This year’s girls’ 13th Region basketball tournament kicked off Wednesday evening at the Corbin Arena.

This year’s girls 50th District tournament kicked off at South Laurel High School in London Tuesday evening, while the Lynn Camp boys were in action at Pineville High School in round one of the 2019 51st District tourney.

Regular season district play wrapped up for four coverage area basketball teams Tuesday when Whitley County squared off against crosstown rivals Williamsburg in a girls-boys double header at JB Mountjoy Gymnasium.

The Whitley County Colonels and Lady Colonels hosted Corbin on Senior Night Friday.

Corbin hosted Williamsburg in a 50th District double header Tuesday.

Several important district contests took place in the coverage area Tuesday.

Friends, family, former players and fellow coaches all gathered Monday to honor the first, and most successful, coach ever of the Corbin High School girls’ basketball program.

Andrew Taylor became the all-time leading scorer in Corbin’s history during his five-year stint playing varsity basketball for Tony Pietrowski’s Redhounds. The question was not “if,” but rather “where” he would end up playing collegiate ball once his high school career was...

On December 29, the Clay County Tigers handed Corbin a 70-59 loss in the championship game of the Redhounds’ own 2018 Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament. On Tuesday, January 8 the Hounds got their revenge, handing Clay their very first loss of the 18-19 season, 69-55.

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.

Continue to check this post throughout the remainder of the week for updates on the 32nd Annual Cumberland Falls Invitation Tournament at Corbin High School.

The Lynn Camp community is mourning the loss of longtime coach and teacher Richard Jones today.

The following is a collection of the stories and column previewing the 2018 Cumberland Falls Invitational Tournament, taking place December 26-29 at Corbin High School. For more on the tourney, including team photos and a complete bracket, be sure to pick up this week’s...

A trio of ultra-competitive basketball games highlighted the sports action in our area Friday night.

The Williamsburg Lady Yellow Jackets hosted Knox Central Tuesday evening, while both the Whitley County Colonels and Lady Colonels were on the road.

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The News Journal’s Sixth Annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Hoops Tournament once again produced some top-notch roundball action inside the Princess Vermillion McBurney Recreation Center, but in the end only one team was able to call themselves champions.

He’s not the biggest, or most intimidating player on the court. But former Corbin High School, and Alice Lloyd College, standout Isaac Wilson has been the most consistently dominate presence at the annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament over it’s six year existence. He’ll be...

A week from this Saturday the News Journal’s annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament will return to the Princess Vermillion McBurney Recreation Center as part of the 2018 NIBROC festival.

A press release sent out Friday by Whitley County High School Athletic Director John Siler said the following: