Today's Sports

Julie Thompson went to back-to-back state tournaments as a basketball player at Washington County High School, but it wasn’t until this year that she was able to capture her first state championship.

This time around, though, she wasn’t playing basketball; she was pitching horseshoes.

Thompson, who now lives in Bardstown, was 17 when she first picked up the sport in 2007 after she went with her boyfriend to a couple of the state horseshoe pitching tournaments.

After winning its first 12 games of the season, the Washington County Commanderette volleyball team(14-2, 2-2) have dropped two of the squad’s last four games.

But it’s how WC has responded after each loss that has impressed assistant coach Casey Mudd the most. The team went 6-7 in games following a loss, but a win this past Monday against the Anderson County Bearcats (8-5) improved their record in that department to 2-0 on the season.

This past weekend, Washington County sophomore golfer Emily Cox played in her fifth straight All-A State Classic.

She placed in the top 40 after carding a 102 at Eagle’s Nest Country Club in Somerset.

In her past two All-A State Classics, Cox shot an 84 at each event, even clinching a spot in the top 10 last year.

This year’s top performer — Olivia Cason of Owensboro Catholic High School — carded a 74 on the evening.

The event featured 77 players from All-A-eligible high schools from around the state.

The Washington County Commanderette (12-1, 2-1) volleyball team’s bid for perfection ended on Monday night after a 3-0 (25-19, 24-21, 25-18) loss to the Bethlehem Banshees (13-2, 5-0).

The Commanderettes were one of only seven teams — WC, Mercy, Oldham County, Assumption, Jackson City, East Ridge, Monroe County — left in the state with an undefeated record going into Monday night’s action, a number that is now down to four after losses by WC, Assumption and Monroe County.