By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter After defeating Lee County and Fleming County, the Estill boys’ basketball team clenched an outstanding 81-67 victory—arguably one of the best in school history— against a top-ranked Pulaski team. The Engineers have now won eight in a row, and stand 14-6 for the season. Estill easily put away the young, […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter The Engineer basketball team had two big games this week, one against region competitor Letcher County Central and the other against district rival Powell County. The boys defeated Letcher in overtime 61-59 and beat Powell 64-55, improving their record to 11-6. Letcher was not anticipated to give the Engineers such […]

Photos by Lindsey Wood The Lady Engineers lost a close game with Madison Southern 59-54 following a 58-40 win over Montgomery County and a 45-40 loss to Nicholas County. The girls’ next game is this Friday against rival Powell County at home at 6 p.m., with the boys to follow at 7:30 p.m.

Memphis, TN-Christian Harkins of Irvine is one of more than 650 high school cheerleaders and dancers from across the U.S. who will be representing Varsity Spirit in the world famous London New Year’s Day Parade. She attends Estill County High School. The individuals invited to perform in the parade qualified for the trip after being […]

The Estill County Middle School 8th grade team beat Powell County, 32-28, to advance to the 56th district title game against Lee County.  They won that game too; Estill 54, Lee County 36.  Pictured, standing in the back row, from left, are Coach Seth Martin, Alec Arthur, Keaton Henry, Landon Baskin, Noah Lutes, Lucas Flynn, […]

Photo submitted The Estill Engineers recently competed in the State Special Olympics bowling tournament in Louisville December 2-3. Pictured from left to right are team members: Laith Barnett, Brianna Carver, McKenzie Watkins (unified partner) Zachary King, Tiffany Trent, Niki Richardson, Dakota Glasson, Erik Marchant, Anika West (unified partner) Travis Cox, Seth Fowler and Austin Morris […]

By LIndsey Wood CVT Sports Reporter Last Friday, senior athlete Kaylee Covey, daughter of Traci and Brian, signed to play softball at Lindsey Wilson College. Covey has played fast-pitch softball for the Lady Engineers for four years; she also plays volleyball and is a cheerleader.Covey is an outstanding pitcher and a strong player, both physically […]

By LINDSEY WOOD CV&T Reporter After serving as teacher and basketball coach at Estill County Middle School for twelve years and assistant basketball coach at Estill County High School for fourteen years, Ms. Ruth Hughes will replace Brian Hall as the head coach of the high school girls’ basketball team. Last year, the Lady Engineers […]

This past Saturday, basketball season kicked off for the boys and girls. Both teams played exhibition games at home in an all-day panorama; the girls lost to Perry County Central, while the boys defeated Sayre. The girls play their first game at home against Model on November 28 at 7:30 pm. The boys’ first game […]

With the conclusion of football season, many of Kentucky’s high school sports enthusiasts have turned their attention to boys’ basketball. Local experts have begun speculating who the best teams and individual players in each region will be this upcoming season. So far, it appears Estill and Knott County Central are the two favorites for the […]