Monthly Archives: January 2012

For the second time in a week, the Madisonville-North Hopkins swim team will face Henderson County, except tonight’s meet will be at the Hopkins County Family YMCA here in Madisonville and also include Hopkins County Central and Apollo. Here are … Continue reading →

On Thursday, the Webster County boys basketball team will be playing its first game ever in the statewide All “A” Classic, taking on West Carter in the wee hours of the morning (8:30 Eastern/7:30 Central, as the TV commercials would … Continue reading →

Hopkins County Central fell to Lyon County on Monday night, 66-62, in a tight affair that had one big shift in momentum that really took the wind out of Central’s sails as the boys were mounting a late comeback. I’m … Continue reading →

With the Tradewater Pirates now moving to Madisonville, let’s revisit my profile of current and former manager Steve Fowler, who also co-owns the baseball team. This is from the Nov. 2 edition of The Messenger: Every season, the Mr. Baseball … Continue reading →

I’ve been tidying up around my desk today, and I found some notebooks with play-by-play of old games — old in this case meaning the 2010-11 high school sports season. Which means the debut (or beta version) of an occasional … Continue reading →

It looks like Elmer Kelley Stadium will be getting a lot more activity this summer. That was the news coming from the Madisonville City Council’s meeting on Wednesday, as the members voted unanimously to authorize Mayor David Jackson to sign … Continue reading →

Last night, the 2nd Region All “A” Classic boys basketball tournament got underway, with unsurprising results. Mostly unsurprising, anyway — I’d have thought that Livingston Central would have been able to beat Crittenden County by more than a bucket. Trigg … Continue reading →

The 2nd Region All “A” Classic has one day of action in the books, and the local teams got a split, with the Webster County girls routing Caldwell County and Dawson Springs losing to Crittenden County, 57-44. I was at … Continue reading →

Recently, Hopkins County resident Joel Padfield was named general manager of the Evansville Otters baseball team. Back when he was the club’s director of sales and revenue development, The Messenger spent a night with him and various other county folks … Continue reading →

In Tuesday’s The Messenger, I wrote a short column on all the interesting goings-on in the 6th District of boys basketball, which could realistically end in a three-team tie and make perennial champ Henderson play an extra game simply to get to the … Continue reading →