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While the players on the field are the ones who will win or lose the ballgame, it is the crowd in the stands that reminds the team who they are playing for. “We don’t want to play for ourselves. We want to play for those alumni that built this thing. We want to play for our school. We want to play for our community,” said Whitley County Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope. The community and the players have a symbiotic relationship – the team plays for the community, and the community supports the team. “With the community behind us, they build our confidence,” explained Senior Dee Parker. That confidence is evident as assistant...

Whitley County Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope’s team consistently led in state rankings this season. As the top team based on RPI, the Colonels’ appeared an additional 29 times in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) stat leaders report as of Tuesday morning. Those rankings include: Hits 20th – Cooper Parman (52) 21st – Ethan Allen (51) 27th – Luke Hillard (51) 44th – Kip Allen (48) Doubles 12th – Cooper Parman (16) 29th – Luke Hillard (14) Triples 47th – Ethan Allen (4) Base on Balls 6th – Ethan Allen (36) 35th – Kip Allen (28) RBI 20th – Cooper Parman (45) 27th – Luke Hillard (44) 39th – Ethan Allen (41) Runs 4th...

“If you believe, then a lot of good things are gonna happen.” This is how Whitley County Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope described his team’s mentality ahead of the school’s third state tournament appearance. The Colonel’s will take on Apollo in the first round at 1:30 p.m. on Friday at Legends Field in Lexington. The impact of experience For most of the team’s roster, Friday’s game will be their first time participating in a Kentucky High School Athletic Association baseball state tournament. There are four players, however, who have been to the tournament before and know what it takes to win. Seniors Dee Parker and Kaden Powers were freshman the last time Whitley County made...

Luke Hillard, Spencer Bargo, Kip Allen and Ethan Allen received 13th Region All-Tournament honors on May 28.

Corbin student athletes appeared on the KHSAA 2A Track and Field State Tournament podium nine times on Friday. The girls 4x800 meter relay team took the highest spot on the podium coming in second and setting a new school record. Hadley Elmore placed fourth in pole vault. Masyn Elam placed fifth in triple jump. Hartlee Viars stood at the seventh place spot on the podium for 400 meter dash. Creed Davies, Kaleb Terrell, Isaiah Curry and Kobe Dixon shared the number eight spot for their team’s effort during the boys 4x800 meter relay. Hadley Elmore placed eighth in the 800 meter run. Creed Davies earned the same spot in the 1600 meter run. Hartlee Viars...

Corbin will play in the semifinals of the 13th Region Baseball Tournament hosted at North Laurel after defeating first round opponents. Corbin beat out the tournament host with a 9-2 win over the North Laurel Jaguars. They will take on Knox Central for their chance to play in the championship game on Thursday.

Whitley County will play in the semifinals of the 13th Region Baseball Tournament hosted at North Laurel after defeating first round opponents. Whitley County run ruled Jackson County 17-2 in four innings. They will face off against the Harlan Green Dragons on Wednesday after the game was delayed due to weather.

Williamsburg’s Zyler Housekeeper is now a two-time 2026 state pole vault champion. Housekeeper claimed the outdoor track and field pole vault champion title on Thursday. Earlier this year, he also earned the indoor track and field pole vault champion title after clearing an impressive 13-feet mark. Other podium finishes for the Jackets included: second place for Lane Jeffries in boys triple jump, fourth place for Chase Meddles in boys long jump, fifth place for Kaylee Rains in girls 300 meter hurdles, seventh place for Kaylee Rains girls 100 meter hurdles and eighth place for Williamsburg A Relay team in the girls 4x100 meter relay. The Williamsburg A Relay team consisted of Lynsie Durham,...

What started as a slow game picked up speed in the final innings. Corbin outlasted Pineville in a 3-2 win. The game, which was supposed to be played at Jackson County, was moved to South Laurel due to the weather. Like the baseball tournament, the games scheduled for Tuesday were postponed until Wednesday. Corbin will play Clay County at 7 p.m. on May 27 for their chance to take on the winner of the North Laurel versus South Laurel game. Corbin’s last region softball title was earned back in 2022.

Several Corbin and Whitley County student athletes qualified to compete in the KHSAA Class 2A State Track Meet. For Corbin, athletes slated to compete on May 22 include: Myles Bonzo, Mallory Bradshaw, Sophia Bradshaw, Jon Brown, Zac Brown, Jayden Chandler, Isaiah Curry, Creed Davies, Kobe Dixon, Masyn Elam, Hadley Elmore, Lynlee Flynn, Jaycee Frye, Gabe Gray, Zoe Hart, Ethan Lester, Emma Massengill, Courtney Masterson, Jaxon McHargue, Hadleigh Morgan, Miah Morgan, Slade Morrison, Addison Owens, Carson Price, Katie Skeene, Annealise Smith, Brenton Smith, Kaleb Terrell, Kinley Terrell, Hartlee Viars and Chance Wells. Corbin placed first in the girls competition at the region meet on May 14. They placed third in the boys competition. Twelve...