RFD vs RPD Basketball Game
The red and blue first responders are set to face off in a basketball game to support a family in Richmond Kentucky. The game will take place this Sunday, March 17th at 5:00pm at Madison Central High School. Admissions will be $2 and the money will benefit The Habitat For Humanity. Which side are you […]
EKU Runner SUGIRA TO COMPETE IN THE 5,000 METERS AT NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS FRIDAY NIGHT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Eastern Kentucky University freshman James Sugira will race for a national title in the 5,000 meters on Friday night at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The race is scheduled to go off at 9:27 p.m. ET at the Birmingham CrossPlex. The meet will stream live on ESPN3. Sugira qualified for the […]
Madison Southern Lady Eagles Head Coach Summer Simmons Steps Down
Summer Simmons as stepped down as Head Coach of Madison Southern Lady Eagles today to spend more time with her young family. She is mother To two beautiful girls. Summer was the head coach for nine seasons. She compiled a 126-140 career record at Madison Southern. She came to Madison Southern in 2010/11 after playing […]
Cats bounce back, hold off Rebels to give Calipari 300th victory at UK
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today Kentucky remains undefeated in bounce-back games this season. The Wildcats improved to 5-0 in games coming off a loss with an 80-76 win over Mississippi Tuesday night in Oxford. Coming off a 71-52 setback to Tennessee, No. 6 Kentucky (25-5, 14-3 Southeastern Conference) limited the Rebels to just two field […]
Two Colonels Receive All-Conference Honors
A pair of Colonels, one ending his career while the other one is just beginning his, receive recognition from the Ohio Valley Conference. Freshman Jomaru Bwon was named to the All Newcomer team. Brown played in all 31 games and started 12 as a freshman. He averaged nearly 25 minutes a game and averaged 14.4 […]
EKU Loses To Morehead State To End Season
EKU entered the final Saturday of the season with one goal, win over rival Morehead State and you make the Ohio Valley Basketball postseason tournament. The Colonels (12-19 6-12) have won more games over the Eagles than any other team they have played but Morehead already in the tournament field would love nothing more than […]
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 […]
Herro the hero for Kentucky in comeback win over Arkansas
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Tyler Herro was the hero for Kentucky Tuesday night. The freshman guard scored a career-high 29 points to lead the fourth-ranked Wildcats to a 70-66 triumph over Arkansas. The victory kept Kentucky (24-4, 13-2 Southeastern Conference) in a first-place tie with LSU in the Southeastern Conference […]
44th District Tournament Women’s Championship Highlights
The Women’s rivalry game was fought hard with a couple players even taking some minor injuries. Madison Southern kept the lead for the majority of the game with the Lady Indians right on their heels. The game ended and Madison Southern’s bench and crowd section lit the entire night up. For more Exclusive local sports […]
44th District Tournament Championship Highlights!
Madison County’s high schools competed for the championship at EKU last Friday, and only the Madison Central boys basketball team came home with the trophy. Watch this intense match-up between rivals. With Alan Cutler and Micheal Watkins on call, be sure to checkout all your local sports highlights at wbontv.com
Kentucky uses group effort to beat Auburn, ease loss of Travis in post
LEXINGTON, Ky, (KT) — PJ Washington set the tone and the rest of his teammates followed and led fourth-ranked Kentucky to an 80-53 win over Auburn Saturday at Rupp Arena. “He started us off,” Kentucky freshman Keldon Johnson said. “We just followed and followed and kept riding off that energy.” Washington scored 24 points — […]
44th District Championship Tonight!
The stage is set for Madison Central Indians and the Madison Southern Eagles to battle it out for the title of 44th District Champions. Tonights game will take place at EKU with the girls game starting at 6:00pm followed by the boys game around 7:45pm. There are several ways you can tune in through Wallingford […]
44th District Tournament: Last Nights Highlights Southern vs. Berea
Last night kicked off our 44th District Tournament action. The Madison Southern Eagles were set to take on he Berea Pirates. The Madison Southern girls got started on the right foot holding the Pirates to 17-3 in the first quarter and there seemed no way to stop them. Berea made a push to try to […]
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 […]
Media Basketball To Support The Special Olympics
This Sunday, Berea College Athletics will be hosting a charity basketball game between Berea College faculty/staff and the Lexington Media Group. The two teams will be playing for Special Olympics of Kentucky, and all ticket sales and concession proceeds from the game will be donated to Special Olympics of Kentucky. Admission is $5 per person […]
Last night’s Highlights: Madison Central leads a gruesome game against South Laurel
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMutm0JYvuQ&w=560&h=315] Madison Central came out strong and finished strong in this game. South Laurel put up a very entertaining fight that would garner nothing but respect from the Indians. As the game progressed Cozart slammed a couple of dunks and the South Laurel team lived and died by the threes. A full crowd on […]
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 […]
Last Nights Highlights: Engineers Drown The Pirates
Last nights game between the Estill County Engineers and the Berea High Pirates got off to a slow start. That was not the case for the second half when the Engineers took off with the lead. The game ended with Estill County victorious over Berea with a final score of 66 Engineers 52 Pirates. For […]
44th District Basketball Tournament Coverage
Don’t miss out on these games! Watch everything live right here on wbontv.com Location: Alumni Coliseum, Eastern Kentucky University. Monday, Feb. 18 Berea vs Southern Tuesday, Feb. 19 Central vs Model Championship games Friday, Feb. 22 6/7:45 PM
Tanner Dodge 56th District Basketball Tournament Coverage
Last night’s Highlights: Madison Central competes neck to neck with Henry Clay
Madison Central took on Henry Clay last night in a legendary match-up between these two talented schools. Madison Central maintained a small lead for the majority of the game only to have Henry Clay steal the lead after the second half and their second wind.
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 […]
The All “A” Classic Basketball Tournament Exclusive Coverage
As we are getting closer to the start of the All “A” Classic basketball tournament, we would like to announce that we will be covering the games on our media platforms! Check out the schedule below: 2019 Girls’ Statewide Basketball Brackets: 2019 Boys’ Statewide Basketball Brackets:
The Cincinnati Reds Caravan made its way through Kentucky!
Wbontv’s Donald Foster went to the Red Mile horse racing track to catch the Cincinnati Reds Caravan and interview some of the players on board. A crowd of hundreds gathered around waiting to catch a glimpse of the team members as the bus pulled into the parking lot. Marty Brennaman, the sportscaster of the Cincinnati […]
