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The Corbin Lady Hounds opened up play in the 2025 13th Region tournament at the Arena Tuesday night. The 52nd District champion Harlan Lady Green Dragons gave them all they had, but in the end the ladies in red were able to pull out the 77-66 win. The Hounds were dominant in the early stages of Tuesday's opening round contest, jumping out to a 10-0 lead before being up 22-8 at the end of the first quarter. Harlan was able to cut the lead back down to eight points in the second quarter, but Corbin remained in control, 41-31, going into the half. The Lady Dragons continued to chip away at...

In the previous installment of Par for the Course we met Donnie Caldwell, the resident golf pro overseeing operations at the Wasioto Winds Golf Course in Pineville. This week, we meet Caldwell’s brother, Ronnie, and his nephew, Braxton, both of whom are tasked with keeping the course not only functional, but looking great as well. With about four decades of on-the-job experience, Ronnie Caldwell was there when Wasioto Winds was first being developed. He has served as course superintendent since the very beginning, and he is now passing his extensive knowledge down to his son, Braxton, who recently completed a turf management certification program at the Southeast Kentucky Community and...

In what was an incredibly exciting 50th District tournament final Friday evening at Williamsburg High School, the South Laurel Cardinals were able to pull out a 65-64 win over Corbin in overtime. The Redhounds got out a 7-0 start, and led by ten points, 15-5, at the end of the first quarter. They managed to extend their lead out to 14 points, 29-15, by the half. Freshman Ryder Akins scored ten of the team’s 15 points in quarter one, and scored all of their 14 points in quarter two. His 24 total points scored in the first half included five three-point buckets. Akins would go on to lead all scoring on...

With extensive field renovations taking place at Whitley County High School, the baseball and softball Colonels are both eager to get back to action on newly installed turf playing surfaces. Things aren’t quite ready yet, but with some good luck when it comes to the weather (badly needed), games should be able to take place at WCHS later this spring. While coaches Jeremy Shope and Angela Singleton wait for the remodel job to finish up, they are keeping their teams busy with indoor workouts and, when able, the use of middle school facilities and the high school’s turf football field. The situation is less-than-ideal, but both squads are making the...

After a 44-27 loss to South Laurel Thursday evening at Willamsburg High School, the Corbin Lady Hounds will enter this year's 13th Region tournament as the 50th District runner-up. Thursday's loss to the Lady Cardinals in this year's district title game dropped Corbin to 18-10 on the season. They will learn this weekend who they will face in the first round of the 2025 13th Region tournament, being held next week at the Corbin Arena. The News Journal will provide additional information on this year's 13th Region championship tournaments as soon as that information is made available. 2025 50th District finals: South Laurel 44, Corbin 27 S. Laurel - 15  5  11  13  - ...

For the tenth straight year, the boys' 50th District championship tournament will feature Corbin versus South Laurel in the finals. The Cardinals improved to 22-8 on the year Tuesday with a 54-18 victory over tournament host Williamsburg. In the late game, the Redhounds outlasted the Whitley County Colonels, 58-46, to improve to 19-9. Corbin and South will meet for the third time this season Friday evening at 7 p.m. In their first encounter, the Hounds came away with a 66-52 victory at home on Jan. 14. The Cards took the second game, winning, 56-35, in London on Jan. 31. The third meeting will take place on a neutral court, inside J.B....

In 2025, the national First Tee organization is celebrating the many years that have been dedicated to positively impacting young people through the game of golf. In a press release that was sent out last November, First Tee announced several different initiatives that it would be focused on throughout the coming months. Top items on the to-do list included prioritizing teen and alumni engagement, as well as ongoing education for adults in the network. The inaugural First Tee Week is being planned for May 19-25, and will celebrate the valuable contributions of youth sports coaches. Finally, the organization is launching the First Tee Alumni Network and First Tee University, which...

Aaron Watkins is the head coach for both the men’s and women’s golf teams at the University of the Cumberlands. In his sixth year coaching at the university, the Harlan native says that he is optimistic about the upcoming spring 2025 season. Watkins said recently that he expects another strong showing from the women’s team, which finished among the top ten in the country one year ago. Despite losing some key senior players, he said that the team currently features a lot of capable young talent. On the men’s side, Watkins said that he is hoping to build on some of the positive developments from the fall season and be a...

According to its website, www.kygolf.org, Golf House Kentucky “is the umbrella organization for Kentucky’s Family of Golf Organizations: Kentucky Golf Association, Kentucky PGA and Kentucky Golf Foundation.” In the fall of 2024, an announcement was made concerning a “strategic reorganization” at Golf House Kentucky. This included the introduction of some new executives who are being tasked with more effectively managing and promoting the many exciting initiatives that are ongoing within the organization. Before we look at the who’s who, however, let’s take just a moment to consider what each individual organization under the Golf House Kentucky umbrella is all about. Again, these descriptions are all taken directly from kygolf.org… Kentucky Golf Association...

The world of minor league baseball is full of unexpected twists and turns. Just ask Chase Estep. Before graduating from Corbin High School in 2019, he helped lead the Redhounds to a pair of regional championships on the baseball diamond and back-to-back appearances in the Class 3A football state championship game.   Estep moved on to Lexington after graduation, where he played baseball for the University of Kentucky. After his first season as a Wildcat got cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he returned for what he described as a “down year” for him personally in 2021. It was at this point that things really began to turn around.   “I switched...