{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Some thoughts on the quest for 6 &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eo9fqKIbnX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/some-thoughts-on-the-quest-for-6\/\">Some thoughts on the quest for 6<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/some-thoughts-on-the-quest-for-6\/embed\/#?secret=eo9fqKIbnX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Some thoughts on the quest for 6&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"eo9fqKIbnX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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They will be taking on Central High School (Louisville) at 7:00 p.m. The game will be played at Kroger Field in Lexington. Should be a great game. Go Redhounds! \u2022 We are all pretty familiar with Corbin\u2019s history and impressive athletic and academic accomplishments. I think it\u2019s also interesting to get to know the opponent. Central is actually, officially, called \u201cCentral High School Magnet Career Academy.\u201d It has a rich history. The school was founded in 1870 when black residents in Louisville appealed to the Board of Education to provide a free education for their children. School system leaders complied, and agreed to open two buildings that year dedicating to educating \u201cchildren of the African race\u201d from taxes collected from the black community. From the beginning, it provided a high level education. Along with core classes, courses in subjects like rhetoric, philosophy, trigonometry and botany were offered. Before integration in Kentucky, the school excelled athletically and won many championships in football and basketball, even though it didn\u2019t have a gymnasium or field for the first 30 years of its existence. From the school\u2019s website: \u201cThis school started with virtually nothing and now has partnerships and relationships with the University of Louisville School of Law, Medicine, Business, and Dentistry; the Louisville Bar Association; Morehead State University School of Veterinary Science, Spalding University School of Nursing, Kort Rehab, Norton\u2019s Hospital, JCTC, Papa John\u2019s Pizza, Fifth Third Bank, Speedway Stores, Argo Networks and a host of many others.\u201d Oh, and they\u2019ve won 5 Class 3A state titles since 2007 \u2022 Local realtor Dan Rawlings was a starting running back on the last Corbin Redhound team to win a state championship in 1982. They defeated Glasgow 18-6 at the old Cardinal Stadium at the Louisville Fairgrounds. Rawlings tells a comical, and quite interesting, story about the game. He said it was one of the worst games he ever played for Corbin because he \u201cwore the wrong shoes\u201d and could not get his footing on the notoriously bad Astroturf at the stadium. \u201cI could hardly even stand up. If anyone barely hit me, I\u2019d fall on my butt!\u201d He also noted that \u201cthe carpet\u201d was not plush and soft, like you might imagine, but rather \u201clike playing on concrete.\u201d \u201cIf you got tackled, it hurt when you hit the ground. Everyone complained about it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was pretty bad. I hated that place. It was a dump. I\u2019d give anything to play in Lexington like they do now.\u201d Nevertheless, the Hounds were victorious. If you want to hear the whole story, just ask him about it Friday. Rawlings will be attending the state title game in Lexington, along with the rest of the town. \u2022 The irony of Corbin\u2019s current coaching situation never ceases to amaze me. I was covering the state title game in 2002 where Breathitt County annihilated the Redhounds 52-0 thanks to the strong, very accurate arm of quarterback Justin Haddix. Now, he\u2019s leading Corbin to their second straight title game as head coach, and lives amongst us, right here in the town whose hopes and dreams he so brutally destroyed \u2026 as a hero! I\u2019ve always said Corbin is a very accepting and inviting community to move to as an outsider. It\u2019s been my own personal experience. Haddix just proves it all the more. And so it goes."}