Sports
Shrine car show; WVU hoops and Hall of Fame
The Tug Valley Shrine Club will hold its annual car, truck and motorcycle show on Saturday, June 1 on Second Avenue in downtown Williamson. The show starts at 9 a.m. and goes to 12 noon. The registration fee is $15 and trophies will be awarded. All of the proceeds go to the Tug Valley Shrine Club. Trophies will be awarded at 3 p.m. for several different categories. There will also be door prizes and the Shriners concession stand will also...
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John Blankenship gets big race win in Arkansas
Williamson, West Virginia racing star John Blankenship recorded the biggest win of his racing career on Saturday night, May 18 at the Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas, as he banked $20,000 for coming out on top of the 2nd Annual ‘Bad Boy 98. After timing in seventh quickest in Group B during Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series qualifying and running second in his heat race on Friday night, John started from the outside o...
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Belfry swats Hornets out of 60th District tourney
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates swatted the Phelps Hornets out of the 60 th District baseball tournament 13-0 on Monday at the BHS sports complex. Belfry jumped out to a 7 to 0 lead in the 2nd inning. Belfry’s Joey Duty reached safely on an error by third baseman Tate Compton. Then Eli Huddle was safe on sacrifice bunt attempt and another Phelps error. Madison Ghormley reached first base on a fielder’s c...
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<p>The Man High School softball team poses for a team picture on Friday night after the Lady Billies wrapped up the Class A region championship and a berth in this week&#8217;s state tournament.</p>
Man players happy to be back at state
Paul Adkins Civitas News Service MAN — It has come full circle for the senior members of the Man High School softball team. Three years ago as freshmen, Taylor Tomblin, Summer Sword, Emilee Osborne, Micayla Gibson, Tabby Ferguson and Rachael Griffith were members of Man’s 2010 Class A state tournament team. The Lady Billies would fall to South Harrison as their attempt to win a historic three straight state championships was foiled in...
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<p>Pictured above, left to right, is Mingo Central track coach Brad Webb, with members of the Miners track team Joe May, Alex Lee, Austin Banks, Garrett Moore and volunteer Virdell Banks.</p>
Mingo Central’s Alex Lee places in top five in state
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor CHARLESTON – Mingo Central runner Alex Lee finished in the top five in both the 100 meter and 200 meter dashes in the Class AA division at the West Virginia State High School Track tournament this past weekend. The junior qualified for the finals in both events with great times on Friday. In the 100 meter qualifying run he finished second with a time of 11.42 and in the 200 he finished third with a qualifyi...
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<p>Kyle Lovern/Daily News</p><p>Alexis Batausa, center, is being congratulated by Tug Valley Road Runners Club president David Hatfield, left, after winning the Relay for Life 5-k race this past Saturday. On each side of Batausa is Sue Gave Keesee and Martha Vipperman Roberts, who helped organize the race. Over 190 registered for the race and about 140 ran or walked in the 5-k. A list of the top 50 finishers is listed on the sports page today.</p>
Relay for Live 5-K Top 50 finishers
1 77 Alexis Batausa Williamson, WV Male 25-29 29 M 20:29.0 — 2 247 Ben LippsSouth Williamson, KY Male 35-39 38 M 22:06.7 +1:37.7+7.9% 3 259 Andrew Rizzi Male 15-19 19 M 22:09.9 +1:40.9+8.2% 4 123 Harold Osborne South Williamson, KY Male 60-64 61 M ...
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<p>Kyle Lovern/Daily News</p><p>Belfry pitcher Zac Fields is shown firing home a pitch earlier in the season. The Pirates lost to Sheldon Clark on Friday. They are hosting the 60th District tournament this week.</p>
Belfry loses to Sheldon Clark to fall under .500
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor INEZ, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates lost their final regular season game of the year losing 8-7 to Sheldon Clark on Friday in Inez, Ky. Belfry took an early 7-2 lead, but the Cardinals kept whittling away at the lead and scored two runs in the bottom of the 7 th inning to win the game. In the 1st inning, Belfry’s Keaton Taylor led off with double to left field, then Zack Francisco reached safely on an error b...
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<p>Kyle Lovern/Daily News</p><p>The 2013 Belfry High School baseball team is pictured above. They begin district tournament play on Monday at the BHS sports complex playing host to Phelps. The winner of that game will play Pike County Central on Wednesday.</p>
Hagy confident heading into district tourney
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. – Despite a subpar season, Belfry head baseball coach Michael Hagy is confident heading into the 60 th District tournament next Monday which will be played at the BHS field at Goody. “I like our chances,” Hagy said. “We have to win with pitching and defense. We can’t compete if we don’t have good pitching.” “We don’t hit very good as a team,” Hagy added. Belfry has lost several close games thi...
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Rod Varney sitting behind his desk at Belfry High School Photo by Kyle Lovern
Former Belfry athlete, coach and principal retiring
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor My how time flies by. Sort of like Rod Varney flew by the competition back in the early 1960s as a quarterback and sprinter for the Belfry Pirates. Fast forward 49 years later, to when Varney graduated from Belfry to his last days as principal at his alma mater. Varney was born and raised up Road Fork (now Forest Hills), not far from where the new Belfry High School complex now sits. While at Belfry, Va...
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Shelby Valley has new coach; AAU tourney; Rawlins leaves WVU
Kyle’s Korner … There has been a lot of speculation on who was going to get the head coaching position at Shelby Valley High School the last few weeks. That announcement came last week when Harlan County native Jim Hicks was named as the basketball coach for the Wildcats. He had been coaching at Grant County in northern Kentucky. In past years he had also coached at Bath, Owsley and Greenup Counties. He was also a former assistant at ...
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<p>Keaton Taylor</p>
Pirates whip Bulldogs for first time on the road
Pirates whip Bulldogs for first time on the road Kyle Lovern Sports Editor LOUISA, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates whipped the Lawrence County Bulldogs 7-1 Thursday evening in high school baseball action. This is the first time Belfry has ever beaten Lawrence County on their home field and only the second time they had ever beaten the Bulldogs, according to longtime scorekeeper Bennett West. The win evened Belfry’s record to 15-15 an...
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<p>Submitted Photo</p><p>Belfry softball coach Ryan Chapman is shown talking to his team earlier in the season. The Pirates will host the 60th District tourney on Monday and Wednesday.</p>
Belfry to host 60th District tournaments
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. – Belfry High School will be hosting the 60 th District baseball and softball tournaments on Monday and Wednesday May 20 and 22. On that Monday, the Pirate baseball team will host Phelps at 6:30 p.m. The winner will play Pike County Central on Wednesday at 8 p.m., according to Belfry’s Todd Cassell, director for the tourneys. The softball game will start at 6 p.m. on Monday with Phelps going u...
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<p>Sports Editor Kyle Lovern</p>
Kentucky still has the top rated recruiting class
Many Kentucky Wildcat fans were upset that Huntington Prep’s Andrew Wiggins chose Kansas over UK. But, they still have six high school All-Americans coming in next season. Most recruiting services had John Calipari’s incoming freshmen class as the top group in the country. Plus UK has a few quality players returning for next season. Kansas moved up to No. 2 with the commitment of Wiggins to Bill Self and the Jayhawks. Unless you’ve been...
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Tug Valley has three qualify for state track meet
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor NAUGATUCK – The Tug Valley Panthers have three student athletes that qualified for the state track meet which starts Friday at Charleston’s Laidley Field. It is only the second season for Tug Valley to compete in track and field. They are coached by Rachelle Smith. The three who have qualified in Class Single A are senior Amber Linville in the shot put, freshman Cameron Baisden also in the shot put and Dy...
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Mingo Central qualifies for state track meet
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor After their showing in the recent Class AA regional track meet, Mingo Central has qualified for several events in the state tournament which will be held this Friday and Saturday at Laidley Field in Charleston. The Miner’s 4 x 100 relay team of Dakweon Willis, Austin Banks, Alex Lee and Garrett Moore qualified for the state meet. Lee, a junior sprinter, also qualifies for both the 100 meter and the 200 me...
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<p>Reed Williamson</p>
Belfry beats Allen Central on the diamond
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor ALLEN, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates improved their record to 14-15 with a 4-1 road victory over Allen Central Monday evening. Belfry took an early lead in the bottom of the opening inning. With one out, Reed Williamson reached first base on an error by third baseman Tanner Hamilton. Williamson then scored on 2-out single to left field by Joey Duty. Eli Huddle followed with single to left, but the Pirates couldn...
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<p>Photo by Sholten Singer/ The Herald-Dispatch</p><p>Andrew Wiggins is pictured talking to the media after signing his letter of intent with Kansas on Tuesday.</p>
Andrew Wiggins chooses Kansas
KYLE'S KORNER ... - Huntington Prep basketball star Andrew Wiggins finally made his announcement on where he will play his college basketball this coming season. In a private ceremony Tuesday afternoon in Huntington at St. Joe High School, he told the world he would attend Kansas. He had narrowed his choices to Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State. Many were surprised at his choice. There were those diehard UK fans that though...
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<p>Photo by Sholten Singer/ The Herald-Dispatch</p><p>Andrew Wiggins is shown signing his letter of intent with his mother, Marita Payne-Wiggins, seated beside him at a ceremony at St. Joe High School in Huntington. Wiggins, who played for Huntington Prep, is the No. 1 rated player in the country.</p><p>(no description)</p>
Top prep prospect Wiggins to become a Jayhawk
HUNTINGTON (AP) — Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins will play his college basketball at Kansas. The 6-foot-8 Toronto native signed a letter-of-intent Tuesday, choosing the Jayhawks over Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State. The ceremony ended the frenzied pursuit of the Huntington Prep star, who averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season. Rather than turn his announcement into a spectacle, Wiggins wanted ...
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<p>Eli Huddle had four RBIs in Belfry&#8217;s win over East Carter.</p>
Belfry outslugs East Carter in 10-7 win
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor The Belfry Pirates outslugged East Carter 10-7 at J.P. Kouns Field at East Carter on Saturday. East Carter took the lead in the bottom of the 1 st inning after Jacob Coleman doubled to center with one out. Then Austin Wells walked and Cody McDavid singled to short right field, loading bases. That’s when Cole Braggs brought in two runs with a single to right. Derek Keller smacked an RBI triple in the gap to...
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<p>Alex Lee</p>
Alex Lee runs well in regional track meet
Kyle Lovern Sports Editor CHARLESTON – Mingo Central finished No. 8 as a team in the Class AA regional track event held Friday at Laidley Field in Charleston, however junior Alex Lee did well as an individual sprinter. Lee finished 4 th in the 100 meters with a time of 11.66 and 2 nd in the 200 meters with a time of 23.83 and may have a chance to qualify for the state tournament. The Mingo Central 4 x 100 relay team finished thi...
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