Baseball

Going into the home stretch of the 2021 high school baseball season, Corbin and Whitley County are neck and neck in the 50th District standings. Corbin’s four-game winning streak came to a screeching halt with a 10-0 loss at Clay County Monday night, but the Redhounds have won eight of the last ten. Corbin dug a big hole from the beginning of the game, spotting the Tigers six runs in the first inning. Offensively, the Redhounds struggled as well, with a collective five hits on the night. “Tonight will serve as a wakeup call,” said Coach Cody Philpot noting that his team had won several games lately without playing its best baseball. “We had...

The Whitley County Colonels baseball team ran its current winning streak to five games on Monday as Caden Petrey pitched a no-hitter in the 17-0 victory over Williamsburg. Petrey needed just 44 pitches and gave up one walk while striking out eight. Petrey provided a big chunk of the Colonels’ offense, going three for four with two doubles, a homerun, and four RBI’s at the plate. Whitley County started off the week Thursday with a come-from-behind win over visiting Jackson County. The Colonels trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the sixth inning. With the bases loaded, Bryce Anderson hit a ground ball to first base, but was safe on a error, allowing Brayden...

The Corbin Redhounds Baseball team ran its current winning streak to three games Monday night with a 15-0 win at Williamsburg. Bradric Helton threw three innings of one-hit baseball for the Redhounds, while striking out seven, and drove in three runs for Corbin. “The guys did what they needed to last night and have to come back tonight refocused to do the same thing,” said Coach Cody Philpot noting the teams were scheduled to play Tuesday night at Corbin. The game had not yet been completed as of press time. The Redhounds were coming off an 8-5 victory at Somerset on Saturday. Jacob Baker had three hits and three RBI’s for Corbin. The Redhounds...

The four baseball teams in the 50th District, Corbin, South Laurel, Whitley County and Williamsburg, are in the midst of a regular season stretch of matchups that will continue, off and on, over the next week. Corbin and Whitley County went down to the wire in the first game of a home and home series Monday night before the Colonels scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to come out on top, 9-8. “One thing about this team is that they will scratch and claw to the final out,” said Whitley County Coach Jeremy Shope. Luke Stanfill and Caden Petrey each went three-for-four with a double and triple to...

While area school systems are on spring break this week, their baseball teams are moving into the second week of the season. Corbin Redhounds The Corbin Redhounds were shutout at Powell, Tennessee, 7-0 Saturday, dropping its first game of the season. The Redhounds were limited to two hits in seven innings. “That was just baseball,” said Corbin Coach Cody Philpot. “We hit some balls hard right at people and made a couple mistakes against a team that was good enough to take advantage of anything that they were given. We allowed two big innings that were fueled by a couple of mistakes and couldn’t get anything going offensively.” “That was an early test for...

After 20 years as a stop on the road to Major League Baseball, the Lexington Legends will be playing to win in 2021. Legends officials announced last Thursday that the organization has joined the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, moving from the South Atlantic League. As part of the Class A South Atlantic League since 2001, the Legends served as an affiliate of the Houston Astros until 2012. From 2013 until 2020 the team was affiliated with the Kansas City Royals. “Joining the Atlantic League is the perfect next step for this franchise. We are beyond excited and thankful for the Atlantic League and Major League Baseball for assisting in making this...

A post on the official Facebook page for Corbin Little League Thursday afternoon said the following: Baseball/Softball to begin soon!!! Due to COVID-19 we have had to make many changes to the timeline for the season, as well as the age groups that will and will not play this season. All of these decision have been made with the health and safety of the players as the foremost priority. Below is a list of these changes for Corbin Little League for the 2020 season. -Wee Ball: canceled for this season due to inability to adequately social distance this age group. -Tee Ball: we still hope to play but this will be contingent on...

Coming off a 25-win season that included a trip to the 13th Region Tournament Whitley County Baseball Coach Jeremy Shope has a lot to look forward to when, and if, the 2020 baseball season begins. “Everyone involved in our program is excited about this baseball season. We have a really good team returning, a team that has really worked hard this off season. We have a bunch of hungry veterans. That makes for a fun year. Just hope for their sake that this season can be salvaged,” Shope said of his team that includes nine seniors. Those seniors include Chance Dismuke, who went two-for-two with two RBI’s in the Colonel’s first...

The Williamsburg High School Baseball Team is hoping to repeat as the 13th Region All “A” Tournament champs for a third consecutive year this season. “I don’t think it has ever been done in history here at the school three times in a row,” noted Head Coach Bryan Hopkins. Last year’s team had 12 wins and 12 losses, finished the season with a loss in the first round of the 50 District Tournament, and graduated four seniors, Hunter Brown, Cameron Bowen, Clay Kysar and James Reeder. Hopkins noted that Brown was a key utility player last season, who played first base, third base, pitcher and outfield, and that Bowen batted over .500...

The following are previews for the Corbin Redhounds' and Lady Hounds' 2020 baseball and softball seasons... 2019 season Review (Baseball) – The Redhounds finished with a region-best 29-11 win-loss record. They repeated as 50th District and 13th Region champions, before losing for the second year in a row to the Hazard Bulldogs in the first round of the state championship tournament. The team graduated an exceptional senior class that included Austin Reynolds, Noah Taylor and current University of Kentucky Wildcat Chase Estep. 2020 Outlook – The Hounds will return several talented junior and senior players to their roster, including Peyton Addison, Cam Allen, Garner Chandler, Cade Cooney, Matthew Creekmore, Zach Hash,...