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2026 KHSAA Kentucky State Wrestling Championship Results And Brackets – FloWrestling

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February 26, 2026

2026 KHSAA Kentucky State Wrestling Championship Results And Brackets – FloWrestling

The 2026 KHSAA Kentucky State Wrestling Championships are underway. Follow all the results right here. We’ll be updating this article throughout the event. For access to complete brackets and archived matches, click the link below.

2026 KHSAA Kentucky State Wrestling Championship Brackets

Round of 16 Results

106

Talon Sanderlyn (Boyle County) 38-6 won by major decision over Logan Plummer (East Jessamine) 27-6 (MD 11-2)

Cody Blevins (Simon Kenton) 43-9 won by tech fall over Heath May (Johnson Central) 11-6 (TF-1.5 3:55 (18-0))

Jackson Taylor (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Jamarion Sanders (LaRue County) 36-9 (Fall 0:44)

Derek Tran (Desales) 35-2 won by decision over Trenton Bratcher (Moore) 35-13 (Dec 7-0)

Ryker Kramer (Fort Campbell) 41-8 won by decision over Mason Brooks (Somerset) 16-1 (Dec 7-6)

Daniel Stark (Nelson County) 32-6 won by tech fall over Tracker Blackburn (Scott) 3-2 (TF-1.5 4:52 (21-5))

Parker Wilkens (Highlands) 42-5 won by tech fall over Brody Jewell (Martin County High School) 30-7 (TF-1.5 3:24 (20-4))

Lincoln Maynard (North Oldham) 29-4 won by tech fall over Noe Rodriguez (Harrison County) 22-13 (TF-1.5 6:00 (17-0))

113

Kevin Lopez (Apollo) 40-2 won by decision over Lukas Shuck (Oldham County) 34-6 (Dec 8-1)

Thomas Sang (Greenwood) 47-3 won by fall over Makai Green (Fairdale) 28-10 (Fall 4:32)

Jeremy Mollett (Martin County High School) 35-3 won by fall over Wyatt Smith (Wayne County) 44-8 (Fall 3:09)

Braylon Ryan (Walton-Verona) 28-10 won by fall over Myles Mitchell (West Jessamine) 26-11 (Fall 3:21)

Peyton Fowler (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Zachary Fields (Western Hills) 31-8 (Fall 1:33)

Cameron Underwood (Somerset) 29-0 won by fall over Jayden Muratalla (Bourbon County) 12-7 (Fall 1:59)

Ayden Votaw (Nelson County) 35-1 won by fall over Andrew Recio (Male) 26-13 (Fall 1:35)

Bryant Brinkman (Ryle) 29-0 won by fall over Ahmed Alobaidi (Jeffersontown) 38-5 (Fall 2:53)

120

Emilio Rodriguez (Covington Catholic) 48-11 won by decision over Chase Mort (Central Hardin) 39-7 (Dec 5-2)

Blake Lemaster (Martin County High School) 35-9 won by fall over Dillon Lewis (Fairdale) 24-15 (Fall 4:29)

Jaxton Howard (Apollo) 38-1 won by major decision over Renzo Watts (Madison Central) 11-3 (MD 22-11)

Jackson Wells (Harrison County) 12-0 won by tech fall over Keaton Dicken (Conner) 49-7 (TF-1.5 4:33 (20-3))

Mason Gipson (South Oldham) 34-6 won by tech fall over Braylon Newell (Boyle County) 22-14 (TF-1.5 4:58 (20-4))

Jaxson Mayberry (Union County) 5-0 won by major decision over Kadham Alghanemi (Lafayette) 28-7 (MD 11-2)

Carson Matney (Johnson Central) 42-7 won by decision over Prestyn Walls (Green County) 38-14 (Dec 14-7)

Aiden Brinkman (Ryle) 37-7 won by fall over Liam Ditto (LaRue County) 31-13 (Fall 1:09)

126

Blaine Kimery (South Oldham) 33-4 won by fall over Keenan Clevenger (Madison Central) 26-10 (Fall 3:56)

Peyton Vowels (Meade County) 39-2 won by tech fall over Deontae Graves (Holmes) 35-9 (TF-1.5 3:12 (17-2))

Braydan Blevins (Simon Kenton) 54-7 won by decision over Josh Waufle (Paducah Tilghman) 25-3 (Dec 4-2)

Lane Griffin (North Bullitt) 41-0 won by tech fall over Hunter Oakley (Montgomery County) 24-11 (TF-1.5 2:56 (19-1))

Jacob Ramsey (Union County) 4-1 won by fall over Liam Skinner (Rowan County) 23-3 (Fall 3:56)

Clayton Badida (Conner) 50-5 won by fall over Estevan Delgadillo (Central Hardin) 38-11 (Fall 1:46)

Elijah Kirby (Caldwell County) 29-9 won by decision over Drake Wimsatt (Paul Laurence Dunbar) 37-2 (Dec 10-6)

Ethan Masters (Boyle County) 41-7 won by decision over Aeson Springer (Oldham County) 26-4 (Dec 6-5)

132

Cullen White (Boyle County) 41-11 won by fall over Connor Warner (Simon Kenton) 41-16 (Fall 1:58)

Brennen Clifford (Union County) 5-0 won by major decision over Braden Woolridge (St. Xavier) 17-6 (MD 18-5)

Bentley Brown (Boyd County) 44-6 won by fall over Hayden Drexler (Oldham County) 37-9 (Fall 4:55)

Bruce Anderson (John Hardin) 52-6 won by fall over Ethan Piasecki (Dixie Heights) 39-7 (Fall 3:07)

Braden Llaghno (Male) 22-12 won by fall over Landon Howard (Johnson Central) 30-18 (Fall 1:50)

Corban Nance (Anderson County) 32-0 won by major decision over Jordynn Davis (Paducah Tilghman) 33-20 (MD 13-4)

Jackson Stoner (Daviess County) 32-3 won by major decision over mohamed Talasow (Fairdale) 31-7 (MD 16-7)

Cordion Abernathy (Conner) 47-2 won by fall over Grayson Smith (Madison Central) 26-8 (Fall 1:52)

138

Nolan Link (Meade County) 42-5 won by major decision over Daylan Sexton (Fairdale) 31-12 (MD 11-2)

Henry Koller (South Oldham) 38-4 won by fall over LUKE CORNWELL (Ryle) 43-4 (Fall 4:11)

Mat Wasson (Harrison County) 33-3 won by tech fall over Jordan Rutherford (Simon Kenton) 28-15 (TF-1.5 2:32 (17-1))

Ryan Smith (Johnson Central) 41-4 won by tech fall over Bain Kurtz (Boyle County) 24-15 (TF-1.5 4:11 (21-6))

Blake Murdock (Great Crossing) 30-16 won by decision over Brock Fernandez (St. Xavier) 30-5 (Dec 16-10)

Justin Kidd (Dixie Heights) 33-6 won by major decision over Isaac Richards (Woodford County) 29-11 (MD 14-1)

Utah Heady (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Elliot Ortinski (Henry Clay) 24-6 (Fall 2:20)

Bj Jackson (Corbin) 34-3 won by tech fall over David Craig (Greenup County) 29-7 (TF-1.5 3:17 (17-1))

144

Colton Motta (South Oldham) 33-11 won by decision over Derrick Johnson (Central Hardin) 42-5 (Dec 7-3)

Chance Mills (Madison Central) 35-8 won by fall over Dane Miller (Christian County) 31-6 (Fall 0:47)

Jaylin Bellamy (Paducah Tilghman) 48-6 won by major decision over Deacon Heisler (Campbell County) 48-5 (MD 22-10)

Blake Luttrell (Fairdale) 37-5 won by major decision over Jacob Brown (Woodford County) 23-2 (MD 10-2)

Luke Peace (Conner) 42-10 won by fall over Austin Brinegar (Harrison County) 32-6 (Fall 5:22)

Jayden Raney (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Andrew Pomeroy (Male) 46-7 (Fall 1:39)

James Morris (Johnson Central) 43-5 won by decision over JAGGER IRVIN (Ryle) 10-3 (Dec 9-8)

Kalob Wise (Moore) 34-5 won by tech fall over Joseph Kresel (LaRue County) 32-11 (TF-1.5 3:19 (18-2))

150

Madden Brown (Oldham County) 26-2 won by fall over Jack Ferguson (Pleasure Ridge Park) 41-7 (Fall 1:01)

Jordyn Raney (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Aiden Zuniga (Taylor County) 30-6 (Fall 0:52)

Judah Carey (Boyle County) 33-7 won by major decision over Payton Conner (Meade County) 30-6 (MD 9-1)

Taner Woodman (Ashland Blazer) 33-10 won by decision over Nathan Seth (Conner) 41-13 (Dec 6-4)

Santiago Gonzalez (Moore) 37-4 won by major decision over Lucas Oliverio (Desales) 36-5 (MD 15-2)

Gavyn Kinley (Madison Central) 35-4 won by decision over Parker Smith (Simon Kenton) 21-10 (Dec 6-4)

Miles Smith (East Jessamine) 41-2 won by fall over Donovan Rogers (Caldwell County) 31-8 (Fall 5:28)

Chase Gillum (Boyd County) 47-5 won by decision over Hunter Kennedy (Trinity (Louisville)) 29-14 (Dec 14-8)

157

Kaygen Roberts (Boyle County) 45-4 won by decision over CALLEN SCHMIDT (Ryle) 38-8 (Dec 5-3)

Zac Scott (Johnson Central) 43-4 won by decision over Thomas Brauer (Owensboro Catholic) 24-1 (Dec 10-4)

Riley Sanford (Spencer County) 42-5 won by tech fall over Joseph Whaley (North Hardin) 40-8 (TF-1.5 5:43 (18-1))

George Dennis (Harrison County) 30-2 won by tech fall over Leland Garcia (Male) 27-13 (TF-1.5 2:36 (15-0))

Kayson White (Highlands) 40-3 won by tech fall over Jackson Holly (Central Hardin) 31-10 (TF-1.5 2:13 (18-3))

Carson Nance (Anderson County) 29-2 won by decision over Deacon Harrison (Christian County) 26-7 (Dec 7-2)

Parker Maynard (Martin County High School) 40-4 won by major decision over Wendel Shackelford (Union County) 3-2 (MD 10-0)

Emory Dix (Madison Central) 27-4 won by fall over Jake Holtgrave (St. Xavier) 24-6 (Fall 5:31)

165

Dalton Matney (Johnson Central) 39-5 won by tech fall over Samuelu Hazelwood (Central Hardin) 42-3 (TF-1.5 5:27 (16-1))

Benjamin Woosley (Simon Kenton) 38-8 won by fall over Ian Tucker (Wayne County) 48-8 (Fall 2:53)

Gavin Becker (South Oldham) 45-2 won by major decision over Msabaha Sumaili (Henry Clay) 31-7 (MD 17-8)

Ethan O`Malley (Paducah Tilghman) 29-7 won by decision over Cole Jewell (Martin County High School) 36-11 (Dec 10-6)

Tony Leader (Boyd County) 41-1 won by fall over Grayson Scott (Franklin County) 35-9 (Fall 0:23)

Micah Thompson (Boyle County) 46-3 won by fall over Carter Thomas (Union County) 3-2 (Fall 0:56)

NOAH CRISP (Ryle) 35-14 won by decision over Karsyn Sumpter (Harrison County) 30-11 (Dec 10-3)

joshua Tuttle (Fairdale) 24-4 won by fall over Hunter Roberts (Ohio County) 37-11 (Fall 3:10)

175

Owen Lamer (Taylor County) 24-1 won by fall over Corey Freihofer (Cooper) 34-14 (Fall 1:11)

Dawson Schroering (Dupont Manual) 40-2 won by decision over Frank Niyonyishu (Henry Clay) 26-7 (Dec 6-3)

Tyler Hillebrandt (Oldham County) 43-2 won by fall over Yousif Al Shuweily (Fairdale) 30-13 (Fall 1:23)

Ben Hall (Paducah Tilghman) 41-2 won by major decision over KEIGAN REINSENBECK (Ryle) 34-8 (MD 16-5)

Nathaniel Williams (Ashland Blazer) 46-7 won by fall over Darius Ridner (Mccreary Central) 34-10 (Fall 0:55)

Ethan Peckenpaugh (Henderson County) 40-2 won by tech fall over Peyton Zinser (Scott) 32-14 (TF-1.5 2:51 (18-0))

Max Baxter (Bullitt East) 43-3 won by tech fall over Cameron Green (Great Crossing) 20-18 (TF-1.5 3:16 (16-0))

Cyrus Greiwe (Corbin) 44-6 won by fall over Keegan Bishop (Covington Catholic) 44-4 (Fall 5:37)

190

Carson Herbst (Madison Central) 29-0 won by fall over Branden Mcgee (Ashland Blazer) 39-10 (Fall 1:47)

Darien Allen (Dupont Manual) 22-1 won by major decision over Beau Gordon (South Oldham) 39-10 (MD 10-0)

DJ Wilson (Paducah Tilghman) 29-8 won by fall over Daniel Switzer (Harrison County) 25-6 (Fall 2:59)

Garrison Messer (Ohio County) 44-3 won by fall over Xander Turner (Highlands) 22-17 (Fall 1:35)

Antonio Rodriguez (Covington Catholic) 41-9 won by fall over Bryton Tye (Corbin) 32-12 (Fall 6:00)

Lucas Ricketts (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Douglas Mulhall (St. Xavier) 17-9 (Fall 0:34)

Riley Burton (Fern Creek) 40-2 won by fall over Raiden Rios (Bullitt East) 41-13 (Fall 0:45)

Kylen Sturgeon (Scott) 11-6 won by fall over Aaron Thompson (Nelson County) 28-8 (Fall 1:15)

215

Galvin Stephens (Male) 32-9 won by decision over Cohen Campbell (North Hardin) 35-5 (Dec 8-1)

Thorin Johnson (Wayne County) 49-3 won by major decision over Jaydan Rutherford (Simon Kenton) 54-15 (MD 14-4)

Devin Allen (Dupont Manual) 43-0 won by tech fall over Jeffrey Temprano (Lafayette) 21-6 (TF-1.5 5:03 (15-0))

Rage Henderson (Paducah Tilghman) 39-3 won by fall over Jace Detre (LaRue County) 29-18 (Fall 0:57)

Neal Wright (Bullitt Central) 19-2 won by fall over Alexander Goodin (Bell County) 49-11 (Fall 5:13)

Brock Sexton (Harrison County) 39-1 won by decision over Joshua Frost (Calloway County) 22-5 (Dec 9-5)

Jax Crowe (Boyle County) 32-5 won by fall over Phillip Sullivan (Trinity (Louisville)) 36-11 (Fall 1:25)

Brayden Fannin (Martin County High School) 38-1 won by fall over Elijah Huff (Woodford County) 21-8 (Fall 1:52)

285

Joshua Goins (Corbin) 38-7 won by decision over Isaac Adkins (Johnson Central) 29-6 (Dec 5-2)

Elias McPike (Paducah Tilghman) 26-9 won by major decision over Zander Edington (Franklin County) 24-12 (MD 9-1)

Christian Brown (Cooper) 36-0 won by fall over William Galloway (Dupont Manual) 22-5 (Fall 1:17)

Colton Lewis (Atherton) 23-0 won by fall over Cameron Thompson (Boyd County) 47-11 (Fall 1:38)

Brayden Allender (Campbell County) 40-6 won by fall over Austin Goodpaster (Nelson County) 32-1 (Fall 0:46)

Maxx Escaloni (Woodford County) 33-7 won by decision over Austin Cummings (Union County) 4-1 (Dec 5-3)

Ethan Harris (St. Xavier) 23-6 won by major decision over Bryce Sizemore (Conner) 37-8 (MD 8-0)

Landon Bryant (Whitley County) 33-6 won by injury default over Wyatt Riley (Ashland Blazer) 18-4 (Inj. 1:07)

Round of 32 Results

106

Logan Plummer (East Jessamine) 27-6 won by decision over Christian Prietto-Bottoms (Paducah Tilghman) 33-16 (Dec 12-8)

Talon Sanderlyn (Boyle County) 38-6 won by tech fall over Oliver Westphal (Spencer County) 41-5 (TF-1.5 4:32 (16-1))

Heath May (Johnson Central) 11-6 won by fall over River Leonard (Central Hardin) 38-14 (Fall 1:29)

Cody Blevins (Simon Kenton) 43-9 won by fall over Mikah Mattingly (Male) 30-9 (Fall 3:18)

Jackson Taylor (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Mason Masteller (Conner) 21-22 (Fall 0:50)

Jamarion Sanders (LaRue County) 36-9 won by fall over Preston Jackson (Montgomery County) 22-14 (Fall 1:16)

Trenton Bratcher (Moore) 35-13 won by tech fall over Xzander Holt (Whitley County) 28-10 (TF-1.5 5:59 (18-0))

Derek Tran (Desales) 35-2 won by fall over Tanner Magee (Grant County) 30-9 (Fall 0:33)

Mason Brooks (Somerset) 16-1 won by tech fall over Braxton Bradford (Rowan County) 3-6 (TF-1.5 2:09 (19-4))

Ryker Kramer (Fort Campbell) 41-8 won by fall over Clay Atchison (Great Crossing) 25-19 (Fall 5:30)

Tracker Blackburn (Scott) 3-2 won by tech fall over Makarios Green (Fairdale) 20-20 (TF-1.5 5:08 (18-0))

Daniel Stark (Nelson County) 32-6 won by tech fall over Chris Ammon (Oldham County) 33-14 (TF-1.5 5:10 (19-3))

Brody Jewell (Martin County High School) 30-7 won by fall over Bryton Kerns (Meade County) 22-14 (Fall 3:53)

Parker Wilkens (Highlands) 42-5 won by major decision over Ethan Klidzejs (Caldwell County) 33-8 (MD 9-0)

Noe Rodriguez (Harrison County) 22-13 won by decision over Chuck Bentancourt (Shawnee) 24-3 (Dec 8-2)

Lincoln Maynard (North Oldham) 29-4 won by fall over Max Gilreath (Mccreary Central) 19-8 (Fall 3:12)

113

Lukas Shuck (Oldham County) 34-6 won by fall over Jaxen Skaggs (East Carter) 12-8 (Fall 4:32)

Kevin Lopez (Apollo) 40-2 won by tech fall over Kaiden Dauenbaugh (Simon Kenton) 39-17 (TF-1.5 5:37 (22-5))

Thomas Sang (Greenwood) 47-3 won by fall over Ricky Parriman (Mccreary Central) 33-11 (Fall 0:19)

Makai Green (Fairdale) 28-10 won by decision over Brayden Schumann (Henry Clay) 22-8 (Dec 14-8)

Jeremy Mollett (Martin County High School) 35-3 won by fall over James Diaz (St. Xavier) 12-12 (Fall 0:59)

Wyatt Smith (Wayne County) 44-8 won by tech fall over Kaiden Crittenden (North Hardin) 37-10 (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-1))

Braylon Ryan (Walton-Verona) 28-10 won by tech fall over Jake Pulliam (Paducah Tilghman) 13-10 (TF-1.5 4:00 (18-3))

Myles Mitchell (West Jessamine) 26-11 won by fall over Jackson Maier (Spencer County) 29-18 (Fall 2:52)

Peyton Fowler (Union County) 5-0 won by tech fall over Jude Fortier (LaRue County) 22-14 (TF-1.5 1:55 (15-0))

Zachary Fields (Western Hills) 31-8 won by fall over Noah Clouse (Johnson Central) 29-10 (Fall 0:47)

Jayden Muratalla (Bourbon County) 12-7 won by fall over Ethan Martin (Bullitt East) 22-14 (Fall 3:20)

Cameron Underwood (Somerset) 29-0 won by fall over Colton Reed (Campbell County) 0-1 (Fall 1:03)

Ayden Votaw (Nelson County) 35-1 won by fall over Camryn Coffey (Madison Central) 30-7 (Fall 4:34)

Andrew Recio (Male) 26-13 won by major decision over Chris Richie (Perry County Central) 33-14 (MD 9-0)

Ahmed Alobaidi (Jeffersontown) 38-5 won by fall over Nathan Dillingham (Grant County) 28-10 (Fall 1:49)

Bryant Brinkman (Ryle) 29-0 won by fall over ayden brison (Hopkinsville) 23-11 (Fall 2:42)

120

Chase Mort (Central Hardin) 39-7 won by decision over Larriuce Felipe (Whitley County) 30-11 (Dec 11-8)

Emilio Rodriguez (Covington Catholic) 48-11 won by decision over Brycen Gray (Woodford County) 35-9 (Dec 9-5)

Blake Lemaster (Martin County High School) 35-9 won by fall over Christon Johnson (Hopkinsville) 27-6 (Fall 3:25)

Dillon Lewis (Fairdale) 24-15 won by fall over Gavin Clem (George Rogers Clark) 21-10 (Fall 2:34)

Renzo Watts (Madison Central) 11-3 won by fall over Jacob Fitterer (Bullitt Central) 10-9 (Fall 0:41)

Jaxton Howard (Apollo) 38-1 won by fall over Hunter Crabtree (Greenup County) 27-10 (Fall 4:18)

Keaton Dicken (Conner) 49-7 won by major decision over Nolan Favorite (Oldham County) 37-9 (MD 10-2)

Jackson Wells (Harrison County) 12-0 won by fall over Graydon Daniels (South Warren) 41-8 (Fall 0:28)

Mason Gipson (South Oldham) 34-6 won by fall over Kaiden Diaz (Boyd County) 15-17 (Fall 0:42)

Braylon Newell (Boyle County) 22-14 won by decision over Jett Stull (Meade County) 41-10 (Dec 13-6)

Kadham Alghanemi (Lafayette) 28-7 won by fall over Trevor Wilson (Pleasure Ridge Park) 27-9 (Fall 4:43)

Jaxson Mayberry (Union County) 5-0 won by tech fall over Ryan Nickelman (Highlands) 28-16 (TF-1.5 6:00 (15-0))

Carson Matney (Johnson Central) 42-7 won by fall over Ethan Gilmore (Fort Campbell) 27-22 (Fall 1:14)

Prestyn Walls (Green County) 38-14 won by fall over Jyden Jones (Valley) 25-17 (Fall 4:53)

Liam Ditto (LaRue County) 31-13 won by decision over Joe Carr (Great Crossing) 21-17 (Dec 12-11)

Aiden Brinkman (Ryle) 37-7 won by tech fall over Logan Gevedon (Moore) 26-22 (TF-1.5 1:42 (19-4))

126

Blaine Kimery (South Oldham) 33-4 won by tech fall over Jah Patterson (Daviess County) 35-11 (TF-1.5 3:48 (15-0))

Keenan Clevenger (Madison Central) 26-10 won by fall over Chase Messer (Martin County High School) 10-6 (Fall 1:02)

Deontae Graves (Holmes) 35-9 won by fall over Miguel Fransisco (Great Crossing) 22-18 (Fall 2:46)

Peyton Vowels (Meade County) 39-2 won by fall over Dakota Devore (Fairdale) 29-15 (Fall 1:54)

Josh Waufle (Paducah Tilghman) 25-3 won by fall over Carter Bratcher (Greenwood) 29-10 (Fall 1:36)

Braydan Blevins (Simon Kenton) 54-7 won by fall over Justin Munoz (Henry Clay) 23-13 (Fall 1:42)

Hunter Oakley (Montgomery County) 24-11 won by fall over Bryson Smith (Wayne County) 28-9 (Fall 3:23)

Lane Griffin (North Bullitt) 41-0 won by fall over Connor Holmes (Fern Creek) 17-17 (Fall 0:30)

Liam Skinner (Rowan County) 23-3 won by fall over Ty Blankenship (Bourbon County) 17-7 (Fall 1:43)

Jacob Ramsey (Union County) 4-1 won by fall over Joseph Muhinda (Moore) 23-9 (Fall 0:48)

Estevan Delgadillo (Central Hardin) 38-11 won by fall over Marion Wardlaw (Central) 28-11 (Fall 4:33)

Clayton Badida (Conner) 50-5 won by fall over Noah Simpson (Corbin) 44-7 (Fall 0:52)

Drake Wimsatt (Paul Laurence Dunbar) 37-2 won by fall over Hunter Francis (Dixie Heights) 27-13 (Fall 4:40)

Elijah Kirby (Caldwell County) 29-9 won by major decision over Tre Wilson (John Hardin) 42-9 (MD 19-5)

Aeson Springer (Oldham County) 26-4 won by fall over Henry Bueter (St. Xavier) 19-10 (Fall 1:02)

Ethan Masters (Boyle County) 41-7 won by fall over Hunter Fields (Johnson Central) 26-15 (Fall 3:40)

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Cullen White (Boyle County) 41-11 won by fall over Kane Caudill (Belfry) 23-10 (Fall 3:32)

Connor Warner (Simon Kenton) 41-16 won by fall over Sergio Vasquez Gomez (Lafayette) 21-10 (Fall 3:34)

Braden Woolridge (St. Xavier) 17-6 won by fall over Tyson English (Moore) 14-9 (Fall 0:46)

Brennen Clifford (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Sam Ryan (Bethlehem) 7-12 (Fall 1:13)

Bentley Brown (Boyd County) 44-6 won by decision over Jayden Perry (Fort Campbell) 42-14 (Dec 9-8)

Hayden Drexler (Oldham County) 37-9 won by decision over Declan Duncan (Trinity (Louisville)) 30-11 (Dec 11-6)

Ethan Piasecki (Dixie Heights) 39-7 won by fall over Jayden Fulz (Harrison County) 14-14 (Fall 1:35)

Bruce Anderson (John Hardin) 52-6 won by fall over Elijah Mcdermott (Pineville) 25-6 (Fall 1:37)

Braden Llaghno (Male) 22-12 won by fall over Keith Johnson (Frederick Douglass) 28-13 (Fall 3:47)

Landon Howard (Johnson Central) 30-18 won by fall over Ayden Hall (Green County) 14-8 (Fall 3:21)

Jordynn Davis (Paducah Tilghman) 33-20 won by decision over Noah Foley (LaRue County) 29-14 (Dec 12-5)

Corban Nance (Anderson County) 32-0 won by fall over Jake Adams (Covington Catholic) 38-27 (Fall 3:16)

mohamed Talasow (Fairdale) 31-7 won by fall over Isaiah Mitchell (Eastern) 25-13 (Fall 1:39)

Jackson Stoner (Daviess County) 32-3 won by tech fall over Daxton Baker (Montgomery County) 24-15 (TF-1.5 2:35 (21-5))

Grayson Smith (Madison Central) 26-8 won by decision over Aiden Behnken (Bardstown) 44-16 (Dec 22-16)

Cordion Abernathy (Conner) 47-2 won by fall over Logan Rowe (Scott County) 12-10 (Fall 1:39)

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Nolan Link (Meade County) 42-5 won by decision over AJ Falk (Scott County) 29-12 (Dec 6-3)

Daylan Sexton (Fairdale) 31-12 won by fall over Julius Parriman (Mccreary Central) 34-16 (Fall 1:18)

LUKE CORNWELL (Ryle) 43-4 won by fall over Justin Klidzejs (Caldwell County) 31-14 (Fall 1:08)

Henry Koller (South Oldham) 38-4 won by fall over Kaiden Nottingham (Boyd County) 35-11 (Fall 3:41)

Mat Wasson (Harrison County) 33-3 won by tech fall over Brody Culver (North Oldham) 9-9 (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-1))

Jordan Rutherford (Simon Kenton) 28-15 won by decision over Eithan Cassell (Fort Campbell) 42-14 (Dec 11-6)

Bain Kurtz (Boyle County) 24-15 won by decision over Jack Harrod (Bullitt East) 23-14 (Dec 10-9)

Ryan Smith (Johnson Central) 41-4 won by tech fall over Gabriel Ditto (LaRue County) 31-16 (TF-1.5 3:29 (18-2))

Brock Fernandez (St. Xavier) 30-5 won by tech fall over Benjamin Kale (McCracken County) 21-8 (TF-1.5 2:57 (20-4))

Blake Murdock (Great Crossing) 30-16 won by fall over Beckett Stone (Nelson County) 10-5 (Fall 2:25)

Isaac Richards (Woodford County) 29-11 won by major decision over Noah Bowens (Martin County High School) 26-13 (MD 16-8)

Justin Kidd (Dixie Heights) 33-6 won by tech fall over Elijah Adams (Taylor County) 21-9 (TF-1.5 4:47 (18-1))

Utah Heady (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Landon Windeler (Covington Catholic) 24-11 (Fall 3:03)

Elliot Ortinski (Henry Clay) 24-6 won by decision over Aydin Kadirov (Fern Creek) 34-9 (Dec 6-4)

David Craig (Greenup County) 29-7 won by major decision over Evan Wilson (John Hardin) 44-12 (MD 15-4)

Bj Jackson (Corbin) 34-3 won by fall over Keviaun Craighead (Doss) 31-11 (Fall 3:32)

144

Derrick Johnson (Central Hardin) 42-5 won by fall over Boone Sawyer (Walton-Verona) 3-3 (Fall 1:43)

Colton Motta (South Oldham) 33-11 won by tech fall over Trae White (Henry Clay) 28-7 (TF-1.5 3:41 (16-1))

Dane Miller (Christian County) 31-6 won by fall over Cooper Scott (Pikeville) 18-4 (Fall 5:39)

Chance Mills (Madison Central) 35-8 won by tech fall over Joseph Jaso (St. Xavier) 24-15 (TF-1.5 1:55 (15-0))

Deacon Heisler (Campbell County) 48-5 won by fall over Timothy Montgomery (Spencer County) 27-12 (Fall 1:29)

Jaylin Bellamy (Paducah Tilghman) 48-6 won by fall over Jace Bowling (Boyd County) 36-12 (Fall 2:16)

Jacob Brown (Woodford County) 23-2 won by major decision over jaxon franks (Grant County) 28-13 (MD 14-2)

Blake Luttrell (Fairdale) 37-5 won by fall over Patrick Durbin (Meade County) 36-10 (Fall 0:56)

Austin Brinegar (Harrison County) 32-6 won by major decision over Parker Fouch (East Carter) 32-9 (MD 15-4)

Luke Peace (Conner) 42-10 won by fall over Bryce Alford (Nelson County) 27-13 (Fall 0:58)

Andrew Pomeroy (Male) 46-7 won by fall over Channing Carte (Whitley County) 27-10 (Fall 2:37)

Jayden Raney (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over Jaxon Clary (Oldham County) 26-13 (Fall 0:53)

James Morris (Johnson Central) 43-5 won by decision over Cooper Adams (Trigg County) 23-4 (Dec 14-10)

JAGGER IRVIN (Ryle) 10-3 won by decision over Titus Greiwe (Corbin) 36-7 (Dec 12-5)

Joseph Kresel (LaRue County) 32-11 won by decision over Joel Vontae Stanley Jr. (Pleasure Ridge Park) 34-12 (Dec 15-13)

Kalob Wise (Moore) 34-5 won by forfeit over Levi Howard (Lexington Christian) 27-17 (For.)

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Jack Ferguson (Pleasure Ridge Park) 41-7 won by fall over Cisco Torres (North Hardin) 15-11 (Fall 4:49)

Madden Brown (Oldham County) 26-2 won by decision over Jeremy Begley (Martin County High School) 30-11 (Dec 7-2)

Aiden Zuniga (Taylor County) 30-6 won by decision over Juan Ramirez (Scott County) 28-9 (Dec 14-9)

Jordyn Raney (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over George Mintch (Boone County) 11-10 (Fall 0:21)

Payton Conner (Meade County) 30-6 won by major decision over Paul Abren (Christian County) 18-10 (MD 15-3)

Judah Carey (Boyle County) 33-7 won by fall over Branson Fain (Harrison County) 19-9 (Fall 2:46)

Taner Woodman (Ashland Blazer) 33-10 won by decision over Tyler Gibson (Southern) 34-11 (Dec 12-7)

Nathan Seth (Conner) 41-13 won by fall over Bryce Hartel (Fairdale) 27-15 (Fall 3:54)

Santiago Gonzalez (Moore) 37-4 won by fall over Deacon Joseph (Great Crossing) 7-21 (Fall 1:25)

Lucas Oliverio (Desales) 36-5 won by tech fall over Peyton Weaver (Central Hardin) 20-15 (TF-1.5 3:02 (17-1))

Parker Smith (Simon Kenton) 21-10 won by tech fall over Evan Pyles (Paducah Tilghman) 15-7 (TF-1.5 5:34 (19-3))

Gavyn Kinley (Madison Central) 35-4 won by major decision over Maddox Bryant (Johnson Central) 32-17 (MD 19-8)

Miles Smith (East Jessamine) 41-2 won by fall over Alex Craven (Madison Southern) 25-13 (Fall 2:12)

Donovan Rogers (Caldwell County) 31-8 won by fall over Cameran Constant (Fort Knox) 28-8 (Fall 3:45)

Hunter Kennedy (Trinity (Louisville)) 29-14 won by major decision over WYATT CRISP (Ryle) 16-9 (MD 15-1)

Chase Gillum (Boyd County) 47-5 won by fall over Elijah Tabor (Franklin County) 4-5 (Fall 1:04)

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Kaygen Roberts (Boyle County) 45-4 won by tech fall over Dylan Hobbs (Meade County) 30-14 (TF-1.5 2:15 (19-4))

CALLEN SCHMIDT (Ryle) 38-8 won by fall over Maykel Vazquez (North Bullitt) 27-8 (Fall 0:34)

Zac Scott (Johnson Central) 43-4 won by fall over Joseph Habimana (Moore) 34-14 (Fall 2:51)

Thomas Brauer (Owensboro Catholic) 24-1 won by fall over Faimy Victorin (Lafayette) 16-18 (Fall 1:23)

Joseph Whaley (North Hardin) 40-8 won by fall over Kameryis Rodriquez Cline (Owensboro) 42-3 (Fall 3:38)

Riley Sanford (Spencer County) 42-5 won by fall over Jace Hunter (Paintsville) 22-10 (Fall 3:07)

Leland Garcia (Male) 27-13 won by fall over Thomas Tilley (Dixie Heights) 18-17 (Fall 2:56)

George Dennis (Harrison County) 30-2 won by fall over Isac Perez (Whitley County) 23-10 (Fall 2:47)

Kayson White (Highlands) 40-3 won by fall over Jack Madden (Russell) 25-14 (Fall 2:10)

Jackson Holly (Central Hardin) 31-10 won by fall over James Williams (Taylor County) 25-13 (Fall 2:00)

Deacon Harrison (Christian County) 26-7 won by decision over Brock Heidle (George Rogers Clark) 34-11 (Dec 11-10)

Carson Nance (Anderson County) 29-2 won by tech fall over Brayden Norrick (Bullitt East) 30-15 (TF-1.5 3:33 (15-0))

Parker Maynard (Martin County High School) 40-4 won by fall over Andrew Cundiff (Jeffersontown) 25-5 (Fall 4:54)

Wendel Shackelford (Union County) 3-2 won by major decision over Jaxon Cox (Nelson County) 36-11 (MD 17-3)

Emory Dix (Madison Central) 27-4 won by fall over Steven Velazquez-Estrada (Bryan Station) 10-8 (Fall 0:40)

Jake Holtgrave (St. Xavier) 24-6 won by tech fall over Liam Wood (Simon Kenton) 21-26 (TF-1.5 2:49 (17-1))

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Samuelu Hazelwood (Central Hardin) 42-3 won by fall over Jayden Tidwell (Ballard) 26-13 (Fall 0:47)

Dalton Matney (Johnson Central) 39-5 won by fall over Jacob Tylutke (Bullitt East) 20-5 (Fall 0:37)

Ian Tucker (Wayne County) 48-8 won by decision over Jeremy Marks (Great Crossing) 27-15 (Dec 8-4)

Benjamin Woosley (Simon Kenton) 38-8 won by fall over Wyatt Dunn (Calloway County) 0-1 (Fall 0:36)

Gavin Becker (South Oldham) 45-2 won by tech fall over Kenzell Miller (Boone County) 24-16 (TF-1.5 2:00 (17-2))

Msabaha Sumaili (Henry Clay) 31-7 won by decision over Jared Cornell (Somerset) 25-4 (Dec 12-8)

Cole Jewell (Martin County High School) 36-11 won by fall over Destin Basemore (Central) 26-2 (Fall 1:11)

Ethan O`Malley (Paducah Tilghman) 29-7 won by tech fall over Javin Ewing (South Warren) 29-13 (TF-1.5 2:28 (17-2))

Tony Leader (Boyd County) 41-1 won by fall over Noah Warner (Bourbon County) 17-8 (Fall 0:45)

Grayson Scott (Franklin County) 35-9 won by fall over Domanic Patterson (LaRue County) 32-15 (Fall 0:33)

Carter Thomas (Union County) 3-2 won by fall over Joesiah Hernandez (Conner) 23-18 (Fall 3:05)

Micah Thompson (Boyle County) 46-3 won by fall over Kamion Lockridge (Butler) 22-11 (Fall 1:05)

Karsyn Sumpter (Harrison County) 30-11 won by decision over Chris Hollingworth (Madison Central) 25-13 (Dec 7-2)

NOAH CRISP (Ryle) 35-14 won by fall over Andrew Jones (Western Hills) 22-10 (Fall 2:52)

Hunter Roberts (Ohio County) 37-11 won by decision over Kaden Nichols (Daviess County) 17-6 (Dec 7-0)

joshua Tuttle (Fairdale) 24-4 won by fall over Ethan Brandhorst (Montgomery County) 23-14 (Fall 2:29)

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Owen Lamer (Taylor County) 24-1 won by fall over Ali Arslanov (Jeffersontown) 13-7 (Fall 0:36)

Corey Freihofer (Cooper) 34-14 won by major decision over James Begley (Martin County High School) 29-16 (MD 10-2)

Dawson Schroering (Dupont Manual) 40-2 won by fall over Grayson Cole (South Warren) 16-5 (Fall 1:30)

Frank Niyonyishu (Henry Clay) 26-7 won by fall over Brodie Smith (Christian County) 9-15 (Fall 0:51)

Tyler Hillebrandt (Oldham County) 43-2 won by fall over Dray Roberts (Harrison County) 20-17 (Fall 4:26)

Yousif Al Shuweily (Fairdale) 30-13 won by decision over Lucas Durham (LaRue County) 33-12 (Dec 9-7)

KEIGAN REINSENBECK (Ryle) 34-8 won by fall over Peyton Walker (West Carter High School) 22-11 (Fall 1:47)

Ben Hall (Paducah Tilghman) 41-2 won by fall over Ryder Sadler (Green County) 31-15 (Fall 0:31)

Nathaniel Williams (Ashland Blazer) 46-7 won by fall over Elijah McCormick (Central) 18-5 (Fall 0:59)

Darius Ridner (Mccreary Central) 34-10 won by major decision over Alan Rivera (Fern Creek) 29-16 (MD 13-1)

Ethan Peckenpaugh (Henderson County) 40-2 won by fall over Mijaia Dunn (Mercer County) 29-8 (Fall 1:30)

Peyton Zinser (Scott) 32-14 won by decision over Maddox Tabor (Greenwood) 43-10 (Dec 14-11)

Max Baxter (Bullitt East) 43-3 won by tech fall over Braylen Pruitt (Meade County) 33-15 (TF-1.5 2:11 (15-0))

Cameron Green (Great Crossing) 20-18 won by fall over Maddox Hammond (Western Hills) 17-16 (Fall 3:19)

Cyrus Greiwe (Corbin) 44-6 won by tech fall over Daniel Thompson (Union County) 3-2 (TF-1.5 2:50 (16-0))

Keegan Bishop (Covington Catholic) 44-4 won by fall over Dylan Burton (East Carter) 25-12 (Fall 2:30)

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Carson Herbst (Madison Central) 29-0 won by fall over Gunner Patrick (Grant County) 18-18 (Fall 0:52)

Branden Mcgee (Ashland Blazer) 39-10 won by fall over Henry Morales (Dixie Heights) 31-5 (Fall 3:59)

Beau Gordon (South Oldham) 39-10 won by major decision over DeAsian Harris (Christian County) 28-14 (MD 10-0)

Darien Allen (Dupont Manual) 22-1 won by fall over Jathan Brydie (North Hardin) 26-8 (Fall 1:34)

Daniel Switzer (Harrison County) 25-6 won by fall over jonny Tran (Fairdale) 24-22 (Fall 3:11)

DJ Wilson (Paducah Tilghman) 29-8 won by decision over Braylen Livingston (Woodford County) 36-8 (Dec 8-1)

Xander Turner (Highlands) 22-17 won by fall over Gabe Blackburn (Johnson Central) 30-18 (Fall 2:49)

Garrison Messer (Ohio County) 44-3 won by fall over Ryder Rogers (Adair County) 9-5 (Fall 2:00)

Antonio Rodriguez (Covington Catholic) 40-9 won by fall over Scott Jennings (Ballard) 31-13 (Fall 4:48)

Bryton Tye (Corbin) 32-11 won by fall over Charles Farley (Bryan Station) 28-12 (Fall 2:42)

Douglas Mulhall (St. Xavier) 17-9 won by fall over Apelu Hazelwood (Central Hardin) 33-10 (Fall 4:50)

Lucas Ricketts (Union County) 5-0 won by fall over James e. Jones (Belfry) 24-9 (Fall 1:36)

Riley Burton (Fern Creek) 40-2 won by fall over Brock Crook (Henderson County) 34-8 (Fall 5:16)

Raiden Rios (Bullitt East) 41-13 won by decision over Ashton Hackney (Great Crossing) 15-15 (Dec 7-3)

Aaron Thompson (Nelson County) 28-8 won by fall over Austyn Lawless (Somerset) 11-4 (Fall 1:41)

Kylen Sturgeon (Scott) 11-6 won by fall over Easton Slone (Martin County High School) 33-13 (Fall 2:33)

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Galvin Stephens (Male) 32-9 won by decision over Steel Chandler (Spencer County) 34-7 (Dec 8-5)

Cohen Campbell (North Hardin) 35-5 won by tech fall over Cayden Thompson (Boyd County) 28-10 (TF-1.5 3:54 (21-4))

Thorin Johnson (Wayne County) 49-3 won by major decision over Bode Darland (Lexington Christian) 23-6 (MD 15-4)

Jaydan Rutherford (Simon Kenton) 54-15 won by fall over Wylee Elders (Union County) 2-3 (Fall 1:50)

Devin Allen (Dupont Manual) 43-0 won by fall over Carson Clark (Cooper) 19-9 (Fall 1:01)

Jeffrey Temprano (Lafayette) 21-6 won by tech fall over Austin Hurst (Madison Central) 20-8 (TF-1.5 5:11 (19-1))

Jace Detre (LaRue County) 29-18 won by decision over Dylan Peck (Johnson Central) 29-15 (Dec 3-1)

Rage Henderson (Paducah Tilghman) 39-3 won by fall over Jamison Wester (Moore) 26-19 (Fall 1:59)

Alexander Goodin (Bell County) 49-10 won by fall over Dominic Ramirez (Nelson County) 35-4 (Fall 3:14)

Neal Wright (Bullitt Central) 18-2 won by fall over Andrew Crace (North Oldham) 12-7 (Fall 5:26)

Joshua Frost (Calloway County) 22-4 won by fall over Tyler Heck (Covington Catholic) 26-10 (Fall 0:25)

Brock Sexton (Harrison County) 38-1 won by tech fall over Cameron Burnside (Ashland Blazer) 36-13 (TF-1.5 4:09 (15-0))

Jax Crowe (Boyle County) 32-5 won by fall over Jackson Kincer (Henry Clay) 24-15 (Fall 0:15)

Phillip Sullivan (Trinity (Louisville)) 36-11 won by fall over Landon Wuellner (Conner) 20-23 (Fall 5:28)

Elijah Huff (Woodford County) 21-8 won by fall over Jaeden Carolina (Fort Campbell) 34-24 (Fall 3:47)

Brayden Fannin (Martin County High School) 38-1 won by fall over Brandon Krauss (Central Hardin) 29-22 (Fall 1:18)

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Joshua Goins (Corbin) 37-7 won by fall over Jack Fredstrom (Dixie Heights) 17-19 (Fall 5:32)

Isaac Adkins (Johnson Central) 29-5 won by decision over Anthony Merino (LaRue County) 29-15 (Dec 7-1)

Elias McPike (Paducah Tilghman) 25-9 won by major decision over Benjamin Cauley (Bullitt East) 3-2 (MD 14-2)

Zander Edington (Franklin County) 24-11 won by decision over CJ White (Harrison County) 21-10 (Dec 7-3)

Christian Brown (Cooper) 36-0 won by fall over Jamison Dunn (Lexington Christian) 21-10 (Fall 3:00)

William Galloway (Dupont Manual) 22-5 won by fall over Treshawn Crenshaw (Christian County) 26-9 (Fall 1:46)

Cameron Thompson (Boyd County) 47-10 won by fall over Steven Bryant (Warren Central) 30-6 (Fall 5:41)

Colton Lewis (Atherton) 22-0 won by fall over Johnathan Tapp (Bell County) 41-16 (Fall 0:59)

Austin Goodpaster (Nelson County) 32-1 won by fall over Marq Sheckles (Western) 39-8 (Fall 0:41)

Brayden Allender (Campbell County) 40-6 won by forfeit over Ian Tibbs (Madison Southern) 26-11 (For.)

Maxx Escaloni (Woodford County) 32-7 won by fall over Fernando Cruz (Bryan Station) 24-8 (Fall 4:40)

Austin Cummings (Union County) 4-0 won by fall over Carter Lauffer (Paintsville) 17-10 (Fall 1:35)

Ethan Harris (St. Xavier) 22-6 won by fall over Kayden Lambert (Henderson County) 19-14 (Fall 1:39)

Bryce Sizemore (Conner) 37-7 won in sudden victory – 1 over Michael Braunm (Great Crossing) 12-7 (SV-1 8-5)

Landon Bryant (Whitley County) 33-6 won by fall over Liam Riordan (Oldham County) 29-12 (Fall 2:58)

Wyatt Riley (Ashland Blazer) 18-4 won by fall over Kaleb Myers (North Hardin) 38-8 (Fall 0:36)

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Cyclosporiasis spreads across Kentucky

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July 16, 2026

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Cyclosporiasis is a microscopic parasite that can contaminate food and water — is making people sick across several states, including Kentucky.

Dr. Patricia Tellez-Watson said, the illness is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis and spreads when someone ingests contaminated food or water. “It is an intestinal infection caused by this water-borne, food-borne microscopic parasite,” she said.

Symptoms can include diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

Tellez-Watson said, cases are often sporadic, but outbreaks can happen — especially during hot, wet months, when the parasite can survive in the environment long enough to become infectious.

Health experts recommend taking extra precautions with food and water. Washing hands and thoroughly rinsing produce before eating or cooking can reduce risk.

Watson also urged people to be cautious with fresh produce, particularly pre-packaged items, and to consider using bottled water.

Officials have confirmed cases in Bowling Green, though it’s unclear how many.

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Drafted by Reds, Matt Ponatoski enrolls at University of Kentucky

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July 15, 2026

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Drafted by Reds, Matt Ponatoski enrolls at University of Kentucky

Moeller two-sport star Matt Ponatoski had a decision to make after being drafted by the Cincinnati Reds.
Ponatoski chose to enroll at Kentucky where he could play both baseball and football.

Dual-sport star and Moeller alum Matt Ponatoski’s final decision still awaits, but signs are pointing towards Lexington, KY.

After committing to the University of Kentucky as both a quarterback and pitcher, Ponatoski was selected in the 18th round (No. 542 overall) of the 2026 MLB Draft by the hometown Cincinnati Reds. While Ponatoski was ranked No. 208 on the MLB’s draft board and expected to be selected higher, doubts around whether he intended to go pro this year caused his stock to fall.

Ponatoksi has until the MLB’s signing deadline on July 27 to make a final decision, but the Moeller product has seemingly signaled his intention to stick with the University of Kentucky. He enrolled at the University of Kentucky on Wednesday, July 15, per a Kentucky Sports Radio report, indicating he will join the Wildcats football team in the fall.

The Man of Moeller was just the third player in the history of the Gatorade Player of the Year award to win for two different sports in the same season. Doing so in his junior year, he joined Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Randy Moss and National Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Joe Mauer.

For Wildcats football, Ponatoski would come in as a four-star quarterback prospect and helped give new head coach Will Stein a top-25 recruiting class in the nation. He threw just one interception in his senior season for the Moeller Crusaders, completing 66% of his passes for 2,395 yards and 28 touchdowns.

For Kentucky baseball, Ponatoski would join up with fellow freshman and former Louisville Trinity pitcher Grayson Willoughby, who won Kentucky Mr. Baseball and withdrew his name from the draft. Willoughby, a top-rated pitching prospect, felt MLB teams were attempting to low-ball him and thus chose to stick with the Wildcats. Ponatoski is fresh from a season leading Moeller to the state championship game, recording a 1.37 ERA on the year.

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Evergreens earns Best of Kentucky Award ahead of two-year anniversary

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July 15, 2026

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Evergreens earns Best of Kentucky Award ahead of two-year anniversary

line at evergreens — On July 14, customers gather at Evergreens.
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PADUCAH — Evergreens Plant Shop, Coffeehouse and Wine Bar announced Friday that it has received the Best of Kentucky Award — an annual voter’s choice award that highlights Kentucky’s favorite and finest establishments.

According to Guide to Kentucky, the Best of Kentucky Award is the highest designation it awards to businesses that receive the most votes from the commonwealth. On Tuesday, Evergreens Owner Jean Alford explained what the award means, how the business began, what she believes has contributed to Evergreens’ success and her reaction to the award.

“I was astounded,” Alford said. “Honestly, it’s a testament to our loyal customers. When we were nominated, we were emailed a form that said, ‘Vote for best coffeehouse.’ I had them at the doors, I had them in the restrooms, I had them at the register, on the tables — friends, family alike.”

She added that the customers and staff are what have brought her passions — and Evergreens — to life during the last few years.

“I wanted to create an environment that was community-friendly. People can come play games. People can come meet,” Alford said. “When I was traveling from Chicago to move here, that’s what I was looking for.”

wine bar at evergreens — Evergreens Plant Shop, Coffeehouse and Wine Bar announced Friday that it has received the Best of Kentucky Award — an annual voter’s choice award that highlights Kentucky’s favorite and finest establishments.
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Evergreens Plant Shop, Coffeehouse and Wine Bar announced Friday that it has received the Best of Kentucky Award — an annual voter’s choice award that highlights Kentucky’s favorite and finest establishments.
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Kennedy Williams

Before opening Evergreens, Alford said she had developed a passion for plants, which led her to obtain her nursery license. She then began selling her plants at the farmer’s market, but she faced difficulties maintaining their condition during harsh weather and while traveling. This ultimately led to the search for a designated property — and the creation of Evergreens.

“We actually started this process in 2023,” she said. “I saw this spot, and I just thought this would be great because it’s on the other side of town, it’s by the college, it’s by the interstate, and I loved this loft.”

The location of Evergreens is one aspect that Alford attributes to earning the Best of Kentucky Award, and she said the focus has been on creating a welcoming atmosphere for everyone.

“If you’re a parent, and you work all day, and you pick your child up, and you just want to have one-on-one time with them, play a board game, let them do homework while you work on your laptop — those were thoughts that were going through my mind,” Alford said.

Additionally, being located near West Kentucky Community and Technical College has also provided opportunities for Evergreens to cater to college students and their needs.

“When we first opened, we had some students and teachers. It took a minute, and then I got a phone call asking if I would — last year on [WKCTC’s] Giving Day — donate coffee to the students and staff,” she said. “So, I did. I went there, popped up a tent and handed out coffee.”

The menu is another way Alford said Evergreens aims to welcome everyone, having expanded it to include energy drinks, lemonades, teas, dirty sodas, Italian sodas, shakes and smoothies.

frog at evergreens — On July 14, a crocheted frog enjoys an ice cream cone while resting on an Evergreens countertop.

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On July 14, a crocheted frog enjoys an ice cream cone while resting on an Evergreens countertop.

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Above all, Alford highlighted the importance of supporting the community and recognizing that there is room for everyone, even when it comes to businesses offering similar products.

“It’s not easy, especially after opening and then several coffee places opening up, but I think each one [is] unique — some are drive-throughs, some are not [and] some you can sit down and eat,” she said. “We’re not in competition. There’s room for everybody. Everybody has their own unique thing, and I think that the most important thing is — support a local business.”

In light of the shop celebrating its second anniversary this July, Alford said her favorite part of owning Evergreens has been the customers and their shared passions.

“It’s such a joy that people like or get excited about what you’re passionate about — when you see the ladies that love the plants or the decor,” Alford said. “We also have some local artists that feature their stuff, and that’s very exciting for me, too — to be able to have that.”

To celebrate both the anniversary and the Best of Kentucky Award, Evergreens will be hosting a Community Appreciation Day on July 29 during business hours.

“In the morning, we are going to do some type of offer. We’re going to do a game — a spin-the-wheel when they come to the register to order — and they might get a free beverage, or they might get a discount, or they might get a free pastry,” Alford said.

She also noted that, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., there will be live music in addition to the spin-the-wheel prizes and discounts.

“We are incredibly honored and deeply humbled by this recognition,” Alford said. “When we first opened our doors, our goal wasn’t just to serve great coffee, but to build a welcoming space for our community. This award is a testament to our hardworking team and the amazing customers who support us every single day.”

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