Today's Sports

The 2013 Post 15 Trooper Island Golf Scramble will be held at 10 a.m. Eastern time/9 a.m. Central time June 17 at Lakewood Country Club in Russell Springs. The entry fee for a four-player team is $240. The entry fee includes a cart, lunch and one mulligan per team.
The first-place team will receive four free rounds of golf at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green. The top three teams will receive free entry into the “Big Tournament” (more information at www.biggesttournament.com) and have a chance at more prizes (Hole-in-One and Dixon Challenge).

The Marion County Knights tennis team won the Heartland Conference tournament recently.
The singles final pitted Marion County players against each other, and the tournament favorite, Alex Spalding, won singles  ttitle.  Coach Landon Williams said Spalding continues to progress and attract attention statewide.

The Marion County Lady Knights softball team played games against Campbellsville and Adair County this past week in district play, and then competed in the Jaguar Classic this past weekend at East Jessamine. The varsity team did not play Boyle County, as it was changed to a double junior varsity game Thursday night. After winning three of the five contests, the Lady Knights are 16-7 overall, 6-1 in the district, giving them the No. 1 seed in the district tournament.

The Marion County High School football team held its annual maroon/white scrimmage at John J. Boswell field April 23. Head Coach Jeff Robbins said his team played “extremely hard.”
“We learned many things about ourselves, especially where some key personnel are going to fit in,” he said. “It was a very physical game and I think you can really see the positive results of me having most of these kids in class. I am very proud of all our players and I am very excited to get the 2013 season underway.”