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Today's News

  • OVC honors McKee for fourth time

    Anderson County resident Eriel McKee, now a student at Morehead State University, was named the Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball Freshman of the Week on Jan. 20, according to a news release.

    It was the fourth time this season that McKee has been so named.

    McKee averaged 13.3 points and 10.7 rebounds in games against Austin Peay, SIU-Edwardsville and Eastern Illinois. She scored 17 points and had a career-best 13 rebounds in a one-point loss to SIU-Edwardsville.

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  • Penny delivers at crunch time for Asbury

    Asbury’s Jordan Gilbert hit s three-pointer in the closing seconds to complete a comeback from a 17-point deficit as Asbury remained unbeaten 11 games at home and improved to 16-6 with the KIAC win last Thursday.

    Rio Grande had one final chance but C.J. Penny blocked that shot as time ran out.

    Penny had 22 points, seven rebounds and an assist for Asbury.

    Berea 85, Asbury 81

    Berea rallied from a 44-40 halftime deficit to defeat Asbury Saturday. Asbury now stands at 16-6 on the year.

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  • Big fourth quarter sends Cats past Wolverines

    Anderson County dominated the fourth quarter on its way to a 67-48 win over visiting Western Hills on Friday night.

    Austin Cummins led the Bearcats with 32 points, controlling the action in the fourth frame when Anderson outscored Western Hills 24-8.

    “In the fourth quarter, we played great,” Anderson assistant coach Bryan Hyatt said by e-mail. “Austin took over the game, but he had some help. (Dillon) Harper and (Gunnar) Gillis finally got to play. Both of them were in foul trouble the entire night.”

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  • Bearcats travel to Derby City, host old friend

    The Anderson County boys’ basketball team will make trips to the Louisville on consecutive nights before returning home to begin the final month of the regular season.

    Friday, the Bearcats travel to South Oldham, a venue that has not been kind to Anderson teams in recent years. The Bearcats have not won in Crestwood, located about 15 minutes from downtown Louisville, since 1999. For that matter, South has not been kind to Anderson anywhere in recent years. Last season the Dragons routed Anderson 84-55 on the Bearcats’ home court.

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  • Swimmers compete at KSU
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  • Wrestlers seventh at Capital City Classic
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  • Basketball Homecoming 2014
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  • Busy week for Lady Cats

    The Anderson County girls’ basketball team embarks on a busy week Thursday night when the Lady Bearcats entertain Louisville Western. Records are incomplete, but it is believed to be the first-ever meeting between the programs.

    “We have scout on them but I have not looked at it,” Anderson coach Clay Birdwhistell said last Wednesday. “I don’t know the first thing about them.”

    Western ended last week at 7-6.

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  • Bearcat football celebrates successful 2014 season

    Members of the Anderson County High School football team celebrated the 2014 season with the annual team awards banquet on Jan. 11.

    Quarterback Zachary Carmichael was named the team offensive Most Valuable Player while sophomore linebacker Bryndon Labhart was selected as the team’s defensive MVP. Senior Landon Curry was named the special teams MVP.

    Senior Brayden Russell and Carmichael, another senior, were named the recipients of the annual Cunningham-Hawkins Leadership Award.

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  • Cummins among state stat leaders

    Anderson County High School guard Austin Cummins is near the top of Kentucky in several statistical categories released last week by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association.

    Cummins ranks 19th in the state in scoring with a 22.9 points per game average through 15 games. Mason Faulkner, of Caverna, is the state’s top point-getter at 29.2 ppg.

    Cummins is third in the Eighth Region behind Owen County’s Carson Williams (24.9) and North Oldham’s Jonathan Henry (23.2).

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