Thursday, October 30, 2008
As Major League Baseball’s World Series winds to a close, former Hopkins County Central slugger Will Cartwright participated in his own World Series – Murray State University’s annual Navy-Gold World Series.
Cartwright and the Racer baseball team played a three-game series during the weekend with the Storm graduate siding with the Navy squad.
Although the Navy team lost the series 2-1, Cartwright turned in a solid performance at the plate, including a multi-hit day in Sunday’s finale.
For Cartwright, the highlight of the weekend came on Sunday when he blasted a solo home run to left center field, which hit the scoreboard.
“It was about 395, almost 400 feet, so it was a pretty good shot,” Cartwright said.
The blast gave Navy a 5-1 advantage as the team went on to win 7-1.
Cartwright said the hit came on a first-pitch fastball from a left-handed pitcher and he couldn’t think of a better way to end fall practice.
“It felt pretty good because I redshirted last year and I wanted to really prove myself this fall,” he said. “To come out on the last day and hit one out, I hope it’s a good mentality for the coaches to keep me in mind for the spring.”
Along with the homer, Cartwright recorded a single to left field and three walks.
In the field, Cartwright started at third base each of the three games.
On Saturday, the sophomore collected his lone hit on a two-strike double to right centerfield.
“I was just battling and trying to go the other way,” he said. “I got a fastball on the outer part of the plate and hit it the other way.”
While the conclusion of the Navy-Gold series marks the end of fall practice, the workload will not stop for Cartwright.
“I got weights at 4 p.m. and we started a long-toss program (Wednesday),” he said. “We go back to four-on-ones, like individual workouts, skills, training with our coaches to improve even more. We’ll do that until finals time in December, so it doesn’t stop.
“As soon as we come home from Christmas break, that’s pretty much when our season starts because we start playing games in February.”
Women’s cross country
Kentucky Wesleyan cross country runner Morgan Whitney competed in the Great Lakes Valley Championship on Saturday in Rolla, Mo.
Whitney, a former Central runner, finished in 75th place with time of 27:39.48 and placed third of five Wesleyan participants.
Football
Former Madisonville-North Hopkins football player Tim Maypray helped the Virginia Military Institute Keydets to an impressive second-half performance against Gardner-Webb University on Saturday, but ultimately fell short 34-27.
VMI (3-4) trailed 24-6 at halftime to the Big South Conference foe Bulldogs, but scored on the team’s first possession of the second half, capped by a 46-yard pass from Maypray to receiver Michael Rainey-Wiles.
The touchdown was the team’s first completed pass of the day; Maypray finished two-for-four passing with 53 yards.
In addition to his aerial feats, Maypray rushed 25 times for 145 yards, including a long of 42 yards. It was his fifth 100-yard game of the season.
Men’s soccer
Centre College goalkeeper Aaron Arndt made four saves en route to recording another shutout as the Colonels’ soccer team defeated DePauw University 1-0 on Saturday.
Arndt graduated from North in 2006 and with the shutout helped Centre to improve to 13-4 overall and 6-2 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
The Colonels’ next game is a non-conference match-up 4 p.m. Sunday at home against Maryville College (Tenn).
Women’s soccer
Former North soccer standout Laura Nance notched both a goal and an assist for the Kentucky Wesleyan Lady Panthers on Tuesday in the team’s 2-1 win over Hanover College (Ind.).
The game marked the final of the season for Wesleyan and Nance made sure to leave her mark, contributing on both scoring plays for the Lady Panthers.
Nance’s assist to teammate Stephanie Butler gave the team a 1-0 lead at the 25:41 mark, her first assist of year.
As the half winded down, Nance took the ball herself and scored unassisted to increase Wesleyan’s advantage to 2-0 in the 39th minute.
The goal marked her fourth of the year and Nance ended the season tied for fourth-best on the team.
Nance finished the game with four shots, three of which were on goal, and with her effort helped to boost the team’s final record to 7-13-1.
Men’s swimming
Centre College swimmer Zach Ford continued his freshman season on Friday in a dual meet against The University of the Cumberlands.
Ford, who starred last year at Central, competed in three races, but the Colonels eventually lost the meet, 168-94.
Swimming in just his third collegiate meet, Ford participated in the 200-yard medley relay, 100-yard breast stroke (1:13.09) and 200-yard breast stroke (2:40.57).
Women’s swimming
Emile Ewing, a 2005 North graduate, was one of 21 Auburn swimmers and divers selected as Academic All-Americans by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America last week.
Ewing posted a 3.72 grade-point average last year to help the women’s team claim All-Academic Team status.
The Tigers will take on Southeastern Conference foe University of Georgia at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 in the team’s first dual meet of the year.
Volleyball
Barry University volleyball player Julia Ridley has averaged 10 kills per contest during the past week, but the Buccaneers, as a team, have not enjoyed the same level of success.
After losing 3-2 to Nova Southeastern (Fla.) on Oct. 21, Barry bounced back with a 3-1 win over Rollins College (Fla.) on Friday, but dropped its next two matches to Florida Tech and Lynn University (Fla.).
During the Bucs’ first two games of the week, Ridley, who graduated from North, posted identical stats of 10 kills and three blocks.
Ridley’s most impressive day statistically came in her team’s 3-2 loss to Florida Tech when she recorded 14 kills and once ace.
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