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Smock pitches one-hit shutout against Panthers

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 27, 2016 11:15 PM



Guaranteeing themselves at least a tie for the top seed in the 13th District Tournament, the Logan County Cougars shut out Russellville 8-0 Tuesday in a Clash of the Baseball Cats at Kelly Russell Field. Sophomore Ethan Smock pitched a jewel, allowing the Panthers only one hit and one walk while st...

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Lady Panthers split decisions in Kelly Russell Classic

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 21, 2016 7:15 PM



The Russellville Lady Panthers split their two games in the Kelly Russell Classic at home this weekend, beating Metcalfe County 7-2 and losing to McLean County 4-2. Macy Meacham pitched the complete game win shortly after her dad, Greg Meacham, caught the opening pitch from Jo Anne Russell Bennett,...

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Lady Cougars breeze in Clash, lose to Todd in final frame

By Jim turner

Posted on April 20, 2016 10:47 PM



Taking a big step toward a berth in the two-three seeding of the 13th District Softball Tournament, the Logan County Lady Cougars won at Russellville 12-1 Tuesday, completing a regular season sweep of the Lady Panthers. Freshman Jillian McLellan racked up three RBIs on three hits for Logan. Sh...

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Cougar sophomore Ethan Smock pitches no-hit shutout against Shetlon's Colonels

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 17, 2016 8:43 PM



The 2016 Logan County Cougars—maybe the youngest group ever to play baseball for LCHS in their 34-year history—pulled off a big win last weekend in the Colonels’ Classic in Hopkinsville. Coach Ethan Meguiar’s team knocked off host Christian County 5-0 with sophomore Ethan Sm...

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Lady Cougars win 2 of 3 games at Hart County event

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 14, 2016 10:58 PM



Winning two out of three games made a day of softball a success for the Logan County Lady Cougars Saturday in a tournament at Hart County. Coach Brandy Trimble’s young team won with ease over Caverna and Fort Knox but lost to Marion County, which won the championship. LCHS 18, Caverna 2 This...

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Gilbert leads Lady Panthers past Franklin-Simpson

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 13, 2016 11:10 PM



The Russellville Lady Panthers took advantage of the pitching and hitting of Tara Gilbert and a couple of Franklin errors Tuesday to end the Franklin-Simpson Lady Cats’ domination of 13th District softball, at least for now. Gilbert singled and scored in the first inning, was hit by a pitch i...

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Hendrix shuts out F-S as Riley jump starts the offense

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 13, 2016 9:38 PM



With Jordan Hendrix pitching a shutout, Michael Riley igniting the offense, and catcher Jackson Campbell helping Hendrix keep the bases cleared of Wildcats, the Logan County Cougars got a big district road win Tuesday, knocking off Franklin-Simpson 6-0 in a matchup of the two teams which have made a...

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Cougars outscore good Rossview team

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 9, 2016 11:50 PM



Logan County and Rossview High School from Clarksville lit up the scoreboard last Saturday as they combined for 20 runs. The Cougars won the offensive battle 12-8 in seven innings. There were 21 hits, including eight extra-base hits in the game. The game was back-and-forth head...

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Lady Panthers win trio of home games

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 9, 2016 10:05 PM



Here’s a look at three previously unreported softball wins for the Russellville Lady Panthers, all on their home field: RHS 10, UHA 3 Nine runs in the first inning made this game a breeze for Coach Calvin Head’s Lady Panthers. In order, Cierra Collins and Tara Gilbert singled before To...

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Speaking of Sports, Remembering Rupp's Runts

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 5, 2016 11:01 PM



During the just completed NCAA Tournament (congratulations, Villanova), all the tributes being paid to the Texas Western team which beat Kentucky in the NCAA finals 50 years ago have made it difficult not to remember the 1966 tournament. Much has been made of the Miners being the first team to win t...

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Lady Panthers mount offense against Lady Cats but can't stop F-S scoring

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 4, 2016 11:29 PM



The Russellville Lady Panthers managed more runs against district favorite Franklin-Simpson last week than the other two teams fighting it out for the second seed in the district could muster in the first go-round of the 2016 season. Coach Matt Willhite’s Lady Cats beat RHS 13-3. F-S has beat...

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Abby Hinton out-duels Tara Gilbert 1-0

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 3, 2016 3:34 PM



A classic pitchers’ duel Friday ended with a 1-0 Lady Cougar win in the year’s first Clash of the Lady Cats. Logan seventh grader Abby Hinton and Russellville junior Tara Gilbert were otherwise close to perfection. The game’s only run scored with two outs in the fourth inning when...

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Taylor and Riley lead Cougars past RHS 7-5

By Jim Turner

Posted on April 2, 2016 9:57 PM



Bradley Taylor singled in Third Bell and Michael Riley with what proved to be the winning runs in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday, as the Logan County Cougars edged visiting Russellville 7-5 in a 13th District baseball game. Coach Blake Crabtree’s RHS team had tied the game in the top ...

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