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Cougar football statistics for '24 released

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 31, 2024 3:26 PM



  A total of 53 Logan County High School football players saw action in varsity games during 2024 season, several of them recording impressive statistics. Almost exactly half of them (26) were freshmen and sophomores. The 5-7 season marked an end to the program’s seven straight winning...

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Cougars romp to o[ening win but lose finals by 2 in H&H Hoopfest

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 30, 2024 10:19 PM



  Eleven players scored in an opening round, 40-point romp by the Logan County Cougars in the H&H Holiday Hoopfest on the weekend before Christmas, but Coach Josh Frick’s team would have loved to use three of those extra points in the championship game the next night. The Cougars bl...

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McKeage leads the way as Panthers go 2-1 in tournament at Todd County

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 30, 2024 7:12 PM



  After losing their tournament opener last weekend, the Russellville Panthers won their other two games Saturday. That placed Coach Phil Todd’s team in a tie for third place in the eight-team Unitde Southern Bank’s Battle of The Border in Elkton. The Panthers fell 56-50 to Muhlen...

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Statistics for Panthers' district championship football season 2024

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 27, 2024 7:39 PM



  After a slow start to the 2024 season, the Russellville Panthers won five of their next games. In the process, they won their Class 1A district championship on the way to a 6-6 season and a berth in the second round of the state playoffs. The losses included one to Class 4A state champion P...

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Lady Cougars win H&H Holiday Hoopfest

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 25, 2024 1:38 PM



  The Logan County Lady Cougars ended a three-game losing streak impressively by winning the H&H Holiday Hoopfest in a big way last weekend. Coach Dedra Adler’s team got wins over two Tennessee teams. On Friday they blasted Clarksville Northeast 66-18 and then beat East Robertson 50...

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WKU and Murray to clash for 154th time Saturday

By Seth-Patrick Holman, WKU Athletic Information

Posted on December 13, 2024 10:11 PM



WKU men’s basketball continues its non-conference slate this weekend and will host historic rival Murray State on Saturday, Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. in Diddle Arena. The matchup will mark the 154th all-time meeting against the Racers in a rivalry series dating back to 1932. Hilltopper Basketbal...

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Young Cougar gridders achieve success

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 11, 2024 6:51 PM



  Three of the youngest Logan County football teams reached their league finals this fall, and a fourth was a semifinalist. The second grade team completed an undefeated season as league champion while the third graders and fifth graders were runner-up in their divisions. The fourth graders ...

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Speaking of Sports remembers a Game Guy and a trio of Pioneering Gals

By Jim Turner

Posted on December 8, 2024 7:03 PM



  Logan County has experienced the loss of some highly respected citizens recently, including maybe the person I’ve known longest in my life, 104-year-old retired banker Ollie ‘Punkin’ Klein, and one I had placed on a pedestal, 101-year-old highly decorated veteran Merle Van ...

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Toppers returning to the Boca Raton Bowl

By Jared MacDonald

Posted on December 8, 2024 4:57 PM



  WKU Football has accepted an invitation to play in the 2024 Boca Raton Bowl, WKU announced Saturday. The Hilltoppers will face James Madison in the game, which is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 18, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. CT and the game wil...

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