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"Its what I do" Allen says about him being a shooter

Keith Smith - Editor

Friday, January 8, 2021

The rest of Kentucky has heard about what Pendleton County knew. Now, they are getting to see that not only is Dontaie Allen a phenomenal scorer and dangerous shooter, but he is also a humble, young man that seems to have the perfect answer to each question.

Ethan Caldwell

An Open Letter To All Pendleton County Wildcat Fans,

News Staff

Friday, January 8, 2021

An Open Letter To All Pendleton County Wildcat Fans, Tonight, in Falmouth, Kentucky we are going to play basketball. After a long spring, an unusual summer, and a fall of uncertainty the Wildcats are finally going to play a home game.

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No. 10 Kentucky Falls at No. 8 Texas A&M

News Staff

Friday, January 8, 2021

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Junior Rhyne Howard had 22 points, six rebounds and five assists, but the 10th-ranked Kentucky women's basketball team lost at No. 8 Texas A&M 77-60 on Thursday night at Reed Arena.

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Brooks Medically Cleared to Return to Competition

News Staff

Friday, January 8, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball sophomore forward Keion Brooks Jr. -- the only returning scholarship player who played a season ago -- has been medically cleared to return to competition after missing the first nine games of the season with a left leg injury.

Fans arrive at Lucas Oil Stadium before a men's NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game between Butler and Michigan State Saturday, April 3, 2010, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Men's March Madness will be played entirely in Indiana

News Staff

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA is giving Indiana an exclusive ticket to showcase March Madness and the basketball-crazed state can't wait to take center stage this spring.

Talbert Turner Jr

Before the Wildcats had Dontaie, they had the explosive TNT

Keith Smith - Editor

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

The “N” does not stand for anything, but when you pair it with Talbert and Turner it becomes TNT, a nickname that summed up nicely the explosive scoring of Talbert N. Turner, Jr. “I’m just a firecracker. My dad was the first TNT, the dynamite,” said Turner.

Turner and Allen have taken Wildcat basketball to rarefied position

News Staff

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

According to the KHSAA record book, Talbert Turner with 3,183 points and Dontaie Allen with 3,143 points make Pendleton County High School as the only school in the state with two 3,000 point scorers.

Sam McClanahan

Allen stands atop of Wildcat scoring list

Sam McClanahan - Reporter

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

The stage was set for a historic evening to unfold at the inaugural Phillip Wood Classic. The star of the show, Dontaie Allen, headlined the event on a night where 60 years of Wildcat basketball was celebrated and a torch was passed from one legendary hooper to another.

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Basketball with a Pendleton touch goes 3-0

Keith Smith - Editor

Wednesday, January 6, 2021

April Allen Thomas found herself in the bleachers at Bellevue High School watching her son, Tredyn Thomas, play the first game of his senior season for the PCHS Wildcats but her attention was also in Lexington and Augusta at the same time.

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espnW Honors Elzy, Howard with National Weekly Superlatives

News Staff

Monday, January 4, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. – As part of its weekly superlatives, espnW has named University of Kentucky women’s basketball head coach Kyra Elzy its national coach of the week and junior guard Rhyne Howard its national player of the week.

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