There’s turnover every year for every team.
Sunday, November 29, 2020
Saturday, November 28, 2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Western Kentucky knew it would be thrown into the fire playing in the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic, and the Hilltoppers are now heading from Sioux Falls, S.D., to Louisville feeling good about where they’re at.
The Bowling Green football team used a strong defensive effort to knock off previously unbeaten South Warren 41-24 and earn the postseason district crown for a second straight season Friday at South Warren High School.
Glasgow kept its season alive with a 14-0 road win Friday night over Taylor County in a Class 3A state playoff second-round game.
Western Kentucky’s women’s basketball team dropped a season-opening 87-47 decision to host Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn.
Friday, November 27, 2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Western Kentucky was in a position to win its first in-season tournament since claiming to NABC Classic title in 2001.
Less than 30 minutes into his first practice as Western Kentucky’s head coach, Greg Collins saw something in one of his players and decided she would be starting.
SCOTTSVILLE – Dillon Rookstool was ready to tote around the Class 4A, District 2 championship trophy all night Friday, if that had been an option.
Greg Collins likes to start the season with some good competition.
Glasgow senior Allie McCoy saw a dream come true Monday.
Friday, November 27, 2020
Homework has paid dividends for Bowling Green senior quarterback Conner Cooper, who continued his strong play in Friday’s win over Greenwood.
Thursday, November 26, 2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Charles Bassey made his return from a leg injury that ended his 2019-20 season Wednesday in Western Kentucky’s season opener, and the team’s star center made sure everybody knew he was fully healthy Thursday.
BOWLING GREEN (6-2) AT SOUTH WARREN (6-0)
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Western Kentucky felt its depth, as well as its experience, would help it throughout the season.
Clarence Glover remembers walking up the stairs of the auxiliary gym to the main floor at E.A. Diddle Arena, a big deal for a freshman at Western Kentucky University in the 1960s.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Taveion Hollingsworth enters his senior season at Western Kentucky already near the top of several categories in the Hilltopper record book, but there’s only one thing he really wants associated with his name before he leaves The Hill – a championship.
No exhibition games. No tune-ups. Nothing of the sort.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
He’s viewed as a receiver who could be a godsend for Kentucky’s offense next season even though he has just 17 catches for 195 yards and seven scores this season.
Monday, November 23, 2020
Western Kentucky basketball legend John Oldham – a fixture on The Hill as a player, coach and administrator – died Monday morning in Bowling Green. He was 97.
Western Kentucky made it through its first 10 games without a delay or cancellation due to COVID-19.
Western Kentucky senior punter John Haggerty was voted Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week, the league announced Monday. He is the first Hilltopper punter to earn a league’s weekly award since Hendrix Brakefield on Sept. 17, 2012, when he was honored by the Sun Belt Conference fo…
Western Kentucky head coach Rick Stansbury announced Monday the signing of 7-foot-3 center Jamarion Sharp in the 2021 class.
Sunday, November 22, 2020
Through one quarter Saturday against FIU, Gaej Walker had 11 yards on five carries, with a long of 4 yards on the first play the Hilltoppers ran.
The Western Kentucky men’s basketball team will begin play in this week’s Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic against Northern Iowa at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Saturday, November 21, 2020
The offense hadn’t been scoring much, so the Western Kentucky defense took matters into its own hands Saturday.
SCOTTSVILLE – Allen County-Scottsville’s offense delivered a lights-out performance in Friday’s 50-28 win over Franklin-Simpson in the opening round of the Class 4A state playoffs.
The Warren East football team picked up its first-ever road playoff win with a 33-14 victory at Russell County on Friday.
Friday, November 20, 2020
The Bowling Green football team opened the postseason with a convincing 35-7 win over Greenwood on Friday night.
Nearly a month had passed since South Warren’s last football game, and a fast start Friday was just what the Spartans needed to get going again.
The Western Kentucky men’s basketball team will not be going to Nebraska to open the 2020-21 season.
Bowling Green standout Isaiah Mason made it official Friday, signing to play college basketball at Northern Kentucky University.
Western Kentucky women's basketball coach Greg Collins announced changes to the 2020-21 schedule on Friday.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Like last season, Western Kentucky is hoping to close out the regular season with a three-game winning streak.
Western Kentucky junior center Charles Bassey has been named one of 50 national watch list members for the 2021 Jersey Mike’s Trophy Men’s Player of the Year award, as announced Thursday by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.
GREENWOOD (6-2) AT BOWLING GREEN (5-2)
Western Kentucky announced its Conference USA slate Thursday, with 12 matches against squads from the league’s East Division.
The postseason honors keep piling up for Bowling Green senior Katie Jo Moore.
Six years ago, Jacks Lancaster saw his brother Brandon win the USTA junior male player of the year – an award given to a junior player in Kentucky with outstanding tennis performance and sportsmanship.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Less than a week before the season was scheduled to begin, the KHSAA voted to move the start of basketball to Jan. 4 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Western Kentucky hasn’t had a player cross the 100-yard rushing mark in a game through nine contests this season. Could Saturday be the day?
Western Kentucky women’s basketball coach Greg Collins announced his team’s nonconference schedule Wednesday that includes six total games, four of which will be played at E.A. Diddle Arena.
The Bowling Green Hot Rods announced Wednesday the promotion of Kyle Wolz, who takes over as the team’s assistant general manager, and Holli Hawkins, who assumes the role of creative services director.
The Western Kentucky tennis team has announced its 2021 spring schedule, with a total of 22 dual matches leading up to the Conference USA Championship in Denton, Texas. The Lady Toppers begin the season Jan. 18 with a road match at Bellarmine.
Western Kentucky men’s golf head coach Chan Metts announced the national letter of intent signing of Riley Grindstaff on Wednesday afternoon.
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Western Kentucky’s season opener at Louisville didn’t go how the program had hoped, especially defensively.
Austin Peay senior Terry Taylor, a former Bowling Green High School standout, picked up another preseason accolade Tuesday.
The final pieces of the Western Kentucky men’s basketball nonconference schedule fell into place Tuesday with the announcement that the Hilltoppers will open the season against Nevada and LSU in Nebraska’s Golden Window Classic.
Western Kentucky softball coach Amy Tudor announced Tuesday her next signing class. The Hilltoppers received national letters of intent from Randi Drinnon, Savannah Fierke, Abby Newman, Kasia Parks, Maddie Poschke and Nani Valencia.
John Calipari’s current 2021 recruiting class might not have that instant superstar, but recruiting analysts certainly like the upside for 6-foot-9 Daimion Collins of Atlanta, Texas.
Western Kentucky senior Haley Webb has been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, league officials announced Tuesday.
Monday, November 16, 2020
For several Western Kentucky football players, this could be the final week in which they prepare for a home game.
Sunday, November 15, 2020
When Carson Williams came to Western Kentucky from Northern Kentucky, he had to sit out the 2018-19 season to satisfy NCAA transfer rules.
Western Kentucky’s defense was the highlight of Saturday’s 10-7 win against Southern Miss, and all eyes were on redshirt senior safety Devon Key and senior defensive end DeAngelo Malone as each took possession of program FBS-era career records.
Saturday, November 14, 2020
Western Kentucky is the only team in Conference USA not to have a game postponed or canceled due to COVID-19, but Saturday’s contest versus Southern Miss marked the most players or personnel the Hilltoppers have had out through nine games.
Friday, November 13, 2020
The SKY Football Conference announced its annual all-conference teams Friday.
Glasgow senior Anzley Adwell has joined a unique class of basketball signees at Bellarmine University.
After a complete overhaul of the schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Western Kentucky men’s basketball team announced Friday its nine-game nonconference slate, including four games in E.A. Diddle Arena in December.
Western Kentucky women’s basketball coach Greg Collins signed four student-athletes in the Class of 2021 last week. The signees include Mace Blevins, Jaylin Foster, Mya Meredith and Jenna Walker.
Western Kentucky women’s soccer coach Jason Neidell announced six signees for the program Friday.
Thursday, November 12, 2020
Western Kentucky has struggled this season, sitting at 2-6 overall and 1-3 in Conference USA, but the Hilltoppers haven’t lost three consecutive games yet, and that’s something the team will look to continue this weekend.
Adam Gary and the Western Kentucky women’s golf team this week landed one of the top prospects in the state, and one that South Warren coach Eric Holeman said will walk out as “the greatest girls’ golfer South has ever had.”
Greenwood’s Cade Thornton kept busy during the summer months.
Western Kentucky men’s basketball coach Rick Stansbury announced Thursday the signing of 6-foot-5 guard Elijah Hughey in the 2021 class.
For the second consecutive season, Western Kentucky senior DeAngelo Malone has been named to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List, which honors the nation's top collegiate defensive end.