Football

The following are scores of interest for high school football games played on Friday, October 7... The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets picked up their third win of the season Friday, defeating the visiting Harlan Green Dragons 30-8. More importantly, the win puts Williamsburg at 1-0 in district play ahead of their road game at Pineville next week. Speaking of Pineville, the Mountain Lions were able to travel to Lynn Camp Friday and come away with a 35-28 victory, giving the Wildcats their first loss since week 0. Lynn Camp will try to rebound next week when they travel to face Harlan. And finally, the Whitley County Colonels continued their winning ways Friday, picking...

The following is a collection of the high school football coverage appearing in the October 5 edition of the News Journal... Whitley Wins Again: Colonels fend off North Laurel, secure fifth victory in a row A blocked field goal with only seconds left in last Friday’s game between the Whitley County Colonels and the North Laurel Jaguars sealed the deal and gave Whitley a one-point win, 23-22, improving them to 5-1 on the season, 1-0 in district play. “There is nothing like this,” said senior wide receiver Tyler Downs after the game. “This is unreal.” Down led the Colonels in receiving yards against the Jags, finishing the night with a total of 51,...

The following are final scores of interest for high school football games played on the evening of Friday, September 30... The Whitley County Colonels have now won five games in a row, improving to 5-1 on the season and 1-0 in district play when they were able to hang on and defeat the North Laurel Jaguars in London Friday by the final score of 23-22. Next up for the Colonels will be a home game against the Perry County Central Commodores on Friday, October 7. The Lynn Camp Wildcats also extended their win streak Friday, defeating visiting Clinton County 41-32 to secure their sixth victory in a row and improve them...

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...