Colonels Fall 105-77 In Opener
The EKU Colonels opened their 2018-19 season at home in front of a near sell out crowd of 5189 fans. The crowd was loud, students filled the Coliseum and the Colonels played hard. The opponent was the #25 team in the country the Thundering Herd of Marshall. Coach Dan D’Antoni has his team coming off […]
The Weekend Review In Sports EKU Football With a Big Comeback Win Indians Roll Into 2nd Round
This past weekend saw the opening round of the playoffs in high school football. Estill County and Madison Southern hit the road while the Indians were at home. The Engineers went to Bell County and were tied at 14 at halftime with one of the top teams in the class. Unfortunately the Bobcats put it […]
The AW Hamilton Era Begins With A Win
When AW Hamilton accepted the Eastern Kentucky Head Coaching job he promised that his team would score a lot of points and play hard on offense and defense. In the only exhibition of the preseason the Colonels shot the three ball well and got on the floor for loose balls and were active on defense. […]
#10 Indians Roll Into The Playoffs With Home Field Advantage In The WBONTV Game Of The Week
Madison Central (7-3) had won four consecutive games heading in to the final regular season game at Bryan Station. They went undefeated in district play and won the district for the first time since 2013. Against Bryan Station who is coached by former Indian Frank Parks they ran into one of most exciting players in […]
The Eagles Hit The Road As They Travel To Highlands For Openining Round Of Playoffs
The Madison Southern Eagles have played one of the toughest schedules in school history. It opened against Lexington Catholic (#8 in state), Madison Central (#10), Southwestern (#10), Pulaski County (#7), Montgomery County (#11), Anderson County (#5), and Wayne County (#11). Of the ten games this year seven were ranked. This schedule led to a disappointing […]
Estill County Begins Playoffs On The Road At Bell County
The Engineers (4-6) hit the road Friday night as they travel down to Bell County (9-1). The Bobcats are ranked #6 in the final AP poll of the season and bring the highest scoring offense in class 3A into the match-up. Estill County ended the season with a loss to Lexington Christian last week but […]
EKU Basketball Announces Promotions For Regular Season Home Opener November 7th
Eastern Kentucky opens the exhibition season Thursday night but they are preparing for the regular season home opener for Wednesday November 7th. The team welcomes in Marshall who are ranked as high as #2 in the Mid Major Preseason Poll released earlier this month. The Thundering Herd won 25 games in route to winning the […]
Weekend Sports Recap Big Wins for EKU & UK Football Middle School Wins Championship
This past weekend saw the end of the regular season for high school football and some big wins for the local college teams. College Basketball got underway and the Colonels soccer team advanced to the semi-finals of the OVC tournament. Friday night the Indians of Madison Central went to Lexington and loss to Bryan Station […]
Madison Central’s Isaiah Cozart Commits To Western Kentucky
Indian big man Isaiah Cozart announced his commitment to Western Kentucky this weekend after receiving an offer this week and attending their open practice Saturday. He chose Western Kentucky over a host of schools including Eastern Kentucky, Wofford, High Point, Belmont, and others. Cozart will be entering his senior season as the second leading shot […]
Madison Southern Travels To Anderson County For Big District Game
Madison Southern (2-6 1-1) went to Woodford County last week and came away with a 55-41 win on the road. This week the Eagles will travel to Anderson County who are ranked number 6 in Class 5A. This will be the 6th ranked opponent they will play this season. Last week in Versailles the Eagles […]
WBONTV Game Of The Week Indians VS Cardinals District Championship Game
The Indians (6-2) Friday night will be looking for a district championship when the host Clark County (6-2). Both teams are 2-0 in district play and this game means more than just a trophy to put in the trophy case, it comes with an opportunity to host a pair of playoff games. Last week Madison […]
Former Eastern Kentucky Head Coach Jim Ward Passes Away
Sad news from EKU today as legendary baseball coach Jim Ward has passed away. Coach Ward was 82 years old and mentored many young men in not only the game of baseball but also the game of life. Speaking personally if I may, coming out of high school I always dreamed of playing baseball at […]
Eagles Travel to Woodford County Looking For First District Win
Last week in the district opener Madison Southern (1-6 0-1) found some offense but it wasn’t enough to overcome Montgomery County as they fell 56-34 at home. This week’s opponent the Yellow Jackets of Woodford County (1-6 0-1) had their own problems as they fell to Anderson County 49-19. On the year Madison Southern has […]
Indians Travel to Lafayette for Key District Match Up
The Indians (5-2 1-0) defeated Tates Creek 33-18 last week in the opening game of district play and this week they travel to Lexington to face Lafayette (1-7 0-1). Last week the Generals lost at Clark County 26-7. In the win over Creek Derrick Miller only completed two passes for 30 yards, one of those […]
Madison Southern Set For District Opener
Madison Southern (1-5) didn’t have the start to the season they were looking for. District play begins Friday night and as far as the playoffs are concerned every team is 0-0. It doesn’t matter if you went 1-5 or 5-1 in the first half of the season, come playoff time you are seeded by how […]
Madison Central Lady Indians Golf Team Finishes Third In State
The Madison Central Lady Indians won the 7th region golf tournament held in Richmond over Lexington Christian Academy by three strokes, 323 to 326. In region play Junior Mattie Neeley shot a 77 to lead the Indians. She finished tied for third in region play. Senior Mackenzie Neal shot a 78, eighth grader Elizabeth Eberle […]
Indians Set For District Opener On A Thursday Night Game
Madison Central (4-2) coming off a bye week is set to open district play on a rare Thursday night contest. With Fall Break coming both teams agreed to move the game from Friday to Thursday. That other team is Tates Creek (3-2) who are coming off a solid win over Danville last week at home. […]
Three Legends Players Named Royals Pitcher and Players of the Year
WHITAKER BANK BALLPARK (Lexington, KY) – The Kansas City Royals have named their Minor League Players and Pitchers of the Year for the 2018 season and the Lexington Legends have three representatives on the highly respected list; with another five former Legends on their respective teams. Two pitchers who helped the Legends win the South […]
Estill County To Host Rival Breathitt County
The Engineers are set to host the Bobcats in-game two of district play and the winner could find themselves in first place after Friday night. Estill (2-3) coming off a 45-30 win over Morgan County take on Breathitt (3-3) as they come off a shutout win over Knott County Central. Estill county has tied last […]
Colonels Open OVC Play At Home Saturday
EKU returns home Saturday to open Ohio Valley Play as Southeast Missouri comes to town coming off a nice win over Southern Illinois last week. Colonels (1-2) are coming off a strong showing against Bowling Green University last week but they came up a touchdown short falling 42-35. Eastern had a couple of passes to […]
Madison Central Set For Trip To Bourbon County
The Indians are looking to erase last weeks game with Frederick Douglas from their minds as they set their sights on Bourbon County (2-2) this week. Indians will be leaving Madison County for the first time this season. The Indians (3-2) will be looking to get more out of the passing game this week, only […]
Homecoming For Madison Southern Friday Night
The Eagles come home Friday night for Homecoming against a foe they know well, the Maroons of Pulaski County. Pulaski County (3-2) enters the game on a 2 game winning streak. The Eagles (1-4) are coming off a loss at #4 Southwestern. Madison Southern is looking to end the non-district part of the schedule on […]
Colonels On the Road Once Again Against FBS Opponent
Eastern Kentucky had 5 turnovers last week against Marshall, they were only 5-15 on 3rd down conversions and through all that adversity were only down a touchdown 7 in the 3rd quarter. Colonels defense forced Marshall into 4 turnovers of their own and blocked a kick. On this week’s Inside EKU Sports show Head Coach […]
Madison Southern Goes On Road For Big Test
The Eagles have not had the ideal start to the season, we all know that, but even in the losses you can see this team putting things together. They have faced a great quarterback this season, Beau Allen of Lexington Catholic and a great tailback last week in Freddy Chenault of Madison Central. Eagles have […]
Madison Central Set For Big Homecoming Game
Madison Central will enter their homecoming game off a huge victory over cross county rival Madison Southern last week. In that game the Indians put together over 400 yards of offense and forced 4 turnovers, and had 7 tackles for losses. Freddy Chenault with a monster game rushing for over 160 yards and scoring 4 […]
