Mark Mathis

6 days ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Mark Mathis

The transfer portal closes Tuesday. A lot of moves from the portal have had a Kentucky basketball connection, even if said player in the portal didn't land at Kentucky. Take Lamar Wilkerson just a few days ago this week. The former Sam Houston State star was considered the top 3-point shooter left in the portal, and Kentucky went for the guard in a big way. Kentucky wanted Wilkerson bad enough, that the player earned the coveted trip to Keeneland on Sunday with the coaching staff.

1 week ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Mark Mathis

Apollo and Daviess County high schools are playing on new turf baseball fields this season. Owensboro High School is scheduled to join them with new baseball and softball facilities next year. Apollo and Daviess County met on Tuesday night at the DC field, which had new dugouts, a practice-hitting building, and a new wall around the outfield, among other improvements. Apollo's new turf and outfield wall at Eagle Field are similar to what was done at DC.

1 week ago | messenger-inquirer.com | Mark Mathis

Apollo High School baseball coach Brandon Dennis thought the team had a couple of days of the best batting practices he had seen. Those swings the last few days certainly paid dividends in the first inning against Daviess County on Tuesday evening at the DC field. Apollo scored eight runs in the opening frame, getting a 3-run home run from Gunnar Hendricks, a 2-run double from Jackson Carder, a 2-run single from Ross Milburn and another run scoring single from Sam Holder.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Mark Mathis

In a back and forth baseball game that last nine innings and three hours, 16 minutes, Daviess County overcame Owensboro Catholic 12-9 at Independence Field at Chautauqua Park on Friday evening. DC broke a three-game losing streak, went to 8-5 overall and 1-1 in the 9th District. Advertisement“We fought back,” Daviess County coach Austin Clay said. “There were a lot of guys who did a lot of good things out there. We have a good group, they’re a lot of fun to be around. A lot of kids who are tough.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Mark Mathis

Owensboro Catholic completed its string of three baseball games in 24 hours with two wins Saturday that earned it the 3rd Region All ‘A’ Baseball Classic championship. The Aces beat Hancock County 9-1 in the region championship game on a sunny Saturday at Whitesville Community Park. Catholic dropped Whitesville Trinity 13-1 in its first All A regional matchup of the day.