Massac guards take over in late stages against Lakers

MURRAY — Calloway County welcomed Paducah’s St. Mary to Jeffrey Gymnasium for a Saturday afternoon matinee. Head Coach Brad Cleaver’s squad used a stout defensive effort to wipe away a two-game losing streak and celebrated homecoming with a 60-37 rout of the Vikings. Cleaver was thrilled to...

MURRAY —Addi Schumacher began her Saturday afternoon at Jeffrey Gymnasium by being crowned Calloway County’s Basketball Homecoming Queen. Head Coach David Brown’s lone senior ended her day by taking the court for some extra shooting practice after her girls’ basketball squad’s 60-35 victory over Paducah’s St. Mary Lady Vikings.

MURRAY—In what has to be its finest performance of the season, Murray High flattened a Paducah Tilghman team Saturday in girls’ basketball. The Lady Tigers avenged two earlier losses this season to the Lady Blue Tornado with a stunning 60-31 win at Taylor Gymnasium/Rechelle Turner Court. The win moved the Lady Tigers to 8-13 on the season, while Tilghman fell to 9-8.

MURRAY— A local high school basketball rivalry is usually intense, especially when the teams are so geographically close together and many of the players, coaches and fans dwell in the same town or county. Friday night’s Murray Bank Crosstown Classic between boys’ basketball neighbors Murray High and Calloway County Lakers was truly a “classic.”

MURRAY — Friday night’s Murray Bank Crosstown Classic girls’ basketball battle between 4th District rivals Murray High and host Calloway County was a typical contest in this series. Both teams played hard. The rather loud thump of bodies hitting the floor was heard throughout the game. Defense...

MARTIN, Tenn. — History was made Sunday at the Skyhawk Rifle Range in Martin, Tennessee, as the Murray State rifle team won its 17th Ohio Valley Conference title. In addition, head coach Alan Lollar became the school’s fourth-winningest coach by championships as he brought home his ninth trophy.

HOPKINSVILLE — Murray High’s mastery over Region 1 in swimming continued this past weekend. The smallest school by enrollment in the region, the Murray High girls’ and boys’ programs once again swept the team titles of the Kentucky Region 1 Swimming Championships at Hopkinsville High School. The Lady Tigers won their third straight region title by edging second-place McCracken County, while the boys notched their three-peat by easily outpacing host Hoptown.

NORMAL, Ill. — For about a full half, it was looking as if the terrible women’s basketball losing streak for Murray State might end in a fashion that would stun the entire Missouri Valley Conference. The Racers took as large as a 14-point lead against The Valley’s top...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. —On what was dubbed “Hall of Fame Day” for Indiana State, its men’s basketball team gave a Hall of Fame performance against visiting Murray State. Right down to wearing a replica of the light blue road uniforms used by the Sycamores’ 1979 team that was led by legend Larry Bird and came within one win of a national title with a perfect season, Indiana State literally bombed the Racers into submission. The Sycamores hit 19 3-pointers, 14 in the second half, in a dazzling display of shooting as they took a 99-56 win at the Hulman Center to avenge a nine-point loss two weeks earlier in Murray.

MURRAY – After more than two decades, retiring Murray State University Police Chief Jeff Gentry might finally get to experience what it’s like to walk around campus as a civilian. “I told somebody the other day, ‘Maybe I'll get to do some tailgating at a football game,’” said...

A Murray man was arrested Saturday for possession of methamphetamine following a traffic stop. Calloway County Sheriff’s Office deputies pulled over Jonathan Drum, 40, of Murray, after observing him driving on South 12th Street in a manner which indicated the vehicle was being operated by an intoxicated subject. Drum failed the standardized field sobriety tests. Deputies located methamphetamine in the vehicle.

Calloway County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man Friday after he fired a gun inside …