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Cougars and Panthers race off to state
The Logan County and Russellville track teams raced onto the scene at the Region track meets this past Saturday. The Cougars were at Paducah Tilghman high school while the Panthers were at Marshall County high school. Both programs will be sending quite a number of athletes onto the state track meet which will be held at University of Louisville’s track this Thursday and Friday. Some individual results for the Panthers were; Diamond Hines f...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Ryan Harper stands in and prepares to throw the ball across over to first base in start of a double play earlier in the season against Todd County.
Cougars knock off Glasgow in thrilling fashion
The Cougars have been one of the better teams in the region this season but didn’t have that one marquee win they could point to and say that was it. They had two victories over Russellville and two against an underachieving Warren East team earlier this year. But after getting surprised on the road against Bowling Green, Logan County was looking to show the rest of the region that they belonged in the upper echelon of the region. They woul...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre Bowling Green Hot Rods catcher Juan Castillo holds on tight against a Quad City runner in a game earlier in the season.
Hot Rods hit a rough patch in the season
The Bowling Green Hot Rods, a minor league affiliate to the Tampa Bay Rays, have hit a little bit of a rough patch early in the season. After starting off the year on a fast pace and holding a slim lead in the standings after the first few weeks. But now the Hot Rods are starting to slip in the standings falling to as many as six games back of the leaders as of Sunday night. They hold a 19-17 record overall with an impressive 11-6 record at...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre RHS Seth Washington flipping end over end after snagging a foul ball in the early innings against Grayson County on Friday night.
Panthers stand victorious under the bright lights
The Russellville Panthers had two virtually road games after the loss against Franklin-Simpson on Tuesday night. The Panthers were looking to wash the taste of seeing a late inning rally fall by the wayside against the Wildcats and had two games on the road against Trigg County and Grayson County on Thursday and Friday. Russellville were looking to gain some late season momentum in preparation for the end of the season tournaments where the...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre RHS Megan Woodson prepares to fire the ball over to first base in trying to turn a double play while the Barren County runner bears down on her.
Lady Panthers begin the last week of season in search of first victory
The Lady Panthers have had their patch of bad luck this season. Still searching for their first victory of the season they had to call off the game on Thursday against Cumberland County, but still hosted Barren County on Saturday morning. The Lady Trojans of Barren County have had an up and down season and the Lady Panthers were looking to tally their first victory of the season by jumping on Barren County quickly. The day started badly wit...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS senior Lindsey Ezell moves quickly to the bag at second base to get the force out in the game on Thursday night against Trigg County.
Lady Cougars blow away Trigg County on senior night
The Lady Cougars are starting to find a little late season magic. If there was a time for a team to start putting things together this is the time. With one more season left in the year the Lady Cougars took a little time to pause and honor their seniors before one of their last home games against Trigg County. There are three seniors that were honored on senior night. Cheyenne Bilicki has been a defensive stalwart, whether out in the outfi...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Twin Lancaster hanging on the rim after slamming home a dunk in a game early in his senior season. Lancaster was named to the Kentucky 2012 All-Star Roster.
Lancaster named to the 2012 Kentucky All-Star Roster
The basketball season maybe over, but the work for all the college prospects hasn’t lessened up. In fact the workload has just started to pile up. With so many Kentucky basketball player unsigned there is a treasure trove of players for coaches to select from. With Sajuan Watkins, Aratan Martin, and Twin Lancaster still unsigned there are three phenomenal basketball athletes right here in Logan County. In the past week Lancaster was selec...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre RHS senior Thomas Shifflett follows through on the swing and watches it fly down the line in the middle innings of the game against Franklin-Simpson.
Franklin-Simpson spoils senior night for Panthers
The Panthers were coming back home looking to kick off the final two weeks of the season on the right now. They would play their last regular season home game against district foes Franklin-Simpson. With it being the last home game, it was the perfect time to honor the seniors that have contributed a lot to the recent Panther success. Thomas Shifflett, Seth Washington, and Caleb Wills have been mainstays in the line up for the past four yea...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS senior Ryan Steenbergen fires over the ball from his position at third base in the game against Todd County on Tuesday night.
Cougars send seniors off on a winning note
The Cougars have had an unprecedented run of success in the last few seasons. They have been a district title contender, a region tournament regular and have fielded some of the most stout defenses with deep pitching staffs year in and year out. Logan County sent their seniors off with a bang by beating up on Warren East 6-1 and then blowing out Todd County on senior night 12-2. That is in large part due to the five seniors that have help...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Shelby Milam goes through her wind up in the game against Todd County on Tuesday night. Milam pitched a gem of a game at Hart County on Monday night.
Lady Cougars squeak out a win at Hart County
The Lady Cougars have had their issue with district games and close games. They have seen leads slip away after fighting valiantly to get them. Franklin-Simpson and Todd County have in the past had their way with the Lady Cougars. This past week, the Lady Cougars wiped away the myth of close games falling apart as they battled and hung on for a 2-1 victory over Hart County. The district woes continued though as their future first round oppo...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Caleb Dawson returning the serve in the first round match up on Saturday afternoon at Bowling Green high school.
Storms delay Regional Tennis tournament
On Saturday morning severe thunderstorms kept the Tennis regional tournament from kicking off at it’s normal time. Couple that with a few proms and some school plays kept the regional tournament from going at it’s desired pace. Instead of playing two rounds on Saturday, the tennis tournament only got one round of tennis in before it was called and the second round matches will take place on Monday at the normal locations; Bowling Green high s...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Megan Griggs lays out completely in right field to make an outstanding diving catch late in the game at Warren Central high school.
Lady Cougars fall apart at Warren Central
The Lady Cougars of Logan County high school went on the road this weekend after hosting Muhlenberg County on Thursday. The Lady Cougars have had their troubles recently after their 20-6 blow out victory over Trigg County, but were hoping to turn things around this weekend with their home game against the Lady Mustangs on Thursday and then a road game against the Lady Dragons. With two winnable games on the slate the Lady Cougars prepared t...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre New basketball coach Phil Todd standing in front of Russellville s trophy case. Coach Todd hopes to add more to the trophy case as soon as next season.
A blast from the past; Coach Phil Todd back at the helm of Panthers basketball
This past Monday, Russellville ended their exhaustive search for a new boys head basketball coach. After sorting through a staggering amount of applicants, and interviewing a number of qualified candidates the Panthers got the guy they were ultimately looking for. “In the long run to be honest with you, we got exactly what we wanted in a basketball coach, somebody who’s got experience, somebody who’s been there and done that, somebody that ...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre LCHS Evan Harris returns the serve in the match against Russellville on Tuesday afternoon.
Panthers and Cougers begin to wrap up their seasons
The Panthers and Cougars tennis teams took to the courts on Tuesday afternoon in their final regular season match up. The two teams are quickly wrapping up their season as they will go off to the regional tournaments on Saturday in nearby Bowling Green. The boys regional tournament will be hosted by Bowling Green high school while the girls will be playing at Keriakas Park. Individual scores from Tuesday’s ‘Clash of the Cats’ were; John D...
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N-D&L Photo/Paul Halfacre RHS Taylor Gray grabs the ball down the foul line early in the game against Todd County on Tuesday night.
Lady Panthers showing steady signs of improvement
On Tuesday night the Lady Panthers hit the road to visit a district rival in Todd County. In recent years the Lady Rebels have shared district dominance with Franklin-Simpson and was looking to run rule the lowly Lady Panthers again. But the Lady Panthers, like they have shown all season, showed up determined that this game would be different. The young, scrappy Lady Panthers team showed they have improved a lot since the last time they p...
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