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SUMMIT Jason Ellis’s jumper with 7:36 to play gave Boyd County its largest lead over Montgomery County, 59-39, in the Boyd County Roundball Classic on Saturday afternoon.
SUMMIT Boyd County made up for two unexpected weeks off with about two and a half minutes of near-perfection.
SUMMIT Chesapeake spent Saturday afternoon trying to contain the Lawrence County offense.
RUSSELL Greenup County was threatening to run Russell out of the “Marv” Friday night in a 63rd District showdown.
ASHLAND The visiting Lady Rams outscored the Lady Royals by double digits in each of the bookend quarters to win at Charles Stewart Gymnasium on Friday night.
WESTWOOD Fairview coach Mo Mullins raised his arms in the air after a Lady Eagles bucket in the second quarter.
Now and then I print some correspondence from readers, especially those that elevate my needs-to-be-fed ego, such as this one from Mark Keith Stone Jr. who, like many of us, has a dream of a cabin on the banks of a winding, gurgling steam.
ASHLAND The first half of the 64th District matchup between Boyd County and Rose Hill was sloppy to say the least with 24 combined turnovers between the two teams. The Lions led 41-25 at the break but Lions head coach Randy Anderson was not very pleased with his team’s effort.
INEZ A shorthanded Russell team nearly pulled off a road victory on Wednesday night.
Cody Sammons talked himself into a job.
PORTSMOUTH Ashland had a good news-bad news night.
LOUISA Boyd County has toiled through a difficult part of its schedule early in the season.
PAINTSVILLE Johnson Central beat district rival Paintsville, 64-55, on Tuesday night.
WESTWOOD Steve Barker thought it was a rarity.
ASHLAND "Shooter!" Patrick Kelsch yelled as he saw Ashland's Tristin Davis spot up in the corner.
ASHLAND If Ashland's shooting wasn't as sharp early on Monday night against Morgan County's zone defense as it might have hoped, the Kittens had a simple solution.
It isn’t quite accurate to say Carter County’s two high schools hate each other, not 365 days a year. But it’s safe to say, at the very least, East Carter and West Carter don’t get along all the time.
RUSSELL Tom Barrick got the game he expected against Lewis County Saturday night.
ASHLAND The weather Saturday afternoon was downright chilly but inside Charles Stewart Gymnasium at Rose Hill Christian, junior Fairview guard Jaxon Manning was burning up the nets.
At first, Brad Queen didn’t know what a chanticleer was.
OLIVE HILL Junior guard Allie Stone scored 24 points to lead the Lady Comets to Friday's 57-50 semifinal win over Menifee County in the girls 16th Region All “A” semifinals at John “Hop” Brown Court.
ASHLAND Fairview had a game plan in mind Friday night against a Rose Hill team saddled with only five available players on its roster.
MAYSVILLE Russell bolted out to a 37-15 advantage and posted a 61-33 victory over St. Patrick on Thursday night. The Red Devils put the game away outscoring the Saints, 20-5, in the third frame.
GRAYSON With everyone scrambling to learn their own personnel, to say nothing of opponents, Brandon Baker wouldn't mind keeping a secret.
Simply being an Ashland Football Tomcat at any point in one’s life automatically places that person into a tradition-rich fraternity.
LLOYD Sometimes, Boyd County scored on Greenup County from far away.
Tony Love complimented the maturation of Keontae Pittman as a running back. Pittman noted Love’s growth as a coach.
GRAYSON It took nearly five minutes for either team to record a point on Tuesday night.
SUMMIT It was a full-on arm-wrestling match between Boyd County and Lewis County over the first three quarters Tuesday night at Boyd County Middle School.
RACELAND It seems like every January, the Raceland girls basketball locker room is cold.
PAINTSVILLE Foul trouble, a tweaked ankle and Paintsville limited Johnson Central’s Sammi Sites to four points through three quarters on Tuesday night.
Jeremiah Shearer had a love-hate relationship with watching Ben Jordan pitch. Beautiful as it may have been, it usually meant West Carter’s ace was working against Shearer’s East Carter club, which foreshadowed trouble for the Raiders most of the time.
OLIVE HILL Rose Hill Christian had three players in the 16th Region All "A" Classic semifinals on Monday night that it didn't have six days earlier against Raceland.
OLIVE HILL Jeremy Webb didn't like what he saw in the first two minutes of Monday night's game.
ASHLAND Johnson Central coach Tommy McKenzie might have been scoping out the nearest exit after watching his Golden Eagles fall behind to Ashland 13-0 in the first two minutes Monday night.
If Ashland’s boys offense right now is u-g-l-y, Jason Mays has an alibi.
PAINTSVILLE The Lawrence County Bulldogs traveled to 15th Region opponent Johnson Central on Saturday night and were down almost from the get-go.
RACELAND The home team bolted out to a 14-2 advantage only to see it dwindle into a three-point halftime deficit.
RACELAND Teams are used to adapting to different situations on and off the court this season. Raceland opponents have to keep adjusting on the defensive end when guarding Kierston Smith.
GRAYSON Boyd County had East Carter in a standing eight count before the Lady Raiders ever got a chance to react Saturday afternoon.
ASHLAND Cole Villers brought Ashland back from the brink on Saturday night and so under normal circumstances might have expected the last shot of overtime against Boyd County.
OLIVE HILL Gage Leadingham's statistics were pretty good.
LLOYD A second wave of Lions disrupted Greenup County's second straight district seeding game in its opening week.
RUSSELL With 2:55 to play in the opening half, Russell had Ashland right where it wanted the defending 16th Region champions.
In the middle of the night, John Weiss shook me from a sound sleep.
PORTSMOUTH Jeff Nickel, at least so far, is a coaching lifer, and he has 206 wins and counting on the college level to show for it.
ASHLAND Host Ashland overwhelmed Greenup County, 65-30, in Anderson Gym on Friday night to improve its record to 2-1.
PAINTSVILLE Boyd County faced Johnson Central on the road on Thursday night in heated competition.
ASHLAND Skilled and tall, Kelsie Woodard is an obvious matchup problem for many teams in the area, including Rose Hill Christian.
WESTWOOD Lawrence County defended its visiting turf.
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Michael Joseph Stump, 73, passed from this life to join his Heavenly Father on Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Community Hospice Care Center in Ashland, Ky. Mike was born January 2, 1948, in Ashland, the first of 8 children born of Howard Richard Stump and Rita Anne Hyman Stump. Mike was prec…
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