Vanderbilt Making An Impact For Cats With His Energy And Versatility
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — It doesn’t take much for Jarred Vanderbilt to make a difference when he’s on the court. “His energy is incredible,” Kentucky assistant coach Tony Barbee said Friday. “He’s a guy who doesn’t need the ball to impact the game, and when he does have the ball […]
Belmont Too Much For Colonels
Belmont too much for Colonels Eastern Kentucky welcomed league favorite Belmont in to Alumni Coliseum for a tough challenge. If you want to believe the boy’s in Vegas the Colonels come in as 12 point underdogs. Since 2003 Belmont has won 244 conference games, 1 more than Kansas, they are only one of 7 non-power […]
Green’s layup gives No. 21 Kentucky 83-81 win over Vandy in overtime
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Kentucky had a hard time getting over its win over West Virginia and nearly had a costly letdown against Vanderbilt. Similar to an 83-76 win over Mountaineers last weekend in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge, the No. 21 Wildcats had to overcome a big second-half deficit for […]
Madison Southern With a Comeback Win
Donald Foster – WBONTV Madison Southern with a comeback win Coming into tonight’s game the Eagles of Madison Southern (10-11) were coming off a two game losing streak. Last night they lost to Somerset, 73-61, a team that won the 12th region All A title. They had to turn back around and play a hot […]
Calipari wants Cats to guard against arrogance after win over W. Virginia
(photo by Tammie Brown-Kentucky Today) By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Kentucky has regained its swagger, but John Calipari doesn’t want his team to become complacent following an 83-76 win at West Virginia that propelled the Wildcats back into the rankings. “You can’t be arrogant about this,” Calipari said Monday, ahead of […]
Kentucky Knox Off Mountaineers Behind Freshman’s Monster Night
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (KT) — Kevin Knox doesn’t mind trash-talking and was more vocal than normal during Kentucky’s first visit to West Virginia in more than four decades. “They were talking trash to us, so I had to go back at them,” Knox said. “That’s what I love. I […]
Kentucky Seeks To Regain Respect Against No. 7 West Virginia
By KEITH TAYLOR, Kentucky Today LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Quade Green isn’t taking Kentucky’s first trip to West Virginia in more than four decades lightly. “We gotta win this game,” the Kentucky freshman guard said Friday. “This is a must-win game for us because we’ve been losing. Everybody is doubting us, so we gotta punch […]
Indians Over Trinity
Donald Foster WBONTV Coming into Friday night’s matchup with #2 Trinity the Indians (16-5) were looking for that one win that would make the 11th region and the state take notice. They had that chance tonight at home. Trinity (19-2) led by the one of the top players in the state and a top 50 […]
Update from the Court on the All A Classic With Richmond Tourism
After 7 years in Frankfort, the All A Classic basketball tournament returns to Richmond and Eastern Kentucky University. The tournament will continue through the weekend, so WBON-TV went down to the courts at Alumni Coliseum to speak to Richmond Tourism Director Lori Murphy-Tatum to get an inside look on how the All A is going, […]
Indians Roll To Another Win
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting Madison Central (16-5) last home game before this week was last year, December 12th to be exact. They returned home for game last night versus Montgomery County, a win 85-41 and again tonight in a WBONTV game of the week that was a makeup from earlier in the season. West […]
The All A Returns To Richmond Today
Donald Foster WBONTV The All A tournament returns home to Eastern Kentucky for the first time since 2011, it was held in Richmond for 20 years before moving. It is a great opportunity for the smaller schools in the state to get a chance to play on a big stage for a state championship. There […]
Lady Indians Win On The Road
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Madison Central went on the road to Lexington Catholic and got an impressive win in the 11th region. Lady Indians (9-10) coming of a win at East Jessamine had another test on the road. Lexington Catholic (11-8) comes into the game winners 5 of their last 6. Catholic opened the game on […]
EKU Falls At Home To Gamecocks
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting EKU falls at home to the Gamecocks Eastern Kentucky came into tonight’s game at home knowing they needed to win to keep pace in the Ohio Valley Conference. Playing with a short bench due to injuries and playing the defending OVC tournament champions Colonels came into play 2-5 in conference […]
Lady Indians Fall Short
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting Lady Indians comeback falls short It has been 9 days since the Lady Indians (7-10) last played a basketball game, for their opponents Friday night Lafayette (16-5) they’ve played twice in that span including a district win last night over Tates Creek. Lafayette has emerged as one of the […]
Eagles Win!
(Donald Foster WBONTV.com) January 9th, that was the last time the Madison Southern Eagles played a game. Mother nature has played havoc on every’s team schedule but their opponent tonight the Spartans of Lexington Sayre played on the 15th in the All A opening round against Lexington Christian, a game they lost. This game was […]
KHSAA Board Of Control Meets Today…Changes Made
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting KHSAA Board of Control Meeting notes Football, Archery, Basketball Today the KHSAA met and on some interesting things on it’s agenda. The most intriguing was what to do with Scott County and the new high school Great Crossing when it opens in 2019. Thing to keep n mind is that […]
Model With A Road Win
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting Model with a big road win in district play Model (14-2) came into the contest against district rival Madison Southern (7-10) with something to prove. Everyone criticized the schedule the Patriots played. Model had played Lee County (0-15) 3 times, Dayton (3-11). Their two losses on the year were […]
UK MB Goes Down To Rocky Top
District Showdown In Girls Basketball
Donald Foster WBONTV.com Wallingford Broadcasting District showdown lives up to expectations On a cold January night where temps hovered in single digits outside the action in the Madison Southern gym was heating up.Two teams looking to establish themselves as the front runner for the 44th district met up. The game began with Bailey Vanover getting […]
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LIVE TV & Radio Games For High School Basketball Estill Games on WIRV, Madison Co. Games on WEKY/WKXO
Estill Co. Radio Games on WIRV, Madison Co. Radio Games on WEKY/WKXO Jan.6th Central vs Southern Girls TV 7:30 Jan. 8th Southern at Estill Girls TV 7:30 Jan. 9th Southern vs Model TV 7:30 Jan. 12th Estill vs Powell TV 6 & 7:30 Jan. 12th Southern vs Berea 7:30 Jan. 16th […]
Sports Stories #2 And #1 for 2017
#2 Madison Southern boy’s basketball win district For 21 years the 44th district boy’s basketball tournament was just a formality with Madison Central winning it for over two decades. It was the longest active streak in the state. This year though Madison Southern Head Coach Shane Buttry had a feeling that this team was special. […]
More Top Ten Sports Stories
Donald Foster Top Stories #4 Louisville basketball scandal This is one of the toughest stories to cover in athletics. It is hard when any school breaks the rules, but this one is disturbing. It started with the stripper sex scandal that rocked Louisville. Former assistant coach is excused of hosting recruits and providing adult entertainment […]
Top Ten Sports Stories Continued For 2017
Top Ten Stories #6 Ben Fisher EKU/Madison Central set baseball records Ben Fisher left Madison Central hitting .383 and driving in 31 runs as a senior, he was a third team all state selection as a senior. In 2014 he was named a NCBWA freshman 1st team all-american, OVC all freshman 1st team. As a […]
Lady Eagles Fall
Lady Eagles fall on buzzer beater to Lee County On a cold night in Berea the Lady Eagles started the night off hot from the field with Samantha Cornelison knocking down a three pointer to start the game. Eagles raced out to an 11-3 lead before the Lady Bobcats knocked down a couple of three […]
