Kentucky sports will play a part in an upcoming fund-raiser for the Saints Francis and John Catholic Church in Georgetown.
Auction items include two basketballs signed by John Wall, Eric Bledsoe, DeMarcus Cousins and Patrick Patterson, plus a UK football package that includes a ball signed by Joker Phillips and tickets on the 50-yard-line for an upcoming game.
The fund-raiser will be this Saturday at the DoubleSaints Festival at the Double Stink Farm at Newtown Pike and U.S. 460 in Scott County.
More information is available at the Facebook site, DoubleSaintsFestival.
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
