Category : Local Sports

New UT Martin men’s basketball coach Ryan Ridder says he’s ready to “get to work” after being officially introduced to Skyhawk fans yesterday. Before the new coach met with the media, UTM Athletics Director Kurt McGuffin explained why Ridder was the right man for the job. (AUDIO) Before taking the job, Coach Ridder says he […]Read More

The 2021 OVC Baseball Championship will be held at The Ballpark at Jackson from May 27-29. The OVC Baseball Championship was previously held at The Ballpark at Jackson from 2010 through 2016. This year’s championship will feature the top four teams in the OVC standings competing in a double-elimination format with the winner getting the […]Read More

Paducah Tilghman claimed the championship of the LH Ladd Memorial Baseball Classic played in Union City. In the championship game on Saturday, the Blue Tornadoes beat Westview 7-2.Read More

Tennessee’s spring turkey season will open on Saturday, April 3rd. One bearded turkey is allowed per day, not to exceed the new spring season limit of three bearded turkeys. Hunting hours are 30-minutes prior to legal sunrise, until legal sunset. This will also be the second spring turkey season to “Tag Before You Drag”, where […]Read More

Murray State Hall of Fame basketball coach Ron Greene has passed away. The university announced the 82 year old Greene died Wednesday at a residential hospice house in Murray. Greene coached the Racers from 1978 thru 1985, and was a two-time Ohio Valley Conference “Coach of the Year”. Before coming to his alma mater in […]Read More

CollegeInsider.com announced Thursday that Anthony Stewart, the former UT Martin head men’s basketball coach who tragically passed away last November, has received the Gene Bartow Award for the 2020-21 season. The Gene Bartow Award is presented annually to a current or former coach for his contributions to the game. Named after the late coach who […]Read More

The OVC announced UT Martin’s Nick Wolf as its Male Golfer of the Week on Thursday. It’s the second time in the last three weeks that Wolf has earned the league’s Golfer of the Week award. Overall, the Skyhawk golf program has produced three OVC Golfers of the Week this season under first-year head coach […]Read More

For the second straight season, former UT Martin hurler Alec Mills has broke spring training with the big league club as he will be part of the Chicago Cubs’ 26-man active roster for its opening series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The 2021 season marks the 10th season of professional baseball for Mills and fifth at […]Read More

Murray State has won the 2020-21 Ohio Valley Conference “Team Sportsmanship Award” for women’s basketball. Voted on by the student-athletes and coaches of the respective sports, the team awards are bestowed upon the conference squads deemed to have best exhibited the standards of sportsmanship and ethical behavior as outlined by the OVC and NCAA. Included […]Read More

Former St. Louis Cardinals All-Star player, coach and organization member, Joe Cunningham, has passed away at the age of 89. In 1949, the 17 year old Cunningham was signed by the Cardinals, and played four minor league seasons, before serving two years in the military during the Korean War. He returned to the Cardinals in […]Read More