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(Story by Trevor Sherman) Just a few short years ago, Jaine Stephens started making waves as the only active female high school wrestler in our local area. As a middle schooler competing at the varsity level for Whitley County High School, the California native was regularly...

On Saturday, April 16, the civic center in Corbin, Kentucky will see the debut of the new Allied Pro Wrestling. Veteran wrestler Henry Shaw, along with Corbin attorney Shane Romines and Jordan Cobb have purchased Appalachian Pro Wrestling out of Pikeville and rebranded it. “I’ve...

Corbin’s Seth Huff and Whitley County’s Anthony Colmus will be competing in the semi-state wrestling tournament Saturday in Lexington. Huff finished second in the 215-pound weight class Saturday in the Region 7 Wrestling Tournament at McCreary Central. Huff scored three pin...

I’m going to start out this week up in the cheap seats by giving a shout out to Corbin Basketball Coach Tony Pietrowski who set the school record for most coaching wins in the program’s history as the Redhounds defeated Whitley County Friday night. Pietrowski notched win 442 at...

Pro wrestling is back at the Arena in Corbin Saturday night. Among the WWE superstars scheduled to appear are Roman Reigns, Charlotte Flair, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Becky Lynch, Big E and Happy Corbin, formerly known as “King” Baron Corbin. I’m excited, but it isn’t so much...

I’m calling this week’s column around the local sports world in about 80 seconds as there are several items to cover. • First and foremost, in the top 10 sports stories, I overlooked one big accomplishment. Coach Jimmy Hendrickson’s Corbin Middle School Seventh Grade Boys won the...

Corbin fans will have new winter sports teams to cheer for as boys and girls wrestling is being added as a varsity sport. The Corbin Board of Education approved the creation of a high school wrestling program during a special called meeting Friday. “We had the interest,” said...

Whitley County’s Lauren Matney wrapped up her high school wrestling career with a third place finish at the girls’ state wrestling tournament. The senior competed in the 182 pound weight class, losing to eventual state champion Lisa Fleming-McBride of Harrison County by pinfall...

Whitley County wrestlers were back on the mat Saturday in Danville. Coach Brandon Lawson said the Colonels went two and two on the day. Anthony Colmus, wrestling at 132 pounds, defeated the second ranked wrestler in the region, 6-3. Brecken Hart scored a pinfall in his match at...

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...