By Don Brown After leading by seven points with under five minutes to play, the Grayson County Cougars saw their basketball season come to a heart-rending...
Woosley and Manion headed to state tennis finals By Don Brown The Lady Cougar tennis team came close, but had to settle for a second place finish at the 3rd Region Tennis Championships played at Owensboro’s Moreland Park this past week. The Lady Cougars did get a representative to next week’s state finals as the doubles team of Rachael Woosley and Alisha Manion fought hard for a runner-up finish. The Lady Cougars finished second to the Daviess County Lady Panthers. Their doubles team ...
Cougars blast Larue on Pinkout/Senior Night By Don Brown In a combined Pinkout and Senior Night contest at the Cougar softball field, Grayson County scored seven times in the fourth inning to turn the game against Larue County into a five-inning, mercy-rule, 10-0 win. The Cougars had been scheduled to play the Pinkout game last week, but when fears of bad weather canceled the game, it was rescheduled to this week to coincide with Senior Night festivities. Following the game, the ...
Rain washes out opening round of Regional Tennis By Don Brown Rain played havoc with the opening round of the 2012 3rd Region Tennis Championships Monday evening at Owensboro’s Moreland Park. All 12 courts were seeing boys action when rain brought things to a halt. Officials will try to get the tournament back on track with both boys and girls action on Tuesday and Wednesday. Grayson County’s Tony East won the first set of his opening-round match with Butler County’s Brennan Grubb by ...
Missed chances lead to 2-1 softball loss By Don Brown Missed opportunities and some shoddy fielding cost the Cougars dearly last Friday in Campbellsville as they lost 2-1 to the host Taylor County Cardinals. This game proved to be a showcase for senior right-hander Victoria Decker, who will be playing for Campbellsville University next season. Several players and coaches from the Tiger team were on hand to root for her. Decker pitched well enough to win the game, allowing just...
Cougars rally late; beat Cats 4-3 By Don Brown A one-out single by Ty Davis in the bottom of the seventh inning drove in the winning run to complete a remarkable comeback for the Cougars as they defeated the Edmonson County Wildcats 4-3 on Senior Night last Tuesday evening. Edmonson County’s Alex Basil had held the Cougars completely in check over the first five innings of play He had allowed the Cougars just two first-inning singles and his team had supplied him with thr...
Cougsr win two at Collins Tourney By Don Brown Then Cougar softball team picked up a pair of wins and had another game wiped out by stormy conditions in last weekend’s Breast Cancer Awareness Tournament, held at Collins High School, in Shelbyville. On Friday night, the Cougars were all in pink as they won easily, 10-1 over South Warren. Then on Saturday, they defeated Bell County 7-0 in five innings in a game called by the time limit. In their final game, against Clay C...
Cougars return favor, win at Meade 10-7 By Don Brown Grayson County got a measure of revenge Monday night in Brandenburg as they defeated Meade County’s Green Wave on their home field, 10-7. The Waves had defeated the Cougars at Don Lee Field 8-6 in eight innings last Monday, so it was a feel-good win for the Cougars this time around in a game that was delayed over an hour at the start due to some stormy conditions. Joseph Anthony went 5 2/3 innings to pick up the win. After ...
Cougars blast Trinity 13-0 in five innings By Don Brown The Cougar softball team left little doubt Thursday that they were the top team in the district after a 13-0 destruction of the visiting Whitesville Trinity Lady Raiders. With the win, the Cougars finished a perfect 6-0 in the 12th District and will be the top seed in next month’s district tournament, which will be held in Whitesville. Jessika Young picked up the win as she shut out the visitors on just one hit over five in...
JV girls win OVSS; boys second For many years now, head tennis coach Sherry Vincent has had her Cougar tennis teams right in the thick of 3rd Region competition, and it seems that trend will continue into the foreseeable future. Last week, at the Ohio Valley Surgical Specialists (OVSS) Tennis Classic, the Lady Cougar JV squad took home first-place, while the Cougars finished second. Leading the way for the Lady Cougar team were the doubles combinations of Kylee Gorby a...
Cougars knock out Raiders 4-0 By Don Brown The Cougar baseball team stayed perfect in district play on Wednesday as they blanked the visiting Whitesville Trinity Raiders 4-0 at Don Lee Field. Sophomore right-hander Joseph Anthony had one of his best outings on the mound as he held the Raiders scoreless for seven innings. Anthony allowed just four hits and struck out eight. The Raiders put a man at third base with two outs in the second inning, but Anthony struck out...
Cougars down Bears 3-2 in district play By Don Brown Victoria Decker’s seventh-inning RBI single into the right-field corner drove home Alanna Mudd with the winning run as the Cougars beat visiting Butler County 3-2 last Tuesday at the Cougar softball field. The win kept the Cougars (19-3-1) a perfect 5-0 in district play and assured them of the top seed in next month’s 12th District Tournament. The Cougars had defeated the Bears 7-1 two weeks ago in Morgantown, but things we...
OVSS Tennis Classic a prelude to regionals By Don Brown Each tennis season, the Ohio Valley Surgical Specialists (OVSS) Tennis Classic, held at Owensboro’s Moorland Park, is a prelude to the 3rd Region Tennis Championship. Individuals and doubles teams are seeded just as they are in the regional tournament and the outcome of the OVSS Classic is usually a pretty good indicator of how things will go in the region. The Grayson County Lady Cougars entered last week’s tournament with...
Six seniors leaving Lady Cougar basketball program By Don Brown The Lady Cougar basketball program held its annual awards banquet on Sunday as they said goodbye to six seniors. At the end of the afternoon, seniors Halee Johnston, Kelsea Wilson, Katie Newton, Claire Crawford, Lauren Crawford and Kylee Gorby were presented with sweat shirts representing the colleges each of them will be attending next year. Newton, Johnston and Lauren Crawford will all be attending Western Kentucky Universi...
Cougars finsh second in Raider Run at WKU By Don Brown Grayson County’s track teams found great success this weekend as they took part in the Warren East Raider Run, which was held on the track at Western Kentucky University on Saturday. With 20 teams on hand for both the boys and girls events, the Cougars finished in a tie for second with Greenwood with 94 points apiece. Warren Central won the event with 133 points. The Lady Cougars acquitted themselves well also, finishing ei...
Cougars fall to Meade 8-6 in extra innings. By Don Brown An eighth-inning, two-run double to the gap in right-center by Meade County designated hitter Kaleb Lancaster broke a 6-6 tie and sent the visiting Green Wave home with an 8-6 victory over Grayson County’s Cougars at Don Lee Field on Monday. It was a tough loss for the Cougars, who came from behind three times in the game to tie or take leads before falling in extra innings. The Cougars had the tying runs on base in their fin...
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