Tennis

The following are complete results for coverage area athletes competing in last week’s KHSAA state tennis championships in Lexington... Boys Singles Grant Morton (Corbin) was defeated by George Hulse (Daviess Co) in round one 6-1, 6-2. Reece Halcomb (Whitley Co) was defeated by Ashton Whitt (Morgan Co) in round one 6-1, 6-1. Camden Harris (Corbin) was defeated by Evan Gardner (Covington Catholic) in round one 6-2, 6-1. Girls Singles Camille Overley (Corbin) defeated Abby Wheatley (Whitefield Aca.) in round one 6-0, 6-1. Overley was defeated by Katie Robeson (Henry Clay) in round two 6-0, 6-0. Samantha Spady (Corbin) defeated Hadley Jones (Central Hardin) in round one 6-0, 6-0. Spady defeated Hamilton Nichols (Assumption) in round two 6-3, 6-1. Spady...

Next week coverage area athletes will compete for regional baseball and softball championships, as well as state track and tennis titles. The 2019 13th Region baseball tournament will kickoff Monday, May 27 at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN. The Corbin Redhounds will face Bell County in game one at 11:00 am. Knox Central vs. Clay County will come next, followed by Middlesboro vs. Barbourville and North Laurel vs. Whitley County in the night game. Semifinal round games will be at 5:30 and 8:00 pm on Tuesday, May 28, and the championship game will be played Wednesday, May 29 at 7:00 pm. The 2019 13th Region softball tournament will also begin...

It was a busy night in our coverage area Tuesday, with a district baseball champion crowned, several regional tennis championships decided and track & field teams hitting the road to compete for a chance to appear at state. Starting with baseball, this year's 50th District championship game between Corbin and Whitley County was another classic in a series that has become well known for producing plenty of memorable moments. It didn't start out that way, however, as the Redhounds were able to get out to a commanding 9-0 lead after a three-run bottom of the first inning, a five-run bottom of the third and a one-run bottom of the fourth. The...

As reported in last week’s edition of the News Journal, a total of 18 high school tennis players from the coverage area are slated to compete in this year’s KHSAA state championships in Lexington. The tournaments will kick off tomorrow (Thursday) with Corbin’s Katherine Niemeier taking on Carrie Beckman of Sacred Heart at 8:00 a.m. at the University of Kentucky’s Boone/Downing Tennis Complex. Whitley County’s Anna Grace Zehr will take on Charity Nickel from Somerset, also at 8:00 a.m. at Boone/Downing. Corbin’s Samantha Spady is scheduled to face Savannah Kruse from Bullitt East at 9:15 a.m. In the girls doubles bracket, Corbin’s Sarah Gibbs and Emily Morton will face Sarah Englert and Ashley...

The Corbin and Whitley County tennis programs have enjoyed much success this spring, and now they both will cap off the 2018 season by sending several athletes on to next week’s KHSAA state championships in Lexington. When all was said and done Monday evening at Corbin High School both the Redhounds and Lady Hounds were once again crowned 13th Region champions, sending a total of eleven competitors on to state. The Colonels and Lady Colonels brought home region runner-up honors, with a total of seven athletes qualifying for state competition. Here is how it all went down… In the boys singles bracket, Whitley County’s Chris Tan defeated Corbin’s Andrew Bingham in the semifinal...

A press release sent out Friday by Whitley County High School Athletic Director John Siler said the following: A familiar face has been chosen to fill the head coaching position left vacant by the resignation of David Estes earlier this month. David Halcomb has been chosen to lead the Lady Colonels Basketball Program at Whitley County High School. He will be resigning as head coach of girls’ volleyball and the tennis team at the end of the 2018 season in order to assume the head basketball coaching position. Halcomb’s first experience with Colonel Basketball came when he wore the uniform himself. He was a 4 year letterman on the Whitley County...

If you’re a tennis player or enthusiast living in the area, chances are good that you have heard about Captain Tennis lately. But just who is this masked ace with a shield and cape? Luckily, the “superhero” answered the call to stop by the News Journal offices to shed some light on his mission, his special abilities and much more… NJ: What are you hoping to accomplish, Captain Tennis? CT: I want to keep people from getting hit with tennis balls whenever possible, and make sure that no one has their tennis racquets stolen. I also want to provide racquets to everyone that wants to play. NJ: We have seen some of you...

With the New Year just days away, this week we look back at the News Journal’s biggest sports stories of 2017. 1. The Corbin Redhounds’ run to the Class 3A state football championship: Undoubtedly, the biggest sports story of the year was Corbin football’s 13-2 season that included the program’s first appearance in a state championship game since 2002. The football Hounds featured a talented cast of both seasoned veterans and young up-and-comers in 2017. The combination was enough to get the team over the hump, defeating Louisville Central in the state semifinals after losing to Belfry in week 14 of both the 2015 and 2016 seasons. Corbin came up against a...

The 13th Region was well represented at the state level once again this year, with a total of twelve coverage area players advancing to compete in last week’s KHSAA championships in Lexington. Corbin had two teams in the boys doubles bracket – region champions Peyton Hamlin/Brady Keith, and the pairing of Seth and Zane Maguet. Hamlin and Keith were defeated in round one last Thursday morning by Michael Ioffe and Spencer Strelsov (5) of DuPont Manual 6-4, 6-2, while the Maguets were defeated in round one by Chandler Nguyen and Wes Patterson of Russell 6-0, 6-3. Head Coach Nickie Dixon said of her four boys, “The Maguets had a hard-fought match...

The state championship tennis brackets were released by the KHSAA Tuesday morning, and here is where our competitors from Corbin and Whitley County ended up... In boys singles, Whitley County’s Reece Halcomb will face Vincent Shiben of McCracken County Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. at Shillito Park in Lexington. The winner of that match is scheduled to take the court again Thursday at 2:00 p.m. Whitley’s Chris Tan will face Cameron Mount of South Oldham Thursday at 9:15 a.m., also at Shillito Park. The winner of that match will play again at 2:00 p.m. as well. In boys doubles, Corbin’s Peyton Hamlin and Brady Keith will face Michael Ioffe and Spencer Strelsov...