Owen County gets first win over Oldham County since 1999
OWENTON, Ky. – In front of a crowd hungry for its heroes to capture this town’s first-ever regional championship, the Owen County High School boys basketball team put an exclamation mark on its finest...
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The Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation and the Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches have released their Players of the Year for all 16 regions, with each of them being named a finalist for the state’s...
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Super Fan Video Contest | Enter and vote for your school's No. 1 fan - The...
Does your school have a super fan? Submit a video of him or her in action, cheering on your school, and cast your votes for a winning video to be recognized in June at The Courier-Journal Kentuckiana...
View ArticleQ&A | A'shauntee Hooten a sharpshooter for Doss
A’shauntee Hooten is leading the Doss girls’ basketball team to its best season in years. The 5-foot-2 senior point guard is averaging 17 points and three assists per game for the Dragons (14-10), who...
View ArticleUnion County, Oldham County lead way at State Championships
Union County High School had 10 wrestlers advance to the quarterfinals and led the team standings after Friday’s first day of action in the State Championships at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Alltech...
View ArticleManual boys, Male girls win in heated doubleheader
The Seventh Region boys basketball race has been muddled all season, and that didn’t change at Manual High School on Friday. The host Crimsons, who were 9-9 midway through January, continued a...
View ArticleNorth Oldham's Ochsenbein upsets Ervin for title at 120 - Seven...
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The man they call “Baby Beast” took down the “First Family of Kentucky Wrestling” on Saturday night. North Oldham High School senior Dallas Ochsenbein beat Union County sophomore Saul...
View ArticleChandler gives young Male program its first state champion
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Five years after starting its wrestling program, Male High School produced its first state champion Saturday night. Senior Garrett Chandler beat Paducah Tilghman’s Chance Orr 5-3 to...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Male team to beat in Seventh Region
At first glance the race to the Seventh Region girls basketball title appears to be deep, as four squads are ranked among the top 13 in the state in The Courier-Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings. But the...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Pairings for district tournaments
Here are the pairings for the girls basketball district tournaments: All times p.m. and local to site FIRST REGION First at Hickman County * Monday – Carlisle County vs. Hickman County, 6 * Tuesday –...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Picks to win all 16 regions
Picks to win all 16 girls basketball regions: REGION JASON FRAKES LITKENHOUS 1st Murray Murray 2nd...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Race for state title is wide-open
When it comes to the top boys basketball teams in Kentucky this season, perhaps no coach has seen more of them than Trinity High School’s Mike Szabo. Szabo’s Shamrocks — No. 5 in the state in The...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Pairings for district tournaments
All times p.m. and local to site FIRST REGION First at Hickman County * Monday – Carlisle County vs. Fulton City, 7:30 * Tuesday – Hickman County vs. Fulton County, 7:30 * Friday – Final, 7 Second at...
View ArticlePostseason preview | Picks to win all 16 regions
BOYS REGIONAL PICKS REGION JASON FRAKES LITKENHOUS 1st Paducah Tilghman Paducah Tilghman 2nd Christian County Christian County 3rd...
View ArticleSacred Heart’s Brooke Bauer voted Metro Louisville Athlete of the Week
Fans voted Sacred Heart swimmer Brooke Bauer the winner of The Courier-Journal Metro Louisville Athlete of the Week Award presented by Norton Sports Health. The senior set a pair of records Thursday at...
View ArticleKABC names Coach of Year for all 16 regions - Craddock, Feldhaus, Simpson,...
The Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches has released its boys and girls Coach of the Year winners for all 16 regions. Earning boys Coach of the Year honors in the Louisville area were North...
View ArticleTop players, coaches selected in Eighth Region
Owen County’s Carson Williams and Simon Kenton’s Ally Niece have been named the Eighth Region Players of the Year in a vote of the region’s basketball coaches. Williams, a 6-foot-6 senior who has...
View ArticlePaul Dunbar on top of Litkenhous Ratings entering districts
Here are The Courier-Journal’s boys basketball Litkenhous Ratings for Monday, Feb. 22. (Teams marked with an ‘X’ will not participate in the postseason): The LITKENHOUS RATINGS 1.Paul Laurence Dunbar...
View ArticleJenkins' Creech has more points than originally thought - Review of records...
After a review of her records, Jenkins High School senior Whitney Creech has even more points than originally thought. In a text message Monday, Jenkins coach Ashley Addington wrote that a review of...
View ArticleBoys basketball district tournament information
Here’s everything you need for Monday night’s start of boys basketball district tournaments: Preview story: Race for state title is wide-open Rankings: Courier-Journal’s Litkenhous Ratings, broken down...
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