Basketball

Regular season district play wrapped up for four coverage area basketball teams Tuesday when Whitley County squared off against crosstown rivals Williamsburg in a girls-boys double header at JB Mountjoy Gymnasium. The girls game was ultra-competitive, with the visiting Lady Colonels pulling out the 59-51 win to improve to 9-17, 3-3 on the year and solidify the number two seed in the upcoming 50th District tournament at South Laurel High School. With the loss, the Lady Jackets fall to 13-12, 1-5 and will come into the district tourney as the number four seed.     Whitley Co 59, Williamsburg 51 Whitley - 16 10 10 23 - 59 W'burg - 11 12 20 8 -...

The Whitley County Colonels and Lady Colonels hosted Corbin on Senior Night Friday. The girls were up first, with the Lady Colonels outlasting the Lady Hounds 62-57 to improve to 7-17 overall, 2-3 in 50th District play. With the loss, Corbin falls to 10-12, 2-4. Whitley Co 62, Corbin 57 Whitley - 13 18 13 18 - 62 Corbin - 20 7 17 13 - 57 WC - Anderson 17, Frazier 9, M Siler 18, Shope 6, Monhollen 12 CHS - Robertson 23, Medlin 7, Garland 2, Scott 8, Barnett 5, Stewart 11, Grubb 1 In game two Friday, the Corbin Redhounds needed an overtime period to get the job done, but they were eventually able...

Corbin hosted Williamsburg in a 50th District double header Tuesday. In game one, the host Redhounds were able to fend off a determined Yellow Jackets team, winning 59-50 to improve to 15-5, 3-2 on the year. They will play in another district matchup this Friday, February 1, at Whitley County High School. Tipoff time is set for approximately 7:30 p.m. The Yellow Jackets (12-11, 0-5) are scheduled to go on the road to Rockcastle County Thursday. Corbin 59, Williamsburg 50 Corbin - 9 17 17 16 - 59 W'burg - 13 15 13 9 - 50 CHS - Byrley 11, Sanders 19, Unthank 4, Barton 3, Taylor 14, Hibbitts 8 WB - Brown 2, Rose...

Several important district contests took place in the coverage area Tuesday. Whitley County played host to a double header with crosstown rivals Williamsburg, and it was a good night for the Colonels. The Whitley girls won 79-52 in game one, followed by the boys team winning a close one, 52-50, in the nightcap. With the win, the Lady Colonels improve to 6-15, 1-3 on the year while the Lady Jackets fall to 11-8, 1-2. The Colonel boys now stand at 13-9, 1-3 and the Yellow Jackets find themselves at 10-9, 0-3. Whitley Co 79, Williamsburg 52 Whitley - 26 19 21 13 - 79 W'burg - 20 11 8 13 - 52 WC - Anderson...

Friends, family, former players and fellow coaches all gathered Monday to honor the first, and most successful, coach ever of the Corbin High School girls’ basketball program. Willard Farris got the royal treatment between the junior varsity and varsity girls’ basketball games between Corbin and Garrard County. At center court, he was presented with a commemorative plaque, photos from some of his most successful seasons … and Corbin’s newly-elected mayor, Suzie Razmus, even made him an honorary Corbin Colonel, and presented him with a key to the city. For the old coach, it was quite a night. “Really, this is remarkable,” Farris said during a reception following the ceremony. “It really pumps...

Andrew Taylor became the all-time leading scorer in Corbin’s history during his five-year stint playing varsity basketball for Tony Pietrowski’s Redhounds. The question was not “if,” but rather “where” he would end up playing collegiate ball once his high school career was over. Initially, Taylor signed on to play for the Furman University men’s basketball team in Greenville, South Carolina. He made the trip south after graduating from Corbin in the spring of 2018, but his time as a Paladin was short. After finding out that Furman wasn’t the best fit for him after all, Taylor left Greenville and began searching for new opportunities. A months-long process of exploring options and...

On December 29, the Clay County Tigers handed Corbin a 70-59 loss in the championship game of the Redhounds' own 2018 Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament. On Tuesday, January 8 the Hounds got their revenge, handing Clay their very first loss of the 18-19 season, 69-55. Corbin dominated for most of the contest en route to their 14-point win Tuesday, improving to 10-4 overall on the year. After the victory, senior Hound Chase Sanders, who led his team with 20 points on the night, said, "We've had this game circled on our schedule, and we knew coming in that they were undefeated. We just wanted to get the win, and be...

With so many major championships won by coverage area teams over the past twelve months, the News Journal’s annual year-end list of top sports stories will require a total of ten spots for 2018. 1. Corbin boys basketball team wins region, advances to quarterfinals of Sweet 16 tournament It was a tough call for which story should take the top spot this year, but in the end the Corbin Redhounds’ 13th Region championship and trip to the Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena was too big not to be placed at number one. Led by senior Andrew Taylor, who finished his career as the Corbin High School basketball program’s all-time leading scorer, the...

Continue to check this post throughout the remainder of the week for updates on the 32nd Annual Cumberland Falls Invitation Tournament at Corbin High School. Update x3: It all came down to a matchup between two longtime 13th Region rivals Saturday night as the host Corbin Redhounds and the Clay County Tigers did battle to decide this year's Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament championship. A competitive game ultimately ended up going to the Tigers by the final score of 70-59, improving them to a perfect 14-0 on the year. With the loss, Corbin drops to 7-3. All-Tournament team selections were announced at the conclusion of Saturday's championship contest. Making the cut...

The Lynn Camp community is mourning the loss of longtime coach and teacher Richard Jones today. Jones, affectionately called "Birddog" by many of his friends and acquaintances, had served as a coach and educator at Lynn Camp Schools for many years, but was most well-known as the face of the LCHS Lady Cats basketball program. Under his guidance, the Lady Cats became district champions and represented their school in 13th Region tournament competition. Knox County Schools Superintendent Kelly Sprinkles issued a press release Wednesday afternoon, saying, "It is with great sorrow that I inform you that Coach Richard Jones, a longtime educator and girls basketball coach at Lynn Camp Schools, passed...