Nascar Returns To Kentucky Speedway This Weekend & We Have A Chance For You To Win Tickets
The Monster Energy Series returns to Kentucky Motor Speedway this weekend for the seventh straight season. Nascar’s top drivers will look to improve their odds to make the Chase for the Playoffs. In the seven years of racing in Kentucky there have only been four different winners. The track is a 1.5 mile tri oval […]
Street Named For 1982 State & National Championship Indians Baseball Team
Tuesday night the city of Richmond during the city commission meeting honored the1982 State Championship from Madison Central with a street named in their honor. The street is located from North Second Street down behind the football stadium to the baseball field. It replaces Georgia Street. Of course has much as an honor this is […]
Former EKU Colonel Mandy Alvarez Named To Double A All Star Game
Former EKU Colonel Mandy Alvarez has been named to the Double A All Star team. Alvarez plays for the Trenton Thunder, affiliate of the New York Yankees. As a senior in high school for Killian in Miami he hit .490 as a junior and .400 as a senior being named all Dade County both seasons […]
EKU Men’s Basketball Team Set To Hold Open Practices
New head Coach A.W. Hamilton is getting the opportunity to get his team in the gym early as the NCAA will allow the Colonels to have ten extra practices this summer as they will they will be heading to Coast Rica August 7th for three games. With the extra practice’s EKU will open them to […]
Reds Reach Halfway Mark Of Season, Recap of First Half
As the weather turns warmer and the calendar flips to July soon Major League baseball is at the half way mark of the regular season. Tonight the Reds will play game 81 of 162. The Reds opened the year 3-18 in the month of April, worst start in the 137 year history of the franchise, […]
Former EKU Great Nominated For College Football Hall Of Fame
Former Colonel great Markus Thomas has been nominated for the 2019 College Football Hall Of Fame. Thomas, a Cincinnati native, played for Eastern Kentucky from 1989-1992. He became not only one of the greatest Colonels ever, he is also one of the greatest players to ever play in the Ohio Valley Conference. Markus was inducted […]
Humane Society Holds Annual Fundraiser
Watch video from the event! Saturday night the Madison County Humane Society Animal League for Life held it’s fourth annual Penny’s for Paws Car Show and Concert. The event brought over 1500 people and dog’s out to enjoy the free concert provided by The Bent Penny Band. There was also face painting, hula hooping, […]
EKU Basketball Hosting Youth Camp
Eastern Kentucky Head Coach A.W. Hamilton held his first basketball camp this week at Alumni Coliseum. WBON spoke with Coach Hamilton about the camp.Hamilton said that when he got hired to be the coach there was no camp scheduled. The Colonels had three players transfer so tone of the main focus of the staff was […]
Trio Of Madison Central Indians Named All-State
Three Indians were named All-State following the season. Logan Thomason, an Eastern Kentucky commit, was named second team. Logan helped lead the Indians to the State Tournament for the second time in three seasons. He led the team in batting at .448. He had three home runs and knocked in 38 runs. He led the […]
Estill County Softball Players Earn All-State Honors
A pair of Estill Softball players earned All-State honors this week. Senior Lindsay Wood was named second team after helping lead the Lady Engineers to the State Tournament for the third time during her four seasons. She hit .520 her senior season (51-98) and scored 47 runs. She had two home runs knocked in nineteen, […]
Indians Fall In Opening Round Of State Tournament
Madison Central (30-7) entered the State Tournament riding high after winning the eleventh region. They match up with Bowling Green (21-11) the winners of the fourth region. Indians had the last game of the opening round and it turned into one of the best games thus far in the state tournament. Madison Central was the […]
Estill County Falls In Game One of State Tournament
On a hot afternoon in Owensboro, so hot that the afternoon games were being delayed due to heat index, Estill County ran into a Boyle County team that was just as hot. Specifically a hot pitcher in Kelly Lay. The game started with a lead off hit from Lindsay Wood but she would be stranded […]
Indians Return To State Tournament for First Time Since 2015
The Indians of Madison Central still remember the felling after last season’s opening round loss to rival Madison Southern in the district tournament. Central was ranked in the top five of the state and a contender for the region and state championship but all that fell apart in the loss to the Eagles. This year’s […]
Estill County Begins State Tournament Tonight
Estill County softball returns to the Owensboro Health/KHSAA State Softball Tournament for the first time since 2016. This is a trip that the Lady Engineers are used to making since joining the fourteenth region. This year’s team enters with a 20-12 record. after rolling through the 56th district and regional play. Senior Kaylee Covey led […]
Madison Central Returns To State Tournament
Madison Central will be returning to the KHSAA State Baseball Tournament for the first time since 2015 after the Indians knock off Scott County 8-6 tonight. The Indians (29-7) came into the match-up against Scott County (30-7) off a thrilling win last night over Woodford County4-2. Senior Jeremy Cox with a two run homer to […]
Madison Central Baseball Set for Semifinals Friday
The Indians (28-7) last played Monday, they defeated Bryan Station 3-0 behind great pitching from Lucas Myers who didn’t allow a hit and Cameron Travis who came in relief and allowed one hit. Unfortunately weather came in and Woodford County and Lexington Catholic could not get their game in. Fast forward to Tuesday and Woodford […]
Indians Roll Into Region On A High Note
The 44th district baseball championship was played tonight as the defending district champions, Model Patriots (10-17) played host Madison Central (27-7). The Indians finished the season ranked number seven in the state of Kentucky. – The Patriots got a one out double in the first from Casey Brandenburg but he was stranded in scoring position. […]
EKU Baseball Players Honored By Conference
EKU baseball was picked to finish last in the Ohio Valley Preseason but this team wouldn’t listen to the so called experts. They came out and went on the road and knocked nationally ranked teams #15 Virginia, and #11 Vanderbilt. Colonels went to #13 Louisville and had a chance to win before falling 4-2 in […]
#5 Indians Fall To #19 Tates Creek At Home
The Indians of Madison Central (20-6) came into the game Tuesday night against Tates Creek coming off a shut out loss Monday to South Laurel. Indians are a perfect 8-0 against region opponents and are 3-3 in their last six games. Central is averaging nine runs a game and tonight they faced one of the […]
Madison Central With A Win Over Top Ten Henry Clay
Wednesday night number three ranked Madison Central (17-2) traveled to Louisville to play top ranked PRP and then had to come back the next night and play another top ten team in Henry Clay. Madison Central sent lefty Lucas Myers to the mound to face the Blue Devils. First batter of the game, D. Wilson-Cowan […]
Madison Southern Names Austin Newton As Head Coach
Madison Southern named Austin Newton as their fourth head coach in school history today. Newton will replace Shane Butty who stepped down after 23 seasons as a coach at Southern. Austin is no stranger to the area, he played at Eastern Kentucky under Travis Ford. Austin came to EKU from Campbellsville where is the all […]
Madison Central Softball Wins At District Rival Madison Southern
On a warm breezy afternoon the top two teams in the 44th district played a game that was scheduled for earlier in the week but mother nature had other plans. Madison Central traveled to Berea to play the Lady Eagles of Madison Southern. The first pitch temps were in the mid 70’s and the wind […]
#5 Madison Central Defeats #12 Lafayette in 11th region Showdown
The #5 team in the state, Madison Central hosted the #12 team in the state tonight at Don Richardson Field. The Lafayette Generals came to town with an unimpressive 7-6 record but the Generals have played a tough schedule. Indians sport a 11-1 record with their only loss coming in Florida to Niceville, FL. Niceville […]
Madison Central Over Madison Southern In Baseball Action
Madison Southern traveled to Richmond to play district rival Madison Central. This is the first match-up since the Eagles upset the Indians in the opening round of last year’s 44th district tournament. The Indians enter the game ranked in the ten in the state with a 9-1 record. Madison Southern, after dropping three straight to […]
Legends Sweep Drive Improve To 6-1 On Season
The Lexington Legends hosted local school systems today in their first education day game of the season. The game began at 10:30 AM and had over thirty schools in attendance, the biggest group ever to attend the promotion since it began. It was a brisk 40 degrees at first pitch but was a beautiful morning […]
