A football season-opener is always filled with hype and emotion and you never know what to expect. The George Rogers Clark Cardinals had heavy hearts for most of the week, but came out and dedicated a game to an injured teammate that couldn’t have been scripted any better on “Friday Night Lights.” The Clark County …
Category Archive: Winchester sports
Jul 30
The Kidd gets facelift
RICHMOND – Eastern Kentucky football coach Dean Hood made sure a piece of the past stayed intact during field renovations at Roy Kidd Stadium.
Jul 27
SEC football: One more reason to like Tebow
There was outrage during the SEC Media Days last week. One Southeastern Conference coach didn’t put Florida quarterback Tim Tebow on his first-team All-SEC list. As it turns out that one coach – South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier – a former Gator coach and Heisman Trophy winning quarterback himself, was the one coach who denied Tebow …
Jul 01
Special guest
I had the opportunity to meet Michelle Rodgers in a golf scramble to benefit the Clark County Junior Miss program in May at Southwind Golf Course. She has a charming personality and she’s a pleasant person. I had a picture taken with Michelle that day, as did Winchester Sun publisher Dave Eldridge. The past weekend, …
Jun 23
UK sports: Helping each other
Last week, my wife Rhonda and I took a short excursion to Berlin, Ohio and spent a few days the Amish parts of the state that borders Kentucky. We drove through the area last year on our way back from Cleveland, Ohio, and decided to spend more time in the area the year in the …
Jun 11
Vacation time
Just to let my readers and followers know that I will be on vacation for the next 10 days. My wife and I are going to visit Holmes County Ohio and visit the Amish settlements in the region. Looking forward to some time off. I will attempt to update the blog once we get there.
Jun 08
Lessons from a coach
Managing editor Randy Patrick blogs about the movie “Forever Young” http://kyvoice.com/winchestersun/newerworld/
May 12
Tornado hits close to home
In a turn away from the norm, I’ve decided to devote this blog post to the events that have transpired over the past couple of days in my neck of the woods. As many of you may know, an EF3 tornado ripped through Madison County last week, damaging more than 100 homes, and killing two …
Apr 04
Zollo waiting to hear from UK
This is from Larry Vaught in Danville. I’ve talked to Vinny’s mom Robyn Curry twice in the past week and Larry has a story on his situation as well. Sophomore Vinny Zollo not only is waiting to talk to new Kentucky coach John Calipari and/or his staff, but his mother is also still waiting for …


