Corbin shuts down New Harlan; Cats win

Published 12:35 am Thursday, August 22, 2019

Corbin scored on its first three possessions Tuesday on the way to a 22-0 victory over New Harlan in seventh- and eighth-grade football action at Coal Miners Memorial Stadium.

The Redhounds scored on a 10-play drive to open the game, using a procedure penalty on a third-and-long play to keep the series alive. Jacob Shoemaker, Deon Brown, Will Cassim and Carter Howard had stops in the drive, but the Redhounds continued marching until Zander Curry teamed with Tyler Rose for a 22-yard touchdown pass. Ethan Gregory added the two-point conversion.

Bradrick Helton scored on a 17-yard run early in the second quarter to push the lead to 14-0. Samuel Henson made the stop on the two-point attempt.

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Mike Neal went in for the final Corbin touchdown late in the first half. Evan Baker went in for the two-point conversion.

Brown had a nice kickoff return for the Patriots to near midfield, but the Patriots were unable to convert it into points as a Corbin interception ended the half. Howard made a tackle after the turnover.

Lightning forced a delay at halftime and the game was eventually called due to the weather.

New Harlan (2-1) plays Willliamsburg on Saturday in the Bell County Bowl.

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Corbin rolled to a 36-6 win in the seventh-grade game. Jason Fultz scored the New Harlan touchdown.

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Evarts edged Harlan 8-0 in fifth- and sixth-grade football action Tuesday at Harlan.

Braydon Middleton scored the Wildcats’ touchdown in the third quarter. Ryan Coots added the two-point conversion.

Evarts fell 30-22 to New Harlan in previously unreported action from last week.

Middleton scored for Evarts in the first quarter, and Coots added the two-point conversion. Dylan Lambert scored on a touchdown run in the third quarter. Nathan Cochran had a touchdown run in the fourth quarter and also added the two-point conversion.

No scoring information was available for New Harlan.

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Cumberland trailed 24-0 late in the first half Tuesday at Fleming-Neon when lightning stopped play of the seventh- and eighth-grade game.

Fleming-Neon won 52-6 in fifth- and sixth-grade action. Sedrick Washington ran for 100 yards and a touchdown. Landon Huff had three catches for 50 yards. Washington and Kaden Adams led the Redskins in tackles.