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Corbin student athletes appeared on the KHSAA 2A Track and Field State Tournament podium nine times on Friday. The girls 4x800 meter relay team took the highest spot on the podium coming in second and setting a new school record. Hadley Elmore placed fourth in pole vault. Masyn Elam placed fifth in triple jump. Hartlee Viars stood at the seventh place spot on the podium for 400 meter dash. Creed Davies, Kaleb Terrell, Isaiah Curry and Kobe Dixon shared the number eight spot for their team’s effort during the boys 4x800 meter relay. Hadley Elmore placed eighth in the 800 meter run. Creed Davies earned the same spot in the 1600 meter run. Hartlee Viars...

Corbin will play in the semifinals of the 13th Region Baseball Tournament hosted at North Laurel after defeating first round opponents. Corbin beat out the tournament host with a 9-2 win over the North Laurel Jaguars. They will take on Knox Central for their chance to play in the championship game on Thursday.

Whitley County will play in the semifinals of the 13th Region Baseball Tournament hosted at North Laurel after defeating first round opponents. Whitley County run ruled Jackson County 17-2 in four innings. They will face off against the Harlan Green Dragons on Wednesday after the game was delayed due to weather.

Williamsburg’s Zyler Housekeeper is now a two-time 2026 state pole vault champion. Housekeeper claimed the outdoor track and field pole vault champion title on Thursday. Earlier this year, he also earned the indoor track and field pole vault champion title after clearing an impressive 13-feet mark. Other podium finishes for the Jackets included: second place for Lane Jeffries in boys triple jump, fourth place for Chase Meddles in boys long jump, fifth place for Kaylee Rains in girls 300 meter hurdles, seventh place for Kaylee Rains girls 100 meter hurdles and eighth place for Williamsburg A Relay team in the girls 4x100 meter relay. The Williamsburg A Relay team consisted of Lynsie Durham,...

What started as a slow game picked up speed in the final innings. Corbin outlasted Pineville in a 3-2 win. The game, which was supposed to be played at Jackson County, was moved to South Laurel due to the weather. Like the baseball tournament, the games scheduled for Tuesday were postponed until Wednesday. Corbin will play Clay County at 7 p.m. on May 27 for their chance to take on the winner of the North Laurel versus South Laurel game. Corbin’s last region softball title was earned back in 2022.

Several Corbin and Whitley County student athletes qualified to compete in the KHSAA Class 2A State Track Meet. For Corbin, athletes slated to compete on May 22 include: Myles Bonzo, Mallory Bradshaw, Sophia Bradshaw, Jon Brown, Zac Brown, Jayden Chandler, Isaiah Curry, Creed Davies, Kobe Dixon, Masyn Elam, Hadley Elmore, Lynlee Flynn, Jaycee Frye, Gabe Gray, Zoe Hart, Ethan Lester, Emma Massengill, Courtney Masterson, Jaxon McHargue, Hadleigh Morgan, Miah Morgan, Slade Morrison, Addison Owens, Carson Price, Katie Skeene, Annealise Smith, Brenton Smith, Kaleb Terrell, Kinley Terrell, Hartlee Viars and Chance Wells. Corbin placed first in the girls competition at the region meet on May 14. They placed third in the boys competition. Twelve...

In 1A track and field, Williamsburg hosted the Class 1A Region 6 meet. Williamsburg will send 18 students to the state meet on Thursday. Those students include: Tatum Croley, Savannah Dabney, Rylie Davis, Lynsie Durham, Nick Hale, Peyton Hamilton, Zaden Housekeeper, Zyler Housekeeper, Bella Jeffries, Lane Jeffries, Eli Meadors, Chase Meddles, Landin Miller, Ethan Moses, Kaylee Rains, Makenna Stephens, Gary Tye and Abigail Workman. Williamsburg’s girls team placed second in the region tournament. The boys followed suit also coming in at second.

Knox Central and Lynn Camp met in the 51st District Championship game Tuesday night. Much like the 50th District tournament, it was a rematch of last year’s game. During that meeting, Knox Central won 16-0. The two teams met up one other time this season. Knox Central won that match up 17-0. The last time Lynn Camp defeated Knox Central was in May 2003. That trend continued as Lynn Camp lost 18-0 to Knox Central in this year’s 51st District championship game Tuesday in Pineville.

After the top of the first inning of the 50th District championship game, players were sent to the dugouts to wait out weather delays during the 50th District championship game on Tuesday. Whitley County softball was defeated in the first round of district play.

After the top of the first inning of the 50th District championship game, players were sent to the dugouts to wait out weather delays during the 50th District championship game on Tuesday. Williamsburg softball was defeated in the first round of district play.