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One of the most fierce rivalries in all of 13th Region sports is set to pick up right where it left off last year when the Corbin Lady Hounds and the defending region champion Whitley County Lady Colonels get their 2023 seasons underway next week.

This week, high school soccer teams across the state are getting their 2023 seasons underway. In the local area, the Corbin and Whitley County boys and girls teams are all gearing up for another year of competition in the 13th Region’s 49th District.

Of all the stellar performances by coverage area track and field athletes at this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association state championships, one stood out above the rest. Williamsburg’s Nate Goodin, who has just completed his sophomore year, was the only local...

“It can be done.” That is what Whitley County Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope said after his Colonels defeated Shelby County, 2-1, in the finals of this year’s Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championship Tournament.

Last week, athletes from all four of the News Journal’s coverage area high schools made the trip to the University of Kentucky to compete in the 2023 state track and field championships.

Whitley County High School Baseball Head Coach Jeremy Shope spoke earlier this week about his team’s performance in the early rounds of the 2023 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Championship Tournament.

After recent regional track and field meets, several coverage area athletes have qualified for state competition.

On Thursday, June 1, the Williamsburg track and field team will make their annual trip to Lexington to compete in the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s Class A state championship meet at the University of Kentucky. It will mark 50 years since a group of Yellow Jackets...

The Whitley County Colonels got out to an early lead against the Corbin Redhounds in the championship game of this year’s 13th Region baseball tournament, eventually going on to win by the final score of 7-1.