Area Sports
Lady Cats vs Apollo
The Edmonson County Lady Cats season has ended. Their last match up was during Region play on Feb. 28 at the Owensboro SportsCenter. Competition for the evening was the Apollo E-gals, who is ranked fifth in the Region. The Lady Cats ranked second (with a record of 24 – 8) in the Region were hopeful…
Read MoreLayers of Love – Gives fans cookie jars
By Thomas Wampler Jobe Regional Sports Metcalfe County and Barren County basketball fans got a surprise at last week’s basketball game. Over 20 participants in the “Layers of Love” program gave fans from both schools special cookie jars they made. “They had a lot of fun making them and probably even more fun and joy…
Read MoreOak Ridge Senior Night
Oak Ridge Christian Academy held their senior night on Feb. 9. The varsity girls and boys teams competed against Northside at home. Both squads came off with wins; Lady Warriors 43 to Northside 34 and Warriors 70 to Northside 48. It was a packed house full of supporters ready to cheer on their Warriors…
Read MoreDistrict Tourney time
It is almost that time of year for some basketball. District Tournament to be exact. Edmonson County High School will be hosting District Tourney this year. Athletic Director, Kyle Pierce had this to say, “We’re really looking forward to hosting the girls & boys district tournament. There is a lot of work and planning that goes…
Read MoreMetcalfe County Middle School players named All-Stars
By Jennifer Moonsong Central Division, General Manager Jobe Publishing, Inc. Two MCMS Hornet Basketball players have been given the prestigious honor of being deemed All-Stars. Charles Thomas Branstetter and Hudson Jessie were nominated to be on the Southern Kentucky Middle School Basketball All-Star 7th Grade team. Coaches throughout Southern Kentucky nominated 7th and 8th…
Read MoreMetcalfe County High School 2019 Basketball Homecoming
Hornets overcome by Wildcats in overtime 66-63
By Thomas Wampler Jobe Regional Sports It was a game filled with clutch plays by both teams when the Hornets and Wildcats tangled last week at Metcalfe County High School. In the end, it was the Wildcats who got the last shot and the 66-63 overtime victory. Trevor Fields got the hometown crowd into the…
Read MoreHornets win two out of three in Caveland Classic
By Thomas Wampler/ Jobe Regional Sports The Hornets won two of three in Rafferty’s/Double Dogs Caveland Classic held at Edmonson County during the holiday break from school. They opened the tournament with a win over Edmonson County 71-64 and lost their second game to Grayson County 71-63. The Hornets defeated Hart County 74-60 in their…
Read MoreHART COUNTY BAND ENDS SEASON WITH MSBA CLASS A CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE
Mid-States Band Association (MSBA) held their “Class A” Championships in Norwood, Ohio this past weekend on November 3rd. The Prelims competition began Saturday morning with 30 bands representing the states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio working towards a spot in the finals competition that evening. Kentucky had 19 bands represented in the class. …
Read MoreIntercepted for the Win!
By Rowdy Raider The Raiders came from behind twice to win their 7th game of the season over Russell County, 23-13. As I reported this would be the most wins ever for the Raiders. I was mistaken, Mike Cundiff’s team in 1988 went 8-3 to set the most wins ever for a Raider…
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