Sports
Hounds top Colonels, hosting Tenn. state champs at Pigskin Classic ‘17
As it has the last couple of seasons, the annual Corbin versus Whitley County football game drew in a massive crowd last Friday night. As the hosts in 2017, the Colonels were hoping to make a major statement with a win over the Hounds in week 0, but in the end the visitors were able to walk away with a 14-0 victory.
Eagles soar at Fifth Annual NIBROC 3-on-3 basketball tournament
A total of 21 teams showed up to the Princess Vermillion McBurney Recreation Center in Corbin this past Saturday to compete in the News Journal’s Fifth Annual NIBROC 3-on-3 basketball tournament. […]
Defending champions returning to NIBROC 3-on-3
For the first time in its five-year history, the defending champions of the NIBROC 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will be making a bid to be repeat winners. […]
The 2017 high school volleyball season is nearly upon us, and new developments pertaining to district realignment has added another level of excitement and intrigue for coaches, players and fans alike.
This will be an extra-special year for the Whitley County soccer program, as they are celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2017.
Isaac Wilson excited to get the all-new Lady Hounds Women’s League up and going later this month
Former Corbin Lady Redhounds, Whitley County Lady Colonels and even a squad of former Bell County Lady Bobcat basketball players will be back on the hardwood beginning this month with the birth of a new women’s basketball league.
The Corbin Redhounds and Lady Redhounds soccer teams are both just a few weeks away from kicking off the 2017 season, and hopes are high for both boys coach Armado Cima and girls coach Hannah Goins.
Yellow Jacket baseball players turning heads as members of summer travel teams
This summer has been a busy one for many local athletes, including Williamsburg baseball player Jake Harrison. […]
We are now approaching late-July, and that means that Little League All-Star baseball tournaments in our area are beginning to wrap up.Jeremy Shope named new WCHS head baseball coach
Earlier this summer it was announced that longtime Whitley County High School baseball head coach Kyle Adams would be resigning. Now the Colonels are about to begin a new era under the guidance of former Mercer County head coach Jeremy Shope.
Did You Know: Williamsburg’s own Win Ballou made history by appearing in the1925 World Series with the Washington Senators
Last Thursday afternoon I had a very interesting, and very enjoyable, conversation with former Cumberland College baseball player and coach Terry Stigall. This was the first time we had met, and it didn’t take him long to leave a lasting impression on me. For starters, his office down at the University of the Cumberlands, where he is still employed as a health instructor, is truly something to behold.
With an 8-4 loss against South London last Wednesday, this year’s 11-12 year-old Corbin All-Stars baseball team was eliminated from area tournament competition.
It’s that time of year again…WHS adding volleyball, renaming football field to honor former groundskeeper
Thanks to action by the Williamsburg Independent Board of Education last Thursday night, high school girls will have a new sport to play this fall and a former head groundskeeper is being honored with the football field being partially renamed in his honor.
In 2015, Cauz-N-Ruckus battled their way to a 42nd Annual Woodbine Rebels Softball Shootout championship.
Inaugural Whitley County Athletic HOF Inductees Announced
The following nine individuals, and one team, will be inducted this September as the inaugural class of the Whitley County Athletic Hall of Fame… […]
The Tri-County Sports Authority is gearing up for another exciting youth football season in 2017.
Local basketball teams head back into the gym for summer scrimmage tournaments
Now that high school spring sports have officially wrapped up it is time to begin thinking about what the next school year will have in store. The beginning of new football, volleyball, soccer, golf and cross country seasons are just on the horizon, but basketball is never far from the collective consciousness of sports fans in the state of Kentucky.
