Chrissy Roberts Out As EKU Women’s Head Coach
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University women’s basketball head coach Chrissy Roberts will not be retained, Director of Athletics Stephen Lochmueller announced on behalf of the university today. Roberts’ contract expires in 2019. “Chrissy Roberts has been – as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach – an outstanding ambassador for Eastern Kentucky University,” Lochmueller said. “Her love for […]
Colonels Fall To Murray State In Front Of Near Sellout Crowd
The Colonels have played some big games this season, they played the number one team in the country earlier in Tennessee, they played Kansas State who sits at 19-6 on the season. They played league leaders Belmont, Austin Peay, and Murray State and tonight the Racers came into Alumni Coliseum tied for first in the […]
Freshman Jomaru Brown Leads Colonels To OVC Win Over Tennessee State
The Colonels come into tonight’s game with the Tigers of Tennessee State needing a win to stay in the hunt for an OVC playoff spot. EKU is coming off a 83-65 loss to OVC front-runner Belmont at home Thursday night. Tennessee State enters the game with a three game winning streak winning at Morehead Thursday […]
Lady Pirates Fall In Quarterfinals Of All A
Berea came into the quarterfinals of the All A Tournament off a close win over Wolfe County and Friday afternoon they faced another good team from Eastern Kentucky, this time the winners of the 16th region the West Carter Lady Comets. The Comets come in riding an 11 game winning streak. The game started back […]
Lady Pirates Advance To All A Quarterfinals Friday with 47-38 Win
The Berea Lady Pirates returned to All A tournament for the first time since 2000 when they advanced to the Quarterfinals. This is the schools fourth trip to the big dance. Berea gets to Alumni Coliseum by defeating Model and Frankfort. Lady Pirates enter with a record of 18-4 and winners of four of the […]
Colonels Win On A Buzzer Beater In Dramatic Fashion
The Colonels came into the game against SEMO needing another win to inch closer to the playoff line in the Ohio Valley Conference. SEMO also entered the contest needing a win, both teams were 1-4 in conference play. EKU leads the OVC in scoring and ranks tenth nationally scoring 85.9 points a game. Colonels are […]
EKU Picks Up First Conference Win In Commanding Fashion 97-73
The Colonels returned home 0-4 in OVC play and they knew they couldn’t go 0-5 and fall farther behind in league play. Their opponent Tennessee Martin also was in search of a win losing their first four in league play. The Skyhawks carried a three game winning streak here in Richmond into the contest. Coach […]
Lady Colonels Fall To UT Martin At Home In OVC Opener
The Lady Colonels returned home for the first time in OVC play as they welcomed Tennessee Martin into Alumni Coliseum. Lady Colonels lost all four league games on the road while the Skyhawks are 3-1 in OVC winners of the last three. Martin sits 1.5 game behind league leader Tennessee Tech while the Colonels are […]
Madison Southern Eagles Sweep Double Header
The Eagles hosted cross town district rival Berea Pirates in double header action with the Lady Eagles and Lady Pirates playing first. Madison Southern opened the game on an 11-0 run but the Lady Pirates battled back to only trail by 7 after a quarter 13-6. Eagles doubled team freshman guard Mati Stepp and it […]
EKU Football Hires Adam Austin As New Offensive Coordinator
Adam Austin, who has led highly rated football offenses in NCAA Division II, was chosen as Eastern Kentucky University’s offensive coordinator, head coach Mark Elder announced today. Over the past eight seasons, Austin helped Midwestern State University win four conference championships and make five appearances in the NCAA Division II playoffs. Austin served as MSU’s […]
Lexington Legends Have A New Manager For 2019
WHITAKER BANK BALLPARK (Lexington, KY) – The 2018 South Atlantic League Champion, Lexington Legends will welcome a new manager for the 2019 season, along with many familiar faces on the field staff as the Kansas City Royals today announced their 2019 minor league staff assignments. Former Major Leaguer and past Legends infielder, Brooks Conrad has […]
Eagles Fall In Overtime To Frederick Douglas
Madison Southern returned home for the first time in nearly a month and faced a Frederick Douglas team that brought a lot of pressure. In the pregame interview with WBONTV Head Coach Austin Newton was a little concerned with the pressure that the Broncos would bring but his Eagles came into the game ranked #29 […]
Colonels Roll Into New Year With Impressive Win
The Colonels came into tonight’s last non conference game with Brescia on a two game losing streak. Last Saturday they traveled to Pittsburgh and loss in overtime to Duquesne 85-84. Fast forward a week and the Colonels were looking to get back in the win column before Ohio Valley Conference play begins. Before the game […]
Madison Southern Falls To Region Foe Lafayette At Jack Burford Classic
Madison Southern and Lafayette met in a region clash Thursday afternoon at Madison Central. After one quarter of play at the Jack Burford Classic neither coach was happy with their team’s performance. Both teams combined for 19 turnovers, 13 of those by the Lady Eagles. Lafayette led 12-11 after one quarter of play. The second […]
Lady Indians Fall In Game One Of Jack Burford Classic
Madison Central opened play in the Jack Burford Classic against Spencer County. The Lady Indians (2-5) were looking to turn things around before the Christmas break but Spencer County had other plans. Central got the game started scoring 6 of the games first 10 points. Indians led 13-10 after the first quarter but Spencer opened […]
EKU FOOTBALL ADDS 13 FUTURE COLONELS DURING EARLY SIGNING PERIOD
RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University football program got an early start on putting together a fourth straight top-25 rated recruiting class with 12 high school players and a junior college transfer signing National Letters of Intent (NLI) during the early signing period, Head Coach Mark Elder announced today. The group includes three defensive […]
Nick Mayo Becomes All-Time Leading Scorer In Colonels History
CINCINNATI, Ohio – Senior Nick Mayo became the all-time leading scorer in Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball history on Saturday night in the Colonels’ 95-77 loss at Xavier. Mayo finished the game with 25 points, six rebounds, two assists and a career-high five steals. His three-pointer at the 10:58 mark of the first half gave […]
JOHNNA FOUCH CHOSEN TO LEAD EKU VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM
RICHMOND, Ky. – Johnna Fouch, an honorable mention All-American and two-time Mountain West Conference Setter of the Year, was chosen as Eastern Kentucky University’s new volleyball head coach, Director of Athletics Stephen Lochmueller announced today. In addition to her stellar playing career, Fouch has five years of collegiate coaching experience and two years of experience coaching youth volleyball […]
Sports Week In Review Colonels On 3 Game Winning Streak
In the past week things have been busy in the area. Colonels are riding a 3 game winning streak, a former Madison Southern Eagle is transferring to EKU to play football and high school hoops are in full swing. Former Madison Southern All-State player Trey Livingood will be transferring from Marshall to Eastern Kentucky University […]
Austin Newton Picks Up First Win As Madison Southern Coach
Tonight in Irvine two old friends met on the hardwood. The basketball court is where they met and where they both love to be. Jon Bentley and Austin Newton both played college basketball together at Eastern Kentucky and now they both coach high school basketball where they are passing their knowledge to the next generation […]
EKU Basketball Continues Road Trip Head To #6 Tennessee Wednesday Night
Fresh off their trip to the Virgin Islands the Colonels are set for a big early season game against one of the top teams in the SEC. Colonels are 3-3 on the young season and this will be the third ranked team that they will face. Marshall was a top 25 team, Kansas State was […]
EKU’S Nick Howie Chosen To All Candian College Baseball Team
RICHMOND, Ky. – Eastern Kentucky University junior Nick Howie was named to the All-Canadian College Team by the Canadian Baseball Network. The Oakville, Ontario native was a second team selection. Howie was one of 12, Division-1 baseball players named throughout the three teams. The outfielder had a .333 batting average last year with 10 home […]
WBONTV Release Of High School Basketball Schedule
WBONTV will have 35 games live on our website and various outlets all season long. We will once again bring you Madison Central and Madison Southern boy’s and girl’s basketball. This season we are happy to have former long time WLEX 18 sport director Alan Cutler join our team, he will be bringing you Madison […]
Weekend In Review Indians & Colonels With Comeback Wins In Football Colonel basketball Wins 1st game Of Season
Big Weekend of sports in the area with Madison Central and EKU football with comeback wins and the Colonels win their 1st game of the season on the road. Madison Central hosted district rival Tates Creek in second round action on a cold night with a trip to the regional final on the line. Indians […]
Lady Colonels Drop Season Opener At Home
The Lady Colonels opened the season at home in a noon tip-off versus a team that saw postseason play last year. The Billikens of Saint Louis made the trip to Richmond for their season opener as well. The Colonels return 4 starters from last year’s team and will also have 5 new players to work […]
