Sports

It’s that time of year again… In towns all over the country Little League baseball players are coming together to compete in annual All-Stars tournaments. There are a total of four All-Stars teams in our coverage area this summer – the Corbin 9-10 year-old All-Stars, the Corbin 11-year-old All-Stars, the Corbin 11-12 year-old All-Stars and the Williamsburg 11-12 year-old All-Stars. The following will introduce you to those teams, as well as provide you with an update on their progress. Corbin 9-10 All-Stars Cayden Barton, Clayton Botner, Lucas Brittain, JP Carmichael, Cody Gibson, Peyton Hamilton, Gary Hubbs, Eli Pietrowski, Landen Rose, Isaiah Smith, Keaton Smith, Cole Stevens and Camden Estep The Corbin 9-10 year-old All-Stars team,...

Thanks to action by the Williamsburg Independent Board of Education last Thursday night, high school girls will have a new sport to play this fall and a former head groundskeeper is being honored with the football field being partially renamed in his honor. During a special meeting Thursday, the board voted to accept a proposal to add girl’s volleyball as a new sport starting this fall. Athletic Director John Harris told the board that perspective players began practicing after Christmas last year, and he is planning for about 20 total participants, including both the varsity and junior varsity programs. Superintendent Dr. Amon Couch said that a Title 9 audit last fall indicated...

In 2015, Cauz-N-Ruckus battled their way to a 42nd Annual Woodbine Rebels Softball Shootout championship. In 2016, many of the Ruckus players returned to Corbin’s Miller Park as members of the team Mar-Kel, going undefeated to secure the tournament’s 43rd championship crown. Now Ruckus is once again finding themselves back on top of the men’s softball mountain after taking home the championship trophy of the 44th Annual Rebels Shootout this past weekend. Ruckus, which features several players from the tri-county area, won all of their games between Friday and Sunday afternoon to become champions of the winners bracket. They defeated Short Construction out of Louisville in the quarterfinals Saturday evening, and ended...

The following nine individuals, and one team, will be inducted this September as the inaugural class of the Whitley County Athletic Hall of Fame... 1985 Girls Basketball State Championship Team The 85 Lady Colonels reached the pinnacle of basketball, shocking the Commonwealth with a 4 game run in the Sweet Sixteen at Western Kentucky’s Diddle Arena, defeating Louisville Atherton in the Title Game. The 85 edition of the Lady Colonels won a school record 30 games while losing only twice. The 13th Region title won in a 39-27 victory over Clay County is still the schools only Basketball Regional Title. Hope Peace Akins - Class of 1986 She led her team to Whitley...

The Tri-County Sports Authority is gearing up for another exciting youth football season in 2017. Things got kicked off in a big way this past Monday with the annual TCSA camp, held at Corbin High School. The one-day camp is hosted each year by the Redhounds football team, and this year’s event saw around 100 kids participating. In addition to getting the chance to win awards in punt, pass, kick and racing competitions, all campers had the opportunity to sign up to be a part of the upcoming fall season. “We’ve seen an increase every year,” TCSA President Chad Estep said of recent participation in the camp. “Kids get an hour-and-a-half...

Now that high school spring sports have officially wrapped up it is time to begin thinking about what the next school year will have in store. The beginning of new football, volleyball, soccer, golf and cross country seasons are just on the horizon, but basketball is never far from the collective consciousness of sports fans in the state of Kentucky. Lucky for round ball enthusiasts, each summer boys and girls high school teams are able to come together for a few weeks to compete in a series of scrimmage games and tournaments. Two big tournaments just wrapped up recently, with the first-ever Laurel County Hoopfest taking place in London, and...

The 2017 News Journal All-County high school baseball and softball selections are as follows... OVERALL COUNTY MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS Baseball - Cole Brock, Sr P/INF (Corbin) - The senior leader for the Redhounds had a monster year, striking out a total of 77 batters with a 1.897 ERA. He also got the job done at the plate, recording 56 hits, including 13 home runs, knocking in 36 runs in the process. His batting average and on base percentages were among the highest on the team. Thanks in large part to Brock’s efforts, Corbin was able to win 25 games and successfully defend their 50th District championship crown in 2017. Softball - Halia Stidham,...

The Lynn Camp Wildcats were not able to qualify for the 13th Region baseball tournament this year, but they were still able to finish with a winning record, including victories over region opponents Harlan, Bell County, Red Bird, Pineville, Oneida Baptist and Williamsburg. This week, in the final Senior Spotlight feature of the spring 2017 season, we meet the senior Cats that have led the way for the Lynn Camp baseball program over the past few months. Dylan Brown has played baseball all of his four years at LCHS. He has been counted on to provide consistency on the pitching mound in recent years, but has also put time in behind...

There are no coverage area high school baseball or softball teams left standing after Monday’s first round games in the 2017 13th Region tournaments. In the softball tournament, held at South Laurel High School, the Corbin Lady Hounds kicked things off Monday with a game at noon against the North Laurel Lady Jaguars. After a three-run top of the second inning, a solo home run from Emily Sizemore in the top of the fourth and a one-run top of the fifth, the Jags looked as if they might be able to end Corbin’s 2017 season with a shutout loss. The Hounds prevented that, however, with sophomore Harleigh Grubb smacking an...

The week got off to a great start for the Corbin Lady Hounds softball team, defeating Williamsburg 9-0 in the first round of this year’s 50th District tournament, which was played at Corbin High School. The victory was especially sweet for the Lady Hounds’ three senior players – Mollie Daniel, Sarah Beth Price and Sienna Lawson – who are now hoping to move on and contend for a regional title next week. “Softball has just been a really big part of my life,” said Daniel, and 18-year-old infielder. “It has helped me to develop into the person I am. I’ve met a lot of really great people, and being a part...