It is high school football time and credit the organizers of the Cumberland Falls Pigskin Classic with bringing the annual opener to Redhound Football back with a vengeance. While Corbin and Williamsburg will not be lining up against each other, fans will be able to see both...

The Corbin Redhounds have not missed a beat as they try to recapture the magic of the historic 2020 boys’ soccer season, winning the first two matches by a combined score of 11-4. Coach Armando Cima’s squad defeated Perry County Central, 8-2 last Tuesday, and then picked up a 3-2...

Coming off of a final four loss in the 2020 class A state football playoffs, Coach Jerry Herron, Jr.’s Williamsburg Yellow Jackets will start another run at a state football title Friday night. Call it a homeish opener as the Jackets will face Oneida, Tennessee at Corbin’s...

When the Corbin Redhounds run out of the locker room and onto Campbell Field Friday night, the 2021 edition will look very familiar. Coach Tom Greer will again have Cameron Combs under center, and Combs will have Seth Mills, TreyVeon Longmire, Carter Stewart and Dakota Patterson...

High school golf has teed off, and volleyball, soccer, football and cross country will open their seasons over the next three weeks. Like other areas of Kentucky, and the United States, residents in Whitley County have developed intense loyalties to Corbin, Whitley County and/or...

Whitley Storm Softball 10U: The team was a tournament finalist in Georgetown, KY. Coaches: George Davis, David Fritts, David Prewitt, Spencer Brown Players (back row): Jazlynn Brown, Katelyn Shepherd, Holly Inman, Katie Sexton, Adalee Hill, Makynli Brown Players (front row): Mia...

The Corbin Lady Redhounds Volleyball Team is on a mission to exceed its 2020 performance that ended with a 13th Region title and a trip to the state volleyball tournament. Corbin swept the district and the region, including three wins over district rival Whitley County. “We lost...

Local high school soccer teams kicked off their seasons Tuesday night. In the final scrimmage before Tuesday’s opener at Berea, the Corbin Lady Redhounds hosted Garrard County.

Every day I am learning something new about high school sports in the area. When I planned for this week’s sports page to feature soccer previews, I planned on how to cover eight teams, the boys and girls’ teams from Corbin, Lynn Camp, Whitley County and Williamsburg. Then I...

The Corbin Lady Redhounds Soccer team will be looking to take the next step in 2021, coming off a 7-6-1 season that ended with a loss to North laurel in the 13th Region Championship game. The good news for Coach Hannah Goins is that she is returning nine starters from that tea...

High school soccer teams are scheduled to kick off the 2021 season next week. On the boys’ side, Corbin will be looking to follow up on an historic 2020 that saw the Redhounds go 13-2-1 while advancing to the state final four. “Things change from one season to the next,” said...

For the first time in the history of its program, the Whitley County School District soccer fields now have lights. The lights were turned on last Friday during a field lighting ceremony. “Just a couple years ago, they [board of education members] spoke to me about different...

Cumberland Freewill Baptist Church won the 2021 Williamsburg Mens Summer Softball League with a record of 18-3. The team from Tim Smith Construction finished second with a record of 17-4.

In just a few days, high school football across Kentucky will take a big step forward as the players put on the pads and the hitting begins. We are now under a month until the season kicks off with the first games scheduled for Friday, Aug. 20. Whitley County will travel to Perry...

Local high school cross country teams have a lot to live up as they are preparing for the 2021 season. Corbin Coach Tyler Harris said the “Runnin’ Redhounds” currently have six boys and seven girls slated to run at the varsity level. The boys’ team is two years removed from a...

The demolition derby at the Whitley County Fair last week drew a healthy crowd with more than 600 spectators turning out last Thursday night. Go to any fair or similar event and if there is a demolition derby it will be one of the biggest, if the not the biggest draw. There were...

With the building’s elevator down Tuesday, and a host of moving needed to be done at Corbin Elementary School, a squad of more than 20 Corbin High School Football players brought the muscle. The freshmen and sophomore players helped to move more than 1,000 pieces of furniture...

The lights that have been removed from Campbell Field will all find new life. At a special called meeting of the Corbin Board of Education, the board voted unanimously to donate four of the six poles to the City of Corbin, while moving the remaining two to the track at the high...

For the first time in the program’s history, Whitley County’s boys and girls soccer teams will play their home games under the lights as fixtures have been installed at the field on U.S. 25W. Whitley County has previously been precluded from hosting the 13th Region Tournaments...

Tackett Wilson, of Corbin, was one of three finalists for the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Outstanding Football Official Award. Wilson along with Burney Jenkins of Georgetown and Scott Moore of Union were named as the finalists. KHSAA officials noted that nominees...