Area Sports
50 Years of the Lady Cats
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Editor On Jan. 28, 2025, Edmonson County High School celebrated 50 years of Lady Cats Basketball. The program has been very successful, with 576 program wins, District Championship wins in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2023, an All-A regional championship, and a trip all the way to the Final…
Read MoreSignature-Win over top ten Dragons on Senior Night primes Bears for a run
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor After picking up four straight wins, the Butler County Bears hit a three-game skid starting on the road at Breckinridge County, which continued over into a huge letdown in Leitchfield. However, these young men strapped right back up with resilience the next night to rally and battle…
Read MoreBears finish strong—Earn GRVC Runner-Ups
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Basketball Head Coach Dustin Barnett and Assistant Adam Stovall have become fixtures at Butler County Middle School. Coach Barnett started with Assistant Principal Cody Donaldson approximately a decade ago. After taking the helm the following year, BCMS has won three Green River Valley Conference (which consists…
Read MoreLady Cats Face Daviess County in JV and Varsity Games
Lynn Bledsoe Gimlet Editor Lady Wildcats faced Daviess County Jan 28 in a JV/Varsity double header. JV took the court first and started the fast pace of 2, 3point shots in a row to light up the score board. Daviess county put in some work and began to pull ahead of the Lady…
Read MorePrice shoots down the Mustangs—Bears win three
By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Emcee James White and Head Coach Calvin Dockery recognized Bears, Trever Deweese on his 500th rebound and Ty Price for breaking Jamie Jackson’s BCHS scoring record plus the all-time field goals made in the 3rd Region, held by none other than Muhlenberg County’s Patrick Sparks, who…
Read MoreBCHS Bears archery team
Like Perpetual Motion—Bears Aim Spot On By Greg Moore Banner Sports Editor Coach Wesley Jones and his barrage of coaches have built a program that may arguably be the best in the Butler County School System; and the BCHS Bears archery team is one of the best in the state once…
Read MoreEdmonson County Boys’ basketball update Wildcats gearing up for 12th District Tourney
By T. Wampler JPI Sports The Edmonson County High School boys’ basketball program has a new coach for the second year in a row. Coach Brad Meredith inherited a team that finished with an overall record of 14 – 16 and went 3-5 in District 12. The Wildcats are well on their…
Read MoreCub Run PTO to host basketball fundraiser with help from the Amish community
Mary Beth Sallee Managing Editor Hart Co. News-Herald Members of the Amish community and other individuals are coming together to shoot hoops and raise money for a local school. On Friday, January 31, the Cub Run Elementary School PTO will host a basketball fundraising event that will include a team organized by Kyle Logsdon…
Read MoreGrowing Greatness: Youth Programs Underway in Hart County
Katrina England Reporter Hart Co. News-Herald Three teams of young athletes across the county received an opportunity not often available in our county. When the regular youth basketball season ended, a new sort of program began. Head coaches Justin Line and Jessica Lindsey held tryouts and created county-wide All-Star-style teams of players from third,…
Read MoreCaverna basketball legend to debut new book
Mary Beth Sallee Managing Editor Hart Co. News-Herald Local basketball legend Clarence Glover will soon return to Horse Cave to debut his new book. Glover – who was an all-state athlete at Caverna, starred on the Western Kentucky University Men’s 1971 Final Four basketball team, and was a number one draft selection for the…
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