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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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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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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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Martin County Youth Wrestling finishes fourth in Region 6
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Martin County Youth Wrestling garnered a fourth-place finish in the KFWC Youth Region 6 tournament Sunday at Lawrence County High School. This was a very competitive event, with the Warhawks emerging as the champion, Johnson County claiming second and the Youth Cougars securing third place. The Cardinals, led…
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Martin County Youth Wrestling has four state champs
Martin County Youth Wrestling has four state wrestling champions for the 2023 season. Lukas May (8U Bantom 43A), Luke Lawson (8U Bantam 43B), Nolan Muncy (10U heavyweight) and Colten Anderson (10U intermediate 71) all won state titles in February.
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Martin County Youth wrestling team wins runner-up in Bristol Border Brawl
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN BRISTOL — Martin County Cardinals Youth wrestling won second place Sunday in the all-star K-8 Bristol Border Brawl at Viking Hall in Bristol, Tenn. The Cardinals amassed 315 points, placing second by 1.5 points to Tennessee Wrestling Academy with 316.5. The tournament featured 65 teams with close to 700 wrestlers in…
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Signups ongoing for youth wrestling
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Sign-ups are still underway for the Martin County youth wrestling league. So far, 49 have turned out for the league, and six-year coach Sheldon Clark alumni Andrew Chaffin is expecting more. The team returns three state champions – Eli Brock, Lyric Howell and Wayland Raines. The club is coming…
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Building from kindergarten up: Wrestling will be ‘off the wall’
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Martin County Youth Wrestling Coach Andrew Chaffin is building from kindergarten up. His Cardinal team has won three out of the last five state championships and Saturday finished the 2021-2022 season as state runner-up. “It’s been a good year,” Chaffin said of his team, a member of the…
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Martin County Youth Wrestling finishes year as state runner-up
Three Cardinals win state titles BY BRADY DANIELSMOUNTAIN CITIZEN CORBIN — What started as a team of primarily first-year wrestlers turned into a group of solid matmen and a state runner-up finish for Martin County Youth Wrestling. The Cardinals closed the 2021-2022 season giving up a narrow 197.5-189 decision to Pikeville’s Warhawks in the state…
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