Baseball

2019 had its fair share of great sports memories. This week we take a look back at the most talked about events on the field or court from the past 12 months… Corbin boys cross country team wins regional and state championships The top story on our list this year comes from this past fall season when the Corbin High School boys cross country team brought home regional and Class 2A state championship titles. The Redhounds knew they had a very good chance to make it to the top of the region this year, and they knew that they would likely put forth a good showing at the state meet the...

Continue to monitor this post for ongoing coverage of the Corbin 11-12 year-old baseball All-Stars' appearance in the 2019 state championship tournament, currently in progress in Prestonsburg. Update 1: The Corbin All-Stars took the field for the first time in this year's Little League state tourney on Saturday afternoon, July 20. They faced the North Floyd All-Stars in pool play, managing to come away with a 6-5 victory. Corbin found themselves trailing 2-0 at the end of two innings Saturday, but a four-run top of the third put them in the driver's seat. North Floyd fought back, adding one run in the bottom of the third to make it 4-3, but...

From the Wednesday, July 17 edition... When our last edition went to print, the Corbin 11-12 year-old Little League All-Stars baseball team was preparing to face the Hazard-Perry All-Stars for this year’s district tournament winner’s bracket championship. As it turns out, that game took two days to complete, with Corbin establishing a solid lead last Thursday, July 11, before rain forced the remainder of the contest to be postponed until the next day. When play resumed at Rotary Park on Friday Corbin picked up where they left off, going on to defeat Hazard-Perry and become winner’s bracket champs. Hazard-Perry fell to North Laurel in the loser’s bracket finals on Saturday, setting up a...

From the July 3, 2019 edition of the News Journal... 9-10 Corbin Softball Last Tuesday, June 25, the 9-10 year-old Corbin softball All-Stars were facing elimination when they took the field against Jackson County. A final score was not available by press time, but unfortunately, the Corbin girls were sent home after a 19-4 loss. The 9-10 softball All-Stars fell into the loser’s bracket of their tournament, held in Williamsburg, after being shutout by the Tri-City All-Stars in round one. Even though game two also didn’t go their way, they showed definite signs of improvement, plating four runs to avoid back-to-back shutouts. Once again, this year’s Corbin 9-10 year-old Little League softball All-Stars...

In recent years we have recognized the best high school baseball and softball players in the county in a variety of different ways. We’ve had All-County Most Valuable Players and MVP runners-up. We’ve had individual team MVPs and Honorable Mentions. We’ve even had some winners in special superlative categories, but this year we’re changing it up again with a pair of top ten lists. With so many talented players in the county this year, however, it was incredibly difficult to whittle the list down to just ten in both sports. For this reason we are also including five honorable mentions at the end of both lists, but even with those...

After night one of last week’s 13th Region championship baseball tournament at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN all signs seemed to point to a rematch between Corbin and Whitley County in the tournament finals. The defending region champion Redhounds made easy work of Bell County in their first round game on Memorial Day, while Whitley managed to pull off a thrilling comeback win over the North Laurel Jaguars. The next day, Corbin took care of Knox Central by the final score of 6-2. Many thought the Colonels would get past Barbourville in the other semifinal round matchup, but the Tigers were able to rise to the occasion with an improbable...

No coverage area teams remain in this year's 13th Region softball tournament, and the 2019 13th Region baseball championship will be a meeting that few predicted when the week began... In Tuesday night softball action, the region tournament host Whitley County Lady Colonels played North Laurel very closely, but the Lady Jaguars were able to prevail in the end, winning 2-0. The loss ends Whitley's season with a 17-17 overall record. North will face 49th District rival Clay County for this year's regional championship Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. at Whitley County High School. In baseball action at Lincoln Memorial University, the Corbin Redhounds were able to get past the Knox...

Next week coverage area athletes will compete for regional baseball and softball championships, as well as state track and tennis titles. The 2019 13th Region baseball tournament will kickoff Monday, May 27 at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. The Corbin Redhounds will face Bell County in game one at 11:00 am. Knox Central vs. Clay County will come next, followed by Middlesboro vs. Barbourville and North Laurel vs. Whitley County in the night game. Semifinal round games will be at 5:30 and 8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 28, and the championship game will be played Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 pm. The 2019 13th Region softball tournament will also begin...

It was a busy night in our coverage area Tuesday, with a district baseball champion crowned, several regional tennis championships decided and track & field teams hitting the road to compete for a chance to appear at state. Starting with baseball, this year's 50th District championship game between Corbin and Whitley County was another classic in a series that has become well known for producing plenty of memorable moments. It didn't start out that way, however, as the Redhounds were able to get out to a commanding 9-0 lead after a three-run bottom of the first inning, a five-run bottom of the third and a one-run bottom of the fourth. The...

The following is a re-cap of high school baseball and softball action in our area Tuesday night, May 7. The Corbin Redhounds picked up another big win over a regional opponent, shutting out visiting Knox Central 7-0 to improve to 21-8 on the year. Chase Estep, Noah Taylor and Ben Phillips each finished the game with two RBIs apiece, while pitcher Cade Cooney struck out eight Panther batters in a full seven innings of work. In other baseball action, the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets fell to 9-10 on the season after a 17-5 loss at Barbourville, and the Lynn Camp Wildcats fell to 5-18 with an 11-8 loss to Middlesboro. In Tuesday night...