RARDIN ARRIVES IN BOWLING GREEN/New WKU baseball coach built a JUCO powerhouse at Iowa Western
HILLTOPPERS LOOKING FOR FIRST NCAA TOURNAMENT BERTH SINCE 2009 Marc Rardin has spent roughly 30 years in collegiate baseball, the […]
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A SEASON TO REMEMBER/South Warren’s never-say-die spirit carries team to 4th Region title, KHSAA state semifinals
LADY SPARTANS WON 30 STRAIGHT BEFORE 11-0 LOSS TO BALLARD South Warren High School’s softball team reached unprecedented heights during […]
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Jim Mashek column/WKU’s Tyson Helton has reason to be optimistic about 2022 season
HILLTOPPERS OPEN SEASON AGAINST AUSTIN PEAY ON AUGUST 27 Western Kentucky University closed its spring football drills last weekend and […]
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South Warren’s Caden Veltkamp signs with WKU, will soon enroll and compete in Hilltoppers’ spring drills
SPARTANS QB JOINED BY TEAMMATES JACKSON, BELL IN SIGNING CEREMONY Caden Veltkamp can’t wait. The 6-foot-5, 215-pound senior just closed […]
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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/ South Warren coach Brandon Smith and QB Caden Veltkamp have come full circle with school’s third KHSAA state title
ONCE, AND NOW, FOREVER, JOINED AT THE HIP, SOUTH WARREN’S SMITH AND VELTKAMP MADE IT HAPPEN LEXINGTON — You’ve got […]
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SPARTANS LIVING THE DREAM/South Warren offense seals the deal in 38-26 victory over Broncos for KHSAA Class 5A state title
SPARTANS’ TYLER SNELL NAMED MVP IN SOUTH’S DRAMATIC TRIUMPH LEXINGTON — Ultimately, it had to be the South Warren High […]
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South Warren puts it all on the line against Broncos on Saturday afternoon in Lexington
It was a warm August night, and the highly vaunted South Warren High School football team was playing host to […]
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A LOOK BACK TO SEPTEMBER: Veltkamp poised for big senior year at South Warren
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first story I posted on jimmashek.com, in early September. I’ll be covering Caden Veltkamp’s national […]
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