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Category: National Sports

HILLTOPPERS CONTINUE TO CLIMB/Western Kentucky sweeps Rice, moves into third place in Conference USA standings

May 15, 2023
National Sports, WKU Sports

DAWSON HALL, THREE WKU RELIEVERS LIMIT OWLS TO SIX HITS Before long, perhaps in conjunction with next week’s Conference USA […]

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SEVENTH-INNING STRETCHER/Hilltoppers bury Rice with seven-run seventh, claim fifth consecutive C-USA series

May 14, 2023
National Sports, WKU Sports

EIGHT WKU SENIORS HONORED BEFORE 10-2 VICTORY OVER OWLS Everything, it seemed, was pretty much going to plan. Western Kentucky […]

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RICARDO LEONETT, FOR THE WIN/WKU catcher delivers in 10th inning as Hilltoppers edge Rice, 5-4

May 13, 2023
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS WON 11 OF ITS LAST 13 CONFERENCE USA GAMES Twenty minutes after it was over, after his […]

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TOPPERS TURNING THE TABLES/First-year WKU baseball coach Marc Rardin has put the wheels in motion

May 9, 2023
National Sports, Potpourri, WKU Sports

HILLTOPPERS PLAY HOST TO EKU TONIGHT; WESTERN RETURNING TO CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT He’s been on the move, pretty much non-stop, […]

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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Rest in peace, Vida Blue, the Louisiana flamethrower and Oakland Athletics legend

May 8, 2023
High School Baseball, High School Football, National Sports, Politics, Potpourri

HARD-THROWING LEFT-HANDER, 73, WAS CRITICAL PART OF A’s 1970s DOMINANCE It was the summer of 1971. My introduction to Vida […]

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POISED WITH PROMISE/Reed’s right arm, Helton’s track record gives Hilltoppers football reason for optimism in 2023

April 23, 2023
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

WKU OPENS THE SEASON AT HOME AGAINST SOUTH FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 2 Austin Reed took his turn on the field […]

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McKNIGHT OFF TO XAVIER/Hilltoppers’ star guard will play in the Big East next season

April 10, 2023
High School Basketball, National Sports, WKU Sports

FORMER ‘MR. BASKETBALL’ FROM SHELBYVILLE CHOSE TO LEAVE AFTER STANSBURY’s DISMISSAL It’s Xavier University for former Western Kentucky basketball star […]

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JIM MASHEK COLUMN/Conference USA, in full bloom this men’s basketball season, is going down a 1-way backroad to obscurity

March 31, 2023
National Sports, Politics, Potpourri, The SEC, WKU Sports

THE LEAGUE’s “ORIGINAL TEN” ARE ALL LONG GONE, IN THE REAR-VIEW OR HEADED ELSEWHERE Take a bow, Conference USA. A […]

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GRAY’s GRANNY FOILS HILLTOPPERS/Former WKU outfielder’s seventh-inning grand slam propels No. 16 Kentucky to 10-8 victory

March 29, 2023
National Sports, The SEC, WKU Sports

TOPS CAN’T HOLD 4-0 LEAD AFTER SIX INNINGS; RARDIN’s SQUAD TURNS FOCUS TO ROAD TRIP TO SAN ANTONIO First-year Western […]

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SEE YA, Mr. SHARP/WKU’s Jamarion Sharp, a shot-blocking specialist, has entered the NCAA transfer portal

March 29, 2023
National Sports, WKU Sports

SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS FROM 2022-23 TOPS ARE EXPECTED TO DEPART Western Kentucky’s shot-blocking specialist, 7-foot-5 senior Jamarion Sharp, has entered […]

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