MOREHEAD — Ashland is headed back to the Girls State Basketball Tournament in Bowling Green.
The Kittens repeated as champions in the 16th Region after defeating Boyd County 54-52 Tuesday night in the regional championship game at Ellis T. Johnson Arena.
It was the third year in a row that Ashland and Boyd County met in the finals. The Lady Lions won the crown in 2011.
Read complete coverage in Wednesday's edition.
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.
Don Gullett, who is generally regarded as the greatest athlete in northeastern Kentucky history, will be the honoree for the 40th annual Elks Sports Day next summer.
For the second straight Saturday, Aaron Stevens found himself as the top finisher at a local 5K race.
When Vic Marsh looks up on the Elks Sports Day Wall of Fame, it’s hard for him to picture his photograph being up there with them.
Getting more time
Jamal Clark, Austin Allison and C.D. Spight looked liked they'd run the Jumbo play for four years.
The only play the trio tried it was the one that mattered Friday. Spight's 10-yard run — with Clark and Allison blocking — was the last touchdown in the West's overtime 20-14 win in the eighth annual Northeastern Kentucky Senior Bowl at Morehead State University's Jayne Stadium.
NRP Bluegrass Junior: What a finish
On the 30th anniversary of the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior, Haylee Harford produced one of the classic shots in tournament history.
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