A new post player has led to a new outlook and confidence exhibited by the Logan County Lady Cougars. A shiny new trophy and the title of Classic champion gives credibility to that newly acquired swagger. With talented sophomore Abby Hinton in the middle, Coach Scot MacAllister’s team not onl...

The Logan County Cougars came up just short in a game destined to be remembered for years to come Friday night. Coach Lonnie Mason’s team was tantalizingly close to beating University Heights Academy in regulation before losing 94-93 in triple overtime of the First Southern National Bank Chris...

Trailing by a point going into the fourth quarter, the Russellville Panthers took over the fourth quarter on the way to an 80-66 win over Logan County for third place in the First Southern National Bank Christmas Classic Saturday night at LCHS. Sophomore Coco Darden hit a pair of three-pointers (hi...

Central Michigan scored what proved to be a game-winning touchdown with 5:11 remaining in the fourth quarter, and a fourth-down pass play for WKU fell incomplete as the Hilltoppers fell 24-21 Wednesday night in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit. WKU ended the 2012 season with a...

A star athlete and his coach in three sports are about to become the newest members of the Russellville Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. Granville Taylor, who graduated in 1955, and his football, baseball and basketball coach, Harold Hunter, will be inducted between games with visiting Logan County on ...

Hosts Russellville and Logan County will play on their home courts the first two days of the annual First Southern National Bank Christmas Classic, beginning Thursday. The Cougar boys and Lady Panther girls are guaranteed to play at home all three days. The first host team to hit the floor will be ...

The Logan County Lady Cougars had a major upset within their grasp Friday, but they couldn’t hold on to that grasp. Too many times the ball slipped through their hands or clanged off their rim on close-in chances late in the game. As a result, heavily favored Todd Central escaped from the dist...

The 150th meeting between WKU and Murray State lived up to its rivalry status, as eight second-half lead changes and key baskets by both teams highlighted a 75-70 Murray State victory Sunday in Murray, Ky. Brandon Harris scored a career high 23 points and Teeng Akol and George Fant added 14 and 10, ...

    The first-ever district win in the head coaching tenure of Lonnie Mason proved to be a close one Friday. His Logan County Cougars led the entire second half, twice by as many as nine points, but they had to hang on for a 67-64 win over visiting Todd Central. Ben Wright’s free ...

Even though the home team dropped both games of a district doubleheader Friday, the Franklin-at-Logan twinbill was a reminder that high school basketball can be as much old-fashioned fun near Christmas as a bowl full of jolly jelly. Both games were a pleasure to watch. Franklin-Simpson’s team...

For the first time since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision, the Western Kentucky University football team will play in a postseason bowl. After a 7-5 regular season, WKU formally accepted an invitation Sunday to play on Dec. 26 in Detroit in the 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. The Hilltoppers w...