Track/Cross Country

Corbin’s Sean Simons and Williamsburg’s Mikkah Siler highlighted local track and field competitors’ efforts at the state track meets last week in Lexington. In the Class 2A competition on Friday, Simmons finished second in the boys’ 800-meter run to lead the Runnin’ Redhounds fifth place effort. Simmons ran the 800 meters in 1:57.33, which was one of the top 10 times in the state. The team of Andon Asher, Connor Messer, John Hail and Sean Simons finished fourth in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 8:27.20. Evan McCrickard’s time of 11.11 in the boys’ 100-meter dash was one of the top 25 times run in the state and good enough to...

Corbin’s Running Redhounds have secured their bid to the state tournament after finishing second at the regional tournament in Harlan on June 2. The men’s team ranked second out of 13 teams with a total of 137 points. The women matched the men’s ranking by also coming in second with a total of 78.5 points. A total of 30 students will participate in the state tournament. “We are in a really tough region,” said Corbin High School Track and Field Coach Tyler Harris. “The last several years, state champs have come out of this region, so for us to be runner-up, all the hard work that we put into it, this just...

Williamsburg will be sending 32 competitors to the Class A state track meet on Thursday in Lexington. The Jackets and Lady Jackets teams both won the Region Six Team Championship, capturing individual titles in 12 events. Williamsburg Boy’s Team Rankings Final team rankings Final team rankings 1. Williamsburg (149 points) 2. Middlesboro (88 points) 3. Somerset (85 points) 4. Leslie County (70 points) Individual results (state qualifiers in bold) 100 Meter Dash 3. Jayden Rainwater 4. Gavon Thomas 200 Meter Dash 1. Jayden Rainwater 2. Gavon Thomas 800 Meter Run 2. Robel Schwarz 4. Nick Baird 1600 Meter Run 1. Robel Schwarz 7. Andrew Myers 3200 Meter Run 4. Andrew Myers 6. Nick Baird 110 Meter Hurdles 3.Hunter Thomas 5. Max Rose 300 Meter Hurdles 3. Max Rose 5. Hunter Thomas 4X100 Meter Relay 1. Williamsburg (Max Rose, Ben Hale, Jayden...

After last week’s ruling from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association that they would move forward with their plan to begin fall athletics in early September, there was much speculation about whether Gov. Andy Beshear would override the decision during his Monday press briefing. As it turns out, Beshear decided to not reverse the KHSAA’s decision, but he also made it clear that he does not think it is wise for schools to allow athletic competitions to resume at this point in time, explaining that we are currently in a perilous situation where the number of new cases of COVID-19 could begin to spike again if we make the mistake...

At its Board of Control meeting Thursday morning, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association discussed the possibility of adopting further changes to the 2020 fall sports season. In the end, however, the board voted to keep the current plan in place that would have athletes being able to officially begin practices on Monday, August 24. Details of the plan to resume athletic activities this fall include the following: The sports of soccer and volleyball will be allowed to conduct intrasquad scrimmages beginning with the first day of practice on Aug. 24. Football will be “restricted to phase-in of activity per Bylaw 23 and revised guidance.” Interscholastic scrimmaging will not be...

In a nearly three-hour online board of control meeting Tuesday, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association has outlined how school sports should proceed as we enter into the fall season. KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett spoke early on during Tuesday’s meeting saying that he and other association officials have been closely monitoring all data concerning COVID-19 in the state. He said that it is important to be careful while moving forward with any attempts to resume school sports, also acknowledging that the association needs to be continue to be ready to make adjustments to any and all plans “at a moment’s notice” if necessary. Before beginning discussion on how the fall season...

Coming off of a state championship performance in the fall of 2019, the Corbin High School track and cross country program was poised to potentially make history again in the spring. As we all now know, the track Hounds unfortunately never got that opportunity, but with a new fall sports season on the horizon, Coach Tyler Harris is eager to see what his team can accomplish once they are able to get back on the course. “Coming off of the state championship, we obviously had a lot of momentum in some events that we haven’t always done exceptionally well in,” Harris said of the 2020 track-and-field season that never was....

2019 had its fair share of great sports memories. This week we take a look back at the most talked about events on the field or court from the past 12 months… Corbin boys cross country team wins regional and state championships The top story on our list this year comes from this past fall season when the Corbin High School boys cross country team brought home regional and Class 2A state championship titles. The Redhounds knew they had a very good chance to make it to the top of the region this year, and they knew that they would likely put forth a good showing at the state meet the...

The following are the finish times for coverage area athletes at Saturday’s Class A Region 6 boys cross country meet in Wayne County: Andrew Myers (W’burg) – 4th place in 18:36.84 Ethan Blevins (Lynn Camp) – 5th place in 18:42.62 Brady Jones (W’burg) – 7th place in 18:49.07 Jamie Haus (W’burg) – 12th place in 19:25.13 Brent Kerby (Lynn Camp) – 14th place in 19:33.76 Nick Baird (W’burg) – 17th place in 19:52.31 Joseph Kerby (Lynn Camp) – 22nd place in 20:23.35 Alex Coleman (W’burg) – 25th place in 20:37.93 Logan Brock (Lynn Camp) – 26th place in 20:40.95 Collin Taylor (W’burg) – 28th place in 21:00.73 Derek Moseley (Lynn Camp) – 34th place in 21:18.52 Jaden Stewart (Lynn Camp) –...

We are now just days away from the start of the fall 2019 high school sports season. It’s one of the busiest times of the entire year, with area cross country, soccer, golf, volleyball and football teams all gearing up to get back into competition. This week, we look ahead to some of this fall’s most highly anticipated events, beginning with cross country... The landscape will look a little different in high school cross country this season after some of our coverage area’s top runners graduated as members of the class of 2019. Our local schools will look to remain competitive in the region, however, with hopes of once again sending several...