Volleyball

You may have noticed the Cumberland Athletics Trailblazers being mentioned in print and online a few times in recent years, but how well do you know the organization? Cumberland Homeschool Athletic Teams, or CHAT for short, is dedicated to providing homeschool students in and around our area with the opportunities they need to play, and excel at a high level, in sports such as volleyball, basketball, cross county and track & field. The Trailblazer volleyball team’s 2019 season is currently in progress, and for anyone interested in checking them out in person, they are currently scheduled to appear in next week’s First Priority Classic at Whitley County High School (Fri and...

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...

A search is currently ongoing for the next head coach of the Corbin Lady Hounds volleyball program after their coach for the past three seasons, Bryan Johnson, has decided to step away. "It has been an honor to serve as head volleyball coach while continuing the rich traditions that exemplify Corbin Redhound Athletics," Johnson said in a recent statement. "I am grateful for the relationships that I have shared with many players, our administrative team, past volleyball coaches and the fantastic sports reporters that have followed this strong program. I certainly will cherish the memories." "My greatest priority at this time, however, is to devote a greater degree of time and...

With so many major championships won by coverage area teams over the past twelve months, the News Journal’s annual year-end list of top sports stories will require a total of ten spots for 2018. 1. Corbin boys basketball team wins region, advances to quarterfinals of Sweet 16 tournament It was a tough call for which story should take the top spot this year, but in the end the Corbin Redhounds’ 13th Region championship and trip to the Sweet 16 at Rupp Arena was too big not to be placed at number one. Led by senior Andrew Taylor, who finished his career as the Corbin High School basketball program’s all-time leading scorer, the...

As reported in the October 17 print edition of the News Journal, the Corbin Lady Hounds volleyball team hosted South Laurel Tuesday night in the championship game of this year's 13th Region tournament. In the end, the Lady Hounds were able to defeat the Lady Cards 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-15, 25-22) to once again become region champs and improve their overall season record to 32-7. After the game, Corbin head coach Bryan Johnson said of his team, "This is awesome. We've worked for this from the get-go, and the girls have never really lost focus. They've always known what they wanted to do. We just had to put it all together....

As reported in the October 10 edition of the News Journal, the Corbin Lady Hounds were set to square off against South Laurel at Williamsburg High School Tuesday night with a 50th District championship title on the line. In the end, it was Corbin who came away with the thrilling 3-2 win (25-23, 22-25, 26-28, 25-18, 15-12) to improve to 29-7 on the year. With the loss, South drops to 29-6 overall. Both teams will now advance to the 2018 13th Region tournament, which is scheduled to kickoff this Saturday at Corbin High School. Be sure to look inside next week's print edition for more details. In soccer action Tuesday, the...

This From the Sidelines column appeared in the July 11, 2018 print edition of the News Journal... In last week’s column I looked ahead to the upcoming high school soccer season. This week, let’s preview what could happen with our coverage area volleyball teams in 2018… Corbin Lady Hounds – Corbin won 50th District and 13th Region championship titles last year before seeing their season come to an end with a loss against St. Henry in the first round of the KHSAA state championship tournament in Louisville. Seniors Sophie Anderson and Natalie Wiseman were big contributors in 2017, helping the Lady Hounds to 28 wins on the year, and their presence will...

Whitley County High School officials announced Thursday that Neysa Hernandez has been hired as the new coach of the Lady Colonels Volleyball program. Hernandez will be leaving her position as volleyball coach at Prattville, Alabama High School to take the new position. “We have had so much success with our volleyball program in recent years and we really want to continue that,” said Whitley County Athletic Director John Siler. “I believe that Coach Hernandez will have the knowledge of the game and the experience as a head coach that is necessary to not only continue our winning tradition but to bring a lot of new perspective as well." Hernandez has spent three years...

A press release sent out Friday by Whitley County High School Athletic Director John Siler said the following: A familiar face has been chosen to fill the head coaching position left vacant by the resignation of David Estes earlier this month. David Halcomb has been chosen to lead the Lady Colonels Basketball Program at Whitley County High School. He will be resigning as head coach of girls’ volleyball and the tennis team at the end of the 2018 season in order to assume the head basketball coaching position. Halcomb’s first experience with Colonel Basketball came when he wore the uniform himself. He was a 4 year letterman on the Whitley County...

With the New Year just days away, this week we look back at the News Journal’s biggest sports stories of 2017. 1. The Corbin Redhounds’ run to the Class 3A state football championship: Undoubtedly, the biggest sports story of the year was Corbin football’s 13-2 season that included the program’s first appearance in a state championship game since 2002. The football Hounds featured a talented cast of both seasoned veterans and young up-and-comers in 2017. The combination was enough to get the team over the hump, defeating Louisville Central in the state semifinals after losing to Belfry in week 14 of both the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Corbin came up against a...