July 2012 Articles
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Nathan Thompson named RHS athletic director

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



Nathan Thompson is a banker, but he's also a coach, an athlete, a sports enthusiast and an unabashed supporter of Russellville High School. All of that has combined in his being named the new RHS athletic director this week. Two days after she told The LoJo that Thompson is the n...

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Greg Shelton to emerge from different dugout

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



The reality of how much things have changed will come on a day in May next spring. Greg Shelton will lead his baseball team out on Greg Shelton Field, as he has done hundreds of times in the past. The difference, however, is that he will be coming from the third base dugout, not the home ...

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Older Babe Ruth Stars fall in postseason action

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



The games were close with varying levels of runs scored, but the 15-year-old Logan County Babe Ruth All-Stars dropped all three games in postseason play recently. Shown in the photo, from left, are Coach Eric Proctor, Coach Terry Crafton, Trent Deberry, Di...

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Season ends for Babe Ruth 14-year-olds

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



The younger all-star team representing Logan County Babe Ruth dropped all three of its games in postseason play. The opening loss was especially painful. Logan came ever so close, but lost 17-16 to runner-up Franklin-Simpson. Logan got eight hits, with Connor McColpin and Garrett Str...

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Lonnie Mason makes Cougar sports history

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



Local history was made Thursday when Lonnie Mason was introduced as the 11th head boys basketball coach in Logan County High School history. His hiring marks a couple of milestones. The 1994 LCHS graduate is the first alumnus of the 30-year-old school to become head basketball coach at hi...

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Speaking of Sports: Coaching changes, the Jim Thompson Era ends, various notes

By Jim Turner

Posted on January 1, 0001 12:00 AM



The resignation of Harold Tackett as the Logan County boys basketball coach didn't come as a surprise. He never established a permanent residence here and his family was still in Eastern Kentucky. The nucleus of the team he had groomed for four years graduated. Together they accomplished ...

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