NEWS JOURNAL — FEBRUARY 15, 2012 — C-3 THE FACTS... Redhounds aren’t overlooking Williamsburg Boys Tournament Game 1 — Feb. 21, 8:15 p.m. Corbin vs. Williamsburg MAYOR Willard McBurney CITY EMPLOYEES & CITY COMMISSIONERS Joe Shelton Ed Tye Joe Butch White Phil Gregory City of Corbin 805 South Main St., Corbin, KY 606.528.0669 Wishes all the area teams Wishes all the area teams Good Luck Good Luck in the in the 50th District 50th District Tournament Tournament HOOP IT UP IN THE 50TH DISTRICT “Williamsburg Feels Like Home” City of Williamsburg Mayor Roddy Harrison City Council Members & City Employees Williamsburg, Ky • 606-549-6033 GOOD LUCK GOOD LUCK TO ALL TO ALL THE AREA THE AREA SCHOOL’S SCHOOL’S Send ‘em to the pound Redhounds at the 50th District Tournament! Corbin Board of Education 1510 South Main Street, Corbin, Kentucky Established 1966 GOOD LUCK AREA TEAMS! Corbin Redhounds 33 Travis Smith Sr 24 Kyle West Sr 14 Victor Berezutchi Sr 1 Eric Jones Sr 42 Kory Morris Jr 44 Robbie Igo Jr 11 Hunter Grubb Jr 22 Zach Farley Jr 15 Kaleb Maguet Jr 23 Joey Shelton So 25 Zach Henson So 10 Donnie Wilson So 4 Kevin Goins So 32 Taylor Waddle So 3 Tucker Jones So 21 Andrew Johnson So 20 Trevor Hill 8th Head Coach: Tony Pietrowski 2012 Results Knoxville Catholic 68-41 W at Clay Co. 58-61 L at Lynn Camp 64-48 W Jellico, Tn 53-53 W at South Laurel 67-64* W Carter, Tn 77-58 W Cumberland Falls Invitational Blue Ridge, SC 64-45 W Evangel Christian 48-52 L Lee, Al. 63-74 L Knoxville Catholic Invitational Knoxville West 48-75 L Loudon, Tn 59-48 W Knoxville Catholic 46-62 L Williamsburg 49-55 L at Middlesboro 79-51 W at Whitley Co. 68-51 W at North Laurel 54-61 L Knox Central 50-58 L South Laurel 58-51 W Bell Co. 46-42 W Pineville 68-54 W at Williamsburg 59-52 W Whitley Co. 66-54 W North Laurel 52-50 W at McCreary Cent. 50-46 W Harlan Co. 64-71 L Feb. 17 Harlan Feb. 20 Williamsburg Williamsburg Yellow Jackets 20 Jared Barton Sr 14 Hunter Williams Sr 44 Cameron Smoak Sr 1 Donnie Bowlin Sr 11 Chris Odell Sr 25 Micah Purdie Jr 13 Ryan Bowlin So 34 Tyler White So 2 Addison Anderson So 15 Dalton Sizemore So 12 Corey Shelton Fr 5 Skylar Griffith Fr 3 Eric Poore Fr 4 Michael Rose Fr 33 Garrett Faulkner Fr 32 Chase Lowrie Fr Head Coach: Patrick Robinson 2012 Results Jackson Co. 54-56 L Knoxville Catholic 49-57 L Pineville 74-46 W at Clay Co. 49-88 L Lloyd Memorial 47-62 L Barbourville 61-77 L Whitley Co. 56-57 L Cumberland Falls Invitational Lee, Al. 36-61 L Pontotac, Ms 66-56 W Jackson Co. 60-52 W Williamsburg Invitational Garrard Co. 59-55 W Scott, Tn 55-53 W Upperman, Tn 44-54 L Knox Central 38-60 L at Corbin 55-49 W at Lynn Camp 66-39 W South Laurel 76-73* W at Jackson Co. 61-56 W Lynn Camp 58-38 W Harlan 75-73 W Barbourville 50-60 L at Whitley Co. 52-58 L at South Laurel 46-49 L Corbin 52-59 L Lynn Camp 57-45 W Estill Co. 55-51 W Berea 43-33 W at Middlesboro 454-68 L Feb. 14 Owsley Co. Feb. 15 at Pineville Team: Corbin Record: 16-10 Mascot: Redhounds Coach: Tony Pietrowski 50th District Titles: 39 Last Title: 2011 13th Region Titles: 13 Last Title: 2010 Season High: 79 vs. Middlesboro Season Low: 46 vs. Bell Co. Offensive Avg: 58.9 Defensive Avg. 54.3 District Record: 5-1 Region Record: 10-4 Home Court: 9-4 Road Record: 6-3 Neutral Court: 1-1 Team: Williamsburg Record: 14-14 Mascot: Yellow Jackets Coach: Patrick Robinson 50th District Titles: 5 Last Title: 1998 13th Region Titles: 3 Last Title: 1946 Season High: 76 vs. S. Laurel Season Low: 36 vs. Lee, Al. Offensive Avg: 55.4 Defensive Avg. 56.1 District Record: 2-4 Region Record: 9-9 Home Court: 8-9 Road Record: 3-3 Neutral Court: 3-1 By Jim McAlister [email protected] The Corbin Redhounds have put themselves in a posi- tion to win their fourth 50th District Title in a row after taking the number one seed in next week’s tournament. Coach Tony Pietrowski’s team earned the number one seed by winning five of their six district games. Their only loss came at the hands of the Williamsburg Yellow Jackets 55-49 back on Jan. 6. The Redhounds were without leading scorer Travis Smith in that game. Pietrowski is concerned about the Yellow Jackets and will not be over-looking Williamsburg. “For us being a number one seed, it is a difficult match- up,” said the veteran coach. “I think Williamsburg has shown the ability to play with anyone in our district. So, we know we have got our hands full. They have played us well both times that we have played them.” “We are going to have to key in and play well to be able to advance to the region- al tournament,” Pietrowski said. Corbin is currently 16-10 and have been led by Smith, juniors Zach Farley, Robbie Igo, Hunter Grubb and Kaleb Maguet from a scoring stand- point along with exchange strudent Victor Berezutchi. The first time the two teams met at Corbin the Yellow Jackets came out with the victory. That was a big win for Williamsburg and Coach Patrick Robinson. Robinson knows his team can play with the Redhounds and must be ready for Monday’s game. “We need to be 100 percernt focused on exactly what we are trying to do,” Robinson said. “Stick to the game plan and play as one cohesive unit for four quarters.” What concerns Robinson most about the Redhounds? “The biggest concern I have going into the game is making sure we do a nice job defensively. I want our guys to play super hard and exe- cute on offense,” he added. “Travis Smith really hurt us the last game so hopefully we can defend him much better.” “We play really hard and focus a lot on guarding peo- ple as tough as we can,” he said. Williamsburg had com- piled a 14-14 record going into their final two games Photo By JIM McALISTER CORBIN’S Victor Berezutchi dribbles down court against the pressue of Harlan County’s James Bond in Monday night’s loss to the Black Bears. of the regular season against Owsley County and Pineville. Wins over both of those teams would give the Yellow Jackets a winning season, the first for Robinson. Williamsburg put together an impressive run early in January when they won six straight games before los- ing to Barbourville 60-50 in the championship game of the 13th Region All “A” Tournament. The Yellow Jackets have been led by seniors Jared Barton (12.4) and Cameron Smoak (8.8). Sophomore Dalton Sizemore and fresh- men Skyler Griffith, Corey Shelton, Chase Lowrie and 8th grader Andrew Griffth have played key roles in the Jackets’ success.