Shelby Valley (10-2) at Beechwood (11-1) Date: Nov. 18 Site: Edgar McNabb Field Kickoff: 7:30 pm Coaches: Anthony Hampton (Shelby Valley); Noel Rash (Beechwood) Players to Watch: RB Jayden Newsome, RB Brady Bentley (Shelby Valley); QB Clay Hayden, RB Chase Flaherty (Beechwood) Road to the regional…
Read MoreShelby Valley running back Jayden Newsome willed his team to a second-round playoff victory over upset-minded Middlesboro. Newsome scored on a one yard run out of the Wildcat formation to lift the Wildcats, 28-21, in a game played at Hobart Clay Johnson Field on Friday night. Valley, now 9-2, lost quarterback…
Read MoreKENTUCKY Shelby Valley (9-2) vs. Middlesboro (7-3) Date: Nov. 11 Site: Hobart Clay Johnson Field Kickoff: 7 pm Radio: WZLK 107.5 FM/Mountain Top Media App Coaches: Anthony Hampton (Shelby Valley); Larry French (Middlesboro) Players to Watch: QB Russ Osborne, WR Brady Bentley (Shelby Valley); QB…
Read MoreShelby Valley struck early and often as the Wildcats eliminated Morgan County, 55-0, in the opening round of the Class 2A playoffs at Hobart Clay Johnson Field on Friday night. With the win, Valley, now 9-2, will host Middlesboro this coming Friday night. Kickoff is 7:30 pm. Quarterback Russ Osborne…
Read MoreCLASS 2A PLAYOFFS SHELBY VALLEY (8-2) vs. Morgan County (1-9) Date: Nov. 4 Site: Hobart Clay Johnson Field Kickoff: 7 pm Coaches: Anthony Hampton (Shelby Valley); Mark Easterling (Morgan County) Players to Watch: QB Russ Osborne, TE Lincoln Billiter (Shelby Valley); QB Bradley Nickell, RB Chance…
Read MoreKHSAA POST-SEASON PAIRINGS Opening Round Class 1A Nov. 4 Pikeville (7-2) vs. Lynn Camp (2-8), 7 pm Betsy Layne (5-5) at Paris (7-3), 7:30 pm Paintsville (4-5) vs. Bracken County (7-2), 7:30 pm Class 2A Shelby Valley (8-2) vs. Morgan County (1-9), 7 pm Martin County (6-4) vs. Leslie County (5-5),…
Read MoreThe Pikeville Panthers, looking to defend their Class 1A state championship starting this weekend, claimed the No. 1 spot in the final Mountain Top Sports Super 7 football poll released on Tuesday. Pikeville’s only losses came to undefeated Corbin (Class 4A) and Covington Catholic (Class 5A). The…
Read MoreShelby Valley held a comfortable 14-point lead with 1:43 remaining on the clock against Hazard. The Wildcats nearly let it slip away as the Bulldogs scored twice in the final 31 seconds to pull within an extra point of tying it up. Hazard rolled the dice as quarterback Max Pelfrey fired a pass into…
Read MoreHere is a look at this week’s high school football games involving area teams in Kentucky and West Virginia: Johnson Central (7-2) vs. Belfry (5-4) Date: Oct. 28 Site: Jim Matney Field Kickoff: 7:30 pm Radio: WXCC 96.5 FM/Mountain Top Media App Coaches: Jesse Peck (Johnson Central); Philip Haywood…
Read MoreThe Pikeville Panthers closed out the regular season with a district championship win over Hazard this past Friday night. Pikeville, idle this week, held on to the top spot in the latest Mountain Top Sports Super 7 football poll released on Tuesday. Johnson Central, who escaped with a last-second win…
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