Baseball

Malachi Brown’s commitment to the University of Kentucky was announced on Sunday. The Corbin offensive tackle recorded 66 tackles and eight sacks during his junior season with the Redhounds. Brown chose the Wildcats over Tennessee, Louisville and Purdue.

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 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.

Knox Central and Lynn Camp met in the 51st District Championship game Tuesday night. Much like the 50th District tournament, it was a rematch of last year’s game. During that meeting, Knox Central won 16-0. The two teams met up one other time this season. Knox Central won that match up 17-0. The last time Lynn Camp defeated Knox Central was in May 2003. That trend continued as Lynn Camp lost 18-0 to Knox Central in this year’s 51st District championship game Tuesday in Pineville.

After the top of the first inning of the 50th District baseball championship game, players were sent to the dugouts to wait out weather delays during the 50th District championship game on Tuesday. Before play resumed, Corbin was up one run.

After the top of the first inning of the 50th District baseball championship game, players were sent to the dugouts to wait out weather delays during the 50th District championship game on Tuesday. Whitley County defeated Williamsburg on the baseball diamond first round.