Football

The Corbin Redhounds will be hosting the Knox Central Panthers in the second round of the Class 4A state football playoffs Friday night, after defeating Lincoln County, 38–14. “The kids played hard and focused. I’m pleased with their effort,” Coach Tom Greer said of the Redhounds, who ran for a combined 206 yards and five touchdowns in the effort. Seth Mills led the way with 126 yards on 13 rushing attempts and two touchdowns. Peyton Addison ran for an additional 26 yards and two touchdowns. Corbin and Knox Central come into Friday’s game as familiar foes. The Redhounds beat the Panthers, 34-7 at Campbell Field on Oct. 9. In that game, Corbin used a...

Another state title came home to Corbin Saturday as the Redhounds Eighth Grade football team defeated South Oldham, 28–8, to capture the Division II title and cap a perfect 9-0 season. The Redhounds jumped out to a 14-0 lead, and held South Oldham scoreless for almost three quarters. Corbin got on the board in the first quarter when Gage Feltner scored on a 12-yard run. With the two-point conversion, the Redhounds led, 8-0. Midway through the second quarter, Corbin stretched the lead to 14-0 when Kade Elam hit Noah Cima with a 26-yard TD pass. Corbin had stretched the lead to 20-8 when a 43-yard run by Elam set the Redhounds up on...

Football playoffs are being delayed in Kentucky, according to an announcement by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association Saturday morning. The KHSAA notified member schools Saturday morning that the start of the football playoffs will be delayed one week in an effort to provide schools and school systems time to review their situations and work with their health departments to determine the best course of action. The first round of the playoffs will now take place the weekend of Nov. 19-21 with no additional planned changes in the playoff structure at this point in time. In the meantime, schools and school systems should review site strategies, seating capacities, and all other...

The football game scheduled to take place on Friday, September 11, between the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets and the Frankfort Panthers has been called off. Williamsburg Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Jerry Herron confirmed early Friday afternoon that the game was cancelled, saying, "Frankfort contacted us late last week, saying they wouldn't be able to play due to COVID concerns. They didn't feel like they would be safe travelling here for the game." According to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association's website, Frankfort has since scheduled a replacement game for Friday at Shelby County. This trip would see the Panthers travelling about 30 minutes for their game, as opposed to the...

Friday, just one day after the Kentucky High School Athletic Association recommended that fall sports proceed as planned, it was announced that a football player at Whitley County High School had tested positive for COVID-19. “In an effort to keep our school family and community informed, we want to share that the Whitley County Health Department has advised us that we have a student-athlete from our high school football team who has tested positive for COVID-19. The health department is in the process of conducting contact tracing,” the school district wrote in a statement on its website Friday afternoon. “If you are a parent/guardian of a high school football player and...

After last week’s ruling from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association that they would move forward with their plan to begin fall athletics in early September, there was much speculation about whether Gov. Andy Beshear would override the decision during his Monday press briefing. As it turns out, Beshear decided to not reverse the KHSAA’s decision, but he also made it clear that he does not think it is wise for schools to allow athletic competitions to resume at this point in time, explaining that we are currently in a perilous situation where the number of new cases of COVID-19 could begin to spike again if we make the mistake...

At its Board of Control meeting Thursday morning, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association discussed the possibility of adopting further changes to the 2020 fall sports season. In the end, however, the board voted to keep the current plan in place that would have athletes being able to officially begin practices on Monday, August 24. Details of the plan to resume athletic activities this fall include the following: The sports of soccer and volleyball will be allowed to conduct intrasquad scrimmages beginning with the first day of practice on Aug. 24. Football will be “restricted to phase-in of activity per Bylaw 23 and revised guidance.” Interscholastic scrimmaging will not be...

In a nearly three-hour online board of control meeting Tuesday, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association has outlined how school sports should proceed as we enter into the fall season. KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett spoke early on during Tuesday’s meeting saying that he and other association officials have been closely monitoring all data concerning COVID-19 in the state. He said that it is important to be careful while moving forward with any attempts to resume school sports, also acknowledging that the association needs to be continue to be ready to make adjustments to any and all plans “at a moment’s notice” if necessary. Before beginning discussion on how the fall season...

A reception was held Thursday evening in the Corbin High School cafeteria to officially welcome Tom Greer as the newest head coach of the Redhounds football program. Highlights from Greer's speech included the following... Thanked Corbin Schools Superintendent Dave Cox for giving him the opportunity to apply for the position of head coach of the Corbin High School football program. Also thanked CHS Principal John Crawford and the hiring committee for giving him this opportunity. Thanked many members of his family for their love and support. Talked about growing up in Corbin, and being involved in athletics from a young age. Recounted his experiences being a member of the...

Former Corbin High School Football Assistant Head Coach Tommy Greer has been named as the new head coach of the Redhounds. Corbin High School Principal John Crawford, who served on the search committee, confirmed the decision Friday. Greer, who stepped away from the team in 2019 as he took on an administrative role in the school system as safety director, and director of pupil personnel, will return to the sidelines. He was an assistant under former Coach Justin Haddix during the Redhounds runs to consecutive appearances in the KHSAA state championship game in 2017 and 2018. A reception to introduce Greer as the new coach will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday in...