Football

The following are high school football scores of interest for the evening of Friday, August 19. The Corbin Redhounds hosted the Whitley County Colonels at Campbell Field Friday, coming away with a 42-6 victory to start the 2016 season off at 1-0. The Hounds will host Louisville Central next week in this year's Cumberland Falls Pigskin Classic. As for the Colonels, they will regroup and prepare for their season home opener against Middlesboro next week. The Lynn Camp Wildcats took the visiting Perry Central Commodores down to the wire Friday, but in the end the Cats would end up losing a heartbreaker, 35-34. Next week Lynn Camp will be on the road...

The Lynn Camp Wildcats showed a lot of promise in the 2015 season. They got off to a rough start with a 40-0 loss at Perry Central, but then they won four straight, defeating McCreary Central, Jackson County, Berea and Jenkins. The Cats had a poor showing at Jellico, TN, losing 44-14, and then they lost a nail biter to Clinton County a week later, 28-26. They finished out the regular season getting blanked in district play, followed by a 68-8 defeat at the hands of eventual Class A state champions Pikeville in the first round of the KHSAA playoffs. All-in-all, 2015 was a bit of a letdown for Lynn Camp....

The 2016 Williamsburg Yellow Jackets will have a somewhat different look compared to recent years. In past seasons, Head Coach Jerry Herron has had the luxury of large senior classes. This season, however, he is only dressing five senior players. Herron said the decreased amount of seniors on his roster may be different than what he and his staff have grown accustomed to, but the silver lining is that many of his younger Jackets were able to get their feet wet in varsity games last year. So, even though this group may be younger in terms of their age, they are still bringing some valuable on-the-field expereince with them into...

Whitley County football Head Coach Jason Chappell is very excited with the 2016 season about to kickoff. He is eager to see his Colonels in action on the field, saying recently, “I really love our football team. I love where we’re at right now. This group has been absolutely getting after it. Physically, we’re a different bunch. I love the things that we’re capable of doing. I like our football team a lot.” Chappell graduated some key members of his roster last season, most notably senior quarterback Luke Woods, but he has a lot of talent coming back this fall, including eleven seniors who are motivated to lead Whitley to...

The Corbin Redhounds were one step away from their goal of playing for a Class 3A state championship in 2015. This year, Head Coach Justin Haddix seems confident that his team will be able to play their way back to the state semis, where they are likely to face a rematch with the defending state champion Belfry Pirates. A lot has to happen between now and then, however. Presently, Haddix and company are simply focusing on what they need to do to win games and advance on to the next challenge each week of the 2016 season. “As a team, we’re farther ahead of where we were last year at this...

The Tri-County Sports Authority has been giving youth in this area the opportunity to learn the game of football for ten years now, and after a decade of success, current TCSA President Chad Estep says that he is excited about what the future will hold for the organization. “We started out small, but we have continued to grow each year,” said Estep. “Now, in our tenth year of existence, we are trying to expand again, and adapt to being one of the only youth football organizations left functioning in this area.” Estep explained that due to increased expenses and stringent new guidelines, many youth football leagues have been forced to fold...

The University of the Cumberlands (UC) Football program had a very solid season in 2015 as they rebounded with a 7-3 record overall, just coming up short of making yet another appearance in the NAIA Football Championship Series. Numerous Patriots would have stellar campaigns this year, but one Patriot continues to stand out with his explosiveness and athleticism as he now has moved on to pursue a career in the National Football League. The Houston Texans have reached a free agent deal with former University of the Cumberlands wide receiver Wendall Williams (Syracuse, NY), one of the fastest incoming rookies in the country. Williams ran hand timed 40-yard dash in...

The University of the Cumberlands (UC) takes pride in its athletes and their abilities. One athlete, Wendall Williams (Syracuse, NY), has done many things both on the football field and on the track for the Patriots in the last two years. After winning the NAIA National Championship in the long jump his junior year, he would break school and NAIA records during his senior season of football for kick return yards in a single game. Now, he’s setting new records on a much larger level. Williams would earn an invite to the Minnesota NFL Regional Combine on Saturday, March 5th at Winter Park, the home of the Minnesota Vikings’ practice...

The Mid-South Conference and The Sun Conference are merging to form the largest football conference in college sports. Conference officials announced Thursday that beginning with the 2017 season, the Mid-South Conference will include 20 teams which will compete in three divisions. The new, expanded football conference will allow three teams to earn an automatic bid to the NAIA Football Championship Series. "University of the Cumberlands is excited about the football expansion of the Mid-South Conference that will take effect in the fall of 2017,” said Randy Vernon, vice president for athletics at University of the Cumberlands. “The addition of seven institutions will increase the number of football schools in the MSC from...

On Thursday morning inside the gymnasium at Corbin High School, senior Redhound Harley Lambert officially signed on to play football for the University of the Cumberlands. Lambert, who has earned several honors and awards for his outstanding play on the defensive line, was one of the senior leaders that helped the 2015 football Hounds win district and regional championships. He also recently competed in the annual Kentucky-Tennessee Border Bowl All-Star Game at UC. When asked about getting to continue his education and athletic career as a Patriot, he said, “Cumberlands is a great school, and this a great opportunity for me to start a new chapter in my life. I’m really...