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George Rogers Clark senior and cross county and track and field standout Clay Dixon signs a national letter-of-intent with Morehead State Friday afternoon at the school. Dixon is joined on the front row from left by brother, John Dixon, father Dodd Dixon and mother, Liz Dixon. Back row from left: cousin Grayson Brookshire, grandfather, Les Dixon, grandfather Bob Clay and aunt, Dana Clay.

The Morehead State University Dean’s List for the 2011 spring semester includes the following local students. To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled on a full-time basis and achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the current semester. Cynthia Mae Adams, Mount Sterling Kasia Marie Adams, Mount Sterling Tiffany L. Adams, Mount Sterling George R. Atkins, Mount Sterling Caleb Ryan Baber, Mount Sterling Leah Kimberely Bashford, Mount Sterling Lacey A. Bentley, Frenchburg Micki Shea Blankenship, Mount Sterling Richard Terry Boyington, Mount Sterling Jami Linn Carpenter, Mount Sterling Meg K. Cole, Mount Sterling Jason Nathaniel Conlee, Mount Sterling Michele Marie Copley, Mount Sterling Sean Louis Corbin, Mount Sterling Brittany M. Coyle, Mount Sterling Emily Katherine Dixon, Mount Sterling Angela Nicole Ertel, Mount Sterling Brian Christopher Ertel, Mount Sterling Mallory R. Gabbard, Mount Sterling Sarah Katherine Garrett, Mount Sterling Margaret Marie Gibson, Mount Sterling Sydney De’shea Gilvin, Mount Sterling Bethany O. Greene, Mount Sterling Casey Leigh Greene, Mount Sterling Angela L. Hall, Mount Sterling Meagan Elizabeth Hall, Mount Sterling Jordan Joseph Healea, Mount Sterling Stacey M. Howard, Mount Sterling Gregory Tyler Kline, Mount Sterling Zacharia James Kuhns, Mount Sterling Valerie A. Lawson, Mount Sterling Tia C. Martin, Mount Sterling Emily B. May, Mount...

A West Jessamine High soccer player who helped bring her team to state multiple years has signed to play for Morehead State University. Rebekah Hulsing, 18, will serve as goalkeeper for the Ohio Valley Conference Division-I school. Hulsing said she is happy to sign with Morehead. “I'm really excited,” she said. “I've known where I wanted to go since my freshman year.” Hulsing's family, fellow soccer players, the West Jessamine girls' basketball team, and many others attended the signing Feb. 6 in the school's library.

RICHMOND —  As soon as Demonte Harper missed the free throw that would have won the game, he knew what he had to do. Forget about it. Harper could have hung his head after missing from the foul line with two seconds  left in a tie game. Instead, he helped Morehead State hang a loss on archrival Eastern Kentucky. He bounced back with two big baskets in overtime to help the Eagles earn a 76-68 victory at McBrayer Arena in a critical Ohio Valley Conference game for both teams.

MOREHEAD - Three individuals who made a lasting impact during and after their Morehead State careers will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. The 2012 class includes golf standout and former George Rogers Clark boys golf coach Wes Martin, All-Ohio Valley Conference football tackle Ernie DeCourley and baseball record holder Charlie Adkins. The trio will be inducted during a banquet on Oct. 26 and recognized during the homecoming football game on Oct. 27. Martin was a member of MSU's first OVC golf championship team in 1973.

LEXINGTON - Morehead State coach Sean Woods was not originally scheduled to be available to media members when his team practiced in Rupp Arena on Tuesday night. However, after making some controversial comments about Kentucky players during a teleconference Monday, the former Wildcat met with the media to apologize if his comment offended UK¿players and/or fans going into tonight's game. “What I meant was just in today's society, kids are different. I didn't want and would never try to degrade Kentucky basketball players or this program.

Even after the season got started, there was no way to predict that it would end so well for Rees MacShara. MacShara said he thought he was capable of having a big year at Morehead State, but the Boyle County graduate's rushing numbers in his first three games weren't very big at all. The numbers looked pretty impressive by season's end, however, as the sophomore ran for more than 1,000 yards and was named to the all-Pioneer Football League first...

Since he played for Rick Pitino at Kentucky, Sean Woods is a big believer in pressure basketball and that's what he'll have Morehead State doing against No. 8 Kentucky on Wednesday. “I haven't seen them really be pressured yet, so we will see how they handle ours,” said Woods. “I am just a coach that doesn't like people to be comfortable. I do not like people to run their sets. I am going to put you in a situation where you better have better basketball players and be deep and able to take the pressure for 40 minutes or I will have a chance.

DAYTON - When you are a lifetime basketball fan, a courtside view for one of the many recent historic Morehead State basketball moments must qualify as hoops Valhalla. But Rob Hacker, a Morehead State student equipment manager and Lincoln County High School graduate, can tell about more than the exhilaration he has felt as the Eagles have ripped the nets. Hacker can actually tell you the play MSU coach Donnie Tyndall diagrammed that sent Morehead state into overtime against Austin Peay in a game that gave his team a berth into basketball's biggest celebration.

A West Jessamine High soccer player who helped bring her team to state multiple years has signed to play for Morehead State University. Rebekah Hulsing, 18, will serve as goalkeeper for the Ohio Valley Conference Division-I school. Hulsing said she is happy to sign with Morehead. “I'm really excited,” she said. “I've known where I wanted to go since my freshman year.” Hulsing's family, fellow soccer players, the West Jessamine girls' basketball team, and many others attended the signing Feb. 6 in the school's library.

Even after the season got started, there was no way to predict that it would end so well for Rees MacShara. MacShara said he thought he was capable of having a big year at Morehead State, but the Boyle County graduate's rushing numbers in his first three games weren't very big at all. The numbers looked pretty impressive by season's end, however, as the sophomore ran for more than 1,000 yards and was named to the all-Pioneer Football League first...

LEXINGTON - Morehead State coach Sean Woods was not originally scheduled to be available to media members when his team practiced in Rupp Arena on Tuesday night. However, after making some controversial comments about Kentucky players during a teleconference Monday, the former Wildcat met with the media to apologize if his comment offended UK¿players and/or fans going into tonight's game. “What I meant was just in today's society, kids are different. I didn't want and would never try to degrade Kentucky basketball players or this program.

Kentucky coach John Calipari knows what to expect from Morehead State. He just hopes his team is prepared for the Eagles. “They'll scramble and if the game is allowed to be physical they will turn us over a bunch, but it's what we need,” he said Tuesday. “It's not, how much have we worked on press attack, we're still trying to get them to play hard. We're trying to get them to play a full possession. We started working on situations (Monday) and that was just very average, what we did. We have to continue from this point on, working on some specialty things but we still have the basics we have to get better at. “The only way you create habits is do something every day. Well, if you do everything that we have to improve on every day, we'll have a nine hour practice.

Since he played for Rick Pitino at Kentucky, Sean Woods is a big believer in pressure basketball and that's what he'll have Morehead State doing against No. 8 Kentucky on Wednesday. “I haven't seen them really be pressured yet, so we will see how they handle ours,” said Woods. “I am just a coach that doesn't like people to be comfortable. I do not like people to run their sets. I am going to put you in a situation where you better have better basketball players and be deep and able to take the pressure for 40 minutes or I will have a chance.

Wayne Martin had no second thoughts after announcing his retirement from television recently. “The time is right,” Martin said. Martin has spent the past 25 years in broadcasting and has been president and general manager of WKYT Channel 27 since 1993. Previously, he was the station's vice president and general sales manager. Martin also is regional vice president for Gray Television, Inc., which also owns WYMT-TV¿in Hazard, WBKO-TV in Bowling Green and WVLT-TV in Knoxville, Tenn.

It's been nearly 25 years since an intercollegiate competition has been held in Clark County.  With the move of Kentucky Wesleyan to Owensboro and the closing of Southeastern Christian College in 1979, it appeared the book on college sports in the county had been written. A new chapter will be written today when Asbury University, University of Pikeville and Morehead State University arrive in town to compete in the 9th Annual Run for the Water Barrel Cross Country Invitational at Lykins Park.

MOREHEAD - Three individuals who made a lasting impact during and after their Morehead State careers will be inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame this fall. The 2012 class includes golf standout and former George Rogers Clark boys golf coach Wes Martin, All-Ohio Valley Conference football tackle Ernie DeCourley and baseball record holder Charlie Adkins. The trio will be inducted during a banquet on Oct. 26 and recognized during the homecoming football game on Oct. 27. Martin was a member of MSU's first OVC golf championship team in 1973.