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Course Connection
You could say that when Matthew Thompson was a kid, he and his father, Kelly, weren't joined at the hip, they were joined by a golf bag.
"Almost like clockwork, if he knew dad was going somewhere, he'd pick up his golf clubs and was out the door waiting for me," Kelly Thompson recalled on a recent afternoon in the family's Jeffersonville home.
Years later, the two are... More
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Quality Bloodlines
In Thoroughbred racehorses, owners hope that success will be transferred down the bloodlines. It has been so for a well-bred Kentucky family, chock full of academic and athletic Thoroughbreds: the Montanos.
At the age of one, when his father moved the family from a small town on the Eastern Gulf Coast of Veracruz to Mexico City, Angel O. Montano, Sr. could never have known how important a role horses... More
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Nanny's Legacy
First cousins Jennifer Jones and Brad Allen are finishing their senior years at St. Xavier and Assumption. As are all the members of this family, these two are tight. Not only do they run with the same crowd, they have played competitive soccer together since the age of three–thanks to Jennifer being good enough to play on the boys club soccer teams at Mockingbird for six straight seasons. When asked... More
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Deep Roots
If you look up the name Troutman, you may find the definition of “Basketball Family of Bullitt County.” All 13 of the grandchildren of Mac and Ella Troutman of MT. Washington have participated heavily in athletics. Aaron, the oldest grandson, is now coaching at Bullitt East. Ryan and Robert are both playing on scholarships at Tusculum University in Greenville, Tennessee. Justin is studying sport management at the University of Kentucky.... More
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Triplet Power
With the energy and enthusiasm of most teenagers, triplets Nolan, Stewart, and Marissa Higgins pounded each other and their younger brother Matthew with snowballs as they approached the warmth of a local coffee shop to discuss their lives as triplets and as athletes. It wasn’t difficult to get these gregarious 16-year-olds to talk about their passion for sports.
Born one minute apart on May 27, 1991, each of the... More
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