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Basketball tournament fields are almost full

Basketball season isn’t just days away. Football, soccer, volleyball, golf and cross country are still weeks away. However, the schedules for basketball are shaping up and...

Coach Michael McCormick:
MCHS boys’ golf coach.

MCHS golf teams have big expectations

Brett Marcum is gone.Life goes on for the Montgomery County High School boys’ golf team.“He’s a good golfer and a tremendous young man,” according...

Bart Rison:
His teams
won 888 games
for MCHS.

When they open the Hall, send Bart in early

We began a series last week relating to the proposed Montgomery County Sports Hall of Fame.People who should be on the list in the early years must...

The Meyer Family—Janice and Kenny with children Cheri Wright, Rob and Jerry.

Kenny ‘Kido’ Meyer was one of the best

This is a story about one of the greatest athletes in the history of Montgomery County. But it’s so much more.Due to the time that Kenny “Kido”...

Son Kevin and father Steve Martin
at Boston’s famed Fenway Park.

Trip to Fenway made for special Father’s Day

Father’s Day 2025 turned out to be an extra special day for Mt. Sterling’s Steve Martin. Even if he did have to travel a good distance.Steve and...

IT CAN HAPPEN—Montgomery County senior Bailey Reeves is shown, second from left, signing her official letter of intent to attend Northern Kentucky University to join the school’s triathlon team. Shown, from left, are her mother, Krista; Bailey; her father, Gordon; freshman Elizabeth, sister; and behind Gordon, sister Elly, a fourth-grader.

Reeves signs tri-athlete deal with NKU

Recent Montgomery County High School graduate Bailey Reeves is headed into the unknown. Well, not completely. Bailey has competed in cross country...

Was a very good year for Montgomery County athletics

It’s been a good year. The football team won a district title for the first time in several years. The boys’ bowling team had success. The boys’ basketball team won a...

OUTSTANDING SEASON—The Montgomery County High School girls’ tennis team wrapped up the 2025 season last week when the doubles team of seniors Holly Harrison and Kierra Salyers competed in the State Tournament. Front row, from left, are Evelyn Smith, Callie Stafford, Holly Harrison, Kasey Hudson, Annabelle Stewart and Kierra Salyers. Middle row: Jocelyn Taulbee, Marlowe Whaley, Kharly Pharris, Tinsley Strode, Anna Grace Morton, Kira Savvinykh, Keelie Rhodes, Emma Boyd and Kyrstin Alderman. Back row: Coach Laura Caudill, Delaney Stevens, Laurel Flinders, Ella Booker, Arianna Martin, Anshika Sighn, Lauren Combs, Rachel Thompson, Abby Jordan, Macy Whaley, Micah Dalton and Rebekah Plank.

MCHS girls honored at tennis banquet

Nine players won lettermen awards and numerous participation awards and academic all-state awards were presented last week as the Montgomery County...

The Montgomery County High School softball team finished as the regional runner-up after advancing to the final, where it fell to Campbell County. Photo courtesy Nelson Benton Photography.

Camels rally late, end MCHS softball season

It was a bittersweet ending for the Montgomery County High softball team last week at Pendleton County. Leading 2-0 entering the bottom of the...

The Montgomery County High School baseball team advanced to the regional final before falling to Harrison County in the championship game. Photo courtesy Megan Tibbs.

Indians go to the wire, fall in region

The Montgomery County Indians were oh so close to making the state baseball tournament.The Tribe fell to Harrison County, 6-5, in nine innings, in...

Reaghan Oney:
Making the move from Troy to UK.

Oney coming home ...

Reaghan Oney is coming home.Where many thought she should have been all along.Oney will be on the roster for the University of Kentucky softball...

Cox’s homer all that’s needed as Martin blanks Pendleton

Senior right hander Ryleigh Martin shut out Pendleton County on four hits and senior third baseman Madison Cox hit a two-out solo home run in the first inning Monday...

Dombroskas honored as Bass Fishing Student Athlete of Year

Montgomery County High School senior Will Dombroskas has been honored by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and Midway University as the...

Bryson Beasley:
His 5 pound 5 ounce catch
won state’s Big Bass Award.

Indians finish high, Beasley catches biggest fish of state...

Bryson Beasley’s catch of a 5 pound 5 ounce bass last weekend at Lake Cumberland was the highlight for the Montgomery County High bass fishing...

STATE RUNNERS-UP—The Montgomery County E-Sports Team, which competes in the Rocket League, finished as the state runner-up this past weekend in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s State Championships held in Lexington. The team is coached by David Haney, far left, and the team members, shown from left, are Conner Purvis, Marc Small, Will Compton and Will Korrossy. The Indians were the state champions in 2024 and they have now captured two state titles along with this runner-up finish in the brief history of E-Sports competition. (Photo by Tonia Witt)

MCHS E-Sports finishes second in state finals

In a rematch of last year’s State Rocket League finals in the spring, the Montgomery County squad matched up with Bowling Green Friday in...

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