Starting 5: Rob Dillingham vs. Reed Sheppard in NBA summer league, PGA Tour news, more

Posted by Admin July 21, 2024 NBA

Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham were Kentucky basketball teammates, but they recently squared off against each other as professionals for the first time.

Dillingham went 6 of 21 from the field and scored 15 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 93-83 NBA summer league victory over the Houston Rockets. He added five rebounds and six assists Thursday night in Las Vegas.

Sheppard, who played for North Laurel High School, scored a team-high 20 points for the Rockets, making 9 of 17 shots from the field, and added five rebounds and seven assists.

The PGA Tour has scheduled a news conference at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Hurstbourne Country Club to discuss the ISCO Championship.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman are scheduled to speak at the event.

Other speakers include Jimmy Kirchdorfer, chairman and CEO of ISCO Industries; Russell F. Cox, president and CEO of Norton Healthcare; Ashley Butler, executive director of the Lift a Life Novak Family Foundation; Eric Wood of Hurstbourne Country Club; Chandler Kaplan, the PGA Tour’s senior director of tournament business; and emcee T.R. Hollis, the PGA Tour’s tournament director of the ISCO Championship.

The 2024 ISCO Golf Championship wrapped up July 14 at Keene Trace Golf Club near Lexington, and the winner was British golfer Harry Hall.

Around the state: Scott County High School alum scheduled to compete in All-Star Home Run Challenge

Scott County High School softball alum Carly Oliver is scheduled to compete Monday night at the Northwoods League All-Star Home Run Challenge in Mankato, Minnesota.

Seven baseball participants from each of the Great Lakes and the Great Plains divisions will be joined by four players, including Oliver, from the inaugural season of Northwoods League Softball. The event will feature a nine-inning competition, according to a news release.

Oliver just wrapped up her senior season at the University of the Cumberlands, where she was an NFCA second-team All-American and Golden Glove recipient.

The second baseman batted .349, with a team-high 10 home runs.

At Scott County, Oliver was a member of the 2019 All-State team and won KHSAA state championships in 2016 and 2018.

Marshall County High School’s Trinity Beth is one of 25 girls nominated for the 2023-2024 USA TODAY HSSA Girls Golfer of the Year Award, sponsored by Golfweek.

Last year, Beth carded a 3-under-par 141 at Bowling Green Country Club to win her second consecutive state championship.

More: Isaac Sowells, Male offensive lineman, No. 4 player in Kentucky, commits to NC State

Racing Louisville FC is scheduled to host NC Courage at 8 p.m. Friday in a Summer Cup game.
Louisville City FC is set to host Monterey Bay FC at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The Louisville Bats are scheduled to travel to Toledo to play the Mud Hens at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The last game of the series is set for 2:05 p.m. July 28.

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