Baseball

After hosting the event for the first time in 2022, the Corbin Redhounds baseball team is excited to once again present the David Iery Invitational at Don House Field this Saturday, April 29, beginning at 11 a.m. “It is an honor to get to host this event,” said Redhounds Head Coach Cody Philpot. “Mr. Iery is a fantastic individual, and he has really done a lot to help people. For him to choose Corbin as a site for one of his tournaments is a huge honor for us. It should be a great day of baseball.” David Iery was paralyzed from the chest down after sustaining an injury while sliding into...

For former Whitley County Colonels Jon Watson, Chase Harlan and Tyler Shelton, the dream of playing baseball at the collegiate level came true, and continues to come true, each time they suit up for their respective programs. Watson, who is a sophomore at Midway University in Midway, KY helped lead the Colonels to a 25-10 overall record as a high school senior in 2019, including an appearance in the 50th District finals and a 9-6 win over North Laurel in the first round of that year’s 13th Region tournament. As an outfielder at Midway, he played in 32 games for the Eagles last season. He is off to a good start...

After helping to make history at Whitley County High School, three former Colonel baseball players are currently playing together again at the University of the Cumberlands, where the Patriots are off to another hot start after winning their second consecutive Mid-South Conference title last season. “We battled against some weather early on, but I feel really good about where we’re at right now,” said Patriots Head Coach Brad Shelton of his 2023 squad. “We have a lot of power in our lineup, but our biggest strength is probably with our bullpen depth. We have 10-12 guys that can all come in and throw with that velocity that we need.” Playing a...

After the 2019 high school baseball season, Zac Hash and the Corbin Redhounds baseball team were feeling very good about the future. With back-to-back 13th Region championships under their belt, many thought that the team would pull off the trifecta in the spring of 2020, bringing home their third consecutive regional title. The Hounds certainly had the talent to get the job done that year. Along with Hash, fellow seniors Cam Allen, Eli Campbell, Garner Chandler, Cade Cooney, Matthew Creekmore, Cole Hicks, Ben Phillips and Caleb Vannorstran were poised to lead the way as Corbin sought to make baseball history. Instead, history was made in a very different, very tragic way...

On Monday, former Corbin Redhound Chase Estep was selected by the New York Mets with 269th overall pick in this year’s Major League Baseball draft. Estep was a standout athlete in baseball and football during his time at Corbin, helping lead the football Hounds to back-to-back KHSAA state championship appearances, and leading the charge for the baseball team as they won back-to-back 13th Region titles in 2018 and 2019. Estep signed with the University of Kentucky for baseball, and has managed to make an impact for the Wildcats since his arrival in 2020. According to his official bio on the ukathletics.com website, he has earned recognition as National Player of the...

Williamsburg High School has seen many great athletes wear the orange and black throughout its history, but few have had the kind of impact on the baseball diamond as Jake Harrison and Cameron Bowen. Harrison, a 2018 graduate of WHS, helped lead the baseball Jackets to a 13th Region All “A” championship title his senior season. As one of the top catchers and sluggers in the area, he played an integral role in the team’s 19-win campaign that year, including a streak of 11 victories that was capped off with back-to-back W’s over 50th District opponent South Laurel. Bowen also contributed in a major way to the Yellow Jackets’ success in...

The 2022 Corbin Little League season wrapped up recently with the following teams being crowned champions of their respective divisions… LL Majors: Davis Salvage Gabe Hubbard, Gunner Duff, Nic Prewitt, Hartlee Viars, Hunter Longworth, Jackson Marlow, Kamden Bledsoe, Easton Hendrickson, Paul Viars, Colton Root and Dylan Hunter. LL Minors: Reds Gabriel Rains, Gatline Godsey, Kayson Grubb, Lenox Griffin, Quinton Owens, Ty Foley, Cole Moore, Bentley Campbell, Brody Allen, Colton Campbell, Conner Moyers, Declan Thompson and Easton Taylor LL Coach Pitch: Mud Hens Cam Hedrick, Drake Southerland, Cash Mills, Ryder Hedrick, Josh McWhorter, Rafe Mills, Asher McCreary, Zaydon Storms, Levi Swafford, Luke Cloud, Kaden Greer, Ayden Conlin and Luke Miracle. With the season complete, All-Star rosters are...

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.