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P’burg mayor plays full indoor football season
PRESTONSBURG - Prestonsburg Mayor Jerry Fannin, like most everyone who has ever slipped on a set of shoulder pads, always longed for one more game. Well, last season, Fannin got his one more game, plus one. Fannin, now in his mid-50s, played two games with the Eastern Kentucky Drillers last season, the indoor football franchise’s second campaign. The Prestonsburg mayor recently concluded his first full season with the indoor football team, wh...
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Tri County Stars sweep Pikeville
PRESTONSBURG - The Tri-County Stars 9U baseball team prevailed in its season debut over the weekend, sweeping a pair of games from Pikeville. Tri-County defeated Pikeville in both games of a doubleheader, winning 18-10 and 22-12. The Tri-County Stars’ roster features players from Floyd, Martin and Johnson counties. The team is made up of the following players: Weston Goble (Debord); Zachery Cline (Prestonsburg); Mackinley Daniels (Lowmans...
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MSC baseball academic awards announced
LOUISVILLE - Sixty-nine Mid-South Conference baseball student-athletes earned Academic All MSC honors, conference officials announced on Wednesday. In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status. Cumberland produced the most honorees from one school with 13 followed by Campbellsville’s 11. Academic ...
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AC handles Knott County Central
ALLEN - Allen Central still has border rival Knott County Central’s number in baseball. Host Allen Central built up an early lead and pulled away to beat longtime foe Knott County Central 11-4 on Saturday. Allen Central moved to 11-6 after defeating Knott County Central for its third straight win. Knott County Central fell to 3-12 following the loss. Allen Central needed only five hits to produce 11 runs. The Rebels also benefited from ...
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Bears reach ITC finals with sweep of Wright State
LINCOLN, Neb. – The University of Pikeville women’s bowling team have reached the finals of the xbowling Intercollegiate Team Championships for a third time after a 4-0 win over Wright State University on Friday afternoon. The win, Pikeville’s second of the day over the Raiders, put them in the best-of-three championship round on Saturday at noon where it would face Maryland-Eastern Shore, which eliminated Wichita State 4-2 and also won its...
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Kinzer finishes sixth in Spring Nationals race
SITKA - Brandon Kinzer and his No. 18 Dirt late Model team made their second straight trip to nearby 201 Speedway in Sitka on Thursday night for a special visit by Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals tour. A strong field of 38 competitors piled into the pit area to vie for the $4,000 winner’s check. Kinzer started his night by clicking off the fourth fastest lap in Group B during the qualifying session, which locked him into the outside of the fourth...
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Carrier Jr. wins Spring Nationals race at 201 Speedway
SITKA - Eddie Carrier, Jr. came out on top in a highly-competitive race Thursday night at 201 Speedway to become the fifth different winner in as many Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals events. Carrier Jr. posted the fastest lap in Group B during the qualifying session, which locked him into the outside of the front row for the 40-lap main event. Jackie Boggs blasted from third to lead the opening two circuits before R.J. Conley gained the point o...
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Five-run second inning lifts Rebels over Leslie County
HYDEN -Visiting Allen Central used a five-run offensive outburst in the top half of the second inning to defeat host Leslie County 8-2 Thursday in a high school baseball matchup between non-district/non-region rivals. With the win, Allen Central improved to 10-6. Leslie County slipped to 7-6 after dropping the home game. Allen Central pitcher Tanner Hamilton earned the win. Hamilton pitched five innings and recorded a game-high eight st...
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Bears fall in ITC finals
LINCOLN, Neb. – The pins just didn’t fall for the University of Pikeville Bears the way they had all week in a 2-0 loss to Maryland-Eastern Shore in the finals of the xbowling Intercollegiate Team Championships on Saturday. After striking nearly half the time in both qualifying and in match play, the Bears managed only five in the contest in falling to the Hawks 209-180 and 173-171 at Sun Valley Lanes. The championship was the second for ...
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MOREHEAD - Jalen Courtney
MOREHEAD - Jalen Courtney, who has spent the past three seasons at Southeastern Conference member LSU, has signed an athletic scholarship agreement with the Morehead State University men’s basketball program. He will sit out in 2013-14 and be eligible to play in 2014-15. “We’re excited about Jalen because he already has three years of high-level Division I experience,” Head Coach Sean Woods said. “He’s a mature player with an athletic body....
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UPike men’s basketball program adds two transfers
PIKEVILLE – The University of Pikeville has landed two members of its men’s basketball recruiting class for next season. K.J. Manigault and Bruce Reed are both transfers who will be on the squad next season. Manigault (MAN-ah-galt) is a 6-5 guard from Charleston, S.C., who played at Wichita State and USC Aiken. He was named the top freshman point guard coming into the Missouri Valley Conference prior to the 2009-10 season. As a true fre...
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Stapleton pitches Blackcats past Bath County
PRESTONSBURG - Prestonsburg is headed back to Lexington to play in the Touchstone Energy All “A” Classic. Senior pitcher Trey Stapleton pitched a complete game on Thursday to lead 15th Region champion Prestonsburg to a 5-2 win over Bath County in the All “A” Classic at StoneCrest. Prestonsburg improved to 16-4 after posting the win. Bath County, the champion out of the 16th Region, slipped to 10-4 as a result of the loss. Stapleton regi...
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MSC Baseball Tournament bracket released
LOUISVILLE - Mid-South Conference regular-season champions Cumberland is the top-seed in the 2013 Mid-South Conference Baseball Tournament. Conference officials released the eight-team, double-elimination bracket on Sunday, following regular-season finales. The top-seeded Bulldogs (37-15-1, 19-2 in the Mid-South) open the tournament at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday against No. 8-seed Shawnee State (29-25, 9-15). The entire tournament will be pla...
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First KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship to be held in Hardin
HARDIN - The first-ever KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship will take place this weekend (April 26-27) at the KenLake Marina in Hardin. Forty-five teams advanced from the four regional tournaments to the state championship, which begins Friday morning with the opening day boat launch at 7 a.m. (CT). Each two-person team is allotted eight hours on the lake, with the weigh-in beginning at approximately 3 p.m. The tournament format will be r...
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UK men’s basketball program announces three signees
LEXINGTON – Dominique Hawkins, Dakari Johnson and Julius Randle have officially signed to play basketball at the University of Kentucky beginning in the 2013-14 season, head coach John Calipari announced Thursday. The trio joins fall signees Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Marcus Lee, Derek Willis and James Young to form the consensus top-ranked class in the nation. “The thing I like most about this group is its competitive spirit and it...
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