Author Archives: Dave OConnell

The 2nd Region girls basketball tournament tips off in a new format Wednesday. It’s the same eight teams, but this time it’s spread out over two weeks, presumably to keep schools who have both boys and girls teams in the … Continue reading →

With the exception of the 6th District, we’ve come to the time of the prep basketball season where the games really matter, as far as tangible consequences. Basically, everything is a dress rehearsal for that win-or-your-season-ends district semifinal game, the … Continue reading →

Near the end of each NFL season, ESPN.com puts up its “Playoff Machine,” an interactive app that allows you to custom-build any playoff scenario, now matter how far-fetched, for any team. Here now is The Messenger’s low-budget equivalent: the 6th … Continue reading →

Logan County hit their last five free throws Thursday night to edge past Hopkins County Central, 66-63, in girls basketball at Central. Here’s the box score: Logan 15 13 25 13 66 Central 21 16 18 8 63 Scoring: Logan … Continue reading →

Evidently there’s been more discussion of the silly No.1 vs No. 4 seed first-round football playoff games than just my recent column, as the KHSAA saw fit to re-release the results of its 2011-12 survey of coaches and administrators last … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago after Madisonville-North Hopkins’ loss to Lone Oak, coach Brock Shoulders was upbeat, because as he saw it, his team would play a weak team they beat in last year’s playoffs (Allen County-Scottsville) and then a team … Continue reading →

Looks like Owensboro will be district champs in 4A, District 1 football this year. They and two other teams — Madisonville-North Hopkins and Lone Oak — finished tied atop the district standings with 3-1 records, but O’boro wins the tiebreaker, … Continue reading →

If Madisonville-North Hopkins ends up paired off with Lone Oak in the football playoffs, as North coach Brock Shoulders suspects they will in the second round in the event of a win, the leg of Maroon kicker Austin Collard may … Continue reading →

In today’s edition of The Messenger, we have a special series of pullouts with stories revolving around the theme of “The Rest of the Story” (i.e. the story behind the story). Sportswise, we have features on the local high school … Continue reading →

An almost completely dismal effort by Hopkins County Central took place Friday night, as Russellville rolled them at home on the gridiron, 54-0. There were a few isolated bright spots, like Jordan Allen and Jacob Browning coming up with turnovers, … Continue reading →