Ohio County Times

Five Ohio County soccer players attended the North Carolina Tarheels Soccer Camp in Chapel Hill recently. Leslie Chinn, front right, was chosen out of 400 attendees to be honored on the 18-player All-Star squad. Pictured L-to-R back row: McKenzie Ward, Lindsey Woolen and Kaitlyn Black. Front row: Jessika Black and Leslie Chinn.

Five local soccer players attend UNC camp

Five Ohio County girls were afforded the opportunity recently to attend the prestigious North Carolina Tarheels Soccer Camp on the campus of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. The Tarheels camp was attended by 400 players aged 13-18 from throughout the country, and was conducted by legendary UNC head coach Anson Dorrance, the holder of more NCAA Division I soccer titles than any other coach in history. Dorrance also coached the United States’ women’s World Cup soccer team to a gold medal in the early ‘90s.

Local golfers fare well in final GOJGS standings

As reported last week, two local golfers won the overall season point titles in their divisions of the 2007 Greater Owensboro Junior Golf Tour. Dawson McDaniel claimed the 8-and-under boys’ title while Jordan Overstreet took the title in the 13-15 boys’ group. The GOJGT included nine tournaments staged at various courses in western Kentucky, with the tour championship event played last Monday, July 9, at The Summit in Owensboro.

Eagle football opens practice, team camp next week

The 2007 Ohio County High School football Eagles officially began practicing this Monday for the upcoming 2007 gridiron season. Coach Dan Crume’s squad is working out in the evenings most of this week, with one morning workout slated for Wednesday. Following KHSAA guidelines, July 15 was the first day high school teams could practice, with players restricted to helmets and shoulder pads for the first week and a half of workouts. Full-contact practices in full football pads begin next Thursday, July 26.

Fall sports coaches on guard against summer heat

With the beginning of fall sports practices in football, soccer, golf, volleyball, and cross country also comes awareness of the dangers of high heat and humidity. Last year’s tragic death of Henderson County football player Ryan Owens, in which heat exhaustion was a “significant contributing factor”, drove this fact home to area coaches. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association has established “heat guidelines” for conducting practice sessions, including monitoring of the “heat index”, which combines temperature with humidity. According to the KHSAA, the “heat index” must be measured 30 minutes before the activity is to begin. Even if the index is below 95 degrees, coaches are admonished to provide their athletes with adequate water, provide water breaks every 30 minutes, and provide cooled towels, along with watching players closely for signs of heat distress.

King places in Kentucky state amateur golf tournament

Hartford golfer Lars King continued his strong play in last week’s KGA-PGA Junior Golf Amateur Championship, placing 18th in the 15-16-year-old boys’ division. The two-day tournament, played at Radcliff’s Lindsay Golf Course last Wednesday and Thursday, included a field of the state’s best junior players in several age and sex divisions.