Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist If you are one of my loyal readers or even just a casual reader, you may have noticed that I have taken a bit of an absence these past few weeks. The reason behind this is because I’ve been in a whirlwind of events as a senior, but mainly because […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell The Estill County High School gym was packed with young basketball players during the Lil ‘Neers Basketball Camp last week. The camp is hosted by the boys’ high school basketball team.  All participants and coaches are pictured in the top photo; the group circles for a prayer before dismissing; and individual […]

Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist A few weeks ago, I did an article on the Cincinnati Reds torrid hot start to the 2017 campaign, which was rather impressive. But, I, along with many others, predicted it would be short lived and for the most part we were right, to an extent. After my article the […]

Photos by Lisa Bicknell Josh Nadzam finished first overall in Saturday’s Fungus 5K with a time of 17:29. Emily Lewis was the first female to cross the line with a time of 25:15.  Daniel Fulk finished third overall while pushing his two young children in a stroller.  He ran the race in just over 21 […]

Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist The Cincinnati Reds are leading the division 13 games in, and that may be the biggest surprise thus far into the young baseball season. It was predicted that our beloved Reds would be one of the worst teams, if not the worst team in baseball this year. With seven rookies […]

Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist Sunday night was the 33rd installment of the showcase of the immortals, the biggest night in sports entertainment, WrestleMania. WrestleMania is the place where the unstoppable force meets the immovable object, where the boyhood dream comes true, where underdogs prevail, and where legends are made. Now, I know this article […]

Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist The sweet sixteen and elite eight were a rollercoaster of emotions for college basketball fans across the country. With plenty of surprising outcomes, improbable teams advancing, and nail biting finishes, the range of emotions were all over the place. For Kentucky fans, we sadly felt elation to deflated in the […]

Brent Wainscott CVT Sports Columnist By 5:30 Sunday, all the conference tournament games were finished and the field of 68 was presented to us, it was Selection Sunday. There were many questions on what se ed line Kentucky would be on that stretched from 1-3 going into the SEC tournament but after the dust settled […]

Caleb Bonny was named Player of the Game against Buckhorn. The Estill County Engineers basketball team defeated Buckhorn last Thursday in the opening round of the 14th Region Tournament. That victory matched them up against Knott County Central in the semifinal, where the Patriots would top the Engineers in the second half. This marked the […]