Sports & Recreation

Illinois firearm deer season opens Nov. 16-18

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012, 5:35pm

Illinois firearm deer season opens Nov. 16-18

(KFVS) - The Illinois Firearm Deer Season will be Friday, November 16 through Sunday, November 18 and will conclude November 29 through December 2.

“Illinois has a great hunting tradition and the firearm deer season is a special time for hundreds of thousands of hunters in our state,” said Illinois Department of Natural Resources Director Marc Miller. “I want to remind hunters to be safe while enjoying the firearm deer hunt and all outdoor activity in Illinois.”

According to the IDNR, hunters in Illinois harvested 98,820 deer during the seven-day firearm deer hunting season in 2011. So far this season, approximately 334,000 permits have been issued. For information on remaining permits, check the IDNR website www.dnr.illinois.gov/hunting/deer.

The IDNR says legal hunting hours for the firearm deer season are one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.

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SLIDESHOW: Fall hunting season 2012

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012, 9:05pm

(KFVS) - Viewers sent us these pictures of trophy deer from this season.

You can e-mail your deer pictures to cNews@kfvs12.com or click here to upload them. Don't forget to include your name and where you're from.

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McCracken County announces fall sports coaches

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Sunday, November 4th, 2012, 11:00am

McCracken County announces fall sports coaches

PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - Coaches for the fall 2013 season of extracurricular and co-curricular activities at McCracken County High School were announced recently.

McCracken County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Nancy Waldrop, McCracken County High School principal Michael Ceglinski and McCracken County High School activities director Kris Garrett were on-hand to announce the following coaches for extracurricular and co-curricular activities: men’s and women’s cross country, dance, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, swimming and volleyball.

Men’s Cross Country

Kris Durfee is a social studies teacher in McCracken County Public Schools. During his 12 years of coaching cross country, Coach Durfee has coached seven state qualifying teams and has coached the Heath men’s cross country team to their current ranking of third in the state.

Women’s Cross Country

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Heartland Football Friday games, extended highlights 9/7

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, September 7th, 2012, 10:30am

Heartland Football Friday games, extended highlights 9/7

(KFVS) - The Heartland Football Friday games and extended highlights will be available.

You can click here to see the HFF Scoreboard.

You can click here after the games to see the 2012 Extended Game Highlights.

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HFF extended highlights, final scores from 8/24

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, August 27th, 2012, 11:02am

HFF extended highlights, final scores from 8/24

(KFVS) - The Heartland Football Friday final scores and extended highlights from August 24 are available.

You can click here to see the HFF Scoreboard with the final scores for Friday.

You can click here to see HFF Extended Game Highlights from:

Week 1 (Aug. 24)

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Heartland Football Friday game schedule 8/24

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, August 24th, 2012, 11:00am

Heartland Football Friday game schedule 8/24

(KFVS) - The Heartland Football Friday games scheduled for August 24 is available.

The games include:

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KFVS12 WebCast announces 6th season fall schedule

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, August 23rd, 2012, 8:00am

KFVS12 WebCast announces 6th season fall schedule

(KFVS) - The Southeast Health WebCast on KFVS12.com has announced its sixth season fall schedule that begins Friday, August 24 with the Charleston vs. Sikeston high school football game live from Sikeston High School.

The new fall schedule that runs through November will include various Southeast Redhawk sports, parades, and a high school football game of the week series. Scheduled to be featured are (subject to change):