Here is a look at this week’s high school football games involving area schools: Lawrence County (2-0) vs. Russell (2-1) Date: Sept. 9 Site: Luke Varney Jr. Memorial Stadium Kickoff: 7:30 pm Coaches: Alan Short II (Lawrence County); T.J. Maynard (Russell) Players to Watch: QB Alex Strickland, RB Blue…
Read MoreHere is a look at this week’s high school football games involving area schools: Letcher Central (2-0) vs. Pikeville (1-0) Date: Sept. 3 Site: Cougar Field Kickoff: 7:30 pm Radio: WPKE 98.1 FM/104.5 FM Internet: musicradiowpke.com Livestream: mountain-topsports.com Coaches: Junior Matthews (Letcher…
Read MoreChapmanville and Sissonville battled back-and-forth before the Indians held on to eat the Tigers, 24-20, at Joe Sawyers Field on Friday night. Tiger running back Nicholas Farmer had a pair of short touchdown runs in the season-open loss. Quarterback Brody Dalton added a rushing score. Dalton led the…
Read MoreLogan jumped out to an early lead and the Wildcats went on to knock off Chapmanville Regional, 9-1, to claim the sectional championship in a game played at Roger Gertz Field on Monday night. The Wildcats improved to 21-5 overall while the Tigers season ends at 12-20. Korbin Bostic had two hits, including…
Read MoreLogan and Man remain unbeaten in sectional tournament play while Chapmanville remained alive with a victory over Scott. Here is a recap of this past weekend’s sectional games: Chapmanville….10 Scott…………….2 Chapmanville broke open a close game with a five-run, fourth inning as the Tigers…
Read MoreThree Man hurlers combined to no-hit Tolsia as the Hillbillies cruised to an 18-0 win in the sectional tournament matchup played at William “Tootie” Carter Field on Tuesday night. Winning pitcher Preston Blankenship, Bo Thompson, and Drakes Veres combined for nine strikeouts and two walks. Blankenship…
Read MorePaintsville saw a three-run lead slip away as Danville rallied to hand the Tigers a 6-3 road loss on Wednesday night. Losing pitcher Baron Ratliff blasted a home run and knocked in a pair of runs as Tigers fell to 24-9. Gunner Collins added a solo home run and scored twice. Cory Jefferson had a pair…
Read MoreLetcher Central’s Jonah Little hit a solo home run and winning pitcher Canaan Cunniff added three hits to power the Cougars to a 5-1 victory over Floyd Central in a home game played on Tuesday night. Ethan Brown singled and scored the Letcher Central improved to 18-15. Wesley Prater had two hits and…
Read MoreTug Valley made the most of just three hits as the Lady Panthers knocked off Man, 3-1, in a home game played on Monday night. Cassidy Griffey, Haleigh Muncy and Makinnli Farley all had at least one hit and scored as the Lady Panthers improved to 14-11. Autumn Hall struck out 12 batters to earn the win.…
Read MorePikeville erased a seven-run deficit over the final three innings to beat Lawrence County, 9-8, in a road game played on Monday night. Tait Lakin blasted a game-tying, three-run homer in a six-run, sixth inning. Logan Windle doubled home Jake Lowe with the go-ahead run in the seventh as the Panthers…
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