Whitesburg, KY

PDF of print edition Cougars, Lady Cavs shine on By CHRIS ANDERSON       The Letcher County Central Cougars defeated June Buchanan on Monday, 6-2, to improve their record to 15-8 on the season. The Cougars are now in sixth-place overall in the 14th Region, but sport 7-1 record in region play while being a perfect 3-0 in 53rd Distict competition. More ... Sports in Kentucky Offer to 8th grader should have been kept much more quiet Bob Watkins       While we wait to see if Big Brown will remind us of Big Red ... From Parade Magazine's 2008 four team, 40-name basketball prep stars list Kentucky's Billy Clyde Gillispie was zero for every prospect north of Darius Miller (third team). More ... Keep the Saturday nights coming Steve Mickey       The Sprint Cup Series is in one of its best stretches right now if you are a fan of good ol' Saturday night shootouts. Richmond's version of a Saturday night short track shootout kicked off three consecutive weekends of racing, which will take the series to three very different racetracks. More ... Gabby's Fishing Fever Fishing for crappie at Carr Creek Lake By GREG CAUDILL       Carr Creek Lake has long been known as a good crappie lake. Over the past several years I have been lucky enough to catch a lot of nice size crappie at Carr Creek Lake. When you consider the small size of this lake and the large amount of fishing pressure it receives it is amazing the nice crappie... More ... Big engines power dirt-track series By GREG ZYLA       We recently had the chance to speak with Ritchie Lewis, director for the growing and highly respected Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series. Lewis, 43, is the former UDTRA/Hav-A-Tampa Series Race Director, and took the reins of the Lucas Race Series in May 2007. More ... Lady Cavs to host Letcher By CHRIS ANDERSON       Girls' fast-pitch softball action will be in full swing again this week, beginning with a match in Jenkins tonight (Wednesday) between the Lady Cavs and Letcher County Central. The Lady Cougars played only one game last week, traveling to Leslie County on Friday, where they defeated the Lady Eag... More ... Sports quiz       1. When was the last time before 2006 and 2007 that a majorleague regular season did not have a 100-win team? 2. In 2006, Cleveland's Grady Sizemore became only the second major-leaguer to have 50 doubles, 10 triples, 20 steals and 20 homers in a season. Who was the first? More ... Basketball camp set for May 20-23       The fourth annual Lady Cougar Camp of Champions basketball camp will be held at Letcher County Central High School gym May 20-23. Camp will start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. each day. The cost is $50 and the Lady Cougar staff will provide instruction, competition, camp T-shirt, awards, and ... More ...