Area Sports
By LARRY VAUGHT | For The Citizen The death last week of 20-year-old Cullan Brown obviously touched the golf world in a big way because of his immense talent on the course. He was a former Kentucky state high school champion and two-time state runner-up at Lyon County. He had a terrific freshman season at…
Yazell Beat Out Paris’ Taesha Speaks Who Missed Most Of Her Track Season IVAN K. RICE I doctorofsports@aol.com PARIS, KY. – Let’s be honest. Obviously, the Coronavirus Pandemic that is known as COVID-19, was and still is, easily the top story of the year in 2019-2020, after it stopped the KHSAA State…
LARRY VAUGHT | For The Citizen No one grows up wanting to be an offensive lineman. Kentucky junior Darian Kinnard is confident any offensive lineman would agree with him because the more glamorous positions are what every youngster envisions he will be playing. “But once you accept you are going to be a lineman, you…
Seniors Kaylyn Barnett And Kyra Curtis Will Represent Bourbon County IVAN K. RICE I doctorofsports@aol.com VERSAILLES, KY – Starting tomorrow morning in Woodford County, the 2020 East West Senior All Star Softball games will be played, allowing a few Kentucky fastpitch softball seniors, who missed out on their final year because of…
He Will Be Harrison County’s New Boys’ Basketball Coach IVAN K. RICE I doctorofsports@aol.com CYNTHIANA, KY – Thanks to a phone call this morning, the rumor circling around the 10th Region for days, is now official. Paris High School boys basketball Coach Terence Brooks, after seven seasons, will leave the Greyhounds and take on…
It Was A Late Start Because Of Covid-19 WARREN TAYLOR I For The Citizen The pings of aluminum bats and the hollers of an adoring crowd are back at Garrard Park as Youth Baseball of Paris’ season is finally underway. The kids of summer’s return to the diamond was delayed this season due to the…
By LARRY VAUGHT She’s seen her son injure his knee and miss the 2018 season when Kentucky won 10 games and then come back to play so effectively in 2019 that he’s been named the third best returning offensive lineman in the Southeastern Conference. She’s seen COVID-19 totally disrupt everything about sports — and life…
By LARRY VAUGHT He’s never coached Terrence Clark, but he’s coached against the incoming Kentucky freshman guard often and Our Savior Lutheran (N.Y.) coach Peter Wehye has never failed to be impressed. He’s seen him in the EYBL and also in New York in a tournament Nike puts together for different neighborhood teams. “Terrence is…
By LARRY VAUGHT Don’t look for point guard Kennedy Chandler to be a player that will let his recruiting process drag out during his senior season. “He’s not going to wait his whole senior year to make a decision. He’ll make it this fall, like maybe November,” said the player’s father, Kylan Chandler. “He wants…
LARRY VAUGHT | For The Citizen Just how good is recent Kentucky basketball commit Jada Walker? The point guard is a top 70 player nationally in the 2021 recruiting class but she got her first Division I scholarship from Michigan when she was in the sixth grade. “That was kind of overwhelming,” said Walker. “I…