Football

The following is a collection of the high school football coverage found in the September 28 edition of the News Journal... The streak continues: Wildcats hope to make it six in a row against Clinton Co The Lynn Camp Wildcats continued their current win streak last Friday night, defeating the visiting Jellico Blue Devils 40-38. Jellico won this game last year by a large margin, so this year’s result would seem to indicate that the Wildcats are indeed a much improved bunch. Once again, the Cats did most of their work on the ground, with sophomore running back Dalton Cook finishing the night with 119 rushing yards and one touchdown. Junior Brenton Medlin finished...

The following is the high school football coverage appearing in the September 21 edition of the News Journal... Colonels Conquer Cats You have to go all the way back to the year 2000 to find the last time that Whitley County defeated Bell County in football, but that streak was broken last Friday night when the Colonels defeated the Bobcats on Log Mountain in Pineville by the final score of 20-6. “I feel ecstatic,” said senior running back Nathan Jackson after the win. “We worked hard this offseason, and I’m just glad that we could come out here and prove to all of our fans that we can power through teams like...

The following are final results of interest for high school football games played on Friday, September 16... The Whitley County Colonels improved their record to 3-1 on the year with a 20-6 victory at Bell County. The Colonels will be back at home next week when they welcome in the South Laurel Cardinals. The Corbin Redhounds are still undefeated at 5-0 after a 20-8 win at Pulaski Southwestern Friday. The Hounds will face another tough test in their next matchup, traveling to face the Mayfield Cardinals at Lindsey Wilson College. The Lynn Camp Wildcats have now won four in a row after making the trip to Jenkins Friday and defeating the Cavaliers...

It was a good night in Williamsburg last Friday, with both the Yellow Jackets and the Whitley County Colonels picking up wins on their home turf. It was a tight one over at Finley-Legion Field, but Head Coach Jerry Herron’s Yellow Jackets were finally able to secure their first victory of 2016, defeating Frankfort by just one point, 34-33. Junior quarterback Alec Poore shined in the win for Williamsburg, passing for 150 yards and throwing one TD to senior receiver Hagen Hawn, who ended the night with over 100 yards receiving. Poore also did damage on the ground, leading the team with 80 rushing yards and one rushing TD. Dalton Ponder and...

Last week the Corbin Redhounds improved to 4-0 in convincing fashion, traveling to Danville and handing the Admirals their first loss of the 2016 season - a 28-7 decision that has put everyone on notice that the Hounds and most definitely for real this year. “We did a great job,” said Corbin Head Coach Justin Haddix of his team’s performance. “Kudos to Danville, who is really well coached and has some great athletes, but our team was just very prepared tonight. We came out, and we played the way that we were supposed to.” Senior Dylan Brock put the Hounds on the board first, scoring on a short-yardage carry for a...

The following stories were included in the September 7, 2016 edition of the News Journal... Wildcats defeat Jackson County, travel to Berea next The Lynn Camp Wildcats improved to 2-1 on the season last Friday night with a very convincing 49-28 win over the visiting Jackson County Generals on Alumni Night. Senior quarterback Dylan Brown shined for the Cats, passing for 216 yards and four touchdowns in the win. Dalton Cook, Nathan Farris, Brenton Medlin and Brandon Smith all finished with one reception for a score on the night. Medlin was the overall leading receiver, finishing with just under 100 yards gained. Cook led the way in the Lynn Camp ground attack,...

The following is a collection of all the high school football coverage appearing in the August 31 edition of the News Journal: Miracle in McCreary; Jose Torres boots game-winning field goal for Lynn Camp After a tough loss against Perry County Central in their season opener, Lynn Camp showed up to win last Friday evening at McCreary Central High School. Just two minutes into the first quarter, junior Brandon Smith intercepted a pass and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown. Fellow junior Jesus Torres made the extra point, giving the Wildcats the 7-0 lead. Five seconds later, at 10:17, Lynn Camp sophomore River Helton recovered a McCreary fumble, which would eventually lead...

The following are final scores of interest from high school football games played on Friday, August 26: The Corbin Redhounds captured the 2016 Cumberland Falls Pigskin Classic championship title with a 20-14 win over visiting Louisville Central. The win puts the Redhounds at 2-0 on the year ahead of a road game at Clay County next week. Whitley County got their first win of 2016 Friday, defeating Middlesboro at Colonel Stadium by the final score of 38-8. Whitley, now 1-1, will get a bye next week. The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets fell to 0-2 on the season Friday, losing 42-27 on the road in Somerset. The Jackets will try again to put a...

On a historic night in Williamsburg, Kentucky, the UC Football Patriots opened their 2016 season under the lights on Thursday night against the NAIA #17 ranked Tigers of Campbellsville University (CU). The Patriots would fall behind early, but would show grit and determination as they would score 23 straight points to take the lead. CU would score again in the 4th, but the Pats would hold tight for the 23-17 victory. The win moves the Patriots to 1-0 on the season. In the 1st quarter, the Tigers would open the game with 10 unanswered points off two UC turnovers including a 37 yard field goal from Bradley Bates and an...

The Corbin Redhounds came out and took care of business against the visiting Whitley County Colonels last Friday night, cruising to a 42-6 victory to start the 2016 season off at 1-0. “I thought it was a pretty good performance,” Corbin Head Coach Justin Haddix said of his team after the win. “We started off kind of sluggish, but we were eventually able to pick it up and get it going. I thought our kids responded well, and kept fighting all night.” The very early stages of the game actually seemed to favor Whitley, but once the Hounds got on the board they stomped on the gas and never looked back....