A 9-5 softball win over Metcalfe County has been the highlight of recent action for the Logan County Lady Cougars. Junior first baseman Rachel Barnett went four for four at the plate, Sydney Lee had two hits and four RBIs, and Paige Jones pitched the win. She gave up six hits and five walks while s...

Russellville scored the first run of the game but Logan County scored the last 11 as Coach Ethan Meguiar’s Cougars continued their march to the top seed in the 13th District Baseball Tournament Tuesday. As the visiting team, the Panthers batted first, and leadoff hitter Wesley Stratton stroke...

Senior baseball player Matt Harper and junior softball player Meagan Ferguson have been honored as March Athletes of the Month at Logan County High School. In announcing Ferguson’s award, Coach Michael Crawford said: “Meagan Ferguson- 11th grade, 4.13 GPA- Pitcher/Second Base – Me...

Former Logan County Cougar baseball standout Ryan Harper has the hottest bat around in college. The 5-11, 190-pound junior is not only leading Lindsey Wilson College’s regulars in batting average, but he also has the highest batting average in conference games for any player from any team in ...

Former Logan County High School golfer Will McKenzie capped an outstanding golf career at Brescia University this weekend by winning the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship. McKenzie, who had also been All-Conference two previous seasons, won the title by four strokes Saturday...

Venerable Rhea Stadium—the stately gridiron mansion carved out of Logan County limestone on a Russellville hilltop—was rocking and rolling Friday night in one of the most memorable evenings in the Land of Logan’s sports history. The 76-year-old football facility has been shaken to...

Like adult entertainment? It awaits you tonight in Logan County. Last night, a huge throng turned out to watch grown men play football at Rhea Stadium. Tonight, adult men will play semi-professional basketball at Logan County High School. If tonight’s game is anything like the Bowling Green ...

Three months have passed since the announcement was made about an upcoming game between football alumni of Russellville and Logan County high schools. (For details of the concept, see http://www.theloganjournal.com/Stories.aspx?Article=sports604) Now that classic encounter is upon us. The “Cl...

Hunter Britt pitched a no-hit, no-walk shutout, and Caleb Bruner hit a grand slam as the Logan County Cougars slugged Todd Central 13-0 in a district game at Elkton Tuesday. Britt pitched the full five innings, striking out eight. All but 16 of his 57 pitches were strikes. The only three Rebel base...

The softball teams located on either end of Rhea Stadium are very evenly matched. In the first Clash of the Cats, the Russellville Lady Panthers edged Logan County 3-2, scoring the winning run in the seventh inning at RHS. Tuesday, the Lady Cougars scored a pair of runs in the seventh to win 4-3 at ...

They had to wait six days during the monsoon season of 2015 before they could get the bitter taste of three losses in a two-day span out of their craws, but the Logan County Cougars bounced back impressively this weekend with a pair of two 1-0 wins. First came a shutout of visiting Barren County Fr...

Fresh off of one of the best seasons in college basketball history, the University of Kentucky men’s basketball team will be represented by three of its former standouts – Karl-Anthony Towns, Dakari Johnson and Trey Lyles – for a unique meet and greet opportunity at Bowling Green B...

Saturday, April 11, was opening day for Auburn Baseball and Softball at the Auburn Park. It was a perfect day for baseball and softball. The community came and supported our 24 teams and almost 300 kids who played. The games and the kids attracted over 1,000 fans throughout the day, making it on...

New to the Russellville Lady Panther Basketball Program is the 3rd/4th grade ABA traveling team. “This team was formed in hopes of establishing a young core group of girls that will be able to travel and compete in various tournaments across the western part of Kentucky,” explains Lady...

After beginning the 2015 Central Basketball Association season with two road games in Chattanooga and Mississippi, the Bowling Green Hornets return home for the first time this year. The Hornets, a minor league basketball organization in its third season in the CBA, will compete not only for the f...

After losing 10 straight games, the Logan County Cougars have won four of their last six games, including three of four this weekend. Coach Michael Crawford’s team romped past Fort Campbell Friday and then won two of three in an event at Hart County Saturday. Macy Meacham pitched a no-hit, no...

The Elizabethtown Spring Break Classic was anything but a frolic on the beach for the Logan County Cougars this weekend. Coach Ethan Meguiar’s team went into the event with a 9-2 record, but headed back south with three more losses. Two of the losses were to host Elizabethtown. One was close ...

Logan County’s track teams made excellent showings in the Hopkinsville Invitational Saturday. The Lady Cougars finished third as a team and the Cougars fourth. Both were in competition with 11 other teams. Additionally, Logan teams won four relay events and finished in the top tfour individua...

Although it didn’t count on district standings, the Logan County Lady Cougars picked up a win over a district opponent last Saturday. Coach Michael Crawford’s team beat Todd Central 5-4 as part of a four-game worksheet in the Blazer Invitational at University Heights Academy in Hopkinsvi...

Behind the pitching of Caleb Bruner, timely hitting and errorless defense, the Logan County Cougars beat Warren Central 4-0 at LCHS Tuesday, as the teams were able to find time between rain storms to play baseball. Bruner, who will be playing near Central next year as a WKU Hilltopper, went the dis...

The Bowling Green Hot Rods, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, announced their 2015 Opening Night roster on Sunday. On Thursday, the Hot Rods will begin their seventh season in South Bend, Ind., and will open at home on Saturday, April 18. The roster is headlined by a pair of fir...

Track teams from Russellville and Logan County competed in the Greater Greenwood Invitational recently and several athletes placed high. Coach Greg Howard’s Lady Cougars had two seconds, five thirds, and two fifths. Meredith Johnson had a second and a sixth along with two thirds in relay even...

An impressive two-way performance from Tara Gilbert led the Russellville Lady Panthers to a 7-3 win Monday over Metcalfe County, as Gilbert came up huge at the dish and on the rubber. It was the seventh straight win for Coach Brandy Trimble’s team. Gilbert racked up five RBIs on th...

The 2015 Logan County Junior Pro “Thunder” 4th-6th grade division completed the season on March 28th at LCHS as league champs with a perfect record of 8-0. Team members shown in the photo are, from left: Cade Johnson, Conner Covington, Draven Towne, Ethan Stratton, Dalton Jes...

A strong hitting and pitching performance from Meagan Ferguson wasn’t enough for the Logan County Lady Cougars to beat visiting Franklin-Simpson Wednesday as Coach Michael Crawford’s team suffered an 8-2 district defeat. Ferguson racked up two RBIs on two hits for Logan. She double...

A matchup between two of the most successful coaches in Fourth Region baseball history resulted in a close loss for the Logan County Cougars last week. Still LCHS won two of three games. The loss came when Coach Greg Shelton’s new team, Christian County, edged the Cougars 3-1. Shelton, a Lewi...

Talent aside, Logan County is an experienced and deep baseball team. Russellville is young, inexperienced and lacking in numbers. It showed Tuesday when the visiting Cougars beat the Panthers 19-0 at Kelly Russell Field in a district game. Caleb Bruner, who has signed to play for Western Kentucky U...