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Mike Mathews - Sports

Mike Mathews - Sports
  • Quick fix needed to reverse state tournament woes Someday and somehow, it will happen.

    March 14, 2009

  • Campers fixed as ever on ultimate prize There are many overused clichés and directives in the world of coachspeak, especially at playoff time.

    March 10, 2009

  • Mountain Ridge voted area champion MR voted area champions The Mountain Ridge Miners, who set school and area records during a perfect regular season, were voted Cumberland Times-News Area champions by a unanimous vote.

    January 28, 2009 1 Photo

  • Graham, Dayton, McGinnis, Hegman head of the class Northern’s Adria Graham and Kaitlynn Fratz and Frankfort’s Diane Dayton, a high-scoring trio who posted double-figure totals in goals and assists, head this year’s Cumberland Times-News All-Area girls soccer team, selected by the area’s head coaches.

    January 26, 2009

  • Good start a must for Pirates, LaRoches Midway through last year’s Major League Baseball season it was pretty much a certainty the Pittsburgh Pirates would be trading Jason Bay.

    January 25, 2009

  • Lipscomb Zac Lipscomb Player of Year Northern’s Zac Lipscomb, who ran away with the area scoring championship and set school records for career goals and points, was voted the Edward C. “Ebbie” Finzel high school boys soccer Player of the Year by area coaches.

    December 27, 2008 1 Photo

  • Former local hurler named pitching coach at Purdue Ryan Sawyers can’t wait to get up in the morning.

    He’s always loved baseball, and he’s always lived it, too. Now, he’s loving it and living it at Purdue University as the pitching coach of the Boilermakers, runners-up in the Big 10 regular season and tournament a year ago.

    October 23, 2008

  • Mike Mathews A timeout with T.O. was always on the priority list Monday mornings have never been high on my list of favorites. Some people look forward to the start of a new week. I do, too. I'd just prefer to start it a little later in the day. Weekends have a way of doing that.

    June 17, 2008 1 Photo

  • Everything fell neatly in order for Sentinels They played well as underdogs yesterday. We’ll see how well they’ll play as favorites next year.

    May 25, 2008

  • Mike Mathews Sentinels hoping to go over the top today A year ago almost to the day, the Fort Hill Sentinels turned plenty of heads and made a giant statement in defeat.

    Today they hope to do the same in victory.

    March 14, 2008 1 Photo