Sports

Reeves is national player of the week

Antonio Reeves of Kentucky is The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the week after shining in a pair of wins that catapulted the Wildcats into the top 10. His biggest performance came in a win over then-No. 4 Tennessee, when he had 27 points and seven rebounds for his seventh straight game of at least 20 points. The […]

Writer says Dillingham is UK’s best NBA prospect

Vaught’s Views

New York Daily News columnist Dick Weiss, who is in the National Sportswriters Hall of Fame, likes the talent on coach John Calipari’s team but he really likes freshman guard Rob Dillingham. “He is the one college player in this NBA draft class most likely to make an (NBA) All-Star Game in the future,” Weiss said. That was before ESPN […]

LCC fought adversity, coach says after loss


The Letcher County Central’s boys’ basketball season ended last Wednesday with a 56-39 loss to top seed Hazard in the first round of the 14th Regional tournament. Like they had done all year, LCC played tenacious defense the whole game and cut the lead to one point midway through the third quarter. But the Cougars offense went cold, and they […]

Struttin’ Time

No sub-titles needed here

Watching “Swamp People” on the History Channel brings me to a story I am sure you will get a chuckle from. I was hunting in Hays, Kansas with a now out-of-business outfitter Chrismon Outdoors. They were great outfitters, but divorces have a way of making even the best go south. Anyway, I arrived at the lodge on the evening before […]

Gabby’s Fishing Fever

Teaching children how to fish

In this world there are somethings that never change — like when we were kids and some of the older folks would take time to teach us how to fish. I know kids today love to spend time on games and online, but most kids also love to be outdoors doing things like playing and running also camping, boating, swimming, […]

Lady Cougars celebrate district title win

The Letcher Central Lady Cougars mob Jaylin Whitt after Whitt’s buzzer beater in overtime secured the 53rd District Championship. Whitt’s 18 points and eight rebounds, along with a game-winning buzzer beater, carried the Lady Cougars back to the throne as district champions in a thrilling 50-48 overtime win over Knott Central. The Lady Cougars were scheduled to face Hazard in […]

Questionable calls mar game


What I witnessed in the Boys’ 53rd District Championship basketball game at Knott County Central last Thursday is hard to put into words. I have covered sports for The Mountain Eagle for more than years and have seen my share of games totally decided by the officiating. I was doing the radio call for an LCC football game at Hazard […]

LCC falls in OT, but still advances


Letcher Central Central fell in dramatic fashion in the 53rd District Tournament championship game, losing in overtime to rival Knott County Central by a score of 70-67. LCC had a commanding 38-25 lead going into the fourth quarter but a combination of some questionable foul calls and timely Knott County shooting forced the game into overtime. The Cougars, who lost […]

Struttin’ Time

Old dogs and old hunters

Mark Reese is a bird hunter, and the two of us have discussed the demise of ruffled grouse and quail. It seems that Mark is retiring two of his longtime buddies, Red, 14, and Lucky, just shy of 11 years old. As you might have guessed, Mark’s buddies are his bird dogs. I only owned one bird dog, given to […]

Gabby’s Fishing Fever

It’s time to fish main lake cover

I know we all love fishing in early spring when the crappie and bass come up shallow to spawn. This can be some of the best fishing of the year on some lakes, but by spring the lakes are at summer pool and full. But now in early March the lakes are still at winter pool and fishing is mostly […]


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