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)