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Auto Brokers Players of the Week: Maynard, C. Jewell, B. Jewell
WARFIELD — Wrestlers Ashton “Parker” Maynard, Cole Jewell and Brody Jewell are the Auto Brokers Players of the Week. The three matmen of Martin County Cardinals Wrestling showed out Saturday in the Heartland National Duals in Council Bluffs, Iowa. They competed as members of the 16-player Team Kentucky against some of the best middle school…
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Mays wins state championship
Lucas Mays of Martin County Youth Wrestling won the state wrestling championship in the 8U-49 lbs class by defeating Liam Flaherty of Maritime Wrestling Academy 4-1 in the final match.
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Martin County girls win state wrestling titles
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN ASHLAND — Two Martin County girls made history by winning state wrestling titles in the 2024 Kentucky Girls Youth State Championships. The inaugural tournament was Sunday at Boyd County High School in Ashland. Kennedy Maynard and Kenleigh Estepp both won championships in their divisions. Teammates Kianna Chaffin finished as the…
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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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Maynard finishes sixth at KHSAA State Wrestling Championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LEXINGTON — Martin County High School’s Parker Maynard emerged from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Championships as a sixth-place finisher at 144 lbs. Maynard and six teammates, Brock Messer, Rafe Price, Jono Cline, Julian Stafford, Nick Harless and Jake Stafford, competed in the event Thursday and Friday at the…
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Martin County sends seven to KHSAA State Wrestling Championships
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — Martin County will send seven wrestlers and an alternate to the KHSAA State Wrestling Championships after they made it through the Region 8 tournament Saturday at Pike Central High School in Pikeville. Rafe Price, Jono Cline, Brock Messer, Parker Maynard, Julian Stafford, Nick Harless, and Jake Stafford will all…
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Maynard wins state wrestling title, team finishes second
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISVILLE — Martin County Middle School wrestler Parker Maynard won his second consecutive KFWC state title Saturday in the KFWC Middle School State Championship at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. At the same time, his team finished as runner-up out of 74 middle school and club teams competing in…
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Martin County Youth finishes with four state wrestling champs and team runner-up
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISVILLE — Martin County Youth Wrestling Club has four state champions and finished as the medium-sized team runner-up in the KFWC Youth State Championship. The event took place Sunday at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, featuring 99 teams and almost 2,000 wrestlers. Wrestling with 21 team members in Division…
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Cards take over WSAZ Invitational
“We are sharpening our axes in practice. We still have one more tree to cut next weekend.” —MCMS coach Andrew Chaffin CITIZEN STAFF REPORT HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Martin County Middle School wrestling was at it again the past week, placing another historical cornerstone to their season. The elite Cardinals club, ranked No. 48 nationally by…