Kentucky Football Notebook

Wrapup Notes From Win at Louisville; Mansour Named National Kickoff Specialist of the Week; Ticket Office Open Monday
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The First Tee Open at Pebble Beach is a 54-hole golf event, the first of
its kind, featuring 78 Champions Tour players and 78 junior golfers
ages 15-18. In addition to the Champions Tour players and juniors, 156 amateurs complete the field. After two rounds of play in team competition, Middlesboro’s Brandon Bisceglia, representing First Tee Pine Mountain, and his professional partner Ted Schulz, are tied at the top of the leaderboard with Tom Kite and junior player Kortnie Maxoutopoulis.
Schulz shot a blistering 8 under par in round two to vault from a tie for 10th all the way to the top spot in the professional tournament.
He holds a 3 shot lead over both Kite and Mark Calcavecchia entering final round action.

Professional / Junior Second Round Results
Tom Kite / Kortnie Maxoutopoulis 64-65—129
Ted Schulz / Brandon Bisceglia 66-63—129
Olin Browne / Caroline Belmont 65-66—131
Tom Pernice Jr. / Jason Park 65-66—131
Russ Cochran / Spencer Jones 68-64—132
Wayne Levi / Stephanie Carlozzi 63-69—132
Michael Allen / Blake Toolan 68-65—133
Mark Calcavecchia / Kirsten Keyser 63-70—133
Bobby Clampett / John Louie 69-64—133
David Frost / Kyle John 67-66—133
Mike Hulbert / Ashley Noda 64-69—133
Tom Purtzer / Chris Petefish 67-66—133
Fulton Allem / Aaron Burton 71-63—134
Tom Lehman / Brett Silvernail 66-68—134
Peter Senior / Matthew Taylor 65-69—134
Scott Simpson / Madilena Mendiola 66-68—134
Lance Ten Broeck / Melanie Chambers 65-69—134
Denis Watson / Austin Smotherman 66-68—134
Tom Watson / MarTavious Adams 68-66—134
D. A. Weibring / Cody Taylor 66-68—134
Chip Beck / Blake Billups 65-70—135
Mark O’Meara / Briana Mao 69-66—135

Pollock sets rushing record

BARBOURVILLE, Ky. – It should’ve been a time to celebrate the rushing prowess of Terence Pollock, but the question of ‘what if’ spoiled the moment as miscues cost Union in a 47-36 season-opening loss to visiting Campbellsville (Ky.) Saturday.

Fifth-year senior Pollock (Orange Park, Fla.) recorded his 13th career 100-yard rushing game as racked up 163 yards and a score on 26 carries in becoming Union’s all-time leading rusher. The 5-foot-10 tailback now has 2,972 career rushing marks as he went from third on the list to first, surpassing Scott Russell (2,854) and Clarence Mackey (2,822).

“We are excited for Terence,” said Union coach Tommy Reid. “He had a big game and came up huge for us several times in crucial situations. He is very deserving of this.”

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Kentucky 23, at Louisville 16

Sept. 4, 2010 * Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium, Louisville, Ky.

Team Records and Series Notes

* This was the season opener for both teams.
* Kentucky leads the series, 14-9, including 6-3 in games played in Louisville. The Wildcats have won four in a row vs. Louisville.
* Kentucky outrushed Louisville, 230-to-190. The team with the most rushing yards has won the last 12 games in the series.
* UK’s Mike Hartline is now 3-0 versus Louisville as a starter, becoming the first UK QB to go 3-0 as a starter in the Governor’s Cup series.

UK Team Notes
* Kentucky opened its 120th season of intercollegiate football.
* Kentucky won the opening toss and elected to receive.
* Kentucky is now 82-33-5 in season openers, including 9-15-1 in season openers played away from home.
* Kentucky has won its fourth-consecutive season opener. It is UK’s longest season-opening win streak since winning eight in a row from 1987-94.
* Kentucky has won 16 consecutive regular-season non-conference games.
* Kentucky has won its fourth-consecutive game in the Governor’s Cup race. It marks UK’s longest win streak against the Cardinals since winning seven straight from 1912-1994.
* Kentucky’s balanced offense totaled 230 rushing yards and 236 passing yards.
* Kentucky’s 466 yards of total offense was the most since gaining 488 yards in the 2009 opener vs. Miami-Ohio.
* Kentucky did not turn the ball over for the third time in the last four road games.
* The Wildcats have won four straight games on the road dating back to the win at Auburn on October 17, 2009. (at Auburn, at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, at Louisville)
* Kentucky rushed for 230 yards, which is the most rushing yards since running for 308 at Vanderbilt on November 14, 2009.
* The game set a new attendance record at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium of 55,327

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Here are some photos from game one of the Appalachian Bowl. We’ll be adding more photos over the course of the weekend from game two.

Game 1: Johnson Central 29 Knox Central 28 OT
Both teams score in overtime, but Knox Central tries for two and the win and doesn’t convert.

Game 2: Clay County 43 Middlesboro 42
Middlesboro leads 35-7 with 9 minutes left in the third quarter, but can’t hang on as Clay County takes their first lead of the game on a two point conversion with :24 seconds to play. The Yellow Jackets fall to 1-2 on the year. They’ll return home to play Lee High, VA this Friday night. It’ll be Hall of Fame weekend at Middlesboro this weekend.

LAUREL BOWL AT PINEVILLE
Pineville 48 Berea 14
Here are a few photos from Ray Welch who covered the Laurel Bowl for us. Included are Pineville Offensive MVP Cody Hendrickson and Defensive MVP Eric Raby. Pineville improves to 2-0 on the season and will host Lynn Camp this Friday.

Corbin, Ky., native wins two tickets to any and every game in the 2010-11 athletics season

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky fan Evan Akins, 28, of Corbin, Ky., had been to two UK Athletics events his entire life. Now, thanks to Kentucky’s Big Blue Bucket List campaign on Facebook, Akins will be able to go to any and every athletic event during the 2010-11 season. continue reading

Last Meeting
1 2 3 4 Score
Louisville 7 0 6 14 27
Kentucky 10 7 0 14 31
Scoring Summary
1st 9:34 UK Seiber 26-yd fi eld goal, 11-57, 5:26
1st 5:37 LOU Anderson 6-yd run (Payne kick), 9-79-3:51
1st 5:23 UK Locke 100-yd kickoff return (Seiber kick)
2nd 2:47 UK Conner 2-yd run (Seiber kick), 10-85-5:36
3rd 11:29 LOU Payne 23-yd fi eld goal, 7-29-3:19
3rd 4:58 LOU Payne 42-yd fi eld goal, 7-0-4:03
4th 14:16 LOU Graham 5-yd from Burke (Payne kick), 10-59-5:09
4th 8:55 UK Locke 2-yd run (Seiber kick), 12-73-5:15
4th 7:49 LOU Guy 66-yd from Burke (Payne kick), 2-66-0:57
4th 4:28 UK Cobb 12-yd from Hartline (Seiber kick), 3-24-1:03

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The Lincoln Memorial University women’s soccer team will get the 2010-11 athletics season rolling for all LMU sports this week when it plays the season-opener against Young Harris College.  The Lady Railsplitters host YHC Thursday September 2 at 2:00 p.m. on the LMU soccer field in the solo event.    continue reading

ESPN’s Erin Andrews to Appear at Women’s Clinic

Andrews is special guest at 2010 Women’s Clinic

LEXINGTON, Ky. – ESPN’s Erin Andrews will appear as a special guest at the 2010 Women’s Clinic.

Andrews joined ESPN in May 2004 as a reporter for the network’s NHL coverage. Since the 2004 season, Andrews has served as a reporter for the ESPN College Football Saturday telecast, the Saturday Primetime college basketball game and Big Ten college basketball coverage. In 2005, she began reporting from the sidelines of the ESPN College Football Thursday Primetime series and added Major League Baseball sideline reporting to her responsibilities. She is now also assigned to the season-long Monday Night Baseball telecast.

The women’s clinic, designed for women with all levels of basketball knowledge, is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 6:00 p.m. ET. Attendees will learn the Dribble Drive Motion offense, get a tour of the Cats’ state-of-the-art practice facility, and coaches’ offices. There will also be scheduled presentations that include behind-the-scenes looks at UK video, strength and conditioning and sports injury/rehabilitation lectures, as well as a Q&A with Coach Calipari, staff and current players.

Registration for the women’s clinic will be from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. on October 6th in the Joe Craft Center.

There cannot be any recruitable age participants at the Women’s Clinic. Any person entering 7th grade-12th grade will not be allowed to register or attend.

Registration is available at www.ukathletics.com/camps. For more information, please contact the Kentucky Basketball office at 800.852.2875 or 859.257.1916.

UK Head Football Coach Joker Phillips:

We selected captains yesterday. Randall Cobb will be the offensive captain and DeQuin Evans will be the defensive captain. We will have two game captains selected for this game. Mark Hartline will be on offense and Ricky Lumpkin will be on the defensive side of the ball.
I know Rich (Brooks) always started off with the injuries. I’ll do that. The injury report, (Nick) Melillo everybody knows will be out. He was our starting tight end, worked himself up to being our starting tight end. Dakotah Tyler has a high ankle sprain and he will be out. Then obviously Gene McCaskill will have surgery tomorrow and be out for this game also.
We’ll get back some important people tomorrow for practice. Jonathan George, Donte Rumph, Danny Trevathan, Chandler Burden and Collins Ukwu will be back. We really lucked out yesterday with CoShik Williams. He will be back on Wednesday. His injury is not as severe as we thought it is just an ankle sprain, not a high ankle sprain. He should be back on Wednesday. He’s a guy we’re counting on a lot in our special teams and also as a backup running back.

Aug 30 2010
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Kyle Wiltjer highlight reel

FOOTBALL
Congratulations are in order for our three local high school football teams as they all claimed victories this week.
Pineville was a 43-6 winner at McCreary Central and will open at home this week in the Laurel Bowl against Berea.
Bell County returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and was never threatened in a 55-8 win over Madison Central in the Heart of Kentucky Pigskin Classic at Marion County. The Bobcats are off this week and will next play in their home opener against Whitley County in two weeks.
Middlesboro bounced back from their Week 1 loss to Alcoa to defeat Letcher County Central 13-9. Middlesboro goes to Clay County to play the Tigers this week in the Appalachian Bowl. Knox Central and Johnson Central will meet in the first half of that doubleheader.

VOLLEYBALL
Harlan’s girls won the All A Volleyball regional title with a pair of 2-1 wins over Oneida Baptist and Middlesboro. The Lady Dragons will represent the 13th Region at the All A State Tournament in Richmond on September 11th.

by Shane Anglin, Cumberlands Sports Information Graduate Assistant

This season the University of the Cumberlands football team is in pursuit of a fourth straight Mid-South Conference (MSC) Championship.  The past three years the Patriots have won the MSC East Division; however, this year comes with a new challenge of transitioning as they have been moved into the West Division.  Although, this is the Cumberlands first year in the West the coaches have voted unanimously for the Patriots to win the division.

The season opener for the Patriots was a Top 15 matchup as #11 University of the Cumberlands traveled to Dyersburg, TN on Saturday, August 28^th to take on #8 McKendree University in the Big River Bowl.  The game was a hard fought battle with McKendree pulling out the win 34-27 in the final seconds of the game. continue reading