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Congratulations Graduates!

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Middlesboro Lady Jackets52nd District Softball Champion

“Ninth Consecutive District Title”

2008

Congratulationstoo thee Graduatingg classs off

Congratulations

2008to the Graduating class of

Downtown Middlesboro

1918 Cumberland Ave.606-248-9600

Middlesboro East

1206 E Cumberland Ave.606-248-9600

Pineville

US Hwy 25 East606-337-6122

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Bell County Bobcats52nd District Baseball Champion


Pictured above are the overall female winner Kathryn Yates and the overall male winner Bradley Smith. Other divisional medal winners were:

Male 10-14: 1st Place Kyle Capps, 2nd Place Koltan Hix, 3rd Place Tyler Fielder

Male 20-24: 1st Place Walter Peavley, 2nd Place Joe Slusher, 3rd Place Nathan Parthasathy

Male 35-39: 1st Place Eric Trent, 2nd Place Carlos Cameron, 3rd Place Shane Hix

Male 40-44: 1st Place Verne Kern, 2nd Place Dennis Chavies, 3rd Place Duran Lundy

Male 45-49: 1st Place Mike Bingham, 2nd Place Fred Wilson, 3rd Place James Combs

Male 55-59: 1st Place Lloyd Dempsey, 2nd Place Charles Miles, 3rd Place Tom Vicini

Male 60-64: 1st Place Ken Williams

Male 70+: 1st Place Sawyer Johnson, 2nd Place Jim Woodring

Female 15-19: 1st Place Stephanie Bruner, 2nd Place Samantha Burgess

Female 25-29: 1st Place Elizabeth Hix

Female 30-34: 1st Place Amber Stone

Female 40-44: 1st Place Felicia Rouse

Female 45-49: 1st Place Vicki Shafer, 2nd Place Nettie Philpot

Female 50-54: 1st Place Sandra Ramsey, 2nd Place Julia Johnson

Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival 5K Road Race


Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival Golf Tournament

Championship Flight1st Place - Casey Wade

2nd Place - Matt Gann

3rd Place - Stephen Cambron

4th Place - Kevin Lawson

5th Place - Shawn Tipton

1st Flight1st Place - Chris Harris

2nd Place - Giovanni Barton

3rd Place - Jeremy Gordon

4th Place - Shawn Hampton

5th Place - Pete Cornett

2nd Flight1st Place - Tony Onyon

2nd Place - Jay Beeler

3rd Place - Terry Wade

4th Place - Jay Scott

5th Place - John Garrison

3rd Flight1st Place - Norman Helm

2nd Place - Bob Harris

3rd Place - Rob Schneider

4th Place - George Schneider

5th Place - Wes Mason

4th Flight1st Place - Chris Jones

2nd Place - Wade Logan

3rd Place - Henry Lawson

4th Place - Mike Evans

5th Place - Joe Porter

Winners not necessarily aligned inorder of finish. Not all winnerswere present when the photos

were taken.






Another big year for MHS tennisMiddlesboro girls’ and boys’ tennis teams finished the year on a positive note with a

1-2 finish in regional competition. The boys were regional runners up to Corbin while

the girls captured the regional team title.

Pictured from left in the bottom photo are Assistant coach Sandy Wilson, Jared Barton,

Chris Aker, Akash Patel, Roger Uy, Adam Crawford and coach Benny Collins. (not

pictured Noah Robinson). Akash Patel qualified for state tournament play by virtue of

his finish in regional singles play. He went on to win his first round match at the state

before finally being eliminated in second round action.

The regional championship for the Middlesboro ladies was their fourth consecutive

regional title and their eighth in the last ten years. In the top photo from left are (Back

Row) Coach Benny Collins, Trinity Goodman, Emily Crawford, Natalie Dubin,

Rachel Maiden and assistant coach Sandy Wilson; (Front Row) Priya Mohan and Mary

Wilson.

Several talented players will return for Middlesboro next year, but the school will be

looking to replace Coach Benny Collins who has taken over as the head tennis coach

at Lincoln Memorial University.

Photos Submitted

Smooth!Ramel Bradley fends off a defender as he attempts a shot with his left hand at Knox

Central High School during the UK senior’s barnstorming tour. Both Bradley and Joe

Crawford are now participating in pre-NBA draft camps, including a recent one in

Orlando. Pinnacle Staff Photo


“Fear the Woo”Former UK player Lukaz Orbzut joined UK seniors Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford

as part of a state-wide basketball barnstorming tour in May. “Woo” took on several

challengers during one segment of the evening’s entertainment at Knox Central High

School. Pinnacle Staff Photo

Putting him in his place!Billy Joe Idol of Middlesboro has been a

sports official for nearly 50 years. He’s

called more strikes than a labor union, and

while you may not have always agreed with

his calls on every occasion, few would say

that they thought he treated them unfairly.

That’s why the folks associated with the

Middlesboro High School baseball program

decided to put him in his place.............right

behind home

plate where

he had spent

so much of

his time during games. Former MHS head, and current

assistant baseball coach, Billy Powell, spearheaded a

project to have a plaque cemented in the backstop at the

Middlesboro High School baseball field to honor the

longtime friend and supporter of local athletes. All of

us here at Pinnacle Sports View join in congratulating

Billy Joe and in adding our thanks.

Jones headed to GeorgetownCongratulations to Middlesboro’s A. J. Jones who is headed to Georgetown College on

a football scholarship. Jones is shown here on signing day with MHS football coach

Kenny Roark, Jones’s parents, and MHS principal Sheila Smith.

Pinnacle Staff Photo


Cramer announced the

launch of LittleLeagueCoach.org,

an online educational resource for

Little League Baseball and

Softball coaches, managers and

volunteers.

LittleLeagueCoach.org

combines audio and video with

interactive graphic and design ele-

ments to create a usable, interest-

ing and informative resource for

Little League coaches and man-

agers. The website includes more

than 70 interactive, full-resolution,

near DVD-quality live-action on

demand videos and articles that

demonstrate useful coaching

drills, techniques and lessons that

are specific to the coaching of

Little League players. All of the

videos are accompanied by print-

ready content, enabling coaches to

bring what they learn on the web-

site to the practice field, and can

be organized and saved for future

viewing. LittleLeagueCoach.org is

password-protected and is avail-

able only to registered Little

League® Baseball and Softball

coaching staff.

“Little League coaches and

managers are charged with a great

responsibility, to plan and execute

a positive, lasting impact on the

experience of every child who

plays Little League baseball or

softball. Since we began this proj-

ect, it has been our aspiration to

provide Little League coaches

with a resource that can help them

to encourage kids, while simulta-

neously teaching them the funda-

mentals of baseball and softball,”

said Nicholas Caringi, Director of

Os, LL Baseball and Softball.

“Cramer is proud to have

worked with Little League on this

project. We believe that

LittleLeagueCoach.org is an out-

standing resource that will help

nurture a whole generation of chil-

dren in sports and inform thou-

sands of dedicated coaches who

selflessly donate their time and

effort,” said Ken London, GM,

Special Programming, Cramer.

Need some drills and lessons for your little league team?

Check out LittleLeagueCoach.org

Pinnacle Staff Photo


DRAFT FINAL FOOTBALL ALIGNMENT FOR 2009 AND 201

CLASS 1A District-1-1- Ballard Memorial, Crittenden County, Fulton City, Fulton County, Mayfield District-1-2- Beth Haven, Bethlehem, Caverna, Holy Cross (Louisville), Kentucky Country Day District-1-3- Beechwood, Bellevue, Bishop Brossart, Dayton, Ludlow, Walton-Verona District-1-4- Bracken County, Eminence, Frankfort, Gallatin County, Trimble County District-1-5- Berea, Fairview, Lexington Christian, Nicholas County, Paris, Raceland District-1-6- Campbellsville, Clinton County, Lynn Camp, Williamsburg District-1-7- Harlan, Hazard, Jenkins, Pineville District-1-8- Allen Central, Betsy Layne, Paintsville, Phelps, Pikeville, South Floyd CLASS 2A District-2-1- Caldwell County, Heath, Murray, Reidland, Trigg County District-2-2- Fort Campbell, Hancock County, Owensboro Catholic, Todd County Central District-2-3- Glasgow, Green County, Metcalfe County, Monroe County District-2-4- Bardstown, Danville, Fort Knox, Washington County District-2-5- Carroll County, Christian Academy-Louisville, DeSales, Owen County District-2-6- Holy Cross (Covington), Lloyd Memorial, Newport, Newport Central Catholic District-2-7- Bath County, Morgan County, Prestonsburg, Shelby Valley District-2-8- Corbin, Knott County Central, Leslie County, Middlesboro CLASS 3A District-3-1- McLean County, Muhlenberg South, Paducah Tilghman, Union County, Webster County District-3-2- Adair County, Butler County, Edmonson County, Hart County, Russellville District-3-3- Central, Elizabethtown, Moore, Shawnee District-3-4- Henry County, North Oldham, Spencer County, Western Hills District-3-5- Casey County, Garrard County, Jackson County, Somerset, Taylor County, Wayne County District-3-6- Breathitt County, Estill County, Magoffin County, Powell County District-3-7- East Carter, Fleming County, Lewis County, Mason County, Russell, West Carter District-3-8- Belfry, East Ridge, Pike County Central, Sheldon Clark CLASS 4A District-4-1- Calloway County, Hopkins County Central, Lone Oak, Muhlenberg North District-4-2- Allen County-Scottsville, Franklin-Simpson, Logan County, Russell County, Warren East District-4-3- Atherton, Breckinridge County, Fairdale, Valley, Western District-4-4- Bullitt East, Larue County, Marion County, North Bullitt District-4-5- Bourbon County, Franklin County, Harrison County, Pendleton County District-4-6- Boyle County, East Jessamine, Lexington Catholic, West Jessamine District-4-7- Bell County, Knox Central, Madison Southern, McCreary Central, Rockcastle County District-4-8- Boyd County, Greenup County, Lawrence County, Rowan County CLASS 5A District-5-1- Christian County, Hopkinsville, Ohio County, Owensboro District-5-2- Barren County, Bowling Green, Grayson County, Warren Central District-5-3- Bullitt Central, Doss, Iroquois, John Hardin, Waggener District-5-4- Anderson County, Grant County, Jeffersontown, Oldham County, South Oldham District-5-5- Cooper, Covington Catholic, Dixie Heights, Highlands, Holmes, Scott District-5-6- Ashland Blazer, Johnson Central, Montgomery County, Woodford County District-5-7- Lincoln County, Mercer County, Pulaski County, South Laurel, Southwestern District-5-8- Clay County, Harlan County, Letcher County Central, North Laurel, Perry County Central, Whitley County CLASS 6A District-6-1- Apollo, Daviess County, Graves County, Henderson County, Madisonville-North Hopkins, Marshall County District-6-2- Central Hardin, Greenwood, Meade County, Nelson County, North Hardin District-6-3- Butler, DuPont Manual, Pleasure Ridge Park, St. Xavier District-6-4- Fern Creek, Male, Shelby County, Southern District-6-5- Ballard, Eastern, Seneca, Trinity (Louisville) District-6-6- Boone County, Campbell County, Conner, Ryle, Simon Kenton District-6-7- Henry Clay, Lafayette, Paul Dunbar, Tates Creek District-6-8- Bryan Station, George Rogers Clark, Madison Central, Scott County Not competing – Evangel Christian

Football Alignment for 2009-2010

Few changes to the HS football

alignment expected for 2009-10The final draft to the alignment of

teams for the 2009-10 football seasons

apparently isn’t going to change things

very much from what’s in place now..

“The Board chose to move forward by

tweaking the current alignment and make

minor adjustments rather than starting

over and aligning top to bottom or using

other variables,” KHSAA Assistant

Commissioner Julian Tackett said. “With

only one year into a new playoff system,

there really wasn’t enough data to make

major revisions.”

Individual changes from the 2007 and

2008 alignment made for 2009 and 2010

were:

Class 1A: Walton-Verona placed in

District 1-3; Berea placed in District 1-5;

Evarts and Cumberland deleted from

District 1-7 (due to consolidation into

Harlan County)

Class 2A: no changes

Class 3A: Cawood deleted from District

3-6 (due to consolidation into Harlan

County); Fleming County moved from

District 3-6 to 3-7; Magoffin County

moved from District 3-8 to 3-6

Class 4A: no changes

Class 5A: Bullitt Central moved to

District 5-3; Cooper added to District 5-5;

Bryan Station moved to Class 6A

District 6-8; Harlan County added to

District 5-8

Class 6A: Bullitt Central moved to Class

5A District 5-3; Shelby County moved to

District 6-4 from District 6-8; Bryan

Station added to District 6-8

The newly formed Harlan County

High School will assume the AAA sched-

ule that is currently in place for Cawood

for the 2009 season. They will move up

to AAAAA beginning next year.

KHSAA events scheduled for June:

June 4-6 Semi-State Baseball Series

June 6-7 State Softball Tournament,

Owensboro

June 12-14 KHSAA State Baseball

Championship

June 16 Board of Control Special

Meeting,

June 17 Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of

Fame Golf Scramble, Marriott Griffin

Gate, Lexington

June 25-July 9 KHSAA Dead Period

Local High School Football Schedules for 2008August 29 Bell County vs. Garrard County (Bowl Game)

Estill County vs. Pineville (Laurel Bowl)

Middlesboro at Whitley County

September 5 Whitley County at Bell County

Pineville at Berea

Middlesboro vs. Dunbar @ Corbin

September 12 Bell County at Knox Central

Lee High, VA at Middlesboro

September 13 Spencer County at Pineville

September 19 Bell County at Rockcastle County

September 26 Bell County at Volunteer, TN.

Leslie County at Middlesboro

Pineville at Harlan

October 3 Clay County at Middlesboro

Jackson County at Pineville

October 10 Madison Southern at Bell County

Corbin at Middlesboro

Pineville at Jenkins

October 17 Sheldon Clark at Bell County

Middlesboro at Harlan County

McCreary Central at Pineville

October 24 McCreary Central at Bell County

Hazard at Pineville

Middlesboro at Knott County Central

October 31 Leslie County at Bell County

Middlesboro at South Laurel

November 1 Pineville at Walton-Verona

November 7 Tates Creek at Bell County

Middlesboro at Lynn Camp

Pineville at Williamsburg


Bell County Boys Track ~ Region 6 Class AA Runnerup

Bell County Girls Track ~ Region 6 Class AA Champion


Outdoor Truthswith Gary Miller

I’m not normally, a very moody guy. I try

to be the same each day; but I do have my

moments. Right now, I can tell that I’m a

little edgy.

Most of the time when I

have these spells, I try to

find the source of my

angst. For instance,

antibiotics turn me into

my Mr. Hyde. They make

me impatient with myself

and others, so I try to steer

clear of them.

Today I’m not on any

medication, I slept well,

and there’s not too much

in my life that ought to

cause any undue stress.

And yet here I am, feeling like my week

long fishing trip has been canceled

because of inclement weather.

That’s not the case, but its close. I want

to go fishing!

Last week I floated the Powell River with

a friend. I really don’t have the words to

describe the fun that I had. It was not just

the fish, but it was also the experience,

the scenery, the solitude, and the conver-

sation. My problem is I want to go back!

Today! But instead I’m painting a bath-

room. How’s that for my wonderful out-

door experiences.

I used to say that I don’t paint, wallpaper,

or associate with anyone who does. That

was not true, but it did give those around

me a good idea of how bad I hated to

paint and wallpaper.

In order to keep my wife, I took up the

brush. I know however,

that I was not built for the

brush; I was built for the

boat. I know that, because

there’s never been one

time that I have been fish-

ing and longed to have

just one more bathroom

to paint. Whatever hap-

pened to paneling any-

way? And then some red-

neck decided that he was

going to paint the panel-

ing. And now we’re back

in this vicious cycle.

While my friends are firing up the grill or

reeling in another fish, I’m putting anoth-

er coat on a bathroom wall that no one

will probably ever see.

Am I bitter? Yes. Am I mad? Yes. Do I

have ever right to be a little edgy?

Absolutely! Will it make any difference?

Nope.

In my absence, my heart will grow just a

little fonder of the times that I am able to

do that which I love to do. In the mean-

time, I’ll try to smile and act like I’m

starting to like associating with people

who paint and wallpaper.

Gary Miller

[email protected]

Pinnacle Photo MomentsTop Photo, Middlesboro’s Kristen Davis leads off the 52nd District Championship

game with a triple; Center Photo, Austin Caldwell finishes his round at the Kentucky

Mountain Laurel Festival Golf Tournament; and Bottom Photo, Shawnta Zachary

drives to the basket during the 13th Region Boys’ All Star Game at Knox Central High

School. Pinnacle Staff Photos


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