Pikeville High’s Dylan Thompson was a double shy of hitting for the cycle as the Panthers opened the 2022 baseball season with an 8-5 victory over Prestonsburg in the 15th Region Leadoff Tournament played at Davis Park on Monday night. Thompson scored three runs and drove in a pair. Braydn Hall had…

The Mountain Top Sports/Buffalo Wild Wings Player of the Week was a team effort as the Pikeville Panthers boys’ basketball team shared the honor. No team was more dominating over the four-day run of the All “A” Cassic boys’ state basketball tournament than Pikeville. The Panthers built a double-digit…

Letcher Central built a double-digit lead early on against Powell County and went on to score a 72-43 win in a game played on Monday night. Loren Boggs paced the Lady Cougars (15-5) with 19 points and Kiera Couch followed with 15. Tori Halcomb tossed in 10 while Kaylee R. Banks and Jaylin Whitt added…

Pikeville and Betsy Layne scored semifinal-round wins in the boys’ 15th Region All ‘A’ Classic tournament at the Appalachian Wireless Arena on Friday night. The Panthers and Bobcats will meet at 7 pm tonight with the winner moving on to the state tournament at Eastern Kentucky University on Jan.…

Pikeville head coach Chris McNamee talked about how much his team’s difficult schedule paid off in the end Friday afternoon in a heart stopping 30-27 state championship game win over Russellville in the Class 1A matchup at Kroger Field. “Our schedule, playing against some very good teams, helped…

Letcher Central quarterback Carson Adams had a big game in leading the Cougars to a 51-14 win over Harlan County at Coal Miner’s Memorial Stadium on Friday night. Adams passed for 257 yards and four touchdowns, and he rushed for 115 yards and three scores on just seven carries as the Cougars moved…

Betsy Layne quarterback Chase Mims passed for 277 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 107 yards and one score as the Bobcats rolled to a 32-12 road win at Phelps to improve to 6-0. Mims has passed for 1,332 yards and 15 touchdowns. He has rushed for 392 yards and four scores. His efforts […]

Martin County played host Leslie County and the Cardinals sent the Eagles home with a 40-7 thrashing at The Rock on Friday night. The Cardinals, now, 4-3, rushed for over 300 yards, led by running back Dawson Mills who finished with 132 yards rushing and three touchdowns. He also added a 50 yards TD…

A Johnson Central football player who was recently hospitalized and placed on a ventilator due to COVID-19 is showing signs of improvement.  Cameron Law, a student at Johnson Central High School, a member of the football team and Future Farmers of America, has been hospitalized at UK Medical Center…

Offense was on display at The Rock as Martin County and Fleming County combined for nearly 1,000 yards in the Cardinals thrilling 53-46 win in a game played on Friday night. Martin County had three running backs to finish with over 100 yards on the ground while winning for the first time this season.…