East Carter's Bryana Greenhill splits the West Carter defense Friday during the 62nd Girls Tournament final in Grayson. East Carter plays Lewis County and West Carter meets Russell in the opening round of the 16th Region Tournament on March 2. John Flavell/For The Independent
MOREHEAD — First-round pairings for the girls 16th Region basketball tournament were set Saturday morning.
All four first-round games will be played March 2 at Ellis T. Johnson Arena.
The first two games, at noon and 2 p.m., will have Fleming County-Boyd County and Russell-West Carter. The night session, at 6 and 8, match East Carter-Lewis County and Ashland-Rowan County.
Semifinal games will be March 4 and the finals March 5.
Ashland is the defending champion.
Reality television is all the rage. From the “Bachelorette” to “The Voice,” we seem to be slammed — and evenly mildly entertained — by it at every turn.
But here’s a dose of local reality: An alumni football game between Ashland and Boyd County.
Gary Kidwell, who has been involved with high school sports for nearly half a century, will be inducted into the National Coaches Association Hall of Fame next week in Des Moines, Iowa.
Emily Stewart’s strong showing in the Kentucky Softball Coaches Association’s East-West All-Star Games last weekend earned her an invitation to another All-Star series.
Jolene Cumpton was supposed to surprise her son last Saturday.
She was going to make a four-hour drive from Augusta, Ga., to Durham, N.C., to watch him pitch in a Triple-A baseball game between Indianapolis and Durham.
Turns out, the surprise was on her.
Gone are the antics of Chad Johnson. Or is it still Ocho Cinco?
Injury-stricken quarterback Carson Palmer took his ball and went to California. Then was shoved to Arizona.
Zac Carter and Trey Fletcher established themselves as one of the premier one-two combinations in Ironton High basketball history.
A PERFECT ENDING
With her career coming to an end, everything has come full circle for Boyd County’s Emily Stewart.
Stewart and Ashland’s McKenzie Vanover were honored as the top players on The Independent’s 2013 All-Area Softball Team.
ALL-AREA BASEBALL: Salow, Prater are back-to-back Jacks
This season’s Player of the Year assumed a starring role in ending the seasons of both coaches who shared top honors on The Independent’s 2013 All-Area Baseball Team.
Julie Ditty never felt as small as when standing beside Pervis Ellison, the 6-foot-9 former University of Louisville basketball great.
The second-largest crowd in Elks Sports Day history came to celebrate Vic Marsh Saturday night.
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