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Sun-driven speedsters shine at solar Grand Prix
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Electric, solar-powered cars roamed the Motorsports Park racetrack in Bowling Green. These aren’t traditional gas powered cars. The solar-powered cars use everything the sun offers. The racers were participating in the Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix, which runs through Thursday, July 18. College students...
Volleyball Collects 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Drake volleyball was included as one of over 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs to collect the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. The Bulldogs earned this honor after maintaining a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 or higher on a 4.0 scale. 10 other Missouri Valley Conference volleyball programs earned the same award. The list of MVC honorees is included below. Indiana State holds the longest current streak in Division I as a recipient of the award at 26 years. Southern Illinois has received the honor 19-straight years while Illinois State follows closely behind at...
BGHS welcomes new lacrosse coach
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Clay Hendrick is set to take over the Purples squad next spring as the sport enters its first season being sanctioned officially by the KHSAA. Hendrick is a BGHS alum and is involved with other Purple athletic programs including the junior high football team and the high school’s swim team.
Drake Track and Field Team, Individuals Featured Among USTFCCCA All-Academic Honorees
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Four Drake men's athletes and three Bulldog women's competitors were named to the 2024 NCAA Division I Track & Field All-Academic list by USTFCCA while both teams were recognized for their overall academic success. Hammer throw All-American Anthony Barmes (business), back-to-back All-American Isaac Basten (business), distance runner Aziz Jdai (athletic training), and thrower Adam Phillips (music) represented the Bulldog men. On the women's side, hammer throwers Chinemerem Iwuagwu (undecided) and Centaine Noom-Duckworth (physics), were joined by MVC 800m medalist Emilie Meyer (biology). Both Drake men's and women's teams received proper recognition for their commitment to athletics...
Bowling Green Parks and Recreation hosts Junior Golf Championship
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – It’s an annual event that many look forward to and support every year for the benefit of youth of the community. The Junior Golf Championship is a Bowling Green Parks & Rec event put on every year to introduce kids 12 to 18 both boys and girls to the game of golf. Many business and community members help to sponsor the event which has almost doubled in size from last year in both categories with 69 boys and 39 girls in 2024’s tournament.
WKU, Plona building for 2025 class
The Western Kentucky University men’s basketball team and first-year head coach Hank Plona picked up their first commitment for 2025 with a pledge from Woodford County rising senior Armelo Boone. Boone, a 6-foot-4, 175-pound shooting guard, is rated a three-star prospect, the third-best player in the state and the 69th at his position nationally. As a junior last season at Frederick Douglass, ...
Liberty Picked To Win CUSA in 2024 Media Poll
After claiming their first Conference USA title in 2023, the Flames are the media favorite to do it again. The league released the results of the annual media poll on Friday, with Liberty receiving 18 first-place votes. Western Kentucky was the only other team to receive first-place votes with two.
Smith recognized by Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and AFCA Good Works Team
NORTHBROOK, Ill. – WKU receiver Dalvin Smith has been selected to represent the Hilltoppers for the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy and as an AFCA Good Works Team nominee. The redshirt senior from Glasgow, Ky. was among a record 178 nominees recognized for outstanding service in their respective communities. Smith has...
Next tennis camp at Kereiakes Park slated for August
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local tennis camp began in June, but there is still time to register for the August camp. Bowling Green Parks and Recreation conduct a summer tennis camp for children and adults. The camp develops beginner and intermediate levels to advance participants’ skill sets.
Sports Connection 7-14-24: Franklin-Simpson and Allen County-Scottsville Football
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Kaden Gaylord-Day and Brian Webb start the countdown to the 2024 football season as they bring in the two coaches who were roommates in college. They sit down with Franklin-Simpson head coach Max Chaney, seniors Colin Anderson and Layne Alford, and junior Blake McPherson. Later they talk to Allen County-Scottsville head coach Brad Hood and seniors Chase Ross and Jackson Morris.
4 Lady Tops earn WGCA All-American Scholar Team Honors
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Four members of the WKU Women’s Golf team have been named to the WGCA All-American Scholar Team. Lady Topper sophomores Sydney Hackett and Averi Cline were named to the team along with junior Catie Craig and graduate student Sarah Arnold. The prestigious honor was...
Monday Captures MSC Student-Athlete of the Year After Record Breaking Season
Bowling Green, KY – Patriots guard Kaylie Monday has been named the 2024 Mid-South Conference Female Student-Athlete of the Year award, the conference office announced Wednesday. Monday becomes UC's tenth recipient of this honor and Cumberlands first women's basketball player to garner this accolade. "First I would like to...
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