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Williamsburg, Corbin Track teams compete at state

Corbin’s Sean Simons and Williamsburg’s Mikkah Siler highlighted local track and field competitors’ efforts at the state track meets last week in Lexington. In the Class 2A competition on Friday, Simmons finished second in the boys’ 800-meter run to lead the Runnin’ Redhounds...

Running Redhounds Track Teams finish second in Class 2A Region

Corbin’s Running Redhounds have secured their bid to the state tournament after finishing second at the regional tournament in Harlan on June 2. The men’s team ranked second out of 13 teams with a total of 137 points. The women matched the men’s ranking by also coming in second...

Williamsburg sweeps region team titles

Williamsburg will be sending 32 competitors to the Class A state track meet on Thursday in Lexington. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this content. Not a Member? Join Us

Governor Beshear not overruling KHSAA, fall sports set to begin in two weeks

After last week’s ruling from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association that they would move forward with their plan to begin fall athletics in early September, there was much speculation about whether Gov. Andy Beshear would override the decision during his Monday press...
Posted On 24 Aug 2020
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KHSAA Board of Control votes to stay the course with current plan for fall sports, practices to being Aug. 24

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...
Posted On 20 Aug 2020
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KHSAA approves Sept. 11 start date for football games, Sept. 7 for cross county, soccer and volleyball matches

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...
Posted On 28 Jul 2020
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Corbin cross country coach talks hopes for another successful season this fall

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.
Posted On 04 Jul 2020
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TOP SPORTS STORIES OF 2019

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… Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view this...
Posted On 31 Dec 2019
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Corbin boys win region cross country title, several more area runners qualify for state meet in Lexington

The following are the finish times for coverage area athletes at Saturday’s Class A Region 6 boys cross country meet in Wayne County:
Posted On 29 Oct 2019
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Looking ahead at some high school athletic events set to take place in fall 2019

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.
Posted On 07 Aug 2019
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