Track/Cross Country

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...

Who medaled at last week's KHSAA state track & field championships in Lexington? Read on to find out... The following is a complete list of finishes involving coverage area athletes from last Thursday’s Class A state track & field meet at the University of Kentucky: Girls’ 4x800 relay - W’burg 18th place in 11:28.63 (Grace Ann Abbott, Heaven Warren, Nevaeh Warren and Abigail Schwarz) Boys’ 4x800 relay - W’burg 19th place in 9:18.72 (Nick Baird, Andrew Myers, Danny Moses and Brady Jones) Girls 100M hurdles - Macy Damron of W’burg 10th place in 17.28 and Lylah Mattingly of W’burg 15th place in 18.31 Boys’ 110M hurdles - John Riley Rowe of W’burg 22nd place...

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...

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...

The 2018 high school cross country season came to a close over the weekend as the KHSAA state championships were held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The following is a complete list of all coverage area runners appearing at state, as well as where they finished in each of the day’s races... Class A Boys (286 total runners) W’burg (15th out of 37 teams) Andrew Myers – 57th in 18:26.08 Brady Jones – 86th in 18:57.76 Danny Moses – 105th in 19:19.01 Tate Fields – 144th in 19:52.49 Jamie Haus – 175th in 20:25.88 Collin Taylor – 226th in 21:37.02 Elijah Harrington – 277th in 25:05.24 Lynn Camp (35th of 37 teams) Joseph Kerby – 172nd in 20:24.46 Ethan Blevins...