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by LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky volleyball fans got to see 6-foot-5 Notre Dame transfer Morgan Gaerte play for the first time last week in UK’s exhibition loss to Louisville at Memorial Coliseum. Gaerte was a first […]

The Laker Baseball team defeated Cumberland County 11-1 on the road last night. Tanner Stringer led the Laker offense with a team-high 3 hits and 1 RBI. Evan Hutchison had 2 hits and an RBI. […]

The Lady Laker Softball team defeated Glasgow last night at home by a score of 5-4. Madelyn Roy led Russell County with a 3 hit, 3 RBI performance including her first home run of the […]

The Russell County Tennis Teams won at Barren County yesterday. The boys won 4-1. Ethan Coe and Sebastian Betts-Jimenez picked up singles victories. In doubles, it was Carson Buras/Daniel Blakey and Owen Buras/Ben Brown coming […]

by LARRY VAUGHT Kentucky sophomore Kam Williams had the option to put his name into the NBA Draft, go through the draft evaluation process and still be eligible to return to UK. However, the 6-foot-8 […]

The Laker Baseball team dropped matchups to Adair County and Somerset this weekend. On Friday, Russell County fell to Adair County by a score of 2-1. Tyson Stille, Parker Brumley and Raylan McAninch recorded hits […]

The Lady Laker Softball team fell to Rockcastle County on Friday by a score of 13-3. Rylen McGowan hit her 5th home run of the season in the game. Addy Abrell recorded a hit and […]

The Russell County Middle School Baseball and Softball teams were in action this weekend. The Laker Baseball team defeated Clinton County 20-5 on Saturday. Brantley Turner led the Lakers with 2 hits and 5 runs […]

The Russell County Tennis teams defeated Somerset Christian on Saturday. The boys won 7-2. Ethan Coe, Sebastian Betts-Jimenez, Owen Buras and Ben Brown won in singles action. In doubles, it was Carson Buras and Ethan […]

By LARRY VAUGHT It seems remarkable that recent Kentucky quarterback commit Jake Nawrot went from junior varsity quarterback at John Hershey High School in Arlington Heights, Ill., in 2024 to throwing for over 3,000 yards […]