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Mountain Citizen-Auto Brokers Players of the Week: Martin County Girls Youth Wrestling
Seven Martin County Girls Youth Wrestling members are the Mountain Citizen-Auto Brokers Players of the Week. After wrestling boys for years, this group made history Sunday by competing in the inaugural 2024 Kentucky Girls Youth State Championships, bringing home two championship titles and three finalist finishes. Kennedy Maynard and Kenleigh Estepp both won championships, while…
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Auto Brokers Player of the Week: Laken Williams
Martin County senior Laken Williams is the Auto Brokers Player of the Week. A Lady Cardinals basketball player, Williams was named winner of the 10th annual Donna L.J. Murphy Award presented by the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation. The award, announced Thursday, honors a standout female senior basketball player who “exemplifies the meaning of being a…
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Region 8 wrestling champs Price, Messer, Maynard, Cline
INEZ — Martin County Wrestling’s KHSAA Region 8 champions Rafe Price, Brock Messer, Parker Maynard and Jono Cline are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Price, a senior, pinned Carson Gillum of Ashland Blazer in 51 seconds in the final match of the 150-lb class. He pinned Camden Slone of Knott County Central in…
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Mountain Citizen Player of the Week: Parker Maynard
LOUISVILLE — Martin County wrestler Parker Maynard is the Mountain Citizen Player of the Week. Maynard clinched his second consecutive state middle school wrestling title Saturday, winning the KFWC Middle School Championship 150 lbs class and amassing a perfect 20-0 record on the season. The eighth-grader defeated Maximus Baxter of Colt Wrestling 8-3 in his…
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Mountain Citizen Player of the Week: Laken Williams
Martin County — Laken Williams of the Martin County Lady Cardinals basketball team is the Mountain Citizen Player of the Week. Williams has been integral to the Lady Cards’ success for the past four years, leading them to a 95-38 record during her campaign. The senior is closing in on 2,000 career points and has…
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Mountain Citizen Player of the Week: Jacob Sturgell
Jacob Sturgell (#20) of the Martin County Cardinals basketball team is the Mountain Citizen Player of the Week. A versatile player who can play inside and out, Sturgell fulfills his duties in the guard/forward/center positions. He is averaging an impressive 10.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game and shooting 47.3% from the field this season.…
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Mountain Citizen Player of the Week: Brooke Marcum
Brooke Marcum (#25) of the Martin County Lady Cards basketball team is the Mountain Citizen Player of the Week. Marcum averages eight points and four rebounds per game this season. She lit it up Friday and Saturday when the Lady Cards traveled to the Buckeye Elite Showcase at Shawnee State University. Marcum’s highlight came Saturday…
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Mountain Citizen Player of the Week: Martin County Middle School wrestling
INEZ — Martin County Middle School Wrestling is the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week.The Cardinals won the 2024 Kentucky Middle School State Duals Sunday at Bellarmine University.Martin County took down several teams on their way to the championship.The Cards dominated Oldham County 54-28, Southern Middle 84-12, Colts Wrestling 62-28 and Paducah Tillman 45-42.
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Martin County Youth Wrestling
INEZ — Martin County Youth Wrestling team takes Mountain Citizen Players of the Week honors. The Cardinals finished second out of 37 teams in the Hatfield & McCoy last week at Appalachian Wireless Arena. Ten wrestlers claimed first place in their divisions, five finished as runners-up and nine came in third.
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Martin County Cardinals
LAS VEGAS — The Martin County Cardinals are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. The Cardinals went 3-1 in the prestigious 11th annual Jerry Tarkanian Classic, played Dec.16-21 at Bishop Gorman High School and surrounding gyms in Las Vegas. The tournament featured 125-plus high school boys’ teams (spread over eight divisions) and 70-plus prep programs. Coach…