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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 last week’s statistics report was sent out by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, the names of two Whitley County Lady Colonels appeared on the state leader board for three-point field goals. Freshman Kaelie Frazier topped the list, with 52 three-point shots made in 117 attempts, averaging out to 3.7 three-point goals per game. Coming in at number twelve on the list was Frazier’s teammate, sophomore Abbey Estes, who had made 39 three-point buckets in 107 attempts, averaging 2.6 goals per game. Add to these stats one more three-point shot for Frazier and three more for Estes in a losing effort against Lynn Camp over the weekend, and you have two...

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On Monday, November 30 Corbin High School angler Matt Brown signed on to attend classes and fish competitively for Bryan College in Tennessee. He is the first from Corbin to even sign a scholarship to fish at the collegiate level. “It feels great,” Brown said of the opportunity. “I’m excited to be able to fish in college. It’s a cool thing to think about.” Brown has accomplished a great deal while fishing competitively at the high school level, and Bryan Head Coach Mike Keen is excited to see what he will have to offer at the next level. “Matt and I got to talking about a year ago through texts and e-mail,...