Softball

Coming off a 25-win season that included a trip to the 13th Region Tournament Whitley County Baseball Coach Jeremy Shope has a lot to look forward to when, and if, the 2020 baseball season begins. “Everyone involved in our program is excited about this baseball season. We have a really good team returning, a team that has really worked hard this off season. We have a bunch of hungry veterans. That makes for a fun year. Just hope for their sake that this season can be salvaged,” Shope said of his team that includes nine seniors. Those seniors include Chance Dismuke, who went two-for-two with two RBI’s in the Colonel’s first...

If you look up the definition of a rebuilding year in the dictionary, then you might very well find a picture of the 2019 Williamsburg High School Girls’ Softball Team. The squad lost six seniors, who comprised the entire infield, after the 2018 campaign, and went winless in 2019 ending the season with a first-round loss in the 50th District Tournament to Whitley County in four innings. Head Coach Andrea Ellis, who is starting her fifth year as head coach, said that first and foremost getting a few wins under their belt is the number one goal for the season. “I’d like to make a run at All “A” this year and...

The following are previews for the Corbin Redhounds' and Lady Hounds' 2020 baseball and softball seasons... 2019 season Review (Baseball) – The Redhounds finished with a region-best 29-11 win-loss record. They repeated as 50th District and 13th Region champions, before losing for the second year in a row to the Hazard Bulldogs in the first round of the state championship tournament. The team graduated an exceptional senior class that included Austin Reynolds, Noah Taylor and current University of Kentucky Wildcat Chase Estep. 2020 Outlook – The Hounds will return several talented junior and senior players to their roster, including Peyton Addison, Cam Allen, Garner Chandler, Cade Cooney, Matthew Creekmore, Zach Hash,...

Thursday afternoon, inside the Lynn Camp High School gymnasium that is now named after her former basketball coach, Richard “Birddog” Jones, Lady Cat Makenzie Grant signed to continue her athletic career at the collegiate level. Grant signed with the Alice Lloyd Eagles Thursday, but to play softball, not basketball. “I feel very blessed, and proud of myself,” she said of the opportunity. “I’ve always dreamed about what it would be like to get to go to the next level.” Although Grant at one time considered specializing in only basketball, she said that she is now very glad about her decision to also compete on the softball field. That decision, she explained,...

From the July 3, 2019 edition of the News Journal... 9-10 Corbin Softball Last Tuesday, June 25, the 9-10 year-old Corbin softball All-Stars were facing elimination when they took the field against Jackson County. A final score was not available by press time, but unfortunately, the Corbin girls were sent home after a 19-4 loss. The 9-10 softball All-Stars fell into the loser’s bracket of their tournament, held in Williamsburg, after being shutout by the Tri-City All-Stars in round one. Even though game two also didn’t go their way, they showed definite signs of improvement, plating four runs to avoid back-to-back shutouts. Once again, this year’s Corbin 9-10 year-old Little League softball All-Stars...

In recent years we have recognized the best high school baseball and softball players in the county in a variety of different ways. We’ve had All-County Most Valuable Players and MVP runners-up. We’ve had individual team MVPs and Honorable Mentions. We’ve even had some winners in special superlative categories, but this year we’re changing it up again with a pair of top ten lists. With so many talented players in the county this year, however, it was incredibly difficult to whittle the list down to just ten in both sports. For this reason we are also including five honorable mentions at the end of both lists, but even with those...

No coverage area teams remain in this year's 13th Region softball tournament, and the 2019 13th Region baseball championship will be a meeting that few predicted when the week began... In Tuesday night softball action, the region tournament host Whitley County Lady Colonels played North Laurel very closely, but the Lady Jaguars were able to prevail in the end, winning 2-0. The loss ends Whitley's season with a 17-17 overall record. North will face 49th District rival Clay County for this year's regional championship Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. at Whitley County High School. In baseball action at Lincoln Memorial University, the Corbin Redhounds were able to get past the Knox...

Next week coverage area athletes will compete for regional baseball and softball championships, as well as state track and tennis titles. The 2019 13th Region baseball tournament will kickoff Monday, May 27 at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. The Corbin Redhounds will face Bell County in game one at 11:00 am. Knox Central vs. Clay County will come next, followed by Middlesboro vs. Barbourville and North Laurel vs. Whitley County in the night game. Semifinal round games will be at 5:30 and 8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 28, and the championship game will be played Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 pm. The 2019 13th Region softball tournament will also begin...

Both the 50th and 51st District softball tournaments wrapped up Thursday, and two coverage area teams were able to walk away as champions. The Whitley County Lady Colonels faced the Corbin Lady Hounds in the finals of the 50th District tournament at Briar Creek Park in Williamsburg. At the end of one inning the game was tied at one run apiece, but a three-run bottom of the second inning for the Lady Colonels was followed by a two-run bottom of the third, lifting Whitley to a 6-1 district championship win. After the game, Lady Colonels head coach Angela Singleton said that she was very proud of her team for this accomplishment,...

It was a busy night in our coverage area Tuesday, with a district baseball champion crowned, several regional tennis championships decided and track & field teams hitting the road to compete for a chance to appear at state. Starting with baseball, this year's 50th District championship game between Corbin and Whitley County was another classic in a series that has become well known for producing plenty of memorable moments. It didn't start out that way, however, as the Redhounds were able to get out to a commanding 9-0 lead after a three-run bottom of the first inning, a five-run bottom of the third and a one-run bottom of the fourth. The...