DANVILLE — The Hopkinsville Tigers entered Friday night’s contest against Boyle County as the heavy underdogs and the Rebels showed why they are one of the best teams in the state on the field in the game.
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DANVILLE — The Hopkinsville Tigers entered Friday night’s contest against Boyle County as the heavy underdogs and the Rebels showed why they are one of the best teams in the state on the field in the game.
Following a 60-yard punt from the John Hardin Bulldogs, the Hopkinsville Tigers — up 14-10 midway through the fourth quarter — were in dangerous territory.
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The first round of the Second Region Boys soccer tournament has come to a close, as Christian County fell to Henderson County 4-0 and UHA defeated Lyon County 7-0.
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Following a 60-yard punt from the John Hardin Bulldogs, the Hopkinsville Tigers — up 14-10 midway through the fourth quarter — were in dangerous territory.
The KHSAA state cross country meet is set to begin on Friday in Paris at Bourbon County Park.
The first round of the Second Region Boys soccer tournament has come to a close, as Christian County fell to Henderson County 4-0 and UHA defeated Lyon County 7-0.
The Christian County Lady Colonels and Trigg County Lady Wildcats were in action on Tuesday night in Henderson, playing for a trip to the Second Region semifinals.
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BOWLING GREEN — Hopkinsville’s Cate Blane and University Heights Academy’s Rheagan Lindsey got in one more tournament in 2020 last week and the pair went to Bowling Green to play in the KHSAA State Golf Tournament.
For University Heights Academy, Tuesday night’s game was just another on the schedule. For Hopkinsville, it was almost like the beginning of the year all over again.
The Christian County Lady Colonels stayed at home this weekend, playing in four volleyball matches in the Wreck at the Plex tournament at the Planter’s Bank-Jennie Stuart Health Sportplex.
Five local teams traveled to Cadiz this weekend to race in the Fenton Dawson Invitational, as all five teams had solid-placing runners in the meet.
After all the dust settled Tuesday at Hopkinsville Golf and Country Club, three local golfers will continue their seasons next week at the state tournament.
MURRAY — Losses like Hopkinsville’s 14-7 loss to Calloway County at Jack D. Rose Stadium on Friday night can teach you a lot about a team.
With Thursday’s All “A” semi-state round against Murray looming, it could’ve been easy for the University Heights Academy Blazers to look over the Hopkins County Central Storm and let their opponents sneak up on them.
With the game tied 1-1, it looked like Hopkinsville was going to get the edge and have the 2-1 lead going into the fourth set.
When the Hopkinsville Lady Tigers needed a goal Tuesday night, Abby Moss stepped up and delivered.
After cruising to victories in its first two contests, the University Heights Academy Lady Blazers had a bigger challenge in front of them.
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Monday’s rain cast a dreary shadow over athletic fields across the southern Pennyrile but that shadow will remain for the foreseeable future with KHSAA’s mandated dead period for high school athletics.
Tuesday was filled with ups and downs for local teams as the Trigg County Lady Wildcats made history against Caldwell County, and the Hopkinsville Lady Tigers suffered a tough defeat at the hands of the Henderson County Lady Colonels.
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Hopkinsville didn’t get out to the start it wanted to Tuesday night, and Lady Tigers’ head coach Anthony Babb made sure his team knew he wasn’t pleased.
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The Hopkinsville Tigers and Lady Tigers walked out of Cadiz with the sweep over Trigg County on Monday night. The boys walked out with a 69-53 win while the girls took home a 40-31 victory.
The Christian County Colonels kept up with Warren Central for the first few minutes of the game, but the experience of the Dragons proved too much for the Cols Monday at CCHS.
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Heading into Tuesday, the Christian County Lady Colonels were desperate for a victory and not only did they get one, they got a district win in the process.
With one of its biggest senior classes in recent years, the Hopkinsville swimming program celebrated Senior Night Tuesday with eight of its athletes as the Tigers hosted Christian County and Bowling Green.
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The Christian County Colonels had big plays from their starters and their bench Tuesday as they picked up a victory over Henderson County in the season opener.
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To beat good football teams, it's imperative to play well for most of the game. To beat great football teams, it's vital to play well for 48 minutes, and the Hopkinsville Tigers fell just short of that mark Friday night at the Stadium of Champions.
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The Trigg County duo of Ty Meacham and Chase Oglesby finished sixth overall at the KHSAA State Bass Fishing Championship last weekend at Kentucky Dam Marina in Gilbertsville.
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It was a day of firsts for Fort Campbell High School as two athletes signed their National Letter of Intent to continue their academic and athletic careers.
While they usually only send a handful of participants to tournaments, the students at Hopkinsville Martial Arts came out in big numbers last weekend as 20 participated in their latest tourney at Kenwood High School in Clarksville.
The Hopkinsville Lady Tigers were one bad inning away from having a good chance at the win on Friday.
If someone did not know where Christian County's Bianna Snorton was signing her national letter of intent to Friday, it became clear as soon as they walked into the CCHS library and seeing the many family and friends wearing John A. Logan T-shirts.
Hopkinsville boys' basketball coach Larry Miller and former Hoptown coach Tim Haworth both spoke during Friday's signing at HHS and each had great things to say about their now former players.
After he was named the National Athletic Association of Private Schools' Class 3A National Player of the Year, University Heights Academy's KyKy Tandy received another honor on Tuesday.
Multiple athletes posted top-three finishes over the weekend as four local teams competed in the Toyota of Hopkinsville Invitational at the Stadium of Champions.
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University Heights Academy fell to Graves County a year ago in the Marshall County Hoopfest, but the Blazers were determined to come away with a victory in this year’s appearance and UHA did just that.
A dominant defensive showing in the second half propelled Christian County girls basketball to its first victory of the year 59-44 at home over Caldwell County.
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