Today’s story is part of a series of stories the staff of the Sentinel-Echo and Times-Tribune sports departments will be running for the next few weeks from head coaches of football and soccer programs in the Tri-County.

LONDON — South Laurel’s Phoebe McCowan was expected to have another impressive track and field season this year.

LONDON — Though an in-person event cannot be held, the Sixth Annual South Laurel CARDSPY Awards will still be happening this year with a virtual awards ceremony.

Work is underway at North Laurel High School’s football/soccer field to prepare it for future installation of what will be its new playing surface — synthetic turf. Heavy equipment was moved in last Wednesday while work began on Friday. The completion date for the installation of the new pla…

This year, the North Laurel bass fishing team was looking to return a lot of talented student-athletes, and North Laurel Coach Nathan Stewart thought 2020 was going to be a special year for the Jaguars.

With a lot of talent returning for the 2020 season, South Laurel Coach Dave Evans felt like this year’s South Laurel boys and girls track and field team was going to be highly competitive and may have even made some big runs at the state level.

Eight seniors would have led the South Laurel boys and girls track and field team this season but with the cancellation of the spring sports season, South Laurel Coach Dave Evans is looking back on the dedication of these seniors and what could have been of the 2020 season.

LONDON — North Laurel boys and girls track and field coach Rachel Gaynor expected to see a competitive team this season but with the cancellation of spring sports, the team and coaching staff won’t get a chance to see what the Jaguars could have accomplished this season.

This year's version of the North Laurel boys and girls track and field team would have had 10 seniors leading the way.

LONDON -- With the recent guidelines stating that June 15 will allow for low-touch, outdoor youth sports to resume throughout the state, North Laurel and South Laurel Little Leagues are preparing to offer local youth a full little league season.

While I'll admit I wasn't one of the over six million viewers to tune into Sunday's NASCAR race, which was the country's first major sport to return to its season during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, I have to say, I was certainly impressed.

The North Laurel Middle School archery team has been named state champions in the 2020 Kentucky NASP State Championships.

The Bush Elementary archery team took fourth place in the 2020 Kentucky NASP State Tournament in the elementary division while Bush Elementary fifth-grader Olivia Barnard took first place in elementary girls.

LONDON — Four South Laurel Cardinals will be making their new homes in Barbourville as they have all committed to continuing their baseball and academic careers at Union College.

LONDON—After receiving pink slips last week stating that their contracts would not be renewed for the 2020-21 school year, Laurel County Superintendent Dr. Doug Bennett confirmed on Wednesday that the non-renewal letters of all high school head coaches has been rescinded.

South Laurel High School announced 22 student-athletes that will be continuing their academic and athletic careers at various schools at the college level. Attached are senior photos of each student-athlete along with the college they will be attending and the sport they will be participatin…

Seniors Noah Boggs and Ahmed Khan won’t get to see what could have been in their senior season with the North Laurel Jaguars tennis team due to the cancellation of the season that was brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The North Laurel Lady Jaguars tennis team was going to be packed with seniors this season and Coach Bob Smith was excited to see them compete but unfortunately, seven senior Lady Jaguars won’t be getting to finish out their senior seasons with the North Laurel girls tennis team.

LONDON — South Laurel seniors Kelsey Dezarn and Kenzie Jervis had hopes of leading the Lady Cardinal softball program to its first 13th Region championship since 2014 this spring but didn’t get the chance due to the COVID-19 pandemic putting an end to the spring sports season in the state be…

UPDATE: After receiving pink slips last week stating that their contracts would not be renewed for the 2020-21 school year, Laurel County Superintendent Dr. Doug Bennett has confirmed that the non-renewal letters of all head high school coaches has been rescinded. Bennett released the follow…

High school baseball in the Tri-County had a lot of good storylines going into its respective seasons with Cody Philpot’s Corbin Redhounds looking to three-peat as 13th Region champions while teams such as Whitley County, North Laurel, South Laurel and Knox Central planned to make some noise…

“North Laurel High School is proud to announce the signing of eight student-athletes to continue their academic and athletic futures. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we unfortunately cannot hold these signings at North Laurel High School. (Pictured) are great senior photos of each individual a…

The South Laurel Cardinals were going to be looking at their five seniors to help lead the Cardinals this season.

We’ve all experienced some kind of drastic change or loss through this COVID-19 pandemic and for our senior student-athletes, the sting from the loss of their senior seasons are still being felt.

The recent announcement of Little League International’s cancellation of the 2020 World Series and Region Tournaments didn’t come as much of a surprise after seeing sports tournaments and seasons canceled throughout the sports landscape over the past month and a half due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

LEXINGTON — Mark Stoops is proceeding with caution.

Senior year — it’s what every high school student dreams of and for those high school student-athletes, their senior year is a big one. It’s the year for the seniors to really shine and show off all the hard work they have put in over the years while soaking up every last minute of their tim…

North Laurel Coach Doug Gregory was expecting big things out of his Lady Jaguars this season after coming up just short of a district and region title last year.

There is hope, football fans.

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LONDON — Much like all spring season coaches, North Laurel Coach Doug Gregory is heartbroken for his senior student-athletes who won’t have an opportunity to finish out their final season with the Lady Jaguars.

LONDON — Darren McWhorter’s North Laurel Jaguars were hoping to have a big season this spring, but those came to an end last week after the KHSAA canceled the spring sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One senior South Laurel Lady Cardinal was so close to making history this season and won’t get that chance because of the 2020 spring season cancellation.

It was the news we were all expecting to hear but it was most definitely not the news that we were hoping to hear.

LONDON — Nearly two months ago, the South Laurel Lady Cardinals were still celebrating their first round win over Sacred Heart when Coach Chris Souder and the Lady Cardinals learned that the KHSAA Girls Sweet 16 had been postponed indefinitely.

At 5 years old, Gene King would sit in front of the TV with his grandfather on Saturday mornings, mesmerized by the wrestlers he saw performing before him.

VINCENNES, INDIANA – Former South Laurel Cardinal JJ Ramey will be joining the Vincennes University Trailblazers for his sophomore season.

LEXINGTON — Kentucky lost its starting point guard but added an experienced transfer to its roster next season.