By: James Elliott Turner II Jackson City Lady Tigers Keep Rolling The Jackson City Lady Tigers have won 7 games in a row including wins last week over Piarsit and Onedia Baptist. Jackson City has a record of 13-11 will the be favorites this week when they face Buckhorn and Cordia. The Lady Tigers have [...]
By: James Elliott Turner II Bobcats win 2 of 3 in Prep Showcase The Breathitt Co. Bobcats knocked off Lynn Camp on Friday night despite 40 points from Wildcat big man Tyler Wagner. Saturday morning, the Bobcats upset Southwestern but fell to the Boyd Co. Lions in the night cap. The Riverside Lady Rams edged [...]
By: James Elliott Turner II Lady Cats Capture 55th District Title The Breathitt Co. Lady Cats captured another 55th district championship as they defeated Jackson City 73-26. The Lady Cats had four players in double figures. Breathitt Co. will face Leslie Co. on Monday in the first round of the 14th region tournament. The Lady [...]
By: James Elliott Turner The Appalachian Wireless – Riverside Prep Showcase 76 teams in 5 different gyms in Breathitt Co. The 5th annual Appalachian Wireless-Riverside Prep Showcase will be the biggest regular season basketball event in Kentucky with 76 teams ranging Chicago to West Virginia everywhere in between will be making their way to Breathitt [...]
The Mountain Sports Report By: James Elliott Turner II In one of the best 14th region All “A” championship games in years, Hazard defeated Buckhorn in overtime 82-79. Matt Day scored 27 points for Buckhorn. The Bulldogs were led by Josh Whitaker with 22 points. Maris Hovee scored a game high 28 points but [...]
By: James Elliott Turner Clay Co. Edges Lady Cats The Breathitt Co. Lady Cats lost at the buzzer to Clay Co. 37-35. Kendra Noble and Eden Keeton led the Lady Cats with 9 points each. Timmy Knipp led the way with 30 points in Elliott County’s 77-73 victory at West Carter. Craig Faulkner and Jacobs [...]
The Mountain Sports Report – By: James Elliott Turner II Bobcats play well in Harlan Tourney The Breathitt Co. Bobcats rallied from a third quarter deficit to knock off 13th region power Corbin 79-78 in the Black Bear tournament held at Harlan Co. Justin Taulbee led the Bobcats in scoring with 19 points followed by Travis [...]
The Mountain Sports report – By: James Elliott Turner II Jackson City eased by Riverside 81-47 last Thursday night. The Tigers had four players in double figures. The Rams were led by Jared Robinson with 18 points and 10 rebounds. In the nightcap, the Lady Tigers defeated Riverside 63-31. The Breathitt Co. Bobcats have started [...]
Bobcats Upset Bulldogs The Breathitt Co. Bobcats had five players in double figure as they pulled off an early upset defending 14th region champions Hazard Bulldogs. The next night, the Bobcats held off a pesky Letcher Central Cougar squad winning 87-80. Justin Taulbee scored 22 points followed by Nick Noble with 19 and Travis added [...]
Bobcats will face Wayne Co. The Breathitt Co. Bobcats will begin their march to Bowling Green this Friday as the Bobcats will face Wayne Co. in the first round of the class 3A playoffs. Wayne Co. has a 4-6 record with wins over Casey Co., Jackson Co., Taylor Co. and Clinton Co. This game [...]