Baseball

With an 8-4 loss against South London last Wednesday, this year’s 11-12 year-old Corbin All-Stars baseball team was eliminated from area tournament competition. The Williamsburg 11-12 year-old All-Stars fell in an elimination game last Wednesday as well, losing to Middlesboro by the final score of 11-10. That means two Little League All-Star teams are left standing in our coverage area – the Corbin 9-10 year-olds, and the Corbin 11 year-olds. Corbin 9-10 All-Stars Cayden Barton, Clayton Botner, Lucas Brittain, JP Carmichael, Cody Gibson, Peyton Hamilton, Gary Hubbs, Eli Pietrowski, Landen Rose, Isaiah Smith, Keaton Smith, Cole Stevens and Cam Estep After finishing up area tournament competition as champions of the loser’s bracket last week,...

It’s that time of year again… In towns all over the country Little League baseball players are coming together to compete in annual All-Stars tournaments. There are a total of four All-Stars teams in our coverage area this summer – the Corbin 9-10 year-old All-Stars, the Corbin 11-year-old All-Stars, the Corbin 11-12 year-old All-Stars and the Williamsburg 11-12 year-old All-Stars. The following will introduce you to those teams, as well as provide you with an update on their progress. Corbin 9-10 All-Stars Cayden Barton, Clayton Botner, Lucas Brittain, JP Carmichael, Cody Gibson, Peyton Hamilton, Gary Hubbs, Eli Pietrowski, Landen Rose, Isaiah Smith, Keaton Smith, Cole Stevens and Camden Estep The Corbin 9-10 year-old All-Stars team,...

The 2017 News Journal All-County high school baseball and softball selections are as follows... OVERALL COUNTY MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS Baseball - Cole Brock, Sr P/INF (Corbin) - The senior leader for the Redhounds had a monster year, striking out a total of 77 batters with a 1.897 ERA. He also got the job done at the plate, recording 56 hits, including 13 home runs, knocking in 36 runs in the process. His batting average and on base percentages were among the highest on the team. Thanks in large part to Brock’s efforts, Corbin was able to win 25 games and successfully defend their 50th District championship crown in 2017. Softball - Halia Stidham,...

The Lynn Camp Wildcats were not able to qualify for the 13th Region baseball tournament this year, but they were still able to finish with a winning record, including victories over region opponents Harlan, Bell County, Red Bird, Pineville, Oneida Baptist and Williamsburg. This week, in the final Senior Spotlight feature of the spring 2017 season, we meet the senior Cats that have led the way for the Lynn Camp baseball program over the past few months. Dylan Brown has played baseball all of his four years at LCHS. He has been counted on to provide consistency on the pitching mound in recent years, but has also put time in behind...

There are no coverage area high school baseball or softball teams left standing after Monday’s first round games in the 2017 13th Region tournaments. In the softball tournament, held at South Laurel High School, the Corbin Lady Hounds kicked things off Monday with a game at noon against the North Laurel Lady Jaguars. After a three-run top of the second inning, a solo home run from Emily Sizemore in the top of the fourth and a one-run top of the fifth, the Jags looked as if they might be able to end Corbin’s 2017 season with a shutout loss. The Hounds prevented that, however, with sophomore Harleigh Grubb smacking an...

Tuesday was, indeed, a good day to be a Corbin Redhound. The Lady Hounds softball team came into this year's 50th District tournament ready to take care of business, and take care of business they did. First they defeated Williamsburg 9-0 on Monday night (see our May 24 print edition for full details), and then they topped South Laurel Tuesday 10-4 to become district champs in 2017. "I was very, very pleased with our performance," said senior catcher Sarah Beth Price after the exciting win. "This is what I hoped for, and now we just have to move on to region and do our best." "I am so excited," added fellow senior...

The following are scores and updates from Tuesday night high school baseball and softball games… The Corbin Lady Hounds suffered their first district loss of the season Tuesday, falling to visiting Williamsburg 7-5. With the loss, Corbin now stands at 12-4, 4-1. They will go on the road to face Clay County Thursday. Williamsburg (7-5, 2-3) will be back in action at Lynn Camp High School Wednesday. Speaking of Lynn Camp, they defeated Bell County at home Tuesday 19-9 to improve to 10-7 on the year. And the Whitley County Lady Colonels did not fare well in their 50th District road game at South Laurel Tuesday, falling to 3-11, 0-5 on the...

The following are scores and updates from Tuesday night high school baseball and softball games... With a 16-2 win at home against the visiting Williamsburg Yellow Jackets, the Whitley County Colonels got their revenge for a heartbreaking loss at Briar Creek Park Monday. Whitley (7-10, 1-3) will look to keep things rolling later this week when they welcome Harlan Independent to WCHS. Williamsburg (7-7, 1-3) will hope to bounce back Thursday when they go on the road to face Berea. The Corbin Redhounds are still undefeated in 50th District play, improving to 12-3, 3-0 with an impressive 9-0 victory at South Laurel Tuesday. The Cardinals will travel to Corbin on Wednesday...

The following are scores and updates from Tuesday night high school baseball and softball games... The game between the Corbin Redhounds (9-3) and the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets (4-5) was postponed after five innings due to weather. The Hounds were up 6-0 when play was suspended, and the game is scheduled to resume Wednesday at 5:30 pm at Corbin High School. Meanwhile, the Whitley County Colonels (5-8) were able to complete their game against South Laurel (6-5) in London, falling by the final score of 5-4. The Colonels have now lost their last four games, and will try to get back on track this Friday evening at Harlan. In softball action, the Whitley...

This week didn’t start out the way the Whitley County Colonels hoped it would. They opened up district play at home Monday, falling to the South Laurel Cardinals 6-2. However, despite that setback the team is remaining optimistic about what they could accomplish together in 2017. The pieces are in place this spring for the Colonels to contend for a district title and reach the 13th Region tournament, including one of the most important components for any program – veteran leadership. This year the Whitley baseball team is being led by five talented and dedicated seniors – Jesse Bryant, Austin Caldwell, Tyler Downs, Brandon Harlan and Tanner Prewitt. After the loss...