Football

The first round of the Kentucky high school football playoffs has produced a mixed bag of results for local teams. One easily won its first round match-up Friday night. Another didn’t have to play in the first round at all after the team, which would have been its first round opponent, canceled the rest of its football season about three weeks ago. A third saw its season come to a close with its first round defeat by a district foe. Corbin The Corbin Redhounds ran their overall record to 11-0 following a 40-8 victory over the Wayne County Cardinals Friday night. During their first meeting of the season, Corbin defeated Wayne County by...

The Corbin Middle School Eighth Grade Division 2 Football Team is one win away from having consecutive state titles. Corbin defeated Taylor County Saturday night at East Jessamine by a score of 20-0 to advance to the championship game, which will be played on Nov. 13. The Redhounds also won the Eighth Grade Division 2 title in 2020, the Eighth Grade Division 2 title in 2017, the Eighth Grade Division 1 title in 2014, and the Eighth Grade Division 2 title in 2010. For more details see Wednesday's edition of the News Journal.

The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets will host Pineville at Finley Legion Field next Friday in the second round of the Class A Football Playoffs. Pineville defeated Harlan in the first-round matchup Thursday night, 29-26, setting up the rematch of the Oct. 15 regular season game that the Jackets pulled out 21-13 win over the Mountain Lions with a last-minute defensive stand. “It was a win,” said Williamsburg Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. after the game “They (Pineville) played hard.” “They just expected them to come over here and lay down, and they didn’t,” Herron said of Pineville.

The second season will begin Friday night for football teams across the state and Corbin will look to continue its drive for an undefeated season. Whitley County will attempt to pull off a big upset on the road, and Williamsburg will watch and wait to see who will be traveling to Finley Legion Field for the second round on Nov. 12. Corbin Redhounds The Redhounds completed their first undefeated regular season since 2008 Friday night with a 40-10 road win in northern Kentucky against Campbell County. “That was good for us, just because of some obstacles that started with two hours and 40 minutes on a bus,” said Coach Tom Greer. “The...

The local football playoff picture is set, but the last week of the regular season has Corbin seeking perfection, Williamsburg seeking consistency and Whitley County looking for a huge upset against one of the traditional state football powerhouses. Whitley County Colonels Whitley County will travel to Danville Friday night, for what will be a taste of what the Colonels will face beginning in the first round of the playoffs. A road trip to face a highly ranked opponent. “We want to finish the season the right way,” said Coach Zeke Eier explaining that the Colonels have been within striking distance of winning in four of their seven losses. While the game will not...

Williamsburg football fans, cancel those other plans for Friday night as the Yellow Jackets will be playing after all. Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. has arranged for Williamsburg to play at home against McCreary Central. The Class 3A Raiders come into the game with a record of 3-7. McCreary Central defeated Clinton County on Sept. 4, 36-22. Running back Blake Botts carried the ball 19 times for 192 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Jared Kidd had 14 carries for 68 yards and two touchdowns as the Raiders put up 165 rushing yards on the night. The Raiders followed that up with a 33-26 victory over Pineville on Sept. 10. Quarterback Maddux McKinney completed eight of...

Corbin, Whitley County and Williamsburg each found themselves in tough fights on the gridiron Friday night. Corbin Redhounds The Redhounds traveled to Lincoln County Friday night for a game that would determine the district championship and found themselves in the midst of the war that Coach Tom Greer had predicted. The two teams went into the locker room at halftime tied at 21. “We needed to be in a tough football game to see how we were going to respond,” Greer said noting that the players were zoned in and focused on what the coaches were telling them concerning halftime adjustments. Corbin came out of the locker room and dominated the second half, pulling...

The Williamsburg-Lynn Camp high school football game, which had been scheduled for Friday night in Williamsburg, has been canceled. We Rock Sports is reporting that Lynn Camp has forfeited the match-up because it doesn't have enough healthy players. The game would have been Williamsburg's senior night. The Kentucky High School Athletic Association already has Williamsburg officially winning the game 1-0 as a result of the forfeit. Williamsburg's next game is an away game at Perry County Central. The forfeit means that Williamsburg is undefeated in the district and will be the number one seed in the district when the playoffs start Nov. 5, and it will be hosting the first round playoff game...

District football will continue Friday night with the stakes getting higher for the local teams as Corbin heads to Lincoln County, Williamsburg hosts Pineville, Whitley County hosts North Laurel on senior night and Lynn Camp welcomes Harlan. Corbin Redhounds Coach Tom Greer’s Redhounds will be looking to keep the undefeated season going Friday night after the 56-0 win last Friday at Knox Central. “The biggest thing was we wanted to go up there, get out of the gates early, and put the fire out,” Greer said of facing the Panthers. “I’m really proud of our players. They did that.” The Redhounds’ offense put up 415 total yards. Five Corbin ball carriers combined for 219...

High school football’s second season will begin in earnest Friday night as district matchups take place across Kentucky. Locally, Corbin will travel to Knox Central. Williamsburg will make the drive to Harlan. Whitley County will look to upset Southwestern, and Lynn Camp will go down 25E to face a resurgent Pineville. Williamsburg Yellow Jackets Coach Jerry Herron, Jr’s team is searching for answers to its rollercoaster season following last Friday’s 35-17 loss at home to Sayre. “They flat hammered our brains out tonight,” Herron said. “We had a chance to show everybody in the state that we could play some football against a good player and we didn’t,” Herron said. The player to whom Herron...