Tug Valley won its first-ever girls’ high school basketball championship earlier this month at the Charleston Coliseium. The Lady Panthers, who finished 15-2, were the most dominating team in the field of eight. Four members of the 2021 team has been named to the West Virginia girls’ Class…

Johnson Central saw a two-run lead slip away as Raceland rallied to beat the Lady Eagles, 4-2, in a game played on Monday night. Randi Delong singled and drove in one run as Johnson Central fell to 14-3. Clara Blair walked and added an RBI while Mayson Delong singled and scored. Chloe VanHoose was tagged…

The number simply do not lie when it  comes to the season Lawrence County sophomore Kensley Feltner had on the basketball court. She scored 848 points for an average of 28.3 points per game. She had three triple doubles and 18 double-doubles in leading the Lady Bulldogs to a second straight 58th…

The Pikeville Lady Panthers, winners of nine straight games, are the top-ranked team in the latest Mountain Top Sports girls’ Super 7 basketball poll released on Tuesday. Pikeville, now 14-4, is followed by Johnson Central. The Lady Eagles, 10-2, moved ahead of Floyd Central (13-3). The Lady Jags…

Although it appears Paintsville head football coach Joe Chirico is leaving to take the head coaching job at George Rogers Clark, there has been no official word. The Marshall University defensive star led the Tigers to the school’s first football championship in the school’s 100-year history of…

Pikeville nearly erased a 17-point deficit with under seven minutes remaining, but Boyd County escaped with a 58-56 win in a game played at TW. Oliver Memorial Gymnasium on Tuesday night. The Panthers, now 7-4, trailed 45-30 heading into the final period and by 17 in the first minute of the final period.…

Ellie Yocum is in her first season as the Head Coach, after 3 years of assistant coach for the University of Pikeville archery team heading into the 2020-2021 season. Last season, the team had a record breaking year until Covid-19 with 3rd place 3D MSC Conference, 2nd place 3D USA nationals,…

Mountain Top Sports has confirmed that Martin County standout Trey James will not return to the Cardinals program this season but will immediately enroll at Iona University and play for coach Rick Pitino. James, Kentucky’s all-time leading shot blocker, was a big part of Martin County’s 15th Region…

CLASS 1A RUSHING AVERAGE Braxton Newborn, Ludlow, 183 yards Payton Tully, Bracken County, 168 yards Dominick Francis, Phelps, 147 yards Azeno Williams, Frankfort, 143 Jordan Marksberry, Dayton, 134 Other area players 7. Harris Phelps, Paintsville, 112 yards 19. Blake Birchfield, Pikeville, 86 yards…

TOTAL POINTS SCORED 383 – Johnson Central 363 – Shelby Valley 349 – Pike Central 327 – Belfry 309 – Paintsville 273 – Pikeville 195 – Phelps 188 – Letcher Central 184 – Martin County 165 – Prestonsburg MOST TOUCHDOWNS 27 – Dylan Preston, Johnson 26 – Isaac Dixon. Belfry 21 –…