Today's Sports

Swimming has been added to the Mid-South Conference’s championship lineup beginning in 2014-15, MSC Commissioner Eric Ward has announced.

Men and women’s swimming becomes the 21st and 22nd championship sports sponsored by the Mid-South. The conference championship is scheduled to be contested Feb. 6-7 in Williamsburg, Ky.

The Washington County boys and girls golfers traveled to Bardstown Country Club (playing the Maywood Course) to face off against Bethlehem in their opening match of the 2013-2014 season.

WC fared well on the girls’ side, with sophomore Emily Cox carding a 40 in the contest and freshman Faith Whitaker following behind with a 66, three strokes ahead of Bethlehem’s lone female competitor.

Led by senior Luke Mattingly and sophomore Jim Cecconi, who both scored 45 apiece, the WC boys’ team posted an overall team score of 187.

Washington County volleyball head coach Anne Mudd and her Commanderettes will be taking this season one game at a time, something she stresses to her team at the start of each season.

“We have our hopes, have our dreams., and the girls want to have a successful season, of course, but whatever the outcome of the present game, we just have to work to do better the next game,” Mudd said. “That’s how we’ll reach our goals as a team.”

But that doesn’t mean the team doesn’t have confidence in its abilities.

The first time JoHanna Spalding saw her sister, Shelby, play volleyball, she was hooked. She was captivated by how quickly the ball moved from player to player, but she was especially fascinated by the hitting. That was definitely what stuck out the most.

But even if she had not been awestruck by the game at first sight, it’s safe to say that she would have pursued the sport anyway. Shelby played, and that was the most important aspect for JoHanna.