Pendleton County's Clay Knight attacks the ball keeping his opponent from gaining the advantage.

By: Sam McClanahan, Reporter

The Wildcats concluded the 2012 regular season last week as the club was able to notch a lop-sided 6-0 win against Paris, but fell in the finale 3-1 against Harrison County.

The 'Cats go into postseason play with an 8-12 record, and tonight will take on St. Pat in the opening round of the 38th District tournament. The Wildcats defeated St. Pat last month at home in a 7-0 rout.

Last Monday, the 'Cats traveled to Paris and defeated the Greyhounds behind the continued strong play of Aven Harper. The senior mid-fielder scored four goals; a feat that he accomplished four times this season, as the 'Cats and Greyhounds battled each other as well as the elements, as torrential rain blanketed the field throughout the night.

Pictured above: Sanian Thomas and Austin Browning battle for the ball during a recreation soccer match. The Pendleton County Youth Recreation Soccer Program finishes up their season Saturday with the Cat’s Cup.

The Pendleton County Youth Recreation Soccer regular season came to a close Saturday and the Cats’ Cup, a single elimination tournament, is the only thing left to play.  Over 130 PC Youth have competed this season at three different levels.

In the lower division, on Friday night, coach McCann’s and coach Cooper’s teams square off at 6:30 p.m. At the same time, coach Tackett and coach Turner’s teams play. The two winning teams will advance to the Final 4 on Saturday.

All three divisions kick the day off at 9 AM.  Rhoton’s team plays the winner of McCann/Cooper.  Redden’s team plays the winner of Tackett/Turner.

In the middle division, Wood and Bennett play at 9 a.m. and Barnard and Beebe play at 10 a.m. The two winning teams play at 11:30 a.m. for the championship.

In the upper division, Tackett and Best start the day at 9 a.m. and Jones/Melton play at 10 a.m.. The two winning teams play at 11:30 a.m. for the championship.

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The seniors of the 2012 Ladycat volleyball team, Mackenzie Horn, Patricia Harrison, Jennifer Owen, Sarah Schlueter and Brianna Crouch, have noticed one thing is missing in the gym of PCHS. There are regional basketball banners both region and district. There are individual banners honoring those that have had their number retired.

The seniors on the Pendleton County Ladycats volleyball team were honored on Senior Night, Tuesday, October 2. Pictured from left: Patricia Harrison, Brianna Crouch, Mackenzie Horn, Sarah Schlueter, Jennifer Owen.

By Jenny Schlueter

The Pendleton County High School Ladycats volleyball team played their final home game of the 2012-13 season Tuesday, October 2. Five seniors, escorted by parents and family members, walked before the crowd and explained how they became committed to the game of volleyball and who led them there.

The Pendleton County High School NJROTC Color Guard presented the colors at the opening ceremony for the Cincinnati Reds on Friday, September 21, 2012. Pictured above from left: Rosie Red, cadets Charles Jordan, Jessy Souder, Destiny Spicer, Lucidius Witt, and Mr. Red.

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AUSTIN PYLES

By Bruce Reller, Jr., Reporter

The Pendleton County Wildcats came into Highlands High School last Friday hoping to put up a fight with the Bluebirds. However, it wasn't meant to be as Highlands won the game easily 70-0.

“Coach Mueller and his staff do a great job at Highlands. They have a great program," Wildcat head coach Terry Brown said.

This past week, registration forms for both the Future Ladycats and HS Intramural Basketball leagues were distributed at the schools.  Both league practices will start at the end of October with first games starting in November.  For the first time, both leagues are set to run at a different time than the youth boys’ league which will start after Christmas.

“When we were setting down and putting together a calendar for the recreation leagues for the entire year, it hit us that the past schedules put young girls and their parents in a tight spot.”  New Pendleton County Recreation Director Keith Smith explained.

That tight spot was a 1st, 2nd, elementary age girl having to choose between basketball cheerleading or basketball playing.  With boys’ youth basketball, where generally the cheerleaders performed, running concurrently with the girls’ youth basketball league parents had a tough choice.  Either letting their daughters play both, doubling their cost as well as the amount of time they were running to practices/games, or make their 8-year old daughter make pick one.

“That was not a choice that I felt comfortable with making young girls and their parents have to make.”  Smith explained.  “Recreational sports should be about PROVIDING opportunities for our youth, not limiting them.”

As a result, the Future Ladycat youth basketball league will run before Christmas concurrently with the HS intramural league.  The Future Wildcat youth basketball league for elementary age boys will run after Christmas concurrently with the MS intramural league.  Basketball Cheerleading will be with the Future Wildcat youth basketball league.

No hard choices have to be made and young ladies through elementary age can play basketball and cheerlead and find out which one they like and are better at.

Registration forms can be found in several locations if one did not find its’ way home with your child.  They can be picked up at the Griffin Fitness Center at PCHS.  They are listed three times at the Pendleton County web page, www.pendletoncounty.ky.gov/sports/.

They are also found at the PCHS Athletics Forms page www.pendleton.kyschools.us/athleticForms.aspx?form=ath.

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Bringing back Pendleton County High School Alum, Drew Keith, Pendleton County FCA is sponsoring a concert after the PC and Harrison County football game on Friday, Oct 19. Check out the Wildcats as they battle with the Thoroughbreds and then stay for the concert.

Admission is free but FCA is gathering lightly used shoes for ShoeBox Recycling. ShoeBox Recycling collects gently used shoes for reuse. These shoes are ‘worn, but definitely not worn out.’ We work hard to give your shoes a new life, so let our passion for recycling shoes go to work for you.  Recycling shoes helps do the following: Provide affordable shoes to those in need.  Creates micro-enterprises for individuals throughout the world, thus fueling local economies here and abroad.  Keeps them out of the landfills, creating a cleaner, greener planet.  Humanizes the process of shoe recycling with real connections of differing cultures – Recycle your shoes, find your SoleMate™.

Speak As One with Drew Keith is a young group from Brooksville, KY. They are proud and honored to be able to play music for His glory, and want to spread His message of hope and love. This is a music project beyond lyrics and melodies. This is a strive to make a positive difference in people's hearts

So after showing up in droves to help cheer the Cats onto victory over Harrison County, stay and listen to Speak As One with Drew Keith and bring a pair of work but not worn out shoes to help Pendleton FCA.

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PCHS 2012/13 Volleyball Seniors - Mackenzie Horn #11, Brianna Crouch #7, Sarah Schlueter #12, Jennifer Owen #25 and Patrica Harrison #13.

A wise man once said, “It is more fun to win!”, and the Pendleton County Ladycats Varsity Volleyball team is certainly taking that to heart this season. With a current record of 17 wins and eight losses, they are ranked 2nd in Region 10 – a record that has never been earned at PCHS until this year. The Ladycats are excited to continue at this pace as they approach Districts and Coach Laura Buck, in her third year as Varsity coach, says, “The girls are strong and working together as a team.”

Cody Kirsch

With a good start, the Wildcats team started out strong and Senior Lane Weaver went birdie-par to begin their quest for a state tournament appearance. But an approximate 3-hour rain delay changed the course conditions and drained some of the momentum the Cats had teed off with.