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This time last year Peyton Buford was on his way to becoming 2016 News Journal All-County Player of the Year by helping the Corbin Redhounds to a 22-15 season, including a 50th District championship and an appearance in the semifinals of the 13th Region tournament. Now a freshman at Alice Lloyd College, Buford is finding a way to contribute to the Eagles baseball program. He recently spoke about his experiences for this special feature story. On life at Alice Lloyd College… “Things are going good. It’s different than being in Corbin, and I admit that was a little nervous coming in, but I decided that I was going to do whatever it...

UPDATE: The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets (4-4) fell to visiting Middlesboro 15-3 Thursday evening in the championship game of this year's 13th Region All "A" tournament. Middlesboro took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Williamsburg was able to tie the game up at 3-3 after two runs were walked in and sophomore Hunter Brown knocked in another in the bottom of the inning. Middlesboro loaded the bases in the top of the third, and would add eight more runs to the board to retake the lead, 11-3. They would extend their lead further in the fourth inning with four more runs, going on to win 15-3 in five...

Sophomore Whitley County Colonel Neel Patel and sophomore Corbin Redhound Trey Cima are about to head overseas to represent their state and their country in Holland as members of Kentucky Youth Soccer’s Boys Olympic Development Team. Patel and Cima will be departing the United States for Europe later this week, and are scheduled to return on Sunday, April 9. While in Holland, Patel and Cima will train and compete alongside other players in the Olympic Development Program, and they will also have the exciting opportunity to pick up knowledge from members of the professional soccer club Feyenoord Rotterdam. The News Journal will provide more from the trip once Patel and Cima return.

The Corbin tennis program is off to another fantastic start in 2017, with both the boys and the girls teams hopeful of adding more regional championship trophies to their already impressive collection. After a strong showing in Bowling Green over the weekend, the tennis Hounds are now looking to go into spring break next week with a couple more victories under their belts. Providing veteran leadership all along the way this spring are three seniors – Zane Maguet, Jessica Keith and Casie McBurney – who recently took the time to offer their comments for Senior Spotlight. Maguet, 19, is in his fifth year of competitive tennis. When asked about his experience...

A Hailey Richardson RBI that brought Kayla Gibson home in the top of the sixth inning was the only run that the Williamsburg Lady Jackets would score in their 11-1 loss to Middlesboro Thursday night in the championship game of this year's 13th Region All "A" Softball Classic. The Lady Jackets defeated OBI and Lynn Camp to earn a spot in the All "A" region finals, but with their loss to Middlesboro they drop to 2-1 on the year. Junior Kelsey Tye pitched the entire game Thursday, striking out three batters. After the game, Williamsburg Head Coach Jason Prewitt said, "We acted really timid. In these situations, we just don't know...

This time last year Jaclyn Jewell was competing as a senior member of the Corbin High School tennis team. Along with her doubles partner, Ellie Jane Carloftis, she would go on to finish in the top eight at the 2016 KHSAA state championships – the farthest she had ever advanced in all her years competing at the state level, both as a middle school and a high school athlete. Now Jewell has taken her game to the next level as a freshman member of the University of the Cumberlands women’s tennis team. The Patriots currently stands at 5-5 this spring, with a big match against visiting Georgetown College scheduled for...

On June 1, 2017 Corbin’s own Rodger Bird will join the likes of Muhammad Ali, Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Johnny Unitas and Secretariat when he becomes one of the newest members of the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. Bird, who graduated from Corbin High School in 1962, was twice named to the All-State list as a Redhound football player. In 1960 he helped lead the team to an undefeated season. He later went on to play college ball at the University of Kentucky, where he was a first team All-American for the Wildcats, and has since received SEC Legend honors. He was a first-round draft pick for the Oakland Raiders...

This From the Sidelines column appeared in the March 15, 2017 edition of the News Journal... When both your boys and your girls basketball programs end up competing in the region tournament at the end of the season, you have to consider that to be a pretty successful year for that particular high school. That is exactly how things ended up for Lynn Camp in 2017, as both teams are continuing to trend in the right direction. The Wildcat boys finished the season with an overall record of 18-13, giving Knox Central all they could handle in the 51st District championship game before nearly knocking off eventual region champions Harlan County at...

The News Journal's All-County Overall Most Valuable Players for 2017 are... Overall Boys Player of the Year – Andrew Taylor (Jr, Corbin) As the Redhounds’ leading scorer and rebounder, it comes as no surprise that Taylor would be named County Player of the Year for the 2016-17 season. Solidifying himself as one of the top players in the state during his junior campaign, he led Corbin to 27 wins this winter, including a Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament championship, a 50th District championship and a 13th Region runner-up title, among other accomplishments. His list of personal awards and achievements this season include 13th Region Media First Team and 13th Region All-Tournament Team selections, as...

Redhounds ready to take the field as defending 50th District champs After a 22-win season and a 50th District championship in 2016, expectations are high for the Corbin Redhounds baseball team this spring. The Hounds graduated a few key players from that district championship squad, but Head Coach Cody Philpot is confident in the overall ability of his returning players. “We lost a really good senior class,” Philpot said. “Getting that district championship was big for those guys, but I actually think the ceiling could be higher for us this year. We are a little bit more athletic throughout the lineup, but at the same time, a lot of those guys...