Caldwell County scored the first nine points and went 9-for-16 from three-point range against Livingston Central to gain the 67-55 win in the All “A” Classic quarterfinal matchup on Tuesday.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “Mr. Worldwide” is coming to NASCAR.

Caldwell County High School announced the hiring of Jimmy Dyer Monday as the school’s next baseball coach.

Madisonville-North Hopkins scored the last eight points of the first half and used a 12-2 run late in the third quarter to push past host Caldwell County on Friday in both teams’ District 7 opener.

Caldwell County led visiting Livingston Central for most of the game played Saturday afternoon, outscoring the Lady Cardinals 20-6 over the last 10 1/2 minutes en route to the 59-38 Second Region win.

Tony Franklin, a Caldwell County native and noted college football coach, announced his retirement from coaching with a nighttime post on Facebook on New Year’s Day.

With the start of the season pushed forward to Jan. 4 — more than a month later than normal — some teams may have had a hard time coming out of the game in late-season form.

The Caldwell County boys’ basketball team opened its season Monday at Webster County and got out to a quick lead, but the host Trojans used a big second quarter to push past the Tigers 66-50.

After being off the court since last March and having to postpone practices and the 2020-21 schedule by about a month, the Caldwell County High School boys’ basketball team is more than ready to get things started.

Basketball season for Caldwell County High School begins Monday, with the Lady Tigers hosting Union County and the Tigers visiting Webster County.

In a high school football season like no other, there were notable standouts. Young men who overcame, persevered, and deserved to make the annual Paducah Sun All-Purchase Team.

If there is such a thing as a “victory lap” in professional golf, it might very well be the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s (LPGA) CME Group Tour Championship held in Naples, Florida at the end of each season.

The Caldwell County High School girls soccer team won the District 7 regular-season championship on penalty kicks at Madisonville-North Hopkins, but struggled from that game forward, falling to MNH in the district tournament before being eliminated from the Second Region Tournament by Hender…

Horse racing officials and industry activists are hailing the passage and signing of a safety and integrity bill that will standardize medication and doping rules in an effort to make the sport safer and fairer.

Three more Caldwell County High School student-athletes announced that they are signing to continue playing at the collegiate level.

Four members of the Caldwell County High School football team were named to the All-Western Kentucky Conference Team for the 2020 season.

The Caldwell County boys’ soccer team had an improved season over last year, and several of the improvements can’t be measured in wins and losses.

The KHSAA Board of Control upheld its earlier decision on Thursday by a 12-5 vote to begin practice for winter sports last Monday and regular-season competition on Jan. 4.

The Caldwell County volleyball team finished the season at 19-6 with a perfect 2-0 mark in District 7.

When Matthew Mitchell, the winningest head coach in Kentucky women’s basketball history with over 300 wins, announced Nov. 12 that he had retired from coaching and resigning as head coach of the Wildcats, fans on this side of the state did not know there was a local connection to the interim…

Caldwell County wide receiver and defensive back Tripp Branch had fielded more than a dozen unique offers to play football at the next level: Allegheny. Carleton. Grinnell. Hanover. Kenyon. Lindsey Wilson. Macalester. Middlebury. Mount St. Joseph. Rhodes. Ripon. Rose-Hulman. St. John’s. Sewa…

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association and its embattled Board of Controls on Wednesday took more than two hours to discuss, deliberate and, ultimately, decide how to handle mounting COVID-19 issues, unanimously opting to move the start date of the 2020-21 winter sports calendar to Jan. 4.

MURRAY — Caldwell County pushed out to a quick 14-0 lead with the help of a Murray fumble, but Murray bounced back, scoring three straight touchdowns en route to the 35-28 win in the first round of the KHSAA playoffs.

The nuts and bolts of Kentucky’s modern firearms deer hunting season are familiar: Regulations are unchanged from those of last year.

This year’s high school football schedule has been altered throughout the year by COVID-19 regulations. Some games have been rescheduled, while others have been canceled completely.

If we had an Exotic Bug of the Month Club going, our offering for November might be the multicolored Asian lady beetle.

Ummfh. Fire good.

Senior outside hitter Olivia Mitchell was named first-team all-state by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday.

At the start of its first-round match in the state volleyball tournament, it looked like Caldwell County was well on its way to another win.

For the eighth straight year, Caldwell County is taking possession of the 139 Bowl trophy, forcing a running clock in the second half en route to the 56-17 final.

HOPKINSVILLE — Caldwell County faced Madisonville-North Hopkins for the fourth time this year in the Second Region Tournament championship, and as was the case in the previous three meetings, it ended with a Lady Tiger shutout.

If we were to designate a generic woodpecker for our part of the world, it probably ought to be the one properly identified as the red-bellied woodpecker.

Persimmon trees and the fruit that grows on them really don’t know anything about what the weather is going to be like in coming months.

Caldwell County lost at home in straight sets to Henderson County on Oct. 6, but the Lady Tigers won when it counted most, winning their first-round match of the Second Region Tournament on Monday — at home in straight sets — 25-12, 25-22, 25-19.

Eleven members of the Caldwell County volleyball team were named to the All-District 7 Team for their athletic ability, the All-District 7 Academic Team for their academic ability or both.

MORTON’S GAP — The Caldwell County volleyball team won its 14th straight District 7 Tournament title on Thursday, beating Madisonville-North Hopkins 25-11, 25-15, 25-17 at Hopkins Co. Central High School.

Nine members of the Caldwell County High School boys soccer team were named to District 7 postseason honors last week at the district tournament held at Hopkins Co. High School.

Thirteen of the 22 members of the Caldwell County High School girls varsity soccer team were named to postseason honors last week at the District 7 Tournament held at Hopkins Co. Central High School.

HENDERSON — The Caldwell County girls’ soccer team closed out its 2020 season with a 3-0 loss in the Second Region Tournament to host Henderson County.

The Caldwell County volleyball team closed out its regular-season schedule Saturday with a home double-header, beating Todd Co. Central and Warren East by twin scores of 3-1.

Madisonville-North Hopkins scored the last eight points of the first half and used a 12-2 run late in the third quarter to push past host Caldwell County on Friday in both teams’ District 7 opener.

Caldwell County led visiting Livingston Central for most of the game played Saturday afternoon, outscoring the Lady Cardinals 20-6 over the last 10 1/2 minutes en route to the 59-38 Second Region win.

Tony Franklin, a Caldwell County native and noted college football coach, announced his retirement from coaching with a nighttime post on Facebook on New Year’s Day.

With the start of the season pushed forward to Jan. 4 — more than a month later than normal — some teams may have had a hard time coming out of the game in late-season form.

The Caldwell County boys’ basketball team opened its season Monday at Webster County and got out to a quick lead, but the host Trojans used a big second quarter to push past the Tigers 66-50.

After being off the court since last March and having to postpone practices and the 2020-21 schedule by about a month, the Caldwell County High School boys’ basketball team is more than ready to get things started.

Basketball season for Caldwell County High School begins Monday, with the Lady Tigers hosting Union County and the Tigers visiting Webster County.

In a high school football season like no other, there were notable standouts. Young men who overcame, persevered, and deserved to make the annual Paducah Sun All-Purchase Team.

If there is such a thing as a “victory lap” in professional golf, it might very well be the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s (LPGA) CME Group Tour Championship held in Naples, Florida at the end of each season.

The Caldwell County High School girls soccer team won the District 7 regular-season championship on penalty kicks at Madisonville-North Hopkins, but struggled from that game forward, falling to MNH in the district tournament before being eliminated from the Second Region Tournament by Hender…

Horse racing officials and industry activists are hailing the passage and signing of a safety and integrity bill that will standardize medication and doping rules in an effort to make the sport safer and fairer.

Three more Caldwell County High School student-athletes announced that they are signing to continue playing at the collegiate level.

Four members of the Caldwell County High School football team were named to the All-Western Kentucky Conference Team for the 2020 season.

The Caldwell County boys’ soccer team had an improved season over last year, and several of the improvements can’t be measured in wins and losses.

The KHSAA Board of Control upheld its earlier decision on Thursday by a 12-5 vote to begin practice for winter sports last Monday and regular-season competition on Jan. 4.

The Caldwell County volleyball team finished the season at 19-6 with a perfect 2-0 mark in District 7.

When Matthew Mitchell, the winningest head coach in Kentucky women’s basketball history with over 300 wins, announced Nov. 12 that he had retired from coaching and resigning as head coach of the Wildcats, fans on this side of the state did not know there was a local connection to the interim…

Caldwell County wide receiver and defensive back Tripp Branch had fielded more than a dozen unique offers to play football at the next level: Allegheny. Carleton. Grinnell. Hanover. Kenyon. Lindsey Wilson. Macalester. Middlebury. Mount St. Joseph. Rhodes. Ripon. Rose-Hulman. St. John’s. Sewa…

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association and its embattled Board of Controls on Wednesday took more than two hours to discuss, deliberate and, ultimately, decide how to handle mounting COVID-19 issues, unanimously opting to move the start date of the 2020-21 winter sports calendar to Jan. 4.

MURRAY — Caldwell County pushed out to a quick 14-0 lead with the help of a Murray fumble, but Murray bounced back, scoring three straight touchdowns en route to the 35-28 win in the first round of the KHSAA playoffs.

The nuts and bolts of Kentucky’s modern firearms deer hunting season are familiar: Regulations are unchanged from those of last year.

This year’s high school football schedule has been altered throughout the year by COVID-19 regulations. Some games have been rescheduled, while others have been canceled completely.

If we had an Exotic Bug of the Month Club going, our offering for November might be the multicolored Asian lady beetle.

Ummfh. Fire good.

Senior outside hitter Olivia Mitchell was named first-team all-state by the Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association on Monday.

At the start of its first-round match in the state volleyball tournament, it looked like Caldwell County was well on its way to another win.

For the eighth straight year, Caldwell County is taking possession of the 139 Bowl trophy, forcing a running clock in the second half en route to the 56-17 final.

HOPKINSVILLE — Caldwell County faced Madisonville-North Hopkins for the fourth time this year in the Second Region Tournament championship, and as was the case in the previous three meetings, it ended with a Lady Tiger shutout.

If we were to designate a generic woodpecker for our part of the world, it probably ought to be the one properly identified as the red-bellied woodpecker.

Persimmon trees and the fruit that grows on them really don’t know anything about what the weather is going to be like in coming months.

Caldwell County lost at home in straight sets to Henderson County on Oct. 6, but the Lady Tigers won when it counted most, winning their first-round match of the Second Region Tournament on Monday — at home in straight sets — 25-12, 25-22, 25-19.

Eleven members of the Caldwell County volleyball team were named to the All-District 7 Team for their athletic ability, the All-District 7 Academic Team for their academic ability or both.

MORTON’S GAP — The Caldwell County volleyball team won its 14th straight District 7 Tournament title on Thursday, beating Madisonville-North Hopkins 25-11, 25-15, 25-17 at Hopkins Co. Central High School.

Nine members of the Caldwell County High School boys soccer team were named to District 7 postseason honors last week at the district tournament held at Hopkins Co. High School.

Thirteen of the 22 members of the Caldwell County High School girls varsity soccer team were named to postseason honors last week at the District 7 Tournament held at Hopkins Co. Central High School.

HENDERSON — The Caldwell County girls’ soccer team closed out its 2020 season with a 3-0 loss in the Second Region Tournament to host Henderson County.

The Caldwell County volleyball team closed out its regular-season schedule Saturday with a home double-header, beating Todd Co. Central and Warren East by twin scores of 3-1.

MORTONS GAP — The Caldwell County High School girls’ soccer team had a physical match-up with Madisonville-North Hopkins Thursday in the District 7 tournament championship at Hopkins Co. Central, taking a 2-0 loss.

On fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line with Caldwell County trailing Murray 41-34 in overtime, CCHS senior Baron Wells ran the ball toward the right pylon and dove for the end zone.

The Caldwell County High School volleyball team won 3-2 at Ballard Memorial on Thursday, avenging a 3-2 loss to the Lady Bombers in the All A Classic semistate match on Oct. 2.

MADISONVILLE — The Caldwell County High School boys’ soccer team fell in the semifinal round of the District 7 tournament on Monday, taking a 3-0 loss to host Hopkins Co. Central.

One of the most glorious things about fall is triggered by the end of photosynthesis in deciduous trees.