Tennis

After winning boys and girls regional team titles in 2016, the Corbin tennis teams nearly swept the 13th Region singles and doubles tournaments as well. The tournaments, which kicked off at CHS last week, culminated Monday with four championship matches. It was Redhounds versus Redhounds in the finals of the boys doubles bracket, with Zane and Seth Maguet taking on Brady Keith and Nikhil Krishna. In the end, the team of Keith/Krishna would capture the championship trophy with a 7-5, 6-1 victory. It all came down to two Corbin duos in the girls doubles bracket as well, with Jaclyn Jewell and Ellie Jane Carloftis facing off against Cora Bo Stevens and...

In the final Senior Spotlight for the 2015-16 school year, we meet five Lynn Camp High School athletes. From the school’s tennis team, we have Shelby Green, Faith Smith and Courtney Brown. From the track and field team, we have Green, Brady Farris and River Hellard. Green has the most experience of any player on the Lady Cats tennis team, having competed for nine years. Now that her final season is over, she is shifting her focus to the future. She says that she has made plans to study marketing and accounting at Union College. Smith has played tennis for six years. When asked about her future, she said that she...

The 2016 high school tennis season is nearing its end. Team region champions have been determined, and we are now just a little more than a couple of weeks away from state competition. Two local players, Joe Chaffman and Kaitlyn Taylor, are looking to make the most of the time that they have left on the court this spring. Chaffman, from Whitley County High School, is 18-years-old and has been playing tennis for 3 years. He says that he decided to give the sport a try after several people convinced him to do so. When asked about what he enjoys most about playing, he said that he has liked the...

It’s good to be the champs… The Corbin tennis program has built a strong tradition of winning over the past several years, and this past week they added to that rich history with a pair of 13th Region team championships. Team competition saw a new format beginning in 2016, with all schools fitting into brackets via a blind draw that took place before the season began. Each match of the tournament featured three singles and two doubles matchups, with the first team to pick up three victories moving on. Everything kicked off back on April 11, with the last matches taking place this past Monday evening. The Corbin boys defeated Pineville and Harlan...

In the first of two Senior Spotlight features this week, we meet the four young ladies leading the Corbin High School tennis program in 2016 – Jaclyn Jewell, Emma McGraw, Cassidy Green and Kaitlyn Brewer. Jewell recently signed her letter of intent to continue playing in college as a member of the University of the Cumberlands Patriots tennis team. When asked about her time at Corbin, she said, “I also played basketball, and I would always come down to the tennis courts and hit balls after practice every day. It’s kind of like my routine, and I couldn’t imagine not going on and continuing my routine in college.” “Basketball and tennis...

Each spring the Corbin tennis teams take the court again with the expectation of conquering the region and returning to compete at the KHSAA state championships. This year is no different, and Head Coach Nickie Dixon says that she is feeling good about what she’s seen out of her tennis Hounds so far in 2016. Speaking about the boys’ team, Dixon said, “We have won at region 15 years in a row, so we’ve always had a target on our backs. This year is going to be tough, though. We were in a tiebreak situation against North Laurel last year, and they haven’t lost anybody. We lost three seniors from...

In 2015, the Whitley County Colonel tennis program sent three players to compete in the KHSAA state championships in Lexington. Freshman Chris Tan qualified to play in the boys’ singles tournament, and freshman Anna Grace Zehr teamed with senior Haley Mahan in the girls’ doubles tournament. In 2016, second-year Head Coach David Halcomb is hoping that the Colonels can return to state, only this time with a longer list of athletes. “We’re really excited about it,” Halcomb said recently when asked about beginning the new season. “I feel good about the program. We’ve had a great turnout with 13 girls, and we have just about all of our boys back.” When you...