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Page B1May 9, 2012
Suspended jockey Robby Albarado worries his racing career could be at risk as hefights an assault charge that sidelined the veteran rider for the two biggest racingdays at Churchill Downs, his attorney said Tuesday. Attorney Scott Barton entereda not guilty plea for Albarado. The jockey did not attend. Albarado was arrestedFriday and charged with fourth-degree assault. He was accused of accosting awoman who said she was trying to break up with him. Last spring, the jockey faceda domestic dispute charge. Albarado's arrest came hours before he was to ride inthe $1 million Kentucky Oaks, a race for 3-year-old fillies the day before theKentucky Derby. Churchill stewards have suspended him indefinitely from thefamed Louisville track, where he is third on the all-time jockey wins list.
The alleged victims of the Penn State child sexual abusescandal are finding there isn't much in their pasts that thedefense isn't trying to find out. Jerry Sandusky's defenseteam wants to know their IQs, how well they did in schooland even their medical histories. In a series of discoveryrequests made to the attorney general's office in recentmonths, Sandusky lawyer Joe Amendola has sought schooltranscripts, medical records going back to birth, Internetsearch histories, Facebook account details, employment-related documents and cellphone and Twitter records.
Jockey enters not guilty plea to assault chargeChurchill Downs says its financial windfall from Kentucky Derbyweek is on the rise. The Courier-Journal reports Churchill officialssay Derby week earnings before taxes and other accountingmeasures increased about $4.5 million to $5.5 million comparedwith last year. The total amount made by the company fromDerby week isn't disclosed, but when combined with previousannouncements, Derby week profits are up almost $15 millionfrom 2008. Churchill drew a record Derby crowd on Saturday andthe second-largest crowd for the Oaks the day before.
Churchill Derby week earnings grow Defense in Penn St. case digs into pastSPORTS
Reds 6Brewers 1MONDAY MLB
Spurs 87 Jazz 81MONDAY NBA
Clippers 101 Grizzlies 97MONDAY NBA
Southwestern 7Russell Co. 3
HS SOFTBALL
Southwestern 2Russell Co. 1
HS SOFTBALL
Southwestern 12Garrard Co. 1
HS BASEBALL
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS • TRACK
Steve Cornelius PhotosSomerset High School senior Akesha Kirkpatrick (left) won both the 100 meters and the 200 meters atthe Carl Deaton Classic, while Pulaski County High School sophomore Jimmy Goldson (right) won the800 meters and the 1600 meters in the same meet.
Maranda Mills, Pulaski boyskeep on winning track meets
BY STEVE CORNELIUSCJ Sports Editor
GREENSBURG — Both thePulaski County High School boystrack team and Somerset HighSchool freshman Maranda Millscontinue to win on the track.In this past weekend’s Carl
Deaton Classic at Green CountyHigh School, the Pulaski boysrecorded their seventh invitationalwin by scoring a meet-high 175
points — 37.5 points ahead ofrunner-up Somerset High Schoolboys team.Meanwhile, Maranda Mills
continued to dominate all three ofher individual events by pickingup gold medals in the long jump,triple jump and high jump.Mills won the long jump with a
best of 16’06”, won the triple jumpwith a best of 34’08”, and won thehigh jump with a best of 4’08”.Mills also picked up a silver medal
as part of the runner-up LadyJumper 800-meter relay team.There were several other
multiple event winners in themeet, which included Somerset’sAkesha Kirkpatrick, Somerset’sChristian Adams and Pulaski’sJimmy Goldson.Somerset High School senior
Akesha Kirkpatrick won the twofemale sprinting events.Kirkpatrick won the 100 meters
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSTENNIS
Locals makedeep run in
12th RegionalTournaments
Steve Cornelius PhotoSomerset High School’s Reza Katanbaf wasone of several local tennis players to advanceto the quarterfinals of the 12th Region HighSchool Tennis Tournaments at Berea College.
BY STEVE CORNELIUSCJ Sports Editor
BEREA — Several local tennis individualsand doubles teams advanced all the way to thequarterfinals of the 12th Region High SchoolTennis Tournaments, held this past week atBerea College. Somerset High School’s third-seeded Reza
Katanbaf reached the quarterfinals afterreceivng a bye in the first round and defeatingGarrard County’s Spencer Anderson (7-5, 6-2) inthe second round. Katanbaf was eliminated byBerea fifth-seeded Steven Gadd (6-4, 6-2).Pulaski County High School’s fifth-seeded
Haley White advanced to the quarters afterreceiving a bye in the first round and downingLincoln County’s Kylene Williams (6-1, 6-0) inthe second round. White was eliminated byCasey County top-seed Tylyn Leigh (6-2, 6-1). Somerset High School eighth-seeded Kelby
Cowan reached the quarterfinal round after� See TENNIS, Page B2
CJ Staff ReportThe Southern Middle School
Warrior baseball team hostedthe 1st annual Big StickInvitational at Lloyd Johnsonfield this past weekend. TheWarriors took thechampionship of the roundrobin tournament by going 3-0
on the day.In the opening game
Saturday morning, theWarriors shut down theRockcastle Rockets by a scoreof 10 – 0. Wade Purvis pitchedthe entire game for Southernstriking out six and allowingonly three hits and no runs.
The Warriors tallied fifteenhits including Lucas Turpinwith three doubles, Purviswith a single and two doubles,Vincent Boils with threesingles, Hunter Cromer andTrevor Ridner with a singleand double each, and BrandonPruitt and Chandler Gover
each added a single.In Southern’s second game of
the day, the Warriors sentVincent Boils to the moundagainst Barren County as theywere expecting a tough gameafter the Trojans had alreadybeat Meece Middle earlier inthe day by a score of 4 – 0.
However, for Southern, theresults were much the same asin the first game. Southernplated three runs in the firstinning and five runs in thesecond as they cruised to an 11-1 victory in a game shortenedby the mercy rule. Boils went
Southern Middle School wins Big Stick Invitational
MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS • BASEBALL
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