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Debut of new Lynn Camp Football Coach Mark Huddleston pushed back to Aug. 27

Lynn Camp hasn’t yet kicked off the 2021 football season and it has already been knocked for a loop as Friday’s opening of the Mark Huddleston era has been postponed because of COVID–19. The scheduled home opener against Jellico has been rescheduled for Sept. 30, making the Aug....

Tested Williamsburg looking for another deep playoff run

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...

Experienced Redhound Football team ready to make another playoff run

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...

Beginning of high school fall sports now just weeks away

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...

Redhound Football players put muscle into new furniture

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...

Area football teams begin workouts

Football practice began Monday night at Corbin High School as players participated in speed and agility drills on the track. Coach Tom Greer said the Redhounds were also working in the weight room. Corbin’s skill players are scheduled for seven-on-seven drills later this week in...

2021 football schedules released for local teams

Players won’t begin football practice until July 10, but schedules for the upcoming season are complete. The Whitley County Colonels, who will be going into the first season under Coach Zeke Eier, will open the season Aug. 20 at Perry County Central. Eier’s first game in front of...

Whitley County High School begins search for new football coach

The search for a new head football coach at Whitley County High School has begun. Athletic Director Bryan Stewart said the vacancy created when Coach Jep Irwin resigned to take the job at South Laurel has been posted on the Kentucky High School Athletic Association website....

2020 was a year of extremes in area sports

Area sports was a year of extreme highs and lows, while trying to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The following are the 10 stories that fell into one of those two categories. 1) Corbin Middle School Eighth Grade Football wins state championship The Corbin Redhounds Eighth Grade...

Time for Hounds, Jackets to meet on the gridiron

Who is the best high school football team in the area? Corbin could make the argument that, even though it lost in the regional championship game, it played the toughest schedule, and a broad spectrum of opponents from Class 2A powerhouses Beechwood and Somerset to Class 6A Dixie...