http://www.kentucky.com/609/index.xml News, sports, and entertainment from Kentucky.com en-us Copyright 2008 Kentucky.com UK Wildcats RSS 60 Sat, 17 May 2008 03:03:13 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench webmaster@kentucky.com http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407604.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407604.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Mississippi Kentucky

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No SEC Tournament.

No NCAA Tournament.

This year, they can pack their bags.

Kentucky saw to that last night. With a vengeance. James Paxton pitched the deepest and best game of his life, nine innings, no runs allowed.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407605.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407605.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
The former Miss Basketball from Scott County is joining Kentucky's basketball team, Coach Matthew Mitchell confirmed late Friday night.

The two met Thursday, a little more than a week after Gray was granted her release by North Carolina, where she played her freshman year.

"She knew where she wanted to go and she wanted to come to Kentucky and get back to her family," Mitchell said. "And we knew we wanted her here. It was an easy process."

Per NCAA transfer rules, the 5-foot-10 shooting guard will sit out next season and have three years of eligibility remaining at UK.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407603.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/407603.html Sat, 17 May 2008 02:05 EDT
James Paxton twirled a complete-game shutout Friday night as Kentucky blanked Mississippi 9-0 and clinched a spot in next week's Southeastern Conference tournament. The Cats almost certainly will receive an NCAA Tournament bid, too.

"It's been real exciting as of late in the dugout and in the locker room," said senior first baseman Brian Spear, who went 2-for-5 with three RBI on Senior Night at Cliff Hagan Stadium. "We're looking forward to the post-season. We seem to be clicking at the right time."

UK (41-14 overall, 16-13 SEC) takes a seven-game winning streak into Saturday's series and regular-season finale.

"If we win, we've got a possibility to go ahead and host a (NCAA) regional," Spear said. "So we're going to go out and compete."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/406539.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/406539.html Fri, 16 May 2008 07:36 EDT
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SEC All GB

Georgia 19-7-1 34-17-1 --

Vanderbilt 15-12 37-16 41/2

Kentucky 15-13 40-14 5]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/406538.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/406538.html Fri, 16 May 2008 02:05 EDT
Sawyer Carroll homered, doubled twice and singled, driving in six as UK downed Mississippi 12-4 Thursday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Fellow senior Ryan Wilkes had three of UK's 15 hits, driving in two and scoring four.

Left-handers Chris Rusin (6-2) and Andrew Albers kept Ole Miss in check. Rusin, a junior, gave up three runs, two earned, over 62/3 innings. Albers, a senior, yielded one run the rest of the way.

"It was a big win," Coach John Cohen said after the Cats' sixth consecutive victory. "Forty wins for our seniors two of the last three years; (40 wins has) only been done four times in the history of the program and these seniors have done it twice. That's a remarkable effort on their part, and we're not done yet."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/405442.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/405442.html Thu, 15 May 2008 07:31 EDT
Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium

When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 1 p.m. Saturday

TV: Thursday on FSN South

Radio: All games on WLAP-AM 630]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/405368.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/405368.html Thu, 15 May 2008 02:04 EDT
"It's kind of scary," South Carolina Coach Ray Tanner said Wednesday. "And it's kind of exciting."

And it's kind of a big, wonderful, mixed-up mess.

Here's the deal: Eight SEC teams qualify for the conference tournament next week in Hoover, Ala. SEC East Division leader and regular-season conference champ Georgia (19-7-1) has already locked up its spot. Despite this being coaching legend Ron Polk's final weekend before retirement, Mississippi State's poor record (7-20) has eliminated the Bulldogs from contention.

The remaining 10 teams have a shot at the remaining seven spots.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403202.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403202.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03 EDT
"I find that very unfortunate," Brand said in a telephone interview Monday, "and, indeed, untoward.

"It's nothing we want to be widespread."

By getting a commitment from an eighth-grader earlier this month, Kentucky unwittingly sparked a debate in basketball circles about whether it's proper for colleges to seek commitments from prospects who only recently entered puberty.

UK, which also got a commitment from a ninth-grader this year and two other ninth-graders a year ago, is not alone in recruiting such prospects. And, Brand said, the NCAA had already considered such recruiting a problem.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403203.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403203.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03 EDT
On Sunday, UK offered a scholarship to Jeremiah Davis III, who is completing his ninth-grade year at Muncie (Ind.) Central High School.

"I was honored," Davis said Monday about the offer. "I don't know if I'm going to take it yet. I'm still a freshman."

Indiana, Ohio State and Tennessee are among the schools that also have expressed a recruiting interest in Davis. None has yet offered a scholarship, the player's father said.

UK Coach Billy Gillispie saw Davis play in the same recent Akron, Ohio, basketball event that led to commitments from eighth-grader Michael Avery and ninth-grader Vinny Zollo. Davis played on the same AAU team, Indiana Elite.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403201.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/403201.html Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03 EDT
Wiley came up in the top of the ninth inning with two out and runners on first and second and ripped the first pitch into the gap in left-center, scoring Wade and Bryan Rose from first.

Wade's third hit of the game was a single through the left side that scored Collin Cowgill from third in the 10th.

Cowgill finished 2-for-4, including his 18th homer of the year. Wiley went 1-for-4 with a game-high two RBI. Ryan Wilkes extended his hit streak to eight games, going 1-for-4.

The Wildcats turned to Scott Green in the ninth, and he struck out all six of the batters he faced, picking up his sixth win of the year.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/402196.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/402196.html Mon, 12 May 2008 09:37 EDT
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Ryan Wilkes homered and knocked in four runs as the Cats finished off the Volunteers with a 20-5 victory.

The Wildcats trailed 5-3 before taking the lead for good in a five-run fourth inning highlighted by Sawyer Carroll's three-run homer. UK later added five runs in both the fifth and seventh innings to pull away.

UK starter Greg Dombrowski gave up seven hits and five runs -- four earned -- in 21/3 innings before being replaced by Andrew Albers

Albers (7-3) pitched 52/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out eight.]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/402191.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/402191.html Mon, 12 May 2008 02:03 EDT
SEC All GB

Georgia 19-7-1 33-17-1 --

Vanderbilt 15-11 37-15 4

Florida 14-13 30-20 51/2]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401515.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401515.html Sun, 11 May 2008 02:03 EDT
"Well, first of all, I was shocked that Andre fell so low," Lorenzen said this week. "And then I was shocked from the standpoint that we already have four quarterbacks. But I do think it was a great value pick. Andre is a second- or third-round guy and you get him in the sixth round."

Woodson is participating in the Giants' rookie mini-camp this weekend. He'll be trying to put himself in a quarterback rotation that already includes Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning , Lorenzen, former No. 1 overall pick David Carr and journeyman Anthony Wright .

Lorenzen, who served as Manning's backup last season, is no stranger to quarterback competitions. Former UK coach Hal Mumme made waves when he gave Lorenzen, then a redshirt freshman, the job over incumbent Dusty Bonner in the summer before the 2000 season, and Lorenzen also battled with Shane Boyd to keep his job later in his career.

But now Lorenzen is firmly entrenched in what he calls the "most intense competition of my career."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401590.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401590.html Sun, 11 May 2008 08:19 EDT
The University of Kentucky right fielder is the leading hitter in the Southeastern Conference. And he'll undoubtedly be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft this June.

That makes Sawyer Carroll plenty unusual. But during a recent interview, it was what Carroll didn't say that said everything.

Carroll answered all the questions about his baseball success but never once mentioned the series of obstacles he had to overcome to achieve them.

"To me, that's what makes his story incredible," said John Cohen, coach of the Wildcats. "This is a kid who has been through an amazing childhood. ... I can safely say he's been through more than any player I've coached in 15 years of coaching, as a kid."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401605.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401605.html Sun, 11 May 2008 09:02 EDT
Kentucky TEnnessee

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Avery has decided to enroll at Crespi High School in Encino, after also considering attending Culver Academy, a private school in Indiana.

The report said Avery is officially registered at Crespi.

"I hope the hoopla will disappear after he's at Crespi and with his teammates," Crespi Coach Russell White told reporter Eric Sondheimer on Saturday. "I realize this is a new situation for me and my staff. I've got to focus on getting him acclimated and accepted to our program for who he is."]]> http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401527.html http://www.kentucky.com/609/story/401527.html Sun, 11 May 2008 02:03 EDT
Although the chancellor of the University of Maryland system, Brit Kirwan, was quoted in USA Today last week as calling the recruitment of eighth-grade players "appalling," Gillispie suggested school presidents don't understand the changing nature of recruiting.

"If you're in recruiting, it's very, very competitive," Gillispie said at a news conference on Saturday. "You start earlier and earlier all the time because you're seeing guys earlier.

"It's a little bit different for us, maybe, than for university presidents."

When asked at a news conference on Saturday if he'd recruit, say, a 12-year-old, Gillispie said, "I'd never say never.]]>