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After the completion of regular season district play last week, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has released state championship playoff brackets for each of its six football classes. While all four coverage area teams will be looking to finish out their regular season schedules on a high note later this week, we can now use these brackets to look ahead and consider the path that each squad must take to achieve their ultimate state championship aspirations. Corbin should cruise to regional finals You have to go back to the 2019 season to find the last time that the Corbin Redhounds ran into any sort of trouble during the first...

This week marks 35 Par for the Course columns that have been featured in the pages of the News Journal throughout 2025. While it’s not exactly what I envisioned when I first made plans to launch the series, I think it’s been a pretty good run. With that being said, I am retiring the column… for now. I am open to reviving Par for the Course at some point, but right now I have to put it on indefinite hiatus for a number of reasons. First, I am about to dedicate a considerable amount of time in the coming weeks to not only wrapping up what is left of the...

When I first started this column, one of the main goals that I had in mind was to make an honest attempt to pick up the game of golf myself. Admittedly, I haven’t done a great job with that. I managed to work in a couple of lessons early on, but this past spring and summer my goal of actually getting out onto a course, or at least going to the driving range, was sadly unmet. What can I say? Life has been hectic, and my work schedule at the moment really isn’t conducive to picking up new hobbies. Mostly, I have been busy writing about other people’s experiences on...

District competition continued among coverage area football teams this week. In Corbin, the Redhounds were able to make easy work of visiting Whitley County, 49-6. The Hounds now stand at 5-3 on the season, and are a perfect 2-0 against district opponents. The Colonels, meanwhile, drop to 1-7, 0-2. Next week, Corbin will look to finish out regular season district play with a perfect 3-0 record when they host the Perry County Central Commodores. Whitley County will hope to pick up their first win since week 1 when they host the Harlan County Black Bears. In Class A action Friday, the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets traveled to Middlesboro and suffered a 22-14 defeat,...

Competition among district opponents highlighted the high school football action this week for coverage area teams. The Corbin Redhounds went on the road for the first time since Sept. 12 to open up district play against the Harlan County Black Bears. The Hounds made easy work of the Bears, cruising to a 53-6 victory to improve to 4-3 on the season. They will be back at Campbell Field next week to host Whitley County for Homecoming night. Speaking of the Colonels, they were also on the road in week 8, traveling to Perry County Central to face their first district opposition this season. Unfortunately, they were unable to break their current...

The Whitley County Colonels and the Corbin Redhounds both saw their 2025 seasons come to a close Thursday evening after a pair of ultra-competitive semifinal round contests in this year's boys' 49th District tournament, being hosted by South Laurel. The Colonels bested the host Cardinals earlier this week, 5-3, to advance to the tournament semifinals. They met up with North Laurel in the semis Thursday, falling in extra time, 3-2. Following that game, the Corbin Redhounds took on Oneida Baptist Institute in what ended up being another nailbiter. In the end, the Hounds fell to the Mountaineers, 4-3, ending their 2025 campaign with an overall record of 8-7-1. Whitley ended...

The Redhound Varsity Club is proud to announce the 2025 inductees into the Corbin High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class. This year’s inductees include: Sarah Ashley is fondly remembered as one of the best all-around basketball players to ever suit up for the Lady Redhounds. Splitting a dual role as a guard/forward, Sarah helped guide the Lady Redhounds to back-to-back 13th Region titles and consecutive trips to the Sweet 16 at E.A. Diddle Arena. Following graduation, Sarah attended Transylvania University on a basketball scholarship, where she logged varsity minutes in all four years of attendance and was an Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society member. Sarah was recognized as All...

Week 7 was a big one for two coverage area football teams, as the Corbin Redhounds hosted Johnson  Central in yet another high-profile encounter at Campbell Field and the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets returned to action for the first time since Sept. 12. The Hounds were coming off of a bye week, which means they had some extra time to prepare for the undefeated Golden Eagles of Johnson Central. Things were looking grim at the half, as the visitors led by two scores, 22-7, but Corbin came out swinging in the third quarter, eventually cutting the lead down to one point, 22-21. The Hounds took a 28-22 lead in the fourth quarter,...

The 2025 boys golf region championship meet took place on Monday, Sept. 22, at the London Country Club. Collected here are several photos from the meet, including student-athletes from Whitley County, Corbin, North Laurel, South Laurel, Knox Central and Barbourville high schools.

Jeremy Daniels is serving as the newest boys golf head coach at Whitley County High School. A member of the WCHS Class of 2010, he played golf himself as a Colonel for six years. He says that getting to return and take over a program that he was once a member of all those years ago is a “pretty cool” experience. “I like the competitiveness of the sport,” said Daniels, who has also served as a longtime assistant for the school’s varsity baseball team and has volunteered as an assistant football coach at the middle school level in the past. “There is the one-on-one factor, but then it is also...