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McCreary Central’s Head Football Coach Resigns
Just three days after a season ending loss to Lawrence County McCreary Central Head Football Coach Clinton resigned last Monday.
Gay, who served as head coach as the Raider football program was just beginning was rehired for the position in 2006 following the two year tenure of Jack Arthur who’s Raider teams went 4-16.
Gay equalled the school’s best record in his first season back at the helm as the 2006 team finished at 5-5. The following two seasons were not quite as successful in terms of total number of wins but for the first time in school history the Raiders did qualify for the State Playoffs each season with narrow district wins over Madison Southern.
The 2007 team finished with a 3-8 record and the 2008 squad ended at 4-7 after getting off to a 4-2 start. This years team finished with a winning record (7-4) for the first time in school history and reached the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
Gay’s second tenure at the helm ended with a 42-19 loss to undefeated Lawrence County on November 7. He finished his second term with a 19-24 record over the past four season.
McCreary Central hopes to have Gay’s successor hired in time for spring football practice.
Football Playoff Update
High School football playoff action continued over the past weekend with several area teams still involved.
McCreary’s district rival Knox Central was knocked out by a 19-0 loss to Lawrence County and Bell County rolled over Rockcastle by score of 48-0. Bell will host Lawrence County with the Class 4A 4th region championship on the line. The winner will travel to face the winner of the Boyle County vs. Lexington Catholic for the opportunity to play for the state championship at Western Kentucky University.
In Class 5A Pulaski advanced with a thrilling 40-34 win over Whitley County and will host Letcher Central this Friday with the regional title at stake.
Also playing for a regional championship and to keep their perfect season in tact is Somerset who easily defeated Estill County 63-14 and is set to host Breathitt County this Friday.
The only other school in the surrounding area still alive in the State Playoffs is Corbin who beat Shelby Valley 44-27 on Friday and must now travel to play Prestonsburg.
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Turnovers hamper Raiders in 42-6 loss in season opener
The McCreary Central football season kicked off Friday night along with the coaching debut of new Raider head coach Derek Smith. Coming into the season Smith was aware of the challenges that lay ahead after the graduation losses the Raiders
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Raider Football Season Kicks Off Friday
After a seemingly short month and a half on the practice field the McCreary Central Football team will step on the gridiron for real Friday evening as the season begins with the Raiders hosting Pineville.
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Raiders Battle Casey & Heat in First Scrimmage
After some 45 minutes of waiting until the searing heat index dropped to a playable level McCreary Central’s football team finally got to experience some action Friday night in their first preseason scrimmage at Casey County.
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Lady Raiders Open With Win
The McCreary Central Volleyball Team got their season underway on with a two games to one win at Burgin on Thursday night.
McCreary dropped the first game of the best of three match by a score of 25-18 but bounced -
Volleyball and Football Teams Ready For Action
As summer break winds down the fall sports season begin to wind up and for the McCreary Central Volleyball and Football programs the season is practically upon them.
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Saturday Night Short Track Action
Just as they do nearly every sweltering summer Saturday night racers and race fans from around the region converged on Burnside’s Lake Cumberland Speedway for a night of dirt track racing. Some 50 + cars competed in five different classes including one from McCreary County. James
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Gearing Up for Elementary Football Season
With the abbreviated summer vacation for McCreary County students nearing an end many of those have already gone back to school to begin preparing for the soon approaching fall athletic seasons.
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Raider Baseball Team Sends Two More to College Ranks
Following one of the most successful seasons in the schools history the McCreary Central Baseball team placed two of it’s 2010 senior class into the college ranks this past week.
David Hayes who played shortstop and pitched for the Raiders in his senior season signed to play -
Local All-Stars Continue Successful Summer
McCreary County’s 7-8 year old coaches pitch all-star team continued their summer tournament play over the weekend in a twelve team event in Columbia.
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McCreary All-Stars Take 2nd Place
McCreary County’s 8 years of age and under “A” All-Star team brought home a runner-up trophy after competing in a seven team coaches pitch tournament Saturday at Russell Springs.
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