By Bill Templeton, Sports Writer | September 7, 2024
By John Henson, Managing Editor | September 7, 2024
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September 4, 2024
By John Henson, Managing Editor | August 31, 2024
![Harlan County freshman quarterback Brayden Morris handed the ball off in Friday's game. Morris scored two touchdowns in the Bears' 28-22 loss.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JC-Brayden-Morris-hands-off-to-HC-running-back-1200x800.jpg)
The Harlan County Black Bears watched victory slip away in the final minute on Friday in a 28-22 setback at the hands of host Whitley County. Trailing 22-21 with less than two minutes remaining in the game, the Colonels...
![Harlan running back Sedrick Washington tried to get outside in action Friday against Pike Central. The visiting Hawks held Harlan to 40 yards rushing in the first three quarters on the way to a 34-8 win.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CB-Sedrick-Washington-running-vs-Pike-Central-1200x881.jpg)
First-year Pike Central coach Scott Grizzle knew coming into Friday’s game at Harlan that his Hawks couldn’t give quarterback Baylor Varner time to throw the football. Mission accomplished. The Hawks hounded Varner through...
![Landon Robbins](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Landon-Robbins.jpg)
![Bell County quarterback Blake Burnett completed seven of 12 pass attempts for 129 yards in the Bobcats' win Friday over Boyd County.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/SW-Blake-Burnett-for-Boyd-County-game-828x1200.jpg)
![Harlan County lineman Cooper Blevins and linebacker James Ryan Howard battled to bring down a Hazard ball carrier in Friday's game. The Bulldogs improved to 2-0 with a 33-0 victory.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/KH-Harlan-Countys-Cooper-Blevins-on-tackle-1200x798.jpg)
![Harlan County guard Maddox Huff is one of 15 high school seniors from around the nation recently invited to the Underrated Basketball Showcase on Aug. 2-4 at Davidson College in Charlotte, N.C.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Huff-with-Griffin-Elite.jpg)
As an all-state guard who has already received multiple Division I offers, Harlan County senior Maddox Huff may not sound like an “underrated” player. He is, however,...
![Gary Greer, an assistant with the Harlan County boys basketball program the past 15 years, was selected as the new head coach of the girls basketball program at HCHS on Tuesday.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JH-Greer-named-coach-2-1200x944.jpg)
With seven trips to the 13th Region Tournament finals in the first 11 years of the program, the Harlan County Lady Bears experienced an amazing start after the school opened in...
June 29, 2023
Dick Parsons, a standout athlete at Harlan High School in the 1950s who went on to play two sports at the University of Kentucky, has been honored as a member of the University...
Former Evarts standout brings Johnson Central team to HCHS
June 21, 2023
Ellis blessed all those he was around in years as broadcaster, coach
December 30, 2022
Hall photo added to memorabilia section at HCHS
August 2, 2021
By John Henson, Managing Editor
May 3, 2023
It’s been almost 40 years since I first met Bob Howard on the road that circles Catrons Valley, just across the railroad tracks from his house. Fittingly enough, Bob was...
From New England to Harlan County, Nash enjoying smooth transition at Clover Fork Clinic
January 24, 2021
Celebrating a golden anniversary in Clover Fork
December 7, 2020
Memories of 1990 run to state semifinals still sweet for former Wildcats
November 26, 2020
![Harlan senior Annie Hoskins recorded 11 kills in the Lady Dragons' win Thursday at Lynn Camp.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/JD-Annie-Hoskins-vs-Mboro-800x1200.jpg)
One week after winning their first home match of the season against Red Bird, the Harlan Lady Dragons earned their first victory on the road...
![Pineville's Whitney Miracle and Harlan's Bella Lemarr battled for the ball in middle school basketball action Thursday.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJ-Pineville-35-Whitney-Miracle-and-Harlans-Bella-Lemarr-714x1200.jpg)
Strange leads Lady Lions to victory at Harlan Clara Strange was one of three Lady Lions in double figures with 16 points as Pineville defeated Harlan 43-22 on Thursday...
![Cumberland’s Katie Smith led a fast break in middle school basketball action earlier this week. The Skins fell 32-15 on Thursday at James A. Cawood.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJ-Cumberlands-Katie-Smith-leads-break-1200x859.jpg)
Moore scores 18 as Trojanettes win home opener Natalie Moore poured in 18 points as James A. Cawood opened its home schedule with a 32-15 win Thursday over Cumberland...
![Rosspoint's Crissalyn Jones and Barbara Osborne double teamed Cumberland forward Lilly Scott in middle basketball action Thursday. The Lady Cats won 47-13.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CJ-Crissalyn-Jones-and-Barbara-Jones-vs-Cumberlands-Lilly-Scott-1172x1200.jpg)
![Bears split two middle school games at Whitley County](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HCHS-logo.jpg)
![The Harlan Green Dragons celebrated after defeating Fairview in the John Brown Bowl at Jenkins.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Harlan-defeats-Fairview-at-Jenkins-1200x857.jpg)
Strange leads Lady Lions to victory at Harlan Clara Strange was one of three Lady Lions in double figures with 16 points as Pineville defeated Harlan 43-22 on Thursday in seventh- and eighth-grade basketball...
![Kentucky coach Mark Pope talked with freshman Trent Noah, a former Harlan County all-stater, during a recent practice session.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mark-Pope-talks-to-Trent-Noah.jpg)
LEXINGTON (KT) — Kentucky coach Mark Pope has his first roster intact and is busy finalizing a schedule for next season and beyond. Pope...
![Former JACHS star inducted into Vanderbilt Hall of Fame](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Phil-Cox-inducted-into-Vanderbilt-Hall-of-Fame-1200x675.jpg)
Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee announced 14 new inductees into the Vanderbilt...
![John Henson](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Henson-at-HCHS-mug-592x900.jpg)
Like finding yourself in an episode from the Twilight Zone, I started to wonder this week if what I was watching happen at Rupp Arena could really...
![Billy Hicks, pictured as the coach at Corbin in the 1990s, set the state record for coaching wins in his career at Evarts, Harlan, Corbin and Scott County.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Billy-Hicks-874x900.jpg)
The year was 1984. I was sitting in the TGI Fridays on Nicholasville Road in Lexington with Luther Kirklin, his son Sean and my Dad, Dr. Jerry...
![Photo of the Day](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Jim-Cullivan-cover-shot-1986-1-381x475.jpg)
![Harlan County golfers Cole Cornett (left) and Brayden Casolari took the top two spots Saturday in the South Laurel Invitational. The 18-hole tourname nt at the London Country Club featured 84 high school players. Casolari was first with a three-over par 74, one stroke ahead of Cornett.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cornett-and-Casolari-at-South-Laurel-Invitational.jpg)
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