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This past Saturday, the News Journal presented its Seventh Annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Hoops Tournament inside the Princess Vermillion McBurney Recreation Center in Corbin.

Over the past several years, the News Journal’s Annual NIBROC 3-on-3 Hoops Tournament has made a name for itself as one of the most competitive basketball tourneys in our region.

Last week, over 260 kids of all ages got the chance to take part in this year’s Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp featuring former UK Wildcat Jarrod Polson. The camp is free each summer, and is presented by Operation Unite.

Corbin Redhounds basketball head coach Tony Pietrowski’s annual Highly Skilled summer youth camp kicked off Tuesday with a very special guest.

A press release sent out by Whitley County Schools Friday afternoon said the following:

After just one season at the helm of Whitley County High School’s girls varsity basketball program, David Halcomb made the difficult decision to step down Thursday afternoon.

With the conclusion of the recent 13th Region championship tournaments at the Corbin Arena, the 2018-19 high school basketball season has officially ended for all of the News Journal’s coverage area teams.

This year’s girls’ 13th Region basketball tournament kicked off Wednesday evening at the Corbin Arena.

This year’s girls 50th District tournament kicked off at South Laurel High School in London Tuesday evening, while the Lynn Camp boys were in action at Pineville High School in round one of the 2019 51st District tourney.

Regular season district play wrapped up for four coverage area basketball teams Tuesday when Whitley County squared off against crosstown rivals Williamsburg in a girls-boys double header at JB Mountjoy Gymnasium.