The Sporting Would like to thank and congratulate Wesley Bacon and Emily Twardowski on the outstanding video project produce for their WKU photojournalism class. We also appreciate them sharing their work, so we may bring it to the thousands of ACS Fans via the Sporting Times website. Below is some information on Emily and Wesley.

As autumn fades to winter in South Central, Ky, most high school football teams have hung up their jerseys and put away their cleats, but the Allen County Scottsville Patriots continue to practice into the darkness of daylight savings, preparing for their play-off season. ACS seniors Matt Wade, Cy Williams, and Jacob Drummond along with legendary head coach, Bradley Hood, tell the inspiring story of making history in the town of Scottsville, Ky.

The project was shot, edited and produced by WKU Photojournalism students, Wesley Elizabeth Bacon and Emily Twardowski, as part of a school project called Friday Night Lights. Teams of talented, young photojournalists documented the magic of Friday night football at various high schools in the Bowling Green, Ky area over the course of the 2010 season, and produced a website containing intimate stories within the wins and losses.
 
If you are interested in contacting the producers of Patriot Pride or just interested in seeing more work, please feel free to visit their websites or contact them by email.

Wesley E Bacon

wesleyebacon@gmail.com
www.wesleybacon.com

Emily Twardowski
emily.sadler164@wku.edu

Welcome to the new and improved website for The Sporting Times!. We've worked hard to get this up and going to bring you even more and bring you even closer to all the action. We hope you enjoy all of our new features. You can check out all of our articles that go into our monthly publications, for both region four and region five in our articles section, but check back here for any updates in between publications. We're in the middle of baseball, softball, tennis and track and field seasons and we'll have updates throughout. Anything you want us to mention? Let us know! Just to give you a preview of what to expect in our next issue, Barren County senior pitcher Bart Houchens (pictured) nearly pitched a no-hitter against Bowling Green, then had the game of his life against Monroe County. Not only did Houchens pitch a no-hitter, but he also hit three home runs. We'll have the full story on what's made him such a dominant force on the mound. There's been a youth travel basketball team tearing up the court in Barren County. We spoke to the players and coaches and got the inside scoop on how they accomplished so much this past season and what it was like playing together as a team. Warren East already had a new softball coach in Philip McKinney then before the first pitch, star senior pitcher Kate Holmes tore her left ACL in the basketball district tournament. Amazingly, Holmes has still pitched and pitched exceedingly well. How have the Lady Raider handled their new coach and how has Holmes been able to still play so well? There's been a youth movement at Bowling Green on the softball field for a while now, but now a year older and mature, Kathryn Downing and Brittany Vaughn are leading the charge for the Lady Purples. Glasgow has been on fire to start the season, getting out to the best start in the region. How have the Scotties done it? And much more! Sincerely, Jason Stamm, editor-Region Four