Author Archives: Teddy Paynter

I have been working as a journalist for the past 47 years. I was born and raised in Man, W.Va. I currently reside in Inez, Ky., with my wife, Lisa, and our three fur babies, Buffy, Binnie and Motorhead.

UPIKE women stay unbeaten

Teddy Paynter / November 7, 2018

PIKEVILLE – UPIKE women’s basketball will head into its first road trip of the season…

UPIKE men turn back UVa-Wise

Teddy Paynter / November 7, 2018

PIKEVILLE – For a while on Tuesday night, it appeared that UPIKE men’s basketball’s unblemished…

Meet UPIKE assistant coach April Charles

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

April Charles enters her third season as the assistant coach for the University of Pikeville…

KENTUCKY: High school playoff pairings

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

Here are this week’s matchups for the second round of the Kentucky high school playoffs…

Wesley Christian bounces Cross Lanes Christian

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

ALLEN – Wesley Christian improved to 2-0 on the season with a 24-point victory over…

Man knocks off county foe Chapmanville Regional

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

MAN – Man’s defense held county-rival Chapmanville Regional in-check for most of the game as…

Logan rallies past Herbert Hoover

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

LOGAN – Logan quarterback Chucky Felder ran for three touchdowns and threw for two others…

Tug Valley’s season ends in road loss at LC

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

HAMLIN – Tug Valley saw Lincoln County pull away in the second half to send…

Miners close out regular season with home win

Teddy Paynter / November 6, 2018

NEWTOWN – Mingo Central built a 23-point, halftime lead against Winfield and held off the…

West runs away with Player of the Week honor

Teddy Paynter / November 5, 2018

Lawrence County quarterback Noah West made sure his team would advance to the second round…