A trio of ultra-competitive basketball games highlighted the sports action in our area Friday night.
The Williamsburg Yellow Jackets and Lady Jackets hosted Corbin for a 50th District boys-girls double header Friday. The boys’ game ended up being much closer than many fans expected it to be, but in the end the visiting Redhounds won 72-66 to improve to 3-1, 1-1 on the year. With the loss, the Jackets fall to 2-4, 0-1.
Corbin 72, Williamsburg 66
Corbin – 14 25 17 16 – 72
W’burg – 18 21 4 23 – 66
CHS – Taylor 12, Sanders 19, Maguet 12, Byrley 13, Unthank 4, Hicks 9, Morton 3
WB – Brown 9, Rose 15, Hunter 21, Ponder 5, Powell 8, Thomas 5
The girls’ game between Williamsburg and Corbin lived up to the hype, with the Lady Jackets winning a thriller by one point, 53-52. The win improves them to 5-1, 1-0 while the Lady Hounds now stand at 4-2, 0-1.
Williamsburg 53, Corbin 52
W’burg – 23 11 10 9 – 53
Corbin – 17 10 10 15 – 52
WB – Hall 12, Abbott 5, Chapman 12, Williams 4, Caddell 5, Gibson 6, Graham 9
CHS – Robertson 13, Medlin 5, Scott 11, Grubb 2, Stewart 14, Barnett 7
Meanwhile, across town at Whitley County High School, the Colonel boys lost a heart breaker to the Lynn Camp Wildcats, 54-52, falling to 4-4 on the season. The Cats improve to 6-2.
Lynn Camp 54, Whitley Co 52
Lynn Camp – 12 15 14 13 – 54
Whitley – 19 5 11 17 – 52
LC – Burd 8, Prater 10, Belew 6, Hollin 17, Disney 5, Ledington 8
WC – Hollingsworth 3, T Lawson 6, D Lawson 14, Bowling 18, Potter 3, McNeely 8
For more on these games, be sure to pick up the December 19 print edition of the News Journal.
