If you enjoyed watching Reed Sheppard’s SEC Freshman of the Year season in University of Kentucky Basketball, Roy Morgan says another likable Kentucky high school basketball star is on his way to Lexington. Earlier this month, Lyon County became one of the smallest schools in decades to win t...

  Catching up on some impressive performances by Logan County High School teams which have previously not been reported by The Logan Journal. State champions in various sports were Hunter Holloway, Addison Connelly, Eli Hawkins, Jacob White, Emerson McKinnis, Bella Gaddis, Cole Christmas, Lan...

  When Russellville High School cancelled its high school baseball season this spring, it was feared that the Kelly Russell Classic would be lost as well. Kelly Russell was a co-captain of the 1974 Panther baseball team who was headed to Murray State University on a baseball scholarship. As t...

  The Russellville Lady Panthers, who have become a regular in the Class 1A State Tournament, took the first step back there this weekend by beating Clinton County 6-5 on the road. Rayleigh “Ray Ray” Roberts and Crissy Higgins each had three hits with Roberts also walking. Madison...

  Both the Boys and Girls Tennis Teams of Logan County won with ease over Franklin Simpson Thursday.  Girls won 9-0, making it a 3-0 start on the season, and the Boys won 8-1, making their record 2-1. “Players are having a great start with the majority of the matches com...

  On the same cool (cold?) opening day of spring, both the Logan County Lady Cougars and Cougars won games on the diamond Tuesday. Brady Hinton and Kade Wall scored three runs each, and seven other players—Harper Butler, Samuel Hayes, Noah Mosley, Chance Sweeney, Davin Yates, Dayman McL...

  Logan County’s baseball team is off to an uncharacteristically slow start for the season with a 1-4 record, but that win is the most important one. The Cougars beat Edmonson County 10-6 Saturday in their first round game of the Class 2A Sectional. Davin Yates and Samuel Hayes swung bi...

Not only did the Logan County Lady Cougars win their third game without a loss to start the season Saturday, but the 8-4 thumping of visiting Allen County-Scottsville got Coach Gary Gettings’ team off to a good start in Kentucky 2A sectional play. Senior Emerson McKinnis homered, doubled an...

  WKU Men's Basketball (22-11) claimed its first-ever Conference USA Tournament Championship and earned its first berth in the NCAA Tournament since 2013 by beating UTEP 78-71 in the CUSA Championship game on Saturday at VBC Propst Arena. The Hilltoppers learned Sunday that they will fac...

  Forty years ago today—March 17, 1984, the Logan County Cougars pulled off the almost unimaginable, winning the Sweet Sixteen—the state championship of Kentucky boys basketball. It was an even loftier title than winning the Kentucky Derby, or at least it seemed that way to us. Th...

  When the University of Louisville women’s basketball program decided to highlight for Lady Cardinals, there first choice was a graduate of Logan County High School. The salute began: “As we celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth, we salute alums who have gone on to succeed in all walks o...

  Russellville High School has announced that the Panther baseball season will not be played this spring. This is the explanation which appeared on Facebook Friday: “It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the cancellation of this year's high school baseball season. Despite our ...

The Penrod sisters led the Russellville Lady Panthers in a strong season-starting showing Tuesday during  a 5-1 road win at Warren East. Sophomore Chloe ('Red') Penrod pitched the complete seven innings, allowing the lone run on six hits and just one walk while striking out two Lady Raisers....

of their returning experience and talent. They got off to good starts by winning their season openers this week. Coach Ryan Davenport’s Russellville Lady Panthers were impressive in winning on the road Tuesday, beating Warren East 5-1. No individual stats have been posted by the team yet. On...

  Officials from the local high schools have announced how to buy tickets for this week’s Fourth Region Tournament at Diddle Arena. Logan County Athletic Director emailed information to the press while someone from Russellville created a graphic and posted it on Facebook. Each particip...

  A couple of questions a few hours before tipoff of the most important Clash of the Cats in nine years. ^Will the third time be the charm for the Russellville Panthers? ^How much money could you have made betting that both the Panthers and the Logan County Cougars would be playing for a dis...