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Lady Cougar tennis beats Owensboro

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 31, 2014 12:21 PM



The Logan County Lady Cougars picked up their first win of the season last Saturday by beating Owensboro Senior 6-3.  The Cougars lost 6-3 to Owensboro and Apollo, and the girls also fell 7-2 t0 Apollo in a full day of tennis. After Apollo forfeited number one and two matches to Katelyn Jones ...

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Logan middle schoolers run well at East

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 30, 2014 11:24 PM



Logan County students younger than high school age placed in the top five of events 14 times in a track meet at Warren East Thursday. “This is the largest group of elementary/middle school runners that we’ve had in a long time. I am so proud of everything I saw last night, running form ...

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Hot Rods announce opening day roster for Thrusday

By Andrew Kappes

Posted on March 30, 2014 9:29 PM



A long winter is about to be put to bed, and that became more evident on Sunday when the Bowling Green Hot Rods announced their Opening Night roster in conjunction with their parent club, the Tampa Bay Rays. On the heels of a franchise-record 82 wins in 2013, the Hot Rods are headlined by ...

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Bruner, Harper, Holliday lead Cougars past RHS

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 27, 2014 9:48 PM



With Caleb Bruner pitching six scoreless innings, the Logan County Cougars beat the visiting Russellville Panthers 4-0 Wednesday in not only the first Clash of the Cats of the season but also the first district baseball encounter. Coach Greg Shelton’s Panthers managed only one hit, that comi...

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Gooch named regional finalist for All-American

By Robert Sampson

Posted on March 26, 2014 9:22 AM



Western Kentucky University junior Chastity Gooch has been named an All-Region nominee for the WBCA Coaches' All America Team, it was announced by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association on Tuesday afternoon. Franklin-Simpson alum Gooch is one of 52 players nationally that a selection ...

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Logan fifth in state archery, individual shooters shine

Posted on March 23, 2014 5:08 PM



With four girls shooting the highest scores on the team, the Logan County High School archery team finished fifth among 70 secondary team s in the state archery tournament last week. In fact, four Lady Cougars atop the scores of all 175 archers representing six schools from the Logan County school d...

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Knifley, Olmstead elementary and middle win regional archery titles

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 18, 2014 8:02 PM



Olmstead won regional championships in both middle school and elementary school archery competition during the regional meet held at Logan County High School earlier this month. Additionally, Brett Knifley is the girls elementary 4th Region champion. It was the second straight regional championship...

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Bruner & Holliday no-hit East to start season

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 17, 2014 10:38 PM



Caleb Bruner and Joe Holliday combined on a no-hitter to start the season for defending regional baseball champion Logan County as Coach Ethan Meguiar’s team shut out Warren East 4-0 on the road Thursday. The Cougars’ second game of the season was much different except for one important...

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MVP Gooch leads Lady Tops to final SBC title

By Robert Sampson

Posted on March 16, 2014 7:14 PM



WKU scored 18 of the final 22 points of the game Saturday in New Orleans to beat Arkansas State and win the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship, erasing a 14 point second-half deficit to win at New Orleans. It was the fourth time this season that WKU has overcome a double-digit deficit to wi...

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BG Hornets making their home at RHS again

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 14, 2014 10:48 PM



The Bowling Green Hornets are making their home at Russellville’s Jim Young Gymnasium again this season, and they’re coming home Saturday for their fourth game of their second season. The Hornets, who are owned by Waseem Moorad, will play the River City Panthers at 6 p.m. tomorrow. Rus...

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Lady Toppers reach final Sun Belt finals

By Robert Sampson

Posted on March 14, 2014 7:53 PM



WKU sophomore guard Micah Jones hit two free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining to secure a 66-62 win over UALR, allowing WKU to advance to the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference Championships for the 20th time in program history. WKU will face Arkansas State on Saturday at ...

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World record setter Andre Morris began as a Panther

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 14, 2014 12:01 AM



When a world track record that had stood for 15 years was broken in Poland last Saturday, the reverberations were felt as far away as Iowa City, Iowa and Russellville, Ky. Those same tremors should serve as a wakeup call for many Panther fans. One of the men who had held that record all these years...

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Franklin native Gooch named SBC MVP

By Robert Sampson

Posted on March 10, 2014 8:32 PM



WKU junior Chastity Gooch and freshman Kendall Noble have been named the CollegeSportsMadness.com Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, the website announced on Monday afternoon.  Gooch dominated the 13th District for four years while pl...

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Lady Toppers win 21st, earn 2nd seed in SBC

By Robert Sampson

Posted on March 8, 2014 3:42 PM



Junior All-America candidate Chastity Gooch and freshman Bria Gaines combined for 44 points and 19 rebounds as Western Kentucky University won its 21st game of the season in a 79-63 win over Georgia State on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. WKU (21-8, 13-5) closed out the regular seaso...

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South ends Lady Cougar season at region

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 6, 2014 8:32 PM



Down by 20 points late in the third quarter, the Logan County Lady Cougars scored nine straight points and made South Warren work hard for a 58-48 win in the Fourth Region Tournament at Allen County-Scottsville High School Thursday. Senior Laura Hunt scored nine points in that third quarter, two of...

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Speaking of Sports, regional sites revive memories

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 5, 2014 2:12 PM



The Fourth Region basketball tournaments being played this week at a couple of familiar high school gym locations brings back lots of memories, some great, some painful. The girls tournament begins tonight at Allen County-Scottsville with the 13th District champion Logan County Lady Cougars in the ...

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Girls regional tournament delayed two days

By Don Meador

Posted on March 3, 2014 1:06 PM



First round action at the 2014 Region 4 basketball tournament has been postponed until Wednesday and Thursday, March 5 and March 6. The semifinals will now be played Saturday afternoon, March 8 with the championship game scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 3 at Allen County-Scottsville High School in ...

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Panthers to open regional play against Monroe Thursday

By Jim Turner

Posted on March 2, 2014 6:04 PM



The Russellville Panthers managed to stay away from regional favorite Warren Central when the pairings for the Fourth Region Boys Basketball Tournament were drawn Saturday night. Coach Phil Todd’s 13th District champions (11-18) are scheduled to play 15th District runner-up Monroe County ...

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Lady Cougars to open region against South Warren Monday

Posted on March 1, 2014 8:32 PM



The pairings have been set for the Region 4 girls basketball tournament scheduled to start Monday at Allen County-Scottsville High School in Scottsville.  Coach Finley Woodard’s Logan County Lady Cougars are scheduled to play the second game of the upper bracket on Monday night. Champio...

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