Weekend wrap up:
High school basketball-
Powell Co. 66 Somerset 63.
Pineville 85 Somerset Christian School 70.
Pulaski County 75 Harlan 41.
Pulaski County Lady Maroons 64 Seymour, TN 38.
Pikeville 68 Southwestern Lady Warriors 37.
Somerset 86 Somerset Christian School 34.
Somerset Lady Briar Jumpers 47 Bluegrass United 45.
Southwestern Lady Warriors 58 Meade Co. 52.
Tuesday high school basketball:
Somerset Briar Jumpers at Rockcastle County for a girls/boys doubleheader.
Live coverage begins at 5:40p on Somerset 106.1 FM & Somerset106.com.
College Football:
Kentucky sophomore Barion Brown scored three touchdowns but No. 22 Clemson Tigers rallied to beat the Kentucky Wildcats 38-35 in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla. UK QB Devin Leary threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns with two interceptions in the loss. The Cats also had three turnovers in the fourth quarter.
Kentucky ends the season at 7-6.
The Wildcats open the 2024 season at home against Southern Miss on Saturday, August 31st.
College basketball:
No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats cruised to a 96-70 victory over the Redbirds of Illinois State at Rupp Arena last Friday night. Antonio Reeves led UK with 27 points. Rob Dillingham 16, DJ Wagner 14, Reed Shepherd 11 points, five rebounds, five assists two steals, and two blocked shots.
Tre Mitchell with 11 rebounds.
Kentucky (10-2) opens SEC play against the Florida Gators in Gainesville this Saturday at 12:30p. Live coverage on ESPN.
Saturday- the WKU Hilltoppers defeated Abilene Christian 86-84 as Kristian Lander hit a jumper with just 7 seconds left to give WKU the win.
Tyrone Marshall led the Toppers with 20 points, Landed finished with 19.
The WKU Hilltoppers (11-3) open CUSA play at home against the Liberty Flames (10-4) this Saturday at 6p ET. Live coverage on WTLO AM 1480/97.7 FM and seen nationally on CBS Sports Network.
Sunday women’s college:
Kentucky Wildcats defeated Samford Bulldogs 72-59. Ajae Petty with a double double for Kentucky 22 points and 13 rebounds. Maddie Sherr with 14 points and eight rebounds.
Kentucky (7-7) opens SEC play this Thursday at Rupp Arena vs the Arkansas Razorbacks. Tipoff 7p on SEC Network Plus.
Sunday NFL:
QB Jake Browning was 19/33 for 197 years with one touchdown and was sacked six times in a Cincinnati Bengals 25-17 loss to the Chiefs in Kansas City.
The Cincinnati Bengals (8-8) close out the regular season at home against the Cleveland Browns (11-5) this Sunday. Kickoff at 1pm
Live coverage on WTLO AM 1480/97.7 FM and seen nationally on CBS-TV.
MLB:
The Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Frankie Montas to a one year, $16M contract for 2024.
Montas pitched in only one game last season before undergoing shoulder surgery. He pitched for the Oakland Athletics from 2017-2022 compiling a 37-35 record with a 3.90 ERA. Montas is expected to complete for a spot in the
