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…

New Coach Tevis Isaac Will Follow In The Footsteps Of Her Mentor   IVAN K. RICE I doctorofsports@aol.com   PARIS, KY – Putting everything she had into starting Bourbon County’s dance program and then building it into a successful one, 22 years later, Coach Candace “Candy” Beauman or Coach “B as her dancers called her,…

From The Desk Of The Doctor Of Sports: Senior Spring Sports Athletes Didn’t Get Their Chance To Finish What They Started   PARIS, KY – Starting out playing sports at an early age, you really don’t think about much other than playing the game and having fun with your teammates and friends. However, as you…

Senior Katie Ritchie Receives The Emily Sams Memorial Scholarship   IVAN K. RICE l doctorofsports@aol.com   PARIS, KY – Nearly five years ago, on May 23rd, 2015, Bourbon County eighth grader Emily Sams, riding in a westbound pickup truck with her parents, Jeff and Shella Sams, on that early Saturday morning, was on her way to…

This Former Dancer Turned Herself Into A Baller By Putting In The Work   IVAN K. RICE l doctorofsports@aol.com   PARIS, KY – Many could’ve easily won the basketball award that is given out annually by the Doctor of Sports, but after seeing the breakout season that Bourbon County Lady Colonel junior forward Hannah Hamelback had…

  He’s Been Part Of The 10th Region For Over 45 years As A Coach, Administrator And Ambassador   PRESS RELEASE I For The Citizen   LOUISVILLE, KY. – Jamie Keene, President of the 10th Region Athletic Directors, has informed Paris High School’s AD Cary Barr that he has been selected by the 10th Region Athletic Directors as…