sports

  • Back to work as youth teams ready for long haul
     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Once again this season The Pioneer News will run the results from the Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League in each Wednesday edition during the season. The statistics used each week are provided to the newspaper by the league and the individual teams. Questions about yardage, scoring and tackles should be directed to the league and those teams.
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  • Dukes now starting for 4th-ranked Blue Raiders
      SHEPHERDSVILLE – Former Bullitt Central football standout Cameron Dukes is having a breakout season for the Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders. Three seasons removed from being the starting quarterback for the Cougars, Dukes is now the starting quarterback for the Blue Raiders, the fourth-ranked team in the NAIA. Dukes is a sophomore at Lindsey Wilson after redshirting his first season in Columbia, Kentucky.
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  • After three weeks, it’s break time for teams
     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Once again this season The Pioneer News will run the results from the Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League in each Wednesday edition during the season. The statistics used each week are provided to the newspaper by the league and the individual teams. Questions about yardage, scoring and tackles should be directed to the league and those teams.
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  • Football team looks for city improvements
     SHEPHERDSVILLE --  Whether they were the Jets or the Raiders or the Titans, youngsters in Shepherdsville have had the opportunity to play football under some banner for the past 40 years. Grant Knox currently runs the Shepherdsville Titans program. The various teams practice on a pair of baseball fields in the back of Frank E. Simon Park. He is hoping that the Shepherdsville City Council will help improve the lighting situation at the fields.
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  • A little rain couldn’t dampen Youth football
     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Once again this season The Pioneer News will run the results from the Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League in each Wednesday edition during the season. The statistics used each week are provided to the newspaper by the league and the individual teams. Questions about yardage, scoring and tackles should be directed to the league and those teams.
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  • Successful summer for the MW U-11 Mudcats
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  • Youth football gets off to a running start
     SHEPHERDSVILLE -- Once again this season The Pioneer News will run the results from the Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League in each Wednesday edition during the season. The statistics used each week are provided to the newspaper by the league and the individual teams. Questions about yardage, scoring and tackles should be directed to the league and those teams.
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  • MW U-8 All-Stars finish 4-4 at Babe Ruth World Series
     JENSEN BEACH, FLORIDA – The dreams of a Babe Ruth World Series title didn’t quite come true for the Mount Washington Under-8 Softball All-Stars, but the team still turned in a strong performance in the week long event in Florida that concluded on Saturday. Overall, the team finished with a 4-4 record and did claim the title in the ‘Diamond Bracket’, a five-team bracket for all of the teams that didn’t make it at least to the loser’s bracket final.
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  • Change is staring youth football in the eye
    SHPHERDSVILLE – Did you grow up being a Cedar Grove Viking? Did you coach for the Mount Washington Colts? Were you a cheerleader for the Maryville Patriots? Lots of people can answer positively to any of those type questions. A big part of their youth was the Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League. The group will begin its 47th season on Saturday with lots of traditions, but fewer participants.
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  • Youth football is running into a strong head wind
     SHEPHERDSVILLE – The Greater Bullitt County Youth Football League will begin its 47th season of play on Saturday and while that will be a sunny event, there are storm clouds forming on the horizon. The worst words any league president can hear is ‘dwindling participation’ but that phrase has been rattling around in Joe Downs’ head for several years. The problem has become so acute that will have fewer teams than at any time in the past decade.
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