Paintsville junior Nick Keeton was a one-man wrecking crew this past week for the Tigers.
Keeton averaged a double-double in three straight games to help Paintsville run its winning streak to four games.
The junior scored 10 points and grabbed 19 rebounds in a win over Powell County; tossed in 14 points and pulled down 12 boards against Sheldon Clark and finished the week with 24 points and 16 rebounds against North Laurel.
Keeton’s work has earned him EKB Sports’ Player of the Week honors.
Here is this week’s honor roll:
Lawrence County’s Tyler Maynard scored 28, 10, 34 and 28 for the Bulldogs who won three of four games.
Shelby Valley’s Cody Potter had back-to-back, double-doubles for the Wildcats, scoring 25 and pulled down 16 rebounds and scoring 27 points and grabbing 10 boards as Valley improved to 6-0.
Pikeville senior Connor Roberts scored 21, 13 and 18 as the Panthers won two of three games.
Johnson Central’s Isaiah May scored 22 points and had 11 rebounds and 14 points during the Rebel Classic.
Sheldon Clark’s Madison Thompson finished with a double-double in three games. Scoring 11 points and pulling down 12 rebounds in a loss to Paintsville; had 13 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a win over Tug Valley; and scored 20 points and finished with 11 rebounds in a win over Phelps.
Pikeville’s Kirsten Cole-Williamson had 19 points and 20 rebounds in one game and 18 points and eight boards in another for the Lady Panthers.
Shelby Valley’s Tori Hampton scored 10 and 16 points for the Lady Kats.
Johnson Central’s Ashley Belcher scored 30 points in a win over Leslie County and 18 in the Lady Eagles win over Belfry.
This week’s milestones:
Phelps’ Trey Francis scored 33 points and went over 1,000 points for the Hornets in a 53-52 overtime loss to Morgan County.
Prestonsburg senior Kaitlyn Keathley went over 1,000 points in the Lady Blackcats’ 62-61 overtime loss to Magoffin County. She averaged nearly 22 points in three games, including 18 points and 14 rebounds in the loss to the Lady Hornets.
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