Photo submitted Engineer standout Joe Benton (upper left) reached the 1000 point career scoring mark this past week during a home game versus Montgomery County. By Blain Click CV&T Sports Reporter The Estill County Engineers finished another busy week of basketball as things are heating up down the stretch approaching the post season. The week […]

By Blain Click CV&T Sports Reporter Photo Courtesy of Jimmy Riley Photography Coach Ruth Hughes praises one of the official’s good calls in the Owsley County Game. The Estill County Lady engineers were quite busy this past week playing games on Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Friday. The week started with a win over Montgomery County […]

By Blain Click CV&T Sports Reporter Coach John Bentley continues to preach hanging tough to this year’s extremely young Engineers as they continue to struggle finishing games. Estill County has held the lead or been very close in nearly every game at halftime but seems to run out of gas down the stretch. Estill County […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Estill County High School softball team finished their season in the state tournament, with a 9-0 loss to Boyle County followed by a final 6-0 loss to eighth-ranked Apollo. The Lady Engineers finished their season 20-14, with one loss in region play, and a perfect record within the district. […]

Photos by Larry Robinson Bluegrass Sports Nation Top left, catcher Sarah Wiseman and Pitcher Kaylee Covey share an embrace after winning the game as Coach Danny Wood punctuates with a fist pump; top right, Tayler Duechle about to make contact with the ball; and below, seniors hold aloft the14th Region Trophy.  From left to right […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Estill County High School softball team won the 56th district championship, defeating Powell County 12-2. Following this victory, the team advanced to the 14th region tournament semifinals after defeating Letcher County Central 5-2. Coming up, the Lady Engineers face Wolfe County to compete for a spot in the championship […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Estill County High School softball team headed into the district tournament 15-11. In their final regular season games, Estill lost 16-6 in an interesting game against Lafayette, crushed Breathitt County 13-0 at home on Senior Night, and lost their last away game 3-2 against South Laurel. In the weekend […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter Lindsey Wood and her dad, assistant coach Danny Wood, share an embrace as Montgomery County honors Estill County seniors during their senior ceremony. The Lady Engineers would later win this game, their sole victory of the week. The Estill County High School softball team finally got a mercy-rule victory over […]

Stephen Dalton McQueen, 95 Hilltop Rd., Irvine, Ky., will have his eagle scout court of honor ceremony on Sunday, May 20th, at 3 p.m. at Richmond First Presbyterian Church, 330 West Main Street, Richmond, Kentucky. Stephen’s eagle scout project was completed at Aldersgate Church Camp in Estill County, where he supervised other scouts, scout leaders […]

The Engineer softball team seniors were the recipients of a special send-off party before they left for their senior trip to Washington, DC early in the week. by Lindsey Wood The Lady Engineers softball team had an excellent weekend in the 5th annual Wizard of Odd Classic hosted by Letcher County. Despite losing 2-1 against […]