Category : Local Sports

A former Murray State head football coach, and player, recently turned 100 years old. Coach Jim Cullivan, of Paris, is thought to be the oldest living member in Racer Athletics history, and possibly the oldest living Murray State alumni. He celebrated his birthday on June 10th at the First United Methodist Church in Paris. Coach […]Read More

North Carolina State and Tennessee won super regionals to clinch spots in the College World Series. Jose Torres hit a tie-breaking homer off SEC pitcher of the year Kevin Kopps leading off the ninth inning in the Wolfpack’s 3-2 win over No. 1 national seed Arkansas. Tennessee completed a two-game sweep of LSU with a […]Read More

Murray State University has announced their plans to return to full capacity attendance for basketball. With the announcement, the Racers are now selling season tickets to the CFSB Center until August 27th. For the 2021-22 season, Murray State has installed a premium baseline seat on the west end of the arena floor. The Murray State […]Read More

UT Martin is adding STUNT as a competitive sport this upcoming season. STUNT is one of the fastest growing female sports across the United States and has been recommended by the NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics as an emerging sport. A total of 48 universities currently offer the sport as the Skyhawks will be the […]Read More

When the Gleason Bulldogs take the gym floor next season, they’ll be playing on “Randy Frazier Court.” In a surprise motion Thursday afternoon, the Weakley County School Board voted unanimously to name the Gleason gym floor in honor of one of Tennessee’s most successful high school girls basketball coaches. Mr. Frazier coached the Lady Bulldogs […]Read More

An Austin Peay senior basketball player has been selected as the Ohio Valley Conference “Male Athlete of the Year”. Forward Terry Taylor was selected for the league honor with voting by athletics directors and communications directors. Taylor capped off his career by earning his second straight “OVC Player of the Year” award, while also becoming […]Read More

The University of Kentucky’s Athletics Department has announced the return to full capacity for football games. The announcement stated Kroger Field will be at capacity, when the Wildcats open their season against Louisiana-Monroe on September 4th. The University says it also intends to return to its traditional gameday environment for the 2021 season. Kentucky will […]Read More

UT Martin baseball players Winston Cannon, David Hussey, and Wil LaFollette have been named to the 2021 All-OVC baseball squads. Cannon was voted as one of three starting pitchers on the All-OVC first team while Hussey earned a spot as one of two relief pitchers on the All-OVC second team. Meanwhile, LaFollette was named to […]Read More

UT Martin baseball senior lefty, Sam Folks, has been named OVC Pitcher of the Week. Folks is only the third Skyhawk to be win the OVC Pitcher of the Week accolade twice in a single season – joining Coty Green (2010) and Dalton Westfall (2017). Folks, who also won the award on April 5, wrapped […]Read More

The UT Martin softball tandem of Kaci Fuller and Alexis Groet added to their postseason accolades by being named to the 2021 National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division I Central All-Region third team. The awards honor softball student-athletes from the Association’s 10 regions with first, second and third-team selections. NFCA member head coaches from each respective […]Read More