Football

After seven seasons on the sidelines, Lynn Camp Football Coach Allen Harris announced that he will not be returning in 2021. Harris went 33-30 in his tenure, but was winless in 2020. In the Facebook post announcing the decision, Harris said it is a number of things off of the field of which he takes the most pride. Among those were raising the money to complete the locker rooms and field house, purchasing the best equipment available for the players and starting a summer camp for the elementary school players. “We upgraded our facilities to match any school around,” Harris said. In addition, Harris noted that multiple players were able to go on to...

Campbell Field will be getting some upgrades and improvements in time for the 2021 football season. At Thursday’s special called meeting of the Corbin Board of Education, the board authorized Superintendent Dave Cox to move forward with the purchase of new lights for the home of Redhound Football. In addition, the board approved a contract with Insulated Roofing Contractors for sealing on the Campbell Field grandstands. Cox said the lights project will be approximately $300,000 while the sealing of the stands will be approximately $150,000. “We are using restricted money, which we can only use for facilities,” Cox said noting that each of the other buildings is either new (Corbin Middle School, Corbin...

Whitley County High School (WCHS) announced the selection of its new head football coach Wednesday afternoon. University of the Cumberlands assistant coach Zeke Eier has been selected as the new WCHS head football coach, the high school announced Wednesday afternoon on its Facebook page. “Coach Eier brings a wealth of football knowledge and experience to our program, but more importantly his enthusiasm for the future of our program and tenacity to succeed will be contagious,” said Whitley County High School Principal Julie Osborne. Eier is the 11th person to lead the Colonel program replacing Jep Irwin, who led the program for the past two years. Eier will start immediately and coach the team...

The search for a new head football coach at Whitley County High School has begun. Athletic Director Bryan Stewart said the vacancy created when Coach Jep Irwin resigned to take the job at South Laurel has been posted on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association website. However, there is no timeframe for when a new coach will be selected. “We want it to be the right fit,” Stewart said noting that school officials are still working on the process and setting up the timeline. Irwin, who was hired in January 2019 to replace Jason Chappell At the time, Irwin was returning to the area after coaching at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia. During Irwin’s...

Whitley County High School is looking for a new head football coach. Jep Irwin, who has served as head coach of the Colonels for the past two seasons, has resigned. Published reports indicate that he is leaving Whitley County to take over as head coach at South Laurel High School where he served as head coach previously from 2002-2005. “We want to thank Coach Irwin for the commitment he has displayed over the course of the last two years in developing the student-athletes of WCHS. We wish Coach Irwin and his family the best of luck as they return home to Laurel County,” Whitley County High School wrote in a release Tuesday. The...

The Corbin Redhounds football season came to an end last Friday with a 28-14 loss to Johnson Central in the Class 4A playoffs. “This season was good. Unless you are one of the six teams that win at Kroger Field, it doesn’t end the way you want and you are disappointed,” said Coach Tom Greer noting the Redhounds played a very challenging schedule that included Class 2A power Beechwood, defending Class 2A state champion Somerset, and district opponents Wayne County, Knox Central and Lincoln County. “It helped us grow,” Greer said of the strength of the schedule. With the 2020 season over, Greer said preparation for the kickoff of the 2021 season...

Finley-Legion Field in Williamsburg was soaked with water last Friday and intermittent rain was only adding to the slop and standing water. Knowing what was coming, Williamsburg Yellow Jackets Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. said the game plan against Nicholas County was to get out and get going quick. The Yellow Jackets were able to do just that as Jayden Rainwater returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. By the time the first half ended, Sydney Bowen had hit Gavon Thomas with a touchdown reception and ran for another score, while Javon Powell jumped on a Nicholas County fumble in the end zone to give Williamsburg a 26-6 lead. With the weather and field...

Local football fans could see a double-header on Dec. 18 at Kroger Field in Lexington, if Corbin and Williamsburg reach their respective state championship games. That is because the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Board of Control has scheduled the Class A and Class 4A championship games to both be played that day. Williamsburg will play at 11 a.m., if it can defeat Nicholas County at home on Friday and win what Coach Jerry Herron said is likely to be a road game on Dec. 11. Following the Class 2A championship, which is scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m., Corbin will play at 7 p.m. if it can win at Johnson...

Coming off of a 41-0 shutout of Knox Central last Friday night to capture the Class 4A District Seven Title, the Corbin Roadhounds will be hitting the road this Friday for a date with the defending 4A State Champion Johnson Central Golden Eagles. Corbin Coach Tom Greer said the Redhounds played focused football in their win last Friday. Seth Mills ran for 134 yards on 11 carries, scoring two touchdowns, while Petyon Addison added 106 yards on 13 carries with a touchdown. On the defensive side, Mills added an interception, while Austin Lewis and Dawson Fore each had 10 total tackles. “We felt like we wanted to go in and play physical,” Greer...

Friday night’s 49-13 win against Pineville has the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets making their fourth consecutive attempt to be one of the final four in the Class A football playoffs. “They know what it is like to play in the region finals,” said Williamsburg Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. of his team. However, unlike previous years, the game will be played at Finley Legion Field in front of the Jacket faithful as Williamsburg welcomes the Nicholas County Bluejackets. “It is exciting to be at home,” Herron said. Williamsburg put itself in this position by defeating Pineville at home last Friday. With the Mountain Lions doing their best to take wide receiver Gavin Thomas out of the...