10-20-10 — The Wayne County Cardinals, 4-5 on the season and coming off a 44-13  

district win at Taylor County, wrap up the regular season this Friday  

night, at Clinton County. The Bulldogs are 0-9 on the season and  

coming off a 46-6 home loss to Campbellsville. The contest marks the  

7th meeting between the two border rivals, with the Cards winning the  

previous six, including a 52-0 decision at Jewell Field in 2009.

    Wayne County has locked up a state playoff appearance and already,  

knows their opponent is Breathitt County, but the Cards have much to  

play for in the regular season finale.

    "We certainly want to win four of our last games and go into the  

post season with a .500 record. We respect Clinton County and  

watching them on film and in person, their kids play hard, so we'll  

have to show up ready to battle," said Cards head coach Shawn Thompson.

    The Cards are averaging 28.5 points per game on offense led by  

senior running back Devin Sloan. Sloan has 830 rushing yards, on 123  

attempts with 7 touchdowns, while fellow senior Travis Pace has 336   

rushing yards and 4 scores.

    "Our running game, with the exception of the Somerset game has been  

pretty decent. Devin for a first year senior has played extremely  

well and Travis continues to make plays both running and catching the  

football," said Thompson.

    Junior quarterback Shawn Dishman leads the team with 8 rushing  

touchdowns and has 297 yards, on 136 attempts. Dishman has made  

improvement in the passing game and has completed 47 of 99 attempts  

for 607 yards with 4 touchdowns, against 7 interceptions.

    Kyle Gehring has been the leading receiver with 16 catches for 228  

yards and 3 touchdowns.

    "We are in the final week of the regular season and all season its  

been a real struggle to actually have all 11 offensive starters on  

the field. We've lost a bunch of snaps to injury, so hopefully we can  

play well at Clinton County and leave the game, healthy," said Thompson.

    The Cards offense should have a chance to fire on all cylinders this  

week, as the Bulldogs allow 39 points per game.

    "We're still shooting to put together four complete quarters of  

football. Offensively we have to play clean from penalties and as  

always take care of the football, when we do that we have potential  

to be pretty good," said Thompson.

    Clinton County, at 0-9 is one of 13 winless teams left in the state,  

but has had chances. The squad opened the season with an 8-6 loss at  

Berea and four weeks later lost in double-overtime to Caverna 26-20.

    "Confidence is a funny thing, I know with our team a few plays here  

or there we could be looking at another couple of wins. Clinton  

County is in a four-team district so I know just like us they want to  

enter the post season on a high note," said Thompson.

    The Bulldogs, under the second year direction of head coach Jamie  

Miller, average 10.6 points per outing and face a Cardinal defense  

that allows 30 points per game.

    "The big play has killed us all year. We swarm the ball pretty well,  

but a blown assignment and we just don't have the speed to correct  

our mistake. Speed can cover up a lot of miscues," said Thompson.

    Wayne County knows a road trip to Breathitt County is up next, could  

the Cards be looking ahead?

    "I certainly hope not. We respect Clinton County and know with our  

border rivals it will be a battle, so our intensity has to be there  

from the opening whistle. Our focus is on Clinton County and getting  

our record to 5-5," said Thompson.

    Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. Friday night, at Clinton County High  

School's Bulldog field.

    

W.C. 4-H Shooting Sports members win awards at state competition

    The following are the results for the 4-H Shooting Sports State  

Shooting Competition 2010:

Sharp Shooters

    9-11 age group

    Austin Bell—2nd place Individual Air Rifle Target; 1st place Team  

Air Rifle.

    Morgan Crabtree—2nd place Individual BB Rifle; 1st place Team BB  

Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol; 2nd place Individual 22 Sport  

Rifle; 1st place Team 22 Sport Rifle.

    Brandon Gregory—first place Individual Air Rifle Target; 1st place  

Team Air Rifle Target; 3rd place Individual 22 Sport Rifle; 1st place  

Team 22 Sport Rifle; 1st place Individual BB Rifle; 1st place Team BB  

Rifle.

    Lexie Malone—1st place Team Air Rifle Target.

    Sarah Troxell—3rd place Individual Air Rifle Target; 1st place Team  

Air Rifle Target; 1st place Team 22 Sport Rifle; 2nd place Team Air  

Pistol.

    Emma Turner—1st place Team BB Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Grant Ward—1st place Team 22 Sport Rifle; 3rd place Individual 22  

Target Rifle; 1st place Team BB Rifle.

    Breanna Wray—2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    

12-14 age group

    Matthew Huthchison—2nd place Individual BB Rifle; 2nd place Team BB  

Rifle; 3rd place Individual 22 Target Rifle; 1st place Team 22 Target  

Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Josh Jones—1st place Team Air Rifle Sport; 1st place Team 22 Target  

Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Nicholas Kidd—1st place Team Air Rifle Sport; 2nd place Team BB Rifle.

    Jacob Ogle—1st place Team Air Rifle Sport; 2nd place Team BB Rifle.

    J.T. Troxell—1st place Team Air Rifle Sport; 1st place Team 22  

Target Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Marcus Brown—2nd place Team BB Rifle; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

15-19 age group

    Mariah Brown—2nd place Team 22 Pistol; 2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Jacob Burton—2nd place Team 22 Target Rifle.

    Sammy Gregory—2nd place Team Air Pistol.

    Brandi Hubler—1st place Individual Air Pistol; 2nd place Team Air  

Pistol; 2nd place Team 22 Target Rifle; 2nd place Team 22 Pistol.

    Hank Hubler—3rd place Individual 22 Pistol, 2nd place Team 22  

Pistol; 2nd place Team Air Pistol; 2nd place Team 22 Target Rifle.

    John Ogle—2nd place Team 22 Target Rifle; 2nd place Team 22 Pistol.

    

Archery

    1st place Team Recurve Bow—Grace Bradley, Logan Decker, Andrew New  

and Taylor Bell.

Trap

    James Smith—1st place Individual Trap in the 15-18 age group.