Sports

Hard work and dedication paid off for five local athletes, as they will head to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Track and Field meet, May 17-19 at the University of Louisville.

Grant County High School junior Taylor Cummins was the lone representative for her school, qualifying in the discus throw event with a distance of 85 feet, 3 inches.

It was the first time qualifying in the discus throw event, an event she just started performing in about three weeks ago.