Thursday, October 16, 2008
Former Hopkins County Central swimmer Zach Ford got his first taste of action at the collegiate level on Saturday as the Centre College men’s swim team defeated Rhodes College in Nashville.
Ford took part in three events with two relays and an individual event.
During the 100-yard breaststroke, the former Storm swimmer defeated Rhodes swimmer Garrett Rhodes by nearly 1.5 seconds for fourth place. Ford missed taking third place by less than a second. He finished his first lap with at time of 34.54 and ended at 1:14.21.
In the 200-yard medley relay, Ford swam the second leg and finished in 33.33.
For the 200-yard freestyle relay, Ford took the anchor and collected a time of 25.31 as his team finished third of four in the event.
Women’s cross country
Central graduate Morgan Whitney, now a cross country runner at Kentucky Wesleyan, set a personal record on Sept. 20 in the Old Timers Classic for the Lady Panthers.
Whitney ran the five-mile course in a time of 24:45.20
On Oct. 4, Whitney participated in the Greater Louisville Classic, running a 6K race. She finished 152nd out of 205 racers at 23:57.43.
A week later, Whitney ran in the Border Wars Cross Country Championship, another 6K event. Whitney finished third of five KWC runners with at time of 23:59.26.
The Lady Panthers’ next race is 11 a.m. Saturday at the University of Evansville Invitational.
Football
Virginia Military Institute quarterback Tim Maypray, a former Madisonville-North Hopkins football player, continued his successful season on Saturday by setting a Big South Conference single-season rushing record for a quarterback and helping the Keydets to a 47-20 victory over Coastal Carolina (S.C.).
Maypray rushed 22 times for a career-high 155 yards to push his season total to 696 yards, a new conference record. The game marked the fourth time of the year Maypray rushed for at least 100 yards.
Maypray’s effort led the team to its first conference win since 2005. The win did not come easy though as VMI (3-3, 1-0) trailed 20-10 before scoring the game’s final 37 points.
In addition to his rushing yardage, Maypray completed his only pass of the day to receiver Michael Rainey-Wiles for a 19-yard touchdown with 8:01 left in the third quarter. The score increased the Keydets’ lead to 33-20.
Maypray scored the game’s final points on a 4-yard rush with 3:32 left in the fourth quarter, and he also caught three passes for 59 yards.
VMI will look to continue its winning ways 1:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 25 at Gardner-Webb (N.C.).
Men’s soccer
Centre College goalkeeper Aaron Arndt, a 2006 North grad, led the Colonels to two victories last week with his solid play in goal.
Arndt allowed just one goal over both games. On Friday, Centre defeated Rhodes College (Tenn). 3-1. Rhodes’ lone goal came in the 28th minute, but since Arndt has not allowed a score in 152 minutes of action, including a 2-0 shutout on Sunday against Hendrix College (Ark).
The pair of wins increases Centre’s record to 11-3 overall and 5-1 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The team next plays 4 p.m. Friday at Austin College (Texas).
Women’s swimming
After participating in the U.S. Olympic swimming trials this summer, former Madisonville-North Hopkins swimmer Emile Ewing returned to the pool Sept. 26 for Auburn University, taking part in the school’s annual Orange and Blue meet.
The team divided into two squads, blue and orange, with Ewing a co-captain for the Blue Team, and participated in nine various relay events.
Ewing’s Blue Team came out on top and after the meet, Ewing told auburntigers.com she was impressed by her teammates’ energy.
“The spirit at this meet was more than any other intrasquad meet in the past,” Ewing said. “Having the coaches poolside firing each team up really helped out a lot too, and it is always a lot of fun to race against each other.”
Auburn took the Southeastern Conference championship last season and the Tigers will begin defending their title Friday through Sunday at the War Eagle Invitational at the James E. Martin Aquatics Center in Auburn, Ala.
Women’s volleyball
Barry University (Fla.) junior Julia Ridley collected 17 kills and four blocks last week as the Buccaneers’ volleyball team split two games in Sunshine State Conference play.
Ridley, a 2006 North graduate, had five kills in her team’s first set against Lynn University (Fla.), a 25-23 win on Oct. 7. Barry went on to win the match 3-1, and Ridley had eight kills and three blocks.
Four days later, the Buccaneers took on 10th-ranked Florida Southern, but did not meet the same success. Barry lost in four sets to the Moccasins while Ridley posted nine kills and one block.
The loss dropped the Buccaneers to 8-5 overall and 2-4 in conference.
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