Landon Slone and his father Phil were making the two-hour drive home to Paintsville, Ky. from Rupp Arena a few years ago when the freckle-faced kid with the close-cut red hair made a statement that would chart the course of his life
Jonathan Ferguson scored a game-high 29 points to lead Elliott County to a 46-point win over rival Rowan County Friday Night.
Evan Faulkner, who was named Most Valuable Player of this week's Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, added 15 for the Lions. Twin brother Ethan Faulkner finished with 10 points.
Elliott improves to 9-1 on the season and undefeated against in-state competition.
Here's the rest of the boys and girls prep scores from Friday night's action:
Ventrell Jenkins scooped up a fumble and barreled his 285-pound frame 56 yards for the go-ahead touchdown, helping Kentucky win a program-best third straight bowl game with a 25-19 victory over East Carolina on Friday in the Liberty Bowl. (Stats Included)
The Morehead State men's basketball team remains in first place in early-season Ohio Valley Conference standings after an 84-74 win at Austin Peay on Saturday (Jan. 3) evening.
The Kentucky women’s basketball team used a dominant post presence that out-scored Miami (Ohio) 46-18 in the paint, and forwards Victoria Dunlap and Eleia Roddy both notched double-doubles Saturday to lead the Wildcats to their fifth consecutive victory, an 80-55 win against the RedHawks in Millett Hall.
Senior Mike Rose scored 31 points for the Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball team, but it wasn’t enough as host Tennessee State held off the Colonels, 69-63, Saturday night in the Gentry Center. The Tigers improve to 4-9 overall and 2-1 in the OVC while the Colonels fall to 7-6 and 1-2.
Edgar Sosa is finally out of RickPitino's doghouse.
The much-maligned Louisville point guard hit a 30-footer with
2.8 seconds remaining to give the 18th-ranked Cardinals a 74-71
victory over archrival Kentucky on Sunday.
Sosa finished with 18 points, Terrence Williams had 19 points
and eight rebounds and Jerry Smith scored 11 points for Louisville
(9-3), which escaped a major meltdown in the final seconds to beat
the Wildcats at Freedom Hall for the first time since 2002.
The day of the annual Louisville-Kentucky game, Pitino - then
the coach at Kentucky - would ask the man dubbed "Mr. Wildcat"
what the big deal was about the rivalry with the hated Cardinals.
Scott County Takes Down LCA 99 to 73 In The Humana Classic.
(Saturday Boys & Girls Basketball Scores Inside)
Kentucky's Victoria Dunlap was named the Southeastern Conference's Player of the Week after averaging a double-double with a team-high 15.5 points and 13.5 rebounds in the Wildcats’ two wins last week, the league office in Birmingham, Ala., announced Monday.