Softball

The championship for the player fast pitch division of Lynn Camp’s summer softball league closed out the season on Friday, July 29. The Mystery Cats and the Alley Cats faced off for the title with the Alley Cats coming away victorious, 17-13. The Alley Cats took a big lead, 12-1, by the bottom of the second inning, but then the Mystery Cats began to fight back. The game began with Alley Cat Madison Roberts getting a base hit on the first pitch, which lead to the first run. Roberts also pitched a complete game for the Alley Cats. Hailee Mills scored the first run for the Mystery Cats, also pitching six and...

Another spring sports season is in the books, and several baseball and softball players in Whitley County have given praise-worthy performances over the course of the last few months. The list of talented athletes is long, but it has been narrowed down to those few who are deserving of special recognition for their recent efforts on the diamond. Here is the 2016 All-County Most Valuable Players list for baseball and softball… 2016 County MVP (baseball): Peyton Buford, senior outfielder from Corbin – Buford was one of four senior leaders for the Redhounds in 2016. Consistent at the plate, reliable defensively and with an overall high baseball IQ, he played an integral role...

As of Tuesday night, there are no more coverage area baseball or softball teams left standing in 2016 as both the Corbin Redhounds and the Williamsburg Lady Jackets fell to North Laurel in the semifinal round of this year's 13th Region baseball and softball tournaments. Corbin got into a hole early against the Jaguars, and by the fourth inning North had built up a commanding 10-0 lead. Things were looking bleak for the Hounds at this point, but they continued to fight, putting a couple of runs up on the board to prevent the shutout loss. It was too little, too late though, as the Jags would eventually go on...

With a 16-10 win over Knox Central Wednesday night, the host Lynn Camp Lady Cats became the first team in the history of the program to win a 51st District championship title. Knox got out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, but the Lady Cats were able to go ahead thanks to a nine-run explosion in the top of the third. They never looked back from there, adding two runs in the fourth, one in the fifth, three in the sixth and one more in the seventh inning. The Lady Panthers would put two more runs on the board in the bottom of the sixth before going on to...

Both the softball and baseball 50th District championship games were contested Tuesday evening at South Laurel High School in London. In softball action, the Williamsburg Lady Jackets met up with the host Lady Cardinals. The Jackets were coming off of a thrilling 7-0 victory over Corbin on Monday, but things did not go their way in the district title game. The Lady Cards were dominant, winning 10-0 in five innings. Both teams will now move on to this year’s 13th Region tournament, being held next week at Knox Central High School. Be sure to look in the June 1 edition of the News Journal for coverage from the region tourney. In baseball,...

After a 7-0 Williamsburg win over Whitley County Monday evening, the seeding for this year’s 50th District softball tournament is now set. Host South Laurel will be coming into this year’s tourney as the number one seed, having two wins over Williamsburg, Whitley County and Corbin for a perfect district record of 6-0. The Lady Hounds defeated both Whitley and Williamsburg twice this season to secure the number two seed in the upcoming tournament. Williamsburg has defeated Whitley County twice, making the Lady Jackets the number three seed, and the Lady Colonels were winless in regular season district play, making them them the number four seed. It should be an interesting tournament two...

In this week’s Senior Spotlight we meet the senior leaders on the Lynn Camp High School baseball and softball teams. The baseball Wildcats are being led in 2016 by three seniors – Tyler Emery, Justin Taylor and Austyn Weddle. The Bat Cats have taken a big step up from last year, already having nine wins on their record, as opposed to 2015’s three-win season. As of Monday, May 2, they boast two wins over13th Region opponent Oneida Baptist Institute, one win over 51st District opponent Pineville and two shutout victories over Jellico, TN, among others. Austyn Weddle, 17, is in his first season with the Lynn Camp baseball team, but he has...

This week we meet five senior athletes from Whitley County High School – three from the Colonel baseball team, and two from the Lady Colonels softball team. The baseball Colonels kicked off district play this week with a big 15-5 victory over crosstown rivals Williamsburg. It was the first step in what Whitley hopes will be a championship season in 2016. Leading the way this season are three talented seniors – Michael Wayne Harris, Casey Crisologo and Jared Partin. Partin, 19, is an outfielder and pitcher for the Colonels. He has been playing baseball since age five, and said recently that being a senior this year really means a lot to...

There were heightened emotions on each end of the spectrum last Friday night at Williamsburg’s Briar Creek Park. On the baseball side, it was the elation of a thrilling comeback win in the bottom of the seventh inning. Over at the softball field, it was the despair of losing a heart breaker in extra innings. The Lady Jackets were hosting Knox Central, now being led by former Corbin Lady Hounds Head Coach Chris Hart. The Jackets took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning, but allowed the Panthers to tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the second. Williamsburg took the lead back, 3-2, in...

On Monday, March 28, the Whitley County High School baseball and softball teams were both victorious over Barbourville in their 2016 home openers. Here are some shots of the evening's action.