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Stakes get higher as district football schedule continues Friday night

District football will continue Friday night with the stakes getting higher for the local teams as Corbin heads to Lincoln County, Williamsburg hosts Pineville, Whitley County hosts North Laurel on senior night and Lynn Camp welcomes Harlan. Corbin Redhounds Coach Tom Greer’s...

Corbin Soccer 13th Region Champs

The Corbin Redhounds Soccer team posted its fourth consecutive shutout, capturing the 13th Region Championship Monday night with a 7-0 win over North Laurel. Corbin led North Laurel 3-0 at halftime Monday night and added two goals early in the second half to extend the lead to...

Corbin Boys Soccer to play for 13th Region title Monday night

The Corbin Redhounds Soccer team will play for the 13th Region title tonight at Union College. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The Redhounds defeated Barbourville Sunday night, 10-0 in the first round of the 13th Region Tournament Sunday night to advance to the title game. Corbin will...

From the Cheap Seats: Credit Herron for shouldering blame in Jackets’ ugly loss

For the second time this season, I had to listen to Williamsburg Football Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. talk about an ugly loss suffered by his team. As Herron pointed out back on August 27 when the Yellow Jackets lost 60-28 at Middlesboro, “This ain’t our first butt-kicking!” Fast...

Local football teams hit the road for district games Friday

High school football’s second season will begin in earnest Friday night as district matchups take place across Kentucky. Locally, Corbin will travel to Knox Central. Williamsburg will make the drive to Harlan. Whitley County will look to upset Southwestern, and Lynn Camp will go...

Challenges await local football teams on Friday night

Williamsburg picked up a quality win Friday night with a 21-14 victory against Somerset. While most people will look at the Briar Jumpers’ 1-5 record and wonder how it is considered a quality win, losing to Beechwood, Paintsville, Corbin and now Williamsburg is like a college...

Corbin, Lynn Camp, Whitley County and Williamsburg all have home games

All four local high school teams will be in action at home this week. Coming off of their bye week, the undefeated Corbin Redhounds will host class 6A Simon Kenton out of northern Kentucky. The Pioneers are 1-4 on the season with the losses coming to Oldham County, Highlands,...

Early RPI rankings don’t tell much as high school football reaches halfway

With week five of the 2021 football season in the books, the Kentucky High School Athletic Association has released RPI rankings for each of the six classes along with individual rankings of players across the state. In class 4A, the 5-0 Corbin Redhounds are ranked third behind...

Corbin’s Jacob Baker is top ranked field goal kicker in Ky.

Corbin Redhounds’ kicker Jacob Baker is the top ranked kicker in the state, according to the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Baker is six-of-seven on the season, including a new school record 51-yarder in the season opener against Christ School, and a 44-yarder against...

Lady Jackets Volleyball win All ‘A’ 13th Region

The Williamsburg Lady Jackets Volleyball team recently participated in the All A State Tournament after winning the 13th Region All A Tournament. The Lady Jackets defeated Pineville, Jackson County and Lynn Camp in the region tournament to advance to the state tournament last...