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![New Harlan County football coach Jacob Saylor worked with Rhylend Thomas during a practice session Thursday. These kids are working extremely hard, and that is all I can ask of them, Saylor said. The morale and energy have been there, and they keep wanting to learn. Saylor and the Bears open their season Aug. 24 at Middlesboro. HCHS will travel to Magoffin County on Aug. 10 for its first scrimmage.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JH-Jacob-Saylor-instructs-xxxx-1090x1200.jpg)
![The Bell County Bobcats won seven scrimmages to capture the South Laurel seven-on-seven championship on Friday.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Bell-County-wins-7-on-7-tourney-at-South-Laurel-1200x396.jpg)
Despite long being known for their power ground game, the Bell County Bobcats are showing this summer they will be able to throw the ball with junior quarterback Blake Burnett returning to lead the offense. Bell won seven scrimmages...
![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...
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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...
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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...
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![The Harlan County High School Youth Volleyball Camp was held on Thursday and Friday at HCHS with players and coaches serving as instructors.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HCHS-volleyball-camp-1200x590.jpg)
![Harlan All Stars coach Anthony Nolan talked with his infielders during a break in District 4 Tournament action Monday. Harlan rallied with seven runs in the sixth inning to pull even before falling 8-7 to Williamsburg.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JH-Anthony-Nolan-talks-to-infielders-vs-Wburg-1200x1081.jpg)
CORBIN — In their run to the final four of the District 4 Tournament (ages 9-10), the Harlan All Stars had a knack for big innings in winning three straight games. Harlan...
![Tri City pitcher Brycen Saylor threw to first baseman Dakota Smith for an out in the opening inning of the District 4 Tournament at Corbin. Tri City fell 16-0 in Mondays game and finished fourth in the tournament.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/JH-Brycen-Saylor-throws-to-Smith-at-first-base-vs-Corbin-1055x1200.jpg)
CORBIN — After a three-game win streak to advance to the District 4 final four (ages 11-12), the Tri-City All Stars’ run came to an end Monday with a 16-0...
![Team members include, from left, front row; Brantley McArthur, Landon Smith, Nate Thomas, Seth Johnson and Bryson Millis; back row: coach Chris Southerland, Gabriel Helton, Brylee Southerland, Logan Mills, Brantley Burkhart, Kolbi Green, Kasyn Combs and coaches Steven Johnson and Alan Paul McArthur; not pictured: coach Geoff Marietta.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Harlan-All-Stars-11-12-1200x716.jpg)
![Team members include, from left, front row: Jordan Miracle, Noah Gambrel, Kenton Burnett, Zayden Gibson and Donnie Maidon; back row: Colton Johnson, Tanner Simpson, Jeffery Fuson, Brody Sanders, Gunnar Christopher, Zack Patterson and Waylon Maidon; not pictured: coaches Jeremy Sanders, T.R. Christopher and Todd Fuson.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/MPB-All-Stars-11-12.jpg)
![Team members include, from left, front row: Mike Foutch, Jake Cornett, Brycen Saylor, Robby Johnson and Nate Harrell; back row: coach Tom Vicini, Brantley McQueen, Collin Sherman, Dakota Smith, Tobey Lunsford, Balin Foutch, coach Stephen Creech and coach Brad Sherman.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Tri-City-All-Stars-11-12-1200x740.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, one of 15 players around...
![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...
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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...
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![Brayden Casolari placed eighth out of 144 golfers in the Kentucky Junior Am Event last week in Prospect.](https://harlancountysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Casolari-Kentucky-Junior-Am-544x1200.jpg)
Harlan County High School junior Brayden Casolari continues to compete against some of the best junior golfers in the nation the past two weeks,...