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When Williamsburg sophomore Selena Mattingly entered into the spring 2017 season, she carried with her a lot of heavy expectations. After becoming a state champion in both the 800-meter and 1600-meter runs in 2016, all eyes were on her to once again accomplish big things on the track this year. The road has not been easy for Mattingly these past few months, but by the time region competition rolled around two weeks ago she looked ready to defend her crowns, qualifying for state with region championship victories in the 1600, 400, 800 and 3200-meter races. This dominating performance gave her plenty of momentum heading into this past Saturday’s KHSAA Class...

The 13th Region was well represented at the state level once again this year, with a total of twelve coverage area players advancing to compete in last week’s KHSAA championships in Lexington. Corbin had two teams in the boys doubles bracket – region champions Peyton Hamlin/Brady Keith, and the pairing of Seth and Zane Maguet. Hamlin and Keith were defeated in round one last Thursday morning by Michael Ioffe and Spencer Strelsov (5) of DuPont Manual 6-4, 6-2, while the Maguets were defeated in round one by Chandler Nguyen and Wes Patterson of Russell 6-0, 6-3. Head Coach Nickie Dixon said of her four boys, “The Maguets had a hard-fought match...

Tuesday was, indeed, a good day to be a Corbin Redhound. The Lady Hounds softball team came into this year's 50th District tournament ready to take care of business, and take care of business they did. First they defeated Williamsburg 9-0 on Monday night (see our May 24 print edition for full details), and then they topped South Laurel Tuesday 10-4 to become district champs in 2017. "I was very, very pleased with our performance," said senior catcher Sarah Beth Price after the exciting win. "This is what I hoped for, and now we just have to move on to region and do our best." "I am so excited," added fellow senior...

After 11 years of leading the Williamsburg High School boys basketball program, Patrick Robinson has decided to step down as head coach of the Yellow Jackets. A press release sent out by WHS Athletic Director John Harris Thursday said, “The Williamsburg Independent School District wishes to announce that it has started the search process for a new head boys’ basketball coach. After 11 years of being the head boys’ basketball coach at WHS, Coach Patrick Robinson is stepping down from that position to focus on his other administrative duties at WISD.” “During Coach Robinson’s tenure as head coach, Jacket basketball accomplished great things, including 2010 and 2015 All A Region Championships,...

The following is a complete list of the athletes from Williamsburg High School that have qualified to compete in the 2017 1A state championship track and field meet in Lexington this Saturday, May 20… Girls 4x800M relay team of Natalia Munoz, Madison Combs, Abigail Schwarz and Jamie Moses (Region runner-up, 11:54.10) Boys 4x800M relay team of James Brown, Garrett Combs, Tate Fields and Brady Jones (Region champions, 9:14.51) Girls 100M hurdlers Danasia Buchanon (Region runner-up, 16.79) and Macy Damron (Region third place, 18.15) Boys 110M hurdler Hagen Hawn (Region champion, 16.51) Boys 100M sprinter Kyle Davis (Region runner-up, 11.92) Girls 4x200M relay team of Fhazaneh Jackson, Danasia Buchanon, Macy Damron and Makayla Mack (Region champions,...

The state championship tennis brackets were released by the KHSAA Tuesday morning, and here is where our competitors from Corbin and Whitley County ended up... In boys singles, Whitley County’s Reece Halcomb will face Vincent Shiben of McCracken County Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. at Shillito Park in Lexington. The winner of that match is scheduled to take the court again Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Whitley’s Chris Tan will face Cameron Mount of South Oldham Thursday at 9:15 a.m., also at Shillito Park. The winner of that match will play again at 2:00 p.m. as well. In boys doubles, Corbin’s Peyton Hamlin and Brady Keith will face Michael Ioffe and Spencer Strelsov...

This From the Sidelines column appeared in the May 17, 2017 edition of the News Journal... We are now just days away from the 2017 high school baseball and softball postseasons, and I for one am very eager to see how everything is going to play out. The 50th District tournaments are set to get underway Monday, May 22 at Corbin High School. The host Redhounds are the top seed in the baseball bracket, and are looking like the favorites to repeat as district champs this year. Since entering the month of May, the Hounds have picked up wins over Knox Central, West Jessamine, Barbourville, McCreary Central and Middlesboro. They fell...

The new head coach of the Corbin Lady Hounds basketball program was announced Monday afternoon, and it’s a familiar face. Former Redhound basketball player Isaac Wilson has been chosen to fill the position that was made vacant last month when former head coach Jason McDaniel announced that he was resigning after four years of leading the program. Wilson attended Corbin High School from 2007-2010. He was a standout member of the boys basketball team, earning the opportunity to continue his playing career at Alice Lloyd College. After starting for four years at the collegiate level, he graduated in 2014 with a degree in math education. He served as an assistant coach...

The 2017 high school tennis season officially wraps up this weekend at the KHSAA state championships in Lexington, but before that happens we have five more coverage area tennis players to meet in this week’s Senior Spotlight. Bruce Hopkins has been playing tennis at Lynn Camp for the past four years. Perhaps most well-known for his ability on the basketball court, he said that competing in tennis is much different because he is all by himself in that environment. Similar to many athletes at LCHS, Hopkins has participated in several different sports during his time as a Wildcats. In addition to basketball and tennis, he has also competed as a cross...

On Tuesday, the 2017 13th Region tennis tournaments concluded with four championship matches at Whitley County High School. In boys doubles, the team of Brady Keith and Peyton Hamlin from Corbin defeated their opponents from Middlesboro in a very competitive matchup – 7-5, 5-7, 10-3. After the match, Keith said, “This feels great. I was confident coming in, but I also knew that it was going to be a tough match.” Hamlin added, “I’m pretty relieved, honestly. We just played our hearts out, though, and I’m glad that we were able to win. Now I hope that we can continue our success up in Lexington.” It was Corbin versus Corbin in the...