Football

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...