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Brent Jackson has led the charge for the Corbin Middle School football program as head coach for the past 28 years. In what could have very well been his final game at the helm, the eighth grade Redhounds went out on top with a 14-8 state championship win over Paducah in the finals of this year’s Kentucky Middle School Football Association Division 2 tournament. “They are as resilient as any group that we’ve had,” Jackson said of his 2024 eighth grade squad. “I can’t say enough about how proud I am of them.” The state championship game was played this past Saturday at Lexington Christian Academy. Corbin defeated McCreary County and...

Corbin’s Olivia Jones once made a name for herself on the soccer field by denying goals as a three-year starting goalkeeper for the Lady Hounds. These days, she is all about obtaining goals as a fast-rising audio production assistant working for major networks such as NBC and ESPN. Recently, Jones received an Emmy Award for her contributions to the production of the 2023 NFL Draft, which was held in Kansas City, Mo. She served as an audio assistant on a team that was recognized by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences in the category of “outstanding technical team studio.” Jones is a 2018 graduate of Corbin High School. She helped...

This week, the second round of the 2024 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championship football playoffs will be contested. The News Journal’s two remaining coverage area teams - the Corbin Redhounds and the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets - are both set to host opponents that they have a lot of history with. Redhounds facing former district rival Wayne County Cardinals The Corbin Redhounds and the Wayne County Cardinals know each other very well. They have battled it out in multiple big game situations, and have spent many years competing as rivals in the same district. Corbin made the jump from Class 2A to Class 3A in 2011. They defeated Wayne County...

Whitley County High School senior Chris Cureton is a true renaissance man. He is a baseball player, a bass fisherman, he’s the quarterback of the Colonel football team, and he is a trained welder. Another role of his that he takes great pride in is that of president of the school’s FFA Club. “Coming into high school, FFA wasn’t actually something that I was interested in,” Cureton explained. “I lived on a farm, but FFA just wasn’t an organization that I knew that much about.” It didn’t take long for Cureton to gravitate towards the club, however, joining as a sophomore at the urging of some classmates and finding himself serving...

The road to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championships kicks off this week for high school football teams across the Commonwealth. In our coverage area, fans will be following along closely with the action in the Class A and Class 4A tournament brackets. Williamsburg, Lynn Camp to meet in special Thursday encounter Earlier this week, it was announced that the first round game between the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets and the Lynn Camp Wildcats will be played on Thursday, Nov. 7, at Williamsburg High School. The Jackets come into this contest with an overall record of 7-1, having won their last six games in a row. Senior quarterback Nate Goodin has...

After regional competition at Cave Lake Park in Wayne County over the weekend, all four coverage area high schools will be sending runners to compete in this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Cross Country Championships. The Corbin girls traveled to Wayne County on Saturday and gave a dominant performance in the Class 2A, Region 5 championship race, with all team members finishing in the top 20 to give the Lady Hounds their latest regional championship trophy. From Corbin: Emma Massengill, regional champion in 20:46.74 Hadley Elmore, region runner-up in 21:11.46 Jaycee Frye, seventh place in 22:32.08 Lynlee Flynn, 13th place in 23:28.67 Addison Owens, 15th place in 23:39.95 Mallory...

Earlier this week, the brand new athletic commons area at Corbin High School was officially unveiled to the community. For many current Redhounds and Lady Hounds, it was a chance to check out the facility that they will call home for the duration of their high school athletic careers. “It’s going to be great,” said tennis Coach Chris Jones. “The courts have been resurfaced, there are separate locker rooms for the boys and the girls, they have added bleachers, and then, of course, there is the tower.” The tower that Jones is referring to is a large structure located at the center of the commons area that provides coaches and officials...

Regular season district play wrapped up for coverage area teams in week 10. The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets completed an undefeated run against district opponents, winning their fifth straight game with a 38-0 shutout victory over the visiting Harlan Green Dragons. Meanwhile, the Corbin Redhounds improved to 8-1 overall, 3-0 in district play, with a 49-3 win on the road at Perry County Central. The Whitley County Colonels put up a fight at Letcher County Central, but ended up on the losing end of a 35-28 final decision. The loss drops the Colonels to 4-5, 1-2. Finally, the Lynn Camp Wildcats made the trip to Pineville and dropped their fourth game in a row,...

Will Freeman and Ethan Mott are the two outgoing senior players on this year’s Corbin High School boys golf team. They both say that have enjoyed their time as Redhound golfers, but now that that chapter of their lives is coming to a close, they are looking ahead to what the future could hold for them in the sport. “It has been really fun,” said Freeman, who has played golf at CHS since his sophomore year. “You get to come out and play free golf. That is the best thing. This is a sport that you can play your whole life, so to be able to come out and do...

A pair of shutouts in Williamsburg highlight this week's area high school football action. The Whitley County Colonels were thinking upset when they hosted the Corbin Redhounds, but they were never able to get anything going as the Hounds dominated all facets of the game en route to a 49-0 victory. With the win, Corbin improves to 7-1 on the year. The Colonels fall to 4-4. Across town, the the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets had no trouble with visiting Middlesboro, defeating the "other" Jackets by a final score of 36-6. The win puts Williamsburg at 5-1 overall. Finally, the Lynn Camp Wildcats went on the road Friday and fell to Harlan Independent, 30-8....