Football

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...

Corbin High School students, faculty, staff, and supporters of the Redhound athletics program all packed themselves into Gilliam Gymnasium Tuesday morning to honor legendary football player Rodger Bird, who reached the pinnacle of the sport in 1968 when he appeared in Super Bowl II as a member of the Oakland Raiders. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl in 2016, the National Football League is presenting high schools across the nation with golden footballs for producing players that later went on to compete in the championship game. On Tuesday, Bird signed the gold ball that is now prominently displayed inside the brand new trophy case located just outside...

On Tuesday, January 19 Corbin High School will be receiving a golden football from the National Football League in honor of former Redhound and Oakland Raider Rodger Bird. Bird will present the football next Tuesday evening inside Gilliam Gymnasium in between the Lady Hounds’ basketball game against Boyle County and the boys’ game against Jackson County. He will also speak to CHS students in a school-wide assembly at 11:00 a.m. that day. Corbin is among thousands of high schools from across the nation that will be receiving a golden football this year for having a graduate that went on to participate in a Super Bowl. This is being done in celebration...

When Allen Harris was named as the new head coach of the Lynn Camp football program he made it his goal to return the Wildcats to a tradition of winning. In order to make that happen, Harris knew that his players would need to look and feel like winners whenever they would come together to work out and discuss game strategy. The Cats now have the perfect place to do just that with the recent unveiling of a brand new field house, complete with shiny new weightlifting equipment, a storage closet filled with new pads and helmets, and a custom locker room area for the Wildcats to store all of...