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The Whitley County Colonels baseball team travelled to Owensboro for their shot to become the 2026 Kentucky 2A Baseball State champions. The trip was well worth it as the Colonels brought home the title following a 4-0 win over LaRue County. The team also defeated Murray and Glasgow during the tournament.

Whitley County High School hosted schools from throughout the state for a track and field meet on April 20. Corbin, Williamsburg and Whitley County all had athletes compete in various events.  

Corbin’s Makenna Myatt is headed to Pine Needles after her championship win at the 2026 Emma Talley Girls Tradition through the KYPGA Jr. Tour qualified her to compete at the LPGA Girls Golf Championship, according to the Corbin Boys Golf Team Facebook page.

Corbin’s JROTC brought home second place in the National Raider Challenge All-Service Overall Male competition. Corbin’s Jon Norris received the Battle Fit Challenge Ironman Male Champion award. In the All Service Level category, they earned the following placements in the various events: 1st - Male PTT; 2nd - Male 5K; 7th - Male CCR; 7th - Male Gauntlet; 9th- Male Rope Bridge, according to the Raider Nationals Report.

Coming off a Kentucky 2A Baseball State Championship win, the Whitley County Colonels handed the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets a 14-0 loss on April 20. The teams met up again April 21, but the game was not complete as of print deadline.

The Williamsburg Lady Jackets defeated the Lynn Camp Lady Cats, 15-13, on April 16. The two teams first met at the start of the season. Williamsburg took home the win on March 19 with a 26-25 victory.

The Lady Colonels defeated the Lady Jackets, 14-0, in five innings on April 9. Whitley County has won the last 11 match ups against Williamsburg. The two teams will meet again at 6 p.m. on May 7 at Williamsburg.

The Corbin Redhounds defeated the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets at home on Monday with a final score of 11-1. The two teams met up again Tuesday night. The final score was not available as of print deadline. As of Monday, Corbin had won the 12 most recent matchups between the two programs.

The third all-time winningest Kentucky high school football coach died April 9. In his 48 seasons, Coach Larry French spent time at the helm of six football programs. He retired in January. The last stop in French’s career was at Middlesboro. Since joining the Yellowjackets staff in 2019, he battled Williamsburg and Lynn Camp High Schools each year except for 2020. While French was at Middlesboro, he recorded a clean sweep of Lynn Camp (7-0, including playoffs). When it came to facing the other 13th region Yellowjackets,  Middlesboro and Williamsburg split the series 3-3. Williamsburg Football Coach Jerry Herron described the games saying, “We had a good relationship over the years, some really...