Sports

Jenkins, LCC girls & boys to square off Friday

The first meeting of the season between the county’s two boys’ and two girls’ basketball teams is scheduled for Friday night at Jenkins when the Cavaliers host the Cougars and the Lady Cavaliers host the Lady Cougars. The Jenkins boys’ team (12-8 on the season) enters the game coming off a 71- 56 win over Rye Cove High School of […]

Struttin’ Time

Living dangerously for a deer

With the weather so cold, this seems like a great time to share another hunt with you from the past. The year was probably around 1980, and the deer herd in Letcher County was in full swing. My friend James Holland called and asked me if I would like to take him deer hunting over Pine Mountain. We had talked […]

Gabby’s Fishing Fever

No need to fish too deep now

While most anglers have put their boat and fishing tackle away until spring, there can still be some good fishing action to be found for this willing to brave the cold temperatures. Thank the good lord for fish like smallmouth bass and crappie, as they thrive in colder water and can be caught during winter on most lakes. Largemouth bass […]

UK football expands its recruting areas

Vaught’s Views

Kentucky football wants to continue to make in-state recruiting a priority and Ohio has been a recruiting hotbed for UK since coach Mark Stoops and recruiting coordinator Vince Marrow arrived 11 years ago. However, on national signing day the Cats signed players from 11 states with only a combined nine high school signees from Kentucky (6) and Ohio (3). Kentucky […]

Cavaliers and Cougars have mixed results

Cavs are now 11-7

The Jenkins Cavaliers have an 11-7 record after an eventful past two weeks. Jenkins hosted the annual Cavaliers Christmas Classic in the last few days of December and came out of the event with a 3-0 record. The first game, on December 28, featured a rematch with Twin Springs out of Nickelsville, Virginia. Jenkins won convincingly, 54-36, and were led […]

LCC drops close one


After a lengthy layoff over the holiday break the Letcher County Central boys’ basketball team was back in action last Thursday and lost a heartbreaker to Knott Central by a score of 46-43. The Cougars were behind most of the game but scratched and clawed their way back into the game as they have all year long. LCC had a […]

Struttin’ Time

Why youth hunts do matter

The best camera in the world is our mind. It captures everything — sight, sound smell, etc. — and stores the information for a lifetime. Recently, I was thinking about a friend of mine. Her name was Makayla Dugan, and she lived in Georgetown, Kentucky. Her mother called me one day and said Makayla wanted to go hunting with me. […]

Gabby’s Fishing Fever

White crappie are longest

Crappie, which are one of the best fish to try to catch at any time of the year, come in two different varieties — white and black crappie. White crappie are most common to our area but black crappie are mostly caught on some Tennessee and Alabama lakes. White crappie grow longer while black crappie grow thicker. I have caught […]

UK ‘among teams with a chance’ at title

Vaught’s Views

Sporting News columnist Mike DeCourcy is not predicting Kentucky will win the national championship. However, he’s not saying it could not happen, either. “They are among the teams with a chance,” said DeCourcy, who also does work for the Big Ten Network and FoxSports. “A couple of things have to happen and the first one is the least appreciated, but […]

Struttin’ Time

The beagle from Red Fox

First let me tell The Mountain Eagle staff and Letcher County photographer Malcom Wilson how humbled they made me for putting Santa’s picture on the front page a couple of weeks ago. I feel honored and thank everyone. The picture and cutline came almost 10 years to the day after I retired from being Santa in Letcher County. The first […]


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