It was a disappointing night for coverage area high school football teams.

Nearly 500 people proved they have “the heart of a lion” this past Saturday during the 8th annual Lion’s Chase obstacle course 5k race held near Corbin. With multiple-year champions Ben Hall and Ben White out due to injuries — and other past champions not running — the field was...

Two coverage area teams suffered disappointing losses, while another made easy work of their opponents Friday night.

It was a heartbreaking night for two teams in Corbin, while two teams in Williamsburg are celebrating a pair of big victories…

It has been another successful week for high school football teams in our coverage area…

The 2019 high school football season officially kicked off Friday night with three games involving coverage area teams.

The following is a collection of the high school football preview stories appearing in the Wednesday, August 21 print edition of the News Journal… You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please Login. Not a Member? Join Us

Persistence finally paid off for the local duo of Nate Stevens and Colson Messer last Friday night, as they took home first place in the News Journal’s Annual NIBROC cornhole tournament in downtown Corbin.

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.

The following From the Sidelines column appeared in the August 7, 2019 print edition of the News Journal…

We are now just days away from the start of the fall 2019 high school sports season. It’s one of the busiest times of the entire year, with area cross country, soccer, golf, volleyball and football teams all gearing up to get back into competition.

Mason Manning is a soon-to-be senior at Williamsburg High School. Sports fans in the area may know him best for his time spent wearing a Yellow Jacket basketball or baseball uniform, but he has actually achieved the highest level of success as a member of the local Impact club...

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.

Continue to monitor this post for ongoing coverage of the Corbin 11-12 year-old baseball All-Stars’ appearance in the 2019 state championship tournament, currently in progress in Prestonsburg.

From the Wednesday, July 17 edition… When our last edition went to print, the Corbin 11-12 year-old Little League All-Stars baseball team was preparing to face the Hazard-Perry All-Stars for this year’s district tournament winner’s bracket championship. You need to login to...

Thursday afternoon, inside the Lynn Camp High School gymnasium that is now named after her former basketball coach, Richard “Birddog” Jones, Lady Cat Makenzie Grant signed to continue her athletic career at the collegiate level.

From the July 3, 2019 edition of the News Journal…

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.

In recent years we have recognized the best high school baseball and softball players in the county in a variety of different ways. We’ve had All-County Most Valuable Players and MVP runners-up. We’ve had individual team MVPs and Honorable Mentions. We’ve even had some winners in...

After night one of last week’s 13th Region championship baseball tournament at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN all signs seemed to point to a rematch between Corbin and Whitley County in the tournament finals. You need to login to view the rest of the content. Please...