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SILENCE OF THE BATS/Luke Pettite, Dallas Baptist bullpen shackle Hilltoppers, 3-0, to avoid a three-game sweep

April 8, 2024
Potpourri, WKU Sports

WKU’s FIVE-GAME WINNING STREAK IS OVER; TOPS PLAY HOST TO LOUISVILLE ON TUESDAY Marc Rardin, Western Kentucky University’s second-year head […]

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TOPS TAKE TWO/Bimbi, WKU bullpen tame eighth-ranked Dallas Baptist, 6-3; Hilltoppers look for sweep on Sunday

April 7, 2024
WKU Sports

WKU’s MASON BURNS EARNS EIGHTH SAVE AGAINST POWER-LADEN PATRIOTS They’re scoring first, and putting pressure on the opponent. They’re getting […]

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HANK’s HOUSE/WKU introduces Hank Plona as school’s 17th men’s basketball coach at Diddle Arena

April 4, 2024
WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS’ PLAYERS TURN OUT, EN MASSE, FOR INTRODUCTORY PRESS CONFERENCE Western Kentucky University’s basketball tradition, its track record and potential […]

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PASSING THE TORCH/As expected, WKU’s Todd Stewart turns to Hank Plona to succeed the departed Steve Lutz as Hilltoppers coach

April 2, 2024
WKU Sports

PLONA WILL BE INTRODUCED AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING Three days in March, three days in Huntsville, Alabama. That’s […]

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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Steve Lutz negotiates peaks and valleys, delivers in first season as WKU head basketball coach

March 25, 2024
National Sports, WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS MAKE FIRST NCAA TOURNEY APPEARANCE IN 11 YEARS; WKU HAS THE LOOK OF A TEAM ON THE RISE There […]

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TOPS TAKE THE TITLE/Western Kentucky stymies UTEP, 78-71, to win C-USA Tournament, gain first NCAA berth since 2013

March 17, 2024
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

TOURNAMENT MVP DON McHENRY DOES IT AT BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR; HILLTOPPERS WILL LEARN OF NCAA FATE ON SUNDAY […]

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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Opportunity knocks for Hilltoppers in Rocket City

March 16, 2024
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

WITH WIN OVER UTEP, WKU WILL CLAIM PROUD PROGRAM’s FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2013 ATHENS, Alabama — Long before […]

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STILL BREATHIN’ FIRE/Kade Unseld’s show-stopping performance sends Warren Central back to KHSAA Sweet 16

March 13, 2024
High School Basketball, Potpourri, WKU Sports

PURPLES CAN’T HOLD EIGHT-POINT LEAD AFTER THREE QUARTERS; DRAGONS PREVAIL, 64-57, IN OVERTIME For three quarters, and some change, the […]

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BACK TO THE FUTURE/It’s Bowling Green, Warren Central once again in KHSAA 4th Region title tilt

March 12, 2024
High School Basketball, Potpourri, WKU Sports

PURPLES CRUSH CUMBERLAND COUNTY, 68-34; STARKS, DRAGONS ROLL PAST GLASGOW, 71-36 Here we go again. One year after Warren Central […]

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DRAGONS, SCOTTIES ADVANCE/Warren Central’s balance buries Logan County, 72-42; Glasgow’s Martin delivers in OT victory over Metcalfe

March 7, 2024
High School Basketball, WKU Sports

UNSELD’s DRAGONS SHINE AT DIDDLE; 4th REGION GIRLS SEMIFINALS ARE NEXT The second day of the KHSAA 4th Region Boys […]

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Recent Posts

  • JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Nissan Stadium, the home of good vibes, good music and bad football …
  • MAV’s MOMENT/Senior QB Maverick McIvor answers the bell, leads Hilltoppers past Southern Miss, 27-16, in New Orleans Bowl
  • ROLLIN’ IN THE QUARTER/Western Kentucky looks for season’s ninth victory against Southern Miss in Tuesday’s New Orleans Bowl
  • JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Street cred only gets you so far in N’Awlins, but I like the vibe the Tops are generating in the French Quarter …
  • BARNSTABLE’s BOMB BEATS THE TOPS/Tulsa guard derails WKU upset hopes with buzzer-beating 3-pointer, 82-81

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  3. Jim Mashek on REST IN PEACE, MR. MORSE/George Morse, longtime WCHS science instructor and coach, dies at 74
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