Much like the players who have competed for the Bowling Green Hot Rods (Class-A/Tampa Bay Rays), the managing spot has been one featuring rising names in the Tampa Bay system. The latest to add his name to that list is 34-year old Reinaldo Ruiz, who was named Bowli...

The Bowling Green Hornets, who will begin their third year in the Central Basketball Association, have announced that their home games for the upcoming 2015 season will be held at Logan County High School in Russellville. Through the support of the newly-elected Superintendent for Logan County Publ...

One of the most popular athletic and social events of every year in Logan County begins Thursday when the Logan County Middle School Basketball Tournament is held at Logan County High School. This year both gymnasiums will be in use, since the schedule was changed to allow students to compete in bo...

The Russellville High School football team held its awards banquet on Sunday, Jan. 25, in the RHS cafeteria. Nine members of the RHS football team earned Academic All-State recognition. First Team were Jaylin McMurry, Trey Mattews and Brennan Hughes. Honorable mention were Tacorian Darden, Jacob Pro...

Logan teams sweep Franklin in district matchup Logan County’s basketball teams had a productive night Friday on the way to a sweep of homestanding Franklin-Simpson. The Lady Cougars won 75-54 and the Cougars 59-45. With the wins, Coach Finley Baird’s Lady Cougars clinched the top seed ...

The Russellville Lady Panthers won their second straight game Monday, beating Warren East 57-53 in overtime in Bowling Green. They had beaten Butler County 43-32 last Tuesday, also on the road. In fact, three of their four wins have come away from home. Sophomore Loreal Cheaney scored 29 points, i...

Chris Harrison-Docks scored 12 points, including a big 3-pointer in overtime, and WKU beat UTEP 71-66 on Thursday. Coach Ray Harper’s Hilltoppers (13-5, 6-0 in Conference USA) have won eight straight games and hosts UTSA Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. Harrison-Docks' 3-pointer with 1:24 left in...

Baseball Hall of Famer Ernie Banks died Friday, a few months after the death of national champion basketball coach and ESPN Jimmy V Award for Perseverance winner Don Meyer. This past April I was very honored to get to hear two legends of their respective sport speak at Lipscomb University's Don Mey...

Two Russellvillians helped their home state win a thrilling all-star game Jan. 10 in southeastern Kentucky. CoCo Darden was the starting safety and his high school coach at RHS, John Myers, was on the coaching staff of the Kentucky team which won a 33-32 thriller over Tennessee in the Kentucky-Tenn...

Senior Lee McMurry led the way as the Russellville Panthers edged the Allen County-Scottsville Patriots on the road Tuesday. He scored 19 of Coach Phil Todd’s team’s 69 points in the three-point win. McMurry was also the leading rebounder with 8. Jason Mitchell was second In both catego...

A football game is being organized between alumni of Russellville and Logan County high schools. It will be full-contact with helmets, pads and uniforms. The game will be played at Rhea Stadium on Friday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. with proceeds going to the football programs at both schools. An effor...

Tahmir Graham had his best scoring night in three years Tuesday, as he led the Logan County Cougars to a 61-46 win on the road against an Allen County-Scottsville team which had won 10 of its last 12 games. The outcome wasn’t as good for the Lady Cougars, who lost 60-42 to the Lady Patriots. ...

Western Kentucky University will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) on Saturday, Jan. 31, when WKU Lady Topper Basketball hosts Southern Miss in E.A. Diddle Arena. As part of the festivities, WKU Athletics will host a free youth event for girls (grades three through eight)...

Two athletes who have been teammates most of their lives will be reunited this fall in college. Logan County High School Athletic Director Hugh McReynolds has announced that a signing ceremony will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Matt Harper to sign to play baseball collegiately for Spaulding Univers...

WKU Hilltopper Basketball great and current NBA star Courtney Lee will have his No. 32 jersey retired at the Hilltoppers’ game against UTEP on Thursday, Jan. 22. Lee, WKU’s all-time leading scorer, will become the 10th person affiliated with WKU men's basketball to have his jersey ...

How do you plan to spend your Saturday morning during the coldest week of the year? (At least, we hope it doesn’t get any colder than this!) If you are Russellville’s CoCo Darden, you play a football game. If you’re RHS football coach John Myers, you coach a football game. Accordi...

Kapreshia Powell and Maegann Hardison are in their fifth season of high school basketball, and their experience was on display in a 66-38 win at Russellville Friday in the first Clash of the Cats this season. Powell scored 21 points, pulled down 5 rebounds, and recorded 2 each of steals and assists....

Ben Wright, who first made his presence felt as a Cougar on the Jim Young Gymnasium floor as a freshman in the district tournament, made his last appearance on Russellville’s home court a memorable one Friday. He piled up 24 points and 12 rebounds—enhanced by 13 of 14 free throw shooting...