Baseball

(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...

The race to unseat 13th Region Baseball Champion Whitley County has begun as teams across the area take to the field this week in hopes of playing at Legends Field for the state title. Coach Jeremy Shope’s Colonels will be seeking to defend the region title and make another run to Lexington with a squad that will look very similar to 2021. Whitley County finished the season 31-10 that included wins over Middlesboro in the region championship game and Raceland in the semi-state. “2021 was a special year for Whitley County High School Baseball,” Shope said. “Our school and community rallied around our team. It was a special season. With that being...

The Williamsburg Little League Program will be holding sign-ups on Saturday, March 5, and Saturday, March 12, at the Williamsburg Tourism and Convention Center for the upcoming season. The sign-ups will be from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. each of those days. Age groups include: • Weeball 3-4 • Teeball 5-6 • Coach pitch 7-8 • Major League 9-10 or 11-12 • Softball – girls same age groups. • Jr. League 13-14 • Sr. League 15-16 This will be the first year for the Jr. League and the Sr. League. “We are trying to get the word out, so that middle school and high school kids can play locally and play a bit longer under our charter. We are...

The Whitley County Lady Colonels are now 2-1 on the season after defeating Madison Southern Friday and losing to Mercer County Saturday. “Its been a good start,” said Coach Sean Pigman. “The kids are really buying in and working hard.” The Lady Colonels defeated Madison Southern at home, 43-41. Marissa Douglas led the way for Whitley County with 14 points, while Martina Ahumada Xirgo pulled down 11 rebounds. Nine Lady Colonels got into the scoring column. “Yes. it is nice to get contributions from so many players,” Pigman said. “Our practices are very competitive as so many of them are trying to earn minutes.” Whitley County lost at home Saturday to 12th Region opponent Mercer...