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The Corbin Redhounds baseball team were disappointed in the opening round of the 2022 KHSAA state championship tournament in Lexington this afternoon, losing 2-1 to the Central Hardin Bruins. The Hounds finish out the season with an overall record of 26 wins and 13 losses. In other news, the Corbin softball team also fell in state tournament opening round action, losing to Louisville Holy Cross, 8-0. The Lady Hounds end their season at 20-14 overall. Congrats to both teams on making it to state in 2022!

(Story by Trevor Sherman) Going into the 2022 13th Region baseball tournament, most fans expected to see a 50th District championship rematch in the finals between the Corbin Redhounds and the Whitley County Colonels. All signs seemed to point to that inevitable matchup after Whitley downed Jackson in the first round and Corbin made easy work of the Knox Central Panthers, but the Colonels were stunned in the tournament semifinals, falling to Middlesboro, 7-3. Meanwhile, the Hounds blanked Clay County, 6-0, setting up an unlikely meeting between them and the Yellow Jackets for this year’s 13th Region crown. “We were a little bit surprised,” said Corbin Head Coach Cody Philpot when asked about not...

The Corbin Redhounds are your 2022 13th Region champions! The Hounds defeated Middlesboro 9-1 Saturday to improve to 25-12 on the year and advance to next week's KHSAA state championship tournament. They will play the winners of Region 5 on Friday, June 3, at 10 a.m. All state tournament games will be played at the University of Kentucky's Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington. See the June 1 edition of the News Journal for more details.

(Story by Trevor Sherman) The 2022 13th Region baseball and softball tournaments were scheduled to get underway Monday, but most games had to be postponed due to wet field conditions after a full day of steady rainfall. The only teams who managed to get their game in on Monday were the Whitley County Colonels and the Jackson County Generals. The Colonels defeated Jackson County 4-2, improving to 27-10 on the year and advancing to the regional semis, where they will face the winners of Middlesboro and Barbourville at South Laurel High School. The Corbin Redhounds’ contest at Knox Central got pushed back to Tuesday, and a final score was not available by...

The Corbin Redhounds’ six-game winning streak that included a sweep of Whitley County, came to an end Saturday with losses at home to Pikeville and Russell County. Corbin won at Whitley County last Tuesday, 7-3 and picked up the 3-1 win over the Colonels at home on Wednesday. Jeremiah Gilbert pitched the complete game for the Redhounds on Tuesday, giving up three runs, one earned, on eight hits while striking out five. Kade Elam had the big at-bat, picking up a double and collecting three RBI’s. Jacob Baker added a solo homerun. Evan Poore took the mound for the Redhounds Wednesday and turned in another complete game gem, giving up one earned run on...

The first 13th Region standings were posted this week by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association on Tuesday and Whitley County, Corbin and Williamsburg are among the pack that has yet to see any separation. Coach Jeremy Shope’s Whitley County Colonels Baseball team got back to its winning ways Monday with a 14-1 win over Williamsburg in five innings to improve to 10-7 on the season and 3-1 in the region. Caden Petrey started for the Colonels, giving up two hits and one earned run with three strikeouts over two inning to get the win. Mason Croley and Landon Siler pitched shutout baseball over the final five innings. Bryce Anderson had three hits,...

Crunch time has arrived for Corbin, Whitley County and Williamsburg Baseball as the teams will get their first looks at 50th District opponents beginning Monday. Corbin Redhounds The Corbin Redhounds Baseball team will wrap up its trip to Fort Walton Beach this week before opening 50th District play on Monday with a trip to South Laurel. Coach Jeremy Philpot’s team has play .500 baseball on the trip that began last Thursday with an 8-4 win over Knox Central out of Knoxville, Tennessee in the Clinch River Challenge. The Redhounds dropped their second game against Heritage out of Maryville, Tennessee on Friday, 7-4, before moving on to Florida to open the Fort Walton Beach...

Coach Jeremy Philpot’s Corbin Redhounds have bounced back from their four-game losing streak, picking up wins at home against Franklin County, Somerset and Clay County to even out their season record at 4-4. The Redhounds outscored their opponents by a combined 41-15 in picking up two wins Saturday and a win against Clay County Monday night. “It always takes a little while for hitting to catch up to the rest of the game because you don’t get to see a lot of live arms in the off season.” said Philpot of the improved hitting. “Add to that the fact that we saw some good arms early so it was tough sledding...

The Corbin Redhounds are searching for some momentum early in the season and they will have four straight home games beginning Thursday in which to find it. Coach Cody Philpot’s team got out of the gate good last Thursday, picking up an 11-7 win over visiting Perry Central. Jeremiah Gilbert started on the mound for Corbin, giving up five earned runs on five hits while walking three and striking out four over three-and-two-thirds innings. Cruz Cima pitched the remainder of the game, giving up two runs on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Kade Elam had three hits, including a triple, in four at bats. Jacob Baker had just one hit, but...

The Corbin Redhounds Baseball team is coming off a 2021 season that saw them win 26 games and the 50th District title before falling to Jackson County in the 13th Region Tournament. Even with the loss of seven seniors, Coach Cody Philpot said that his team will be very similar. We won’t have a lot of changes from last season, we were quite young last year. “We have nine guys returning that played meaningful roles for us last year, several of which were depended on daily,” Philpot said. “Those same guys competing for spots this year, we feel like that competition is what keeps us in the mix year in and...