Tues/Wed Highlights: District High School Baseball and Softball Coverage

The Corbin Redhounds baseball team secured the top spot in the 50th District this week after achieving an undefeated record in regular season district play.

Update: Whitley County baseball defeated Williamsburg Wednesday 18-2 while Corbin defeated South Laurel 12-2. This concludes regular season district play for baseball teams in the 50th District in 2018.

Information on the upcoming district baseball and softball tournaments will be made available in the near future. Look to future print editions of the News Journal for details.

Original: On Tuesday, May 1 the Corbin Redhounds defeated visiting South Laurel 11-5 to improve to 15-6 on the year, 5-0 in 50th District play.

Meanwhile, the Whitley County Colonels were able to defeat the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets at Briar Creek Park by the final score of 6-5 to improve their record to 15-7, 3-2. With the loss, the Jackets fall to 13-6, 2-3.

In 50th District softball action Tuesday, the Corbin Lady Hounds made a major statement by defeating visiting South Laurel 9-0. The win moves the Hounds to 8-5 overall, 4-2 against district competition.

Coverage area baseball teams are scheduled to wrap up regular season district play on Wednesday, with Corbin traveling to play South Laurel in London, and Williamsburg making the short trip over to Whitley County High School. This post will be updated with results from those games later this week.