Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Double first base required in high school baseball next season

High school baseball fields will be required to have a double first base beginning next season.

The new rule, one of 10 announced by the National Federation of High School Associations, is designed to reduce the number of collisions between base-runners and fielders.

Here is a link to the press release.

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Lex Turner will be the head coach of the St. Patrick Saints next season

Lex Turner will be the head coach of the St. Patrick boys' basketball team next season after serving with Chris Bauer as interim coach during the latter part of the 2024-25 season.

Turner was the Saints' head coach for twenty-eight seasons before retiring in 2004. His teams won 365 games, two district championships and two All "A" 10th Region championships.

Tony Moore had been the Saints' head coach since the 2020-21 season but was unable to coach last season due to health issues.

St. Patrick athletic director Angie Brant said "it was in the best interest of the program to move in a new direction."

Turner coached the Saints in summer basketball last month.

Moore has joined the Terry King's coaching staff at Bracken County. He says he will be the head coach of the freshman team.



Sunday, July 06, 2025

Nathan Kerns wins 58th Firecracker

Former Marshall University golfer and 2012 Ohio Amateur champion Nathan Kerns of Ironton, Ohio matched his opening round 8-under par 62 on Saturday with another 62 on Sunday to win the 58th Firecracker tournament at Kenton Station Golf Course at 16-under 124.

Kern, who began the day one shot off the lead, shot a 31 on the front nine and a 31 on the back nine on Sunday.

First round leader and three-time champion BJ Knox shot a 67 on Sunday and finished second at 12-under 128.

Matt Malott and Elijah McCarty tied for third place at 9-under 131.

Other flight winners include:

First Flight
Deron Feldhaus 132

Second Flight
Bryan Walton 138

Third Flight
Tyler Sallee 139

Fourth Flight
T1 Chad Raines 151
T1 Brandon Cox 151

Fifth Flight 
Dave Shively 158

Championship Flight Scores
Nate Kerns 62-62 124
BJ Knox 61-67 128
Elijah McCarty 67-64 131
Matt Malott 64-67 131
Matt Logan 67-66 133
Patrick England 66-67 133
Troy Grooms 65-68 133
Rick Harmon 64-69 133
Randy Ross 67-69 136
Eric Schumacher 67-69 136
Johnny Evans 67-70 137
Rex Schalch 66-73 139

Amirah Reed and her AAU teammates win the gold medal at Midwest Showcase

Mason County rising senior Amirah Reed and her Cincy Swish Chialastri teammates won the gold medal at the 5th Annual Midwest Showcase on Sunday at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

After going 2-0 in pool play on Saturday, Cincy Swish Chialastri beat Cincy Chargers Mahoney 61-53 in the semifinals on Sunday morning and defeated TNBA Cleveland Select 48-37 in the championship game on Sunday afternoon.




Saturday, July 05, 2025

BJ Knox has a one-shot lead after the first round of the 58th Firecracker

Three-time champion BJ Knox has a one-shot lead after the first round of the 58th Firecracker tournament at Kenton Station Golf Course.

Knox, who had a three-peat from 2019-2021, shot a 9-under par 61 on Saturday.

Nate Kerns is in solo second place after shooting a 62.

Matt Malott and Rick Harmon are tied for third at 6-under 64.

Troy Grooms shot a 65. Patrick England and Rex Schalch each shot a 66.

A group of five golfers rounds out the championship flight with 3-under 67s: two-time champion Eric Schumacher, Randy Ross, Johnny Evans, Matt Logan and 2023 champion Elijah McCarty.

The final round will be played on Sunday.


Friday, July 04, 2025

Dashawn Overly wins the KC's Joe Donovan Memorial River Run

Dashawn Overly won the Knights of Columbus Joe Donovan Memorial River Run for the second straight year on Friday morning in downtown Maysville.

Overly completed the 5K run in 16:40.

Morgan Carpenter was the top female finisher with a time of 24:29.




Thursday, July 03, 2025

Ninety-five golfers signed up for the 58th Firecracker

Ninety-five golfers will play in the 58th Firecracker, a 36-hole stroke play tournament, at Kenton Station Golf Course this weekend.

The field will be placed into flights based on Saturday's first round scores. The final round will be played on Sunday.

The shootout is on Friday at 6 p.m.

Here is a list of the past Firecracker champions:

1968 Earl Boles
1969 Joe Traxel
1970 Steve Poynter
1971 Ray Litteral
1972 Ross Smith
1973 Gerald Dixon
1974 Ross Smith
1975 Jim Rollins
1976 Jay Spiller
1977 Ross Smith
1978 Ross Smith
1979 Ron Henson
1980 Jim Klapper
1981 Gerald Dixon
1982 Mort Bertman 
1983 Robert Walton
1984 Gerald Dixon
1985 Jim Caudill
1986 Jim Klapper
1987 Jim Klapper
1988 Mike Fields
1989 Mike Fields
1990 Willie Feldhaus
1991 Steve Grayson
1992 Steve Grayson
1993 Russ Coleman
1994 Rick Hensley
1995 Steve Grayson
1996 Harold Wallace 
1997 Rick Hensley
1998 Russ Coleman
1999 Deron Feldhaus
2000 Eric Schumacher
2001 Rick Hensley
2002 Deron Feldhaus
2003 Robert Walton
2004 Tim Ailes
2005 Harold Wallace
2006 Deron Feldhaus
2007 Troy Grooms
2008 Shawn Armstrong
2009 Shawn Armstrong
2010 Shawn Armstrong
2011 John Kelly
2012 Eric Schumacher
2013 Bobby Kearney
2014 Troy Grooms
2015 Deron Feldhaus
2016 Deron Feldhaus
2017 Deron Feldhaus
2018 Deron Feldhaus
2019 BJ Knox
2020 BJ Knox
2021 BJ Knox
2022 Tyler Lippert
2023 Elijah McCarty
2024 Corey Richmond