Soccer

The Corbin boys soccer team came into Tuesday’s game at North Laurel looking to pick up their second win over a district opponent this year after defeating Whitley County 2-0 back on August 29. The Redhounds are being led by two seniors in 2016 – Ben Childers and John Lowe. Before Corbin took the field for a home contest against Southwestern Pulaski last week, these two players took a few moments to share their thoughts for this edition of Senior Spotlight. Childers, an 18-year-old center midfielder, has been playing soccer nearly his entire life. He said that it has always been fun to him, and getting to compete for a successful...

A Lawrence Lewis goal two minutes into the game followed by a Whitley County own goal about twenty minutes later was enough to give Corbin a 2-0 victory over 49th District rival Whitley County Monday, but the Redhounds had several opportunities to make that final score much more lopsided. Some shots on goal simply missed their mark for Corbin Monday, but many shots were kept out of the net thanks to solid play from Colonel goal keeper Jarred Havens. Regardless, Redhounds Head Coach Armando Cima was not pleased with his team’s overall performance, saying they need to improve in several areas moving forward this season. Despite the loss, Whitley County Head...

It was not a good night for either of the Whitley County soccer programs, as both the boys and girls teams lost to 49th District opponents Thursday at the WCHS soccer complex. The boys team was coming off of an 8-1 victory over Middlesboro on Tuesday, and they were hoping to keep that positive momentum rolling with what would have been a huge win over district rival North Laurel Thursday night. It was not to be, however, as the Jaguars took a 3-0 lead with them into halftime, and then scored six goals in the final 40 minutes to take the 9-0 victory. “We were pumped up coming off of the...

This year’s Whitley County boys soccer team opened up their season last week with an 8-0 loss to defending 13th Region champs South Laurel. It wasn’t the start the Colonels wanted, but they still looked to be much improved compared to where they were at this point in 2015. Whitley is being led this season by four seniors, who we are about to meet in the first Senior Spotlight of the 2016-17 school year. Robbie Perry, a 17-year-old defender, has been playing soccer for seven years. When asked about being a senior Colonel this season, he said, “It feels awesome.” As for how he thinks things will go for the team this...

The Whitley County Lady Colonels soccer team improved to 2-0 on the season Monday with a 3-1 win over visiting Casey County. Their first win came a week ago Tuesday, when they defeated Wayne County at home 5-0. “We’re really excited to be undefeated at this point in the season,” said Head Coach Kelly Sawyers. “Even though it was 5-0 against Wayne County, I feel like we played a better game against Casey. The speed of the game was much faster today than it was before.” Freshman Madison Broyles scored the first goal of the evening Monday, putting the Colonels up 1-0 when she found the back of the net with...

The Whitley County Lady Colonels’ 2015 soccer season ended in heartbreaking fashion last October when they fell to Oneida Baptist Institute 1-0 in an overtime penalty kick shootout in the first round of the 49th District tournament. It was a huge disappointment for Head Coach Kelly Sawyers and company that the team would not get to advance, but it was also encouraging to see the Lady Colonels putting up such a fight in what would be their season finale. “The girls haven’t forgotten about that game,” said Sawyers. “They want to win against OBI, and I was just so proud of them for the way they played against them last year....

The Whitley County Colonels finished the 2015 season with just one win on their record. It was a disappointing and frustrating campaign, but this fall Head Coach Jarred Earnest feels that his team will be able to turn things around thanks to a combination of athletic ability and a collective desire to get the job done on the field. “We have a pretty decent turnout this year,” Earnest said of the 2016 Colonels. “We have several returning players, as well as a lot of younger players who have come up from middle school. I’ve seen a lot of improvement in the team. We have several things to do before the...

History was made in 2015 when the Corbin Lady Hounds soccer team finally made it over the hump, defeating South Laurel to secure a 49th District championship, then downing the Lady Cardinals once more a week later to become champions of the 13th Region. Those accomplishments were enough to make last season extra special for all involved, but throw in the Lady Hounds’ thrilling overtime victory against Estill County in the first round of the KHSAA state championship tournament, and you truly have a situation where the bar has been raised for all future CHS soccer teams. When asked recently how long it took for all of the success of last...

Last season ended in disappointment for the Corbin Redhounds boys soccer team. After winning 13th Region titles the previous three years, the Hounds failed to make it out of district play in 2015, falling to South Laurel in a shocking first round loss in the 49th District tournament. “Last year was disappointing, but it wasn’t disappointing because of the fact that we didn’t repeat,” said Head Coach Armando Cima of the loss. “It was disappointing because we walked off the field for the last time after not playing our best game. That’s what you always want, and that’s what I always try to speak to the kids about a lot....

This From the Sidelines column appeared in the July 27 edition of the News Journal... This past weekend I had an awesome experience at the University of Cincinnati when my wife and I went to see Ohio’s newest pro soccer team – FC Cincinnati. In their inaugural season, FCC has already made quite an impact in the United Soccer League (USL). They currently sit near the top of the Eastern Conference standings, and on Saturday they defeated Louisville City 2-0 to become the recipients of the first-ever “River Cities Cup,” which will become an annual competition between these two rival clubs. Louisville came out on top of their first meeting with Cincy,...