MTS/BWW PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Paintsville’s Colby Fugate takes honor

Paintsville standout Colby Fugate had a big week for the Tigers scoring 19, 37 and 27 points. His effort has earned him the Mountain Top Sports/Buffalo Wild Wings  Player of the Week honor.

Fugate edged out a trio of girl’s standouts in Lawrence County’s Kensley Feltner, Martin County’s Laken Williams and Belfry’s Jenna Sparks.

Feltner had games of 28, 32 and 18; Williams scored 29 and 41; and Sparks had games of 16 points and 17 rebounds and 19 points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocks.

Special honorable mention goes to Pikeville’s Trinity Rowe with games of 28 and 20 points as she went over 1,000 points for her career.

Other special honorable mention this week:

Martin County’s Brady Dingess with games of 29 and 27 points.

Pikeville’s Rylee Theiss with 19 points and 19 rebounds in a game.

Belfry’s Cushi Fletcher had a pair of games scoring 22 points each outing.

This week’s honorable mention players include:

BOYS

Belfry’s DeMahjae Clark and Tykee Peterson

Betsy Layne’s Jordan Frazier, Andrew Kidd, and Brady Robinson

East Ridge’s Eli Sykes, Isaac Woods, Braxton Stanley, and Jonathon Mills

Floyd Central’s Ronnie Sammons, Tanner Hall, and Braden Moore

Johnson Central’s Ryleh McKenzie and grant Rice

Lawrence County’s Anthony Johnson, Cody Maynard, and Trenton Adkins

Paintsville’s Connor Fugate and Braxton Tharp

Pikeville’s Laithan Hall, Nick Robinson, Rylee Samons and Keian Worrix

Pike Central’s Josh Du Toit and Jaylan Rigdon

Shelby Valley’s Caleb Lovins, Preston Johnson, and Collier Fuller

GIRLS

East Ridge’s Leah Wells

Floyd Central’s Jada Johnson, Riley Jo Compton, and Kennedy Harvel

Johnson Central’s Taylor McKenzie

Lawrence County’s Kaison Ward

Letcher Central’s Kaylee Banks

Martin County’s Katie Marcum

Phelps’ Caleigh McCoy

Pike Central’s Emalie Tackett

Pikeville’s Emma Ratliff

Prestonsburg’s Faith Lazar and Celina Mullins

Shelby Valley’s Cassidy Rowe and Alyssa Elswick

(NOTE: Nominees are from games submitted for publication)