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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...

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...

Redhounds kicker Jacob Baker ranked top field goal kicker in state by KHSAA

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

Where do our local football teams stand in the district, state?

As we move into week five of the high school football season where do our local teams stand even though no official standings have been released by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. At 4-0, Corbin is rolling along in class 4A. The Redhounds have outscored their...

Corbin handles Franklin Co.; Whitley Co. picks up first win for Zeke Eier; W’burg demolishes Leslie Co.

It was a week of statement wins for the high school football teams across Whitley County. Corbin faced its toughest game of the season, hosting another of the top teams in class 4A in Franklin County at Campbell Field. The Redhounds didn’t blink on either side of the ball as they...

Some area teams are making noise while others are at a make-or-break point

Though it is still early in their respective seasons, a number of local high school teams are already making some noise, while others have reached the make-or-break point. Coach Tom Greer’s Corbin Redhounds can look in the mirror in a lot of ways to prepare for Friday’s game...

Williamsburg seeks to shake off ‘butt kicking’ against Leslie County Friday

Williamsburg Football Coach Jerry Herron, Jr. said there is a big difference between Friday night’s 60-28 thrashing at the hands of Middlesboro and last year’s 27-7 loss in the state semi-finals to Kentucky Country Day. While the loss to KCD ended the Jackets’ 2020 season, Herron...

Williamsburg looks to improve to 2-0 Friday at Middlesboro

Coach Jerry Herron, Jr.’s Yellow Jackets will be headed to Middlesboro Friday night after defeating Oneida, Tennessee 50-21 in the first game of the Cumberland Falls Pigskin Class at Campbell Field in Corbin. Quarterback Sydney Bowen completed 15 of 27 passes for 338 yards and...

Lynn Camp Football to open season Friday at Frankfort

Coach Mark Huddleston’s Lynn Camp Wildcats will travel to Frankfort Friday night for what will be the first game. Lynn Camp’s opener against Jellico was postponed because of COVID–19. It has been rescheduled for Sept. 30. The Panthers are coming off of a 41-14 victory at home...

Eier’s ‘blue collar’ Colonels looking to establish running game

The Whitley County Colonels open the Coach Zeke Eier Friday night with a trip east to face Perry County Central. New Coach Zeke Eier said it will be a battle to see which team can impose its desire to consistently run the ball while taking away the opponent’s running game. Eier...