It is with a sense of profound sadness that we inform you of Kathy S. Martin’s passing on April 15 at her home in Pacific Palisades. She was at peace and secure in the knowledge of the love of her family and dear friends.
Kathy was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to parents Paula and Lee Roy Plummer on July 21, 1950. She and her sisters, Jeana and Patricia, were raised in Arkansas and Arizona. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles where she was employed by Coldwell Banker Management Corporation as an accounting supervisor. She progressed to Accounting Manager of its Asset Management Division. It was here that she met and wed her husband of 44 years, Vincent Martin.
They were blessed with three wonderful children, Christopher, Paige and Vincent III (Trey). She is survived by her husband, children, three grandchildren (Sienna, Cooper and Camryn), daughter-in-law Kimberly, sisters, sister-in-law Lori (Tsiantar), and many nieces and nephews.
She was devoted to her family and supported it in every way possible. They always came first in her life. Youth sports were of particular interest to her whether it be volleyball, baseball, basketball, soccer or football. She and her big, fire engine red Chevy Suburban, full of kids, could always be found at various sports venues.
When the West LA Pony League was in danger of collapsing, she took over and built it back up to a widely respected program. “No” was not in her vocabulary. One of her more heroic adventures involved volunteering to chaperone a group of 40 young ladies to a week-long volleyball tournament in Sacramento. When she finally arrived home, the shocked look on her face clearly said “never again.”
When one of her children’s companies ran into accounting problems, she jumped in without question and served as Chief Financial Officer for six years. Again, when her husband started a new company, she became its Comptroller for several years to ensure it had a solid foundation. The salary for all this work? A set of luggage and a fur coat.
Somehow she also found time for many community social service organizations such as Catholic Charities and the National Charity League.
A mass will be celebrated in her honor by Msgr. Gregory Cox, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, at her parish church, Saint Martin of Tours, 11967 W Sunset Boulevard, LA 90049, at 10:30 a.m. on May 10. A reception will follow at the Martin residence.
In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in her name at catholiccharitiesla.org.
Lely’s 3-0 shutout of Estero on Friday, December 19, could best be described as workmanlike. Trojans coach Robbie Schank, in year 32 at the helm, has coached—and won—a lot of games over that span.
Schank got after his young team at halftime, even though they were sitting on a 2-0 lead.
“Yeah,” Schank said. “Sometimes we’ve got to do that.”
But that doesn’t mean the coach isn’t pleased with his talented but inexperienced squad.
“I thought it was good,” he said, “we scored early. We controlled it. We got the clean sheet.”
A clean sheet in soccer is a shutout.
“We didn’t get scored on,” Schank said, “so that’s always a good thing. We didn’t have to go too crazy because we had the comfortable lead in the first half. And then we just tried to limit it. We just controlled it, slowed it down. If we have the ball, they can’t score. That’s always a blessing when we’re on our attacking side.”
Senior Ty Collins, who leads the team with 18 goals, started the scoring with a close-in goal just three minutes into the game. Eight minutes later, freshman Daniel Otero nailed a goal from 30 yards out. Collins finished the scoring by advancing the ball from midfield, then scoring in front of the Estero goalie with two minutes left in the game.
Schank has just three seniors on his squad. He sees his team’s overall youth as a good thing and a challenge.
“The strength of our team is youth,” he said. “It’s a very freshman, sophomore underclassmen-laden team. Our weakness is just the lack of experience. We don’t have that senior leadership because we don’t have the experience. So, I’ll have to use my experience to guide them through that.”
Fortunately, Schank has a couple of outstanding seniors.
Ty Collins executes a header in front of the goal as teammate Carson Kimbler looks on.
Scott Shook
“We’ve got Ty up top,” he said. “He’s always a threat, and he’s rusty. He got beat up in football. So, he’s still nursing a couple little injuries. So, we don’t have him at 100 percent. But he’s always a threat. If he gets the ball, you’d better be on your A game. And we’ve got another senior, Stive Argueta. He’s been commanding the middle for us with his hustle and his tenacity.”
Another leader for Schrank is an underclassman.
“In the back, we’ve got Landon Harmon,” Schrank said. “He’s a sophomore on the left side. He’s our setup man in the back. He’s been really putting the ball up through and creating the attack from the back.”
With his team sitting at 8-3-4 heading into Winter Break, Schrank has an interesting plan for his squad.
“We have a bunch of alumni teams being set up that we’re going to be playing here in the evenings,” he said. “They all want to challenge this team.”
So how does Schrank see this team stacking up against some of his better Lely teams over the years?
“This one’s right up there with them,” he said with a smile. “And the postseason will show you that. We still have some key components out with injuries right now. When those guys arrive, we will be alive.”
Lely travels to Palmetto Ridge on January 6, then returns home against Cape Coral on January 13. Both games are at 7:00 PM.
Registration for Patterson Little League’s 2026 season is now underway!
Registration for both Patterson Little League’s baseball and softball programs are currently running until January 9, 2026.
For baseball, young athletes can start their baseball journey as early as four years old and registration is available for players up to the age of 15. As for softball, registration begins at the age of seven and, like baseball, is available until 15 years of age.
The season will begin in March, and registration is currently available at PattersonLittleLeague.org.
This season, the Mount Si freshman football team played for more than wins. They played in honor of David Heyting, a Snoqualmie Valley native and longtime youth football coach who died in May after a 14-year battle with brain cancer.
Heyting coached many of the players during their junior football years, helping shape not only their skills on the field, but their confidence, character, and love of the game. He never had the chance to see them take the field as high school athletes.
That legacy followed them anyway. This year’s freshman head coach was Brian Tawney, Heyting’s brother-in-law, a Mount Si leadership teacher and longtime community mentor. What unfolded became a season defined by purpose, family, and connection.
The team finished undefeated, but the measure of the season was never the scoreboard. From helmet stickers and wrist tape marked “DH” to moments of reflection that carried through every practice and game, the players chose to honor the coach who had once guided them, carrying his influence forward together.
Top pic: Jake DeSpain, Cooper Frederick, Coach Tawney Bottom pic: Cooper Frederick, David Heyting, Eli Wilmot, Jake DeSpain
For Brian Tawney, coaching the Mount Si freshman team carried a weight that went far beyond a typical season. These were the last players David Heyting had coached during their junior football years, a fact that stayed close for Tawney as he stepped into the role. Before David became sick, the two had even talked about coaching freshmen together one day. In that sense, Tawney said the season felt like a continuation of David’s work and his legacy in the Valley, with the same group of kids David had believed in now taking the field at the high school level.
From the start, Tawney made it clear that football was a vehicle, not the destination. His focus was on teaching life skills the players could carry with them long after the season ended. “We often talk about using football as a vehicle to build great young men of character,” he said. Practices and games became opportunities to learn how to handle discomfort, accountability, and pressure. Tawney noted that the moments when the team struggled were often the most valuable, because that was where the most growth happened, both individually and as a group.
David’s influence on Tawney’s approach was constant, shaped by years of conversations about coaching philosophy and leadership. Tawney recalled watching former players seek David out at games, checking in on him and showing genuine care, something he saw as a reflection of the kind of coach David had been. “After seeing him with the kids and those talks I knew that a lot of our coaching points matched up,” Tawney said. That alignment gave him confidence, and it reinforced his belief in leaning into difficult conversations and leading with intention and purpose throughout the season.
Throughout the season, the players found their own ways to honor David. Many wrote “DH” on their arms or wrist tape before games, while others added helmet stickers made in his memory. Coach Tawney said the tribute was introduced briefly at the beginning of the year, and participation was optional. Some players chose additional personal markings on their pads, but the focus was never forced. The intention, Tawney explained, was to help the team learn how to play for others, without allowing the season to become centered solely on loss.
That purpose showed up week after week. Tawney described seeing players hold each other accountable, encourage one another, and care deeply about their teammates throughout the season. One mother described the connection simply, saying, “David had his hands on these boys every single game.” For the players, honoring their former coach became a quiet constant, woven into practices, games, and the way they showed up as teammates, carrying his influence forward together as the season unfolded.
Jason Wilmot, who coached Junior Wildcat Football alongside David Heyting for four years and coached alongside Brian Tawney this year, said the connection between those early teams and this season was impossible to miss. The team went undefeated their 8th grade year. “Our 8th grade championship was played in brutal conditions-sideways rain and wind. David came in a wheelchair that night to support the kids he coached for years. It would have been so easy for him to stay home. But he was there because those boys mattered more to him than his own comfort. This year, when 40 of those same kids went undefeated as freshmen, we saw David in every play. As an offensive line coach, David taught them that football is won in the trenches with teamwork, sacrifice and effort. David taught them that life is always won with teamwork, sacrifice and effort!”
David’s sister Keri said her brother was giving and selfless, someone who constantly showed up for the people and the community he loved. A three-sport athlete in high school, David remained deeply involved in youth sports long after his own playing days, coaching flag football and junior football, serving as a baseball umpire, and managing a Little League umpire program. As his own children grew older, he continued coaching with Wildcat Junior Football alongside his oldest son, Colby. “I think kids responded so well to David because he was steady and approachable,” she said. “He led with a calm, focused presence, and he was the kind of person you never wanted to let down because your respect for him ran so deep.”
David’s son, Colby Heyting, a Mount Si grad now at Montana State who helped him coach Junior Wildcat football, said his father’s connection with young athletes came from the way he showed up for them. “I believe the connection he had with the youth was so impactful simply because he proved what love does. He was there for every kid and knew what it took to make every kid feel loved and seen. He did more than just talk, he proved it by the way he lived his life and loved on kids so well. He was the first guy to shout out the kid that was struggling or having a bad day. He made every kid feel important and that’s why he has such a big impact on the youth.”
Colby also described what it meant to see the team honor his dad throughout the season. “It was such a blessing seeing the boys he coached honor him through their season. Seeing the impact he left on that team that they would do that for him was so awesome. They are such an incredible group of boys who made the whole community feel their love for him”
Watching the Mount Si freshman team choose to honor David throughout the season carried deep meaning for the family. His sister said one of the hardest parts of losing someone is the fear that their memory will fade, a fear eased by seeing the boys intentionally carry him with them.
She recalled bringing David to watch the team play when he was deep into his cancer battle and losing mobility and being struck by how the players checked in on him with kindness and maturity. “Having the Mount Si Freshman team honor David this season meant the world,” she said. “The boys truly wanted to honor David’s memory and embraced a larger purpose for the season, one rooted in heart, not just athletic ability.”
The Mount Si freshman football team finished the season undefeated. As the final whistle sounded, the moment carried significance beyond the record. It was the season David Heyting never had the chance to see, but one that reflected the values he had passed on to the players long before they reached the high school field.
After the final game, Coach Brian Tawney gathered the team and spoke to them about what the season had meant. He told the boys how every practice, every game, and every moment of grit had been played in honor of David. He spoke about their heart, their resilience, and the way they showed up for one another throughout the season. As he spoke, Tawney was visibly overwhelmed.
He then looked into the stands for his wife, David’s sister, and for Sue Heyting, David’s mother. Tawney walked to them and wrapped them in an embrace. The tears that followed reflected both the weight of loss and the pride felt by a family and a community at the close of a season shaped by connection, care, and purpose.
The Moorhead Spuds won when they faced the Sartell Sabres at Moorhead Sports Center on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025.
The final score was 10-3.
The Spuds took the lead in the first period, with a goal from John Gramer. Max Cullen and Evan Wanner assisted.
The Spuds’ Will Cullen made it 2-0 in the middle of the first period, assisted by George Arnold and Brandon Mickelson.
The Spuds’ Zac Zimmerman increased the lead to 3-0 halfway through the first, assisted by Brandon Mickelson.
The Spuds made it 4-0 with a goal from George Arnold late in the first, assisted by Drew Kortan and Will Cullen.
The second period ended with a 7-2 lead for the Spuds.
Brandon Mickelson increased the lead to 8-2 with a goal in the third period, assisted by Max Cullen.
Seamus Campbell also made it 9-2 with a goal two minutes later, assisted by Will Cullen.
Preston Deragisch narrowed the gap to 9-3 with a goal less than a minute later.
Drew Kortan then increased the lead to 3-10 with a goal four minutes later, assisted by Gage Kallhoff and Noah Petersen.
Next games:
The Spuds will face against the Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders on Thursday, Jan. 01, 2026, at Dakotah! Ice Center, with the Sabres set to challenge Blake on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, at St. Louis Park Rec Center.
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Scoring:
Minnesota, Moorhead Sports Center
2nd December 2025
Sartell Sabres at Moorhead Spuds
10-3
1st period:
Moorhead Spuds, 0–1 (8:26) John Gramer
Moorhead Spuds, 0–2 (10:56) Will Cullen
Moorhead Spuds, 0–3 (11:29) Zac Zimmerman
Moorhead Spuds, 0–4 (13:50) George Arnold
2nd period:
0–5 (24:15) John Gramer, 0–6 (24:54) Brandon Mickelson, 1–6 (27:15) Lane Larson, 2–6 (29:43) Preston Deragisch, 2–7 (33:39) Will Cullen
Belt, Lillian Fenburg, Baker finished in top three for Durango teams
Durango High School girls wrestling’s Aleia Fenburg stands on the top of the podium after winning the 125-pound bracket at the Western Slope Showdown in Montrose on Dec. 13. Fenburg also finished first at the Warrior Classic in Grand Junction on Saturday. (Courtesy Ryan McGrath)
Durango High School boys wrestling star Ryan Dugan left a big void in the Durango wrestling program when he graduated in the spring, and it looks like Durango girls wrestling junior Aleia Fenburg could be the next star Durango wrestler.
After winning at the Western Slope Showdown on Dec. 13, Aleia continued her winning ways at the Warrior Classic in Grand Junction on Saturday by winning the 125-pound bracket. She led a successful Durango girls wrestling team that had four wrestlers place.
“It’s midseason, so what we’re looking for on the competition side right now is, where are we,” Durango girls wrestling head coach Ryan McGrath said. “We’re far enough along that our conditioning, technique and match strategy should be lining up if the goal is to place at state. The Warrior is an excellent place to mix it up with like competition … what you see are your weaknesses and holes.”
Aleia was ranked third in the 125-pound bracket and had a 3-0 win in her first match before a tough 7-5 victory against Lyniah Richardson from Douglas County in the quarterfinals. She then won 8-4 in the semifinals against Chrissa Hawkes from Bear River. It was a Western Slope Showdown rematch in the final, with Aleia facing Ignacio’s Lainee Bradley. Aleia got the job done again, beating Bradley 7-0.
McGrath complimented Aleia on her skills and technique, being on point along, with adjusting during and after matches. McGrath said she’s been very coachable.
“An opponent you’ve beaten is always dangerous,” McGrath said. “They’ve already wrestled with you; they know where you’re strong and where you’re not. That match was close because Lainee is so good. It was an opportunity for Aleia to be a lot more strategic and patient.”
Aleia’s twin sister, Lillian, also had a good tournament and finished third at 140 pounds. She won her first match, 3-0 and then beat Ignacio’s Krysten Neil 8-3 in the quarterfinals. Lillian’s run ended in the semifinals with a 9-0 loss to Grand Junction Central’s Rya Burke. Lillian rebounded to beat Eagle Valley’s Julia Borejszo in the third-place match.
Durango girls wrestling’s Marie Baker also finished third. The five-seed in the 120-pound bracket, Baker won her first two matches by a combined score of 23-2 before losing to the top-seeded wrestler, Harleigh Prater from Grand Junction Central, 3-1 in the semifinals. Baker then won against Falcon’s Zoe Greer in the third-place match.
McGrath knows neither Lillian nor Baker likes to lose, but there can be something gained from the loss at the first practice after the tournaments. They just need to look back at certain situations and learn from them. McGrath thinks Lillian might drop down a weight class.
“It’s a lot more about tuning the skillsets,” McGrath said about Lillian and Baker. “Every year there are a couple of people who rise to the top; we’ve seen that in Lillian and Marie’s (Baker) weight classes. There are girls there who are just really pushing everybody … I’m really pleased with where we’re at.”
Sydney McAllister had one of her best tournaments as a Demon and finished sixth at 105 pounds. McAllister had a tough freshman season last year, and McGrath is proud of her resolve and how much she’s improved this season.
There were plenty of other successful wrestlers from Bayfield High School, Durango High School and Ignacio High School at the Warrior Classic.
The Durango boys had one wrestler place, with Jacob Belt finishing third at 175 pounds.
“We’re in a transition year with a bunch of new kids and a bunch of new kids on varsity,” Durango boys varsity head coach Jason Silva said. “All I keep telling them is focus on scoring points, having fun and being in a good position … and they did it.”
Belt was behind in a lot of his matches, and Silva was proud to see his no-quit attitude paid off. He won his first match 11-3. Belt was down 7-3 when he pinned Andy Weipert from Green River. Belt dominated Mason Fresquez from Grand Junction 18-1 in the quarterfinals before losing to Canon City’s Elias Koonce 18-3.
After losing, Belt didn’t give up and made it to the third-place match, coming from behind once again to beat Palisade’s Eric Snodgrass via pin when Belt was down 9-4.
“The bigger guys do have a different style,” Silva said. “There are a lot more of those power-type throws and moves to where they don’t typically get underneath the guy because they’re bigger … the type of offense we create for Jake (Belt) is a lot different from what we’re doing for Ryder (Martyn) and Cash (Silva).”
Martyn had an off day for the Demons and didn’t place. Silva knew it was important to remind him that success is not a vertical line; it ebbs and flows. Martyn needs to be ready to come back to the drawing board and get better.
Ignacio’s girls wrestling program had three second-place finishers with Bradley, Larissa Espinosa and Madison Egger in their respective weight classes.
Before Bradley lost to Aleia in the finals, she won her opening round matchup, 13-3 and beat Edi Linascum from Grand Junction Central in the quarterfinals in a close matchup. Bradley then beat Green River’s Raygen Bauers 17-1 in the semifinals.
Espinosa won 19-4 in her quarterfinal matchup before winning 3-0 against Dawn Tahy-Sloan from Farmington. Caylee Miller from Bloomfield beat Espinosa in the 235-pound final, 5-0.
Egger finished second in the 100-pound bracket beating her first two opponents by a combined score of 23-3, before pinning Addi Whaley from Soroco. Egger lost 19-3 in the final to Fort Lupton’s Yaida Rodriguez.
On the boys side, for Ignacio, top local wrestlers Aven Bourriague and Lincoln deKay both placed, with Bourriague finishing fifth at 120 pounds and deKay sixth at 165 pounds.
Bourriague lost in the semifinals, but bounced back to win his fifth-place match. deKay was the top seed at 165 pounds and made it to the semifinals before losing a close 5-4 match to Aztec’s Cory Douglas. deKay then lost his fifth-place match.
Bayfield High School girls wrestling’s Violet Christner finished fifth at 100 pounds.
WHEELING — Officials with Youth Services System Inc. say changes in how the agency receives subsidies for the before and afterschool care the program provides to young students has significantly reduced available funding, and that continuing the programs under the new subsidy system is “unsustainable.”
“We’re no longer under a financial strain,” said Chris Sengewalt, CFO of YSS. “We have a financial crisis.”
Sengewalt and Sarah Gamble, supervisor of community based services for YSS, spoke before Ohio County Board of Education members Monday night and asked for their support and assistance in continuing the program.
They explained YSS is no longer being reimbursed based on the number of students enrolled in their programs, but instead on each student’s actual attendance. Children enrolled don’t always attend the program on a daily basis or may only attend part of the day.
Gamble noted that they had been before the board in September 2024, telling them a financial strain was coming down the pike.
“There were discussions statewide then suggesting that some of the funding sources currently being utilized were going to be depleted in the coming months,” she said.
Fortunately, the YSS programs were sustained through both 2024 and 2025, she continued.
But last fall, the West Virginia Department of Health informed YSS that beginning Sept. 1 they could no longer bill for subsidies based on overall enrollment. They would instead need to base the billing on actual attendance.
YSS serves students attending Bethlehem, Elm Grove and Middle Creek elementary schools. In these schools, 52% of the students attending the before- and after-school programs are eligible for the subsidies, according to Gamble.
“We have to keep a spot for them full-time if we are full capacity,” she explained.
There are 49 students actively enrolled in the before and afterschool programs at YSS and another 16 on the waitlist.
There are 22 billing days in the month and a student may only attend two days, Gamble explained.
“Previously, we could bill for the 22 days. Now we can only bill for the two days they actually attended,” she said.
YSS receives an average daily subsidy of $14.50 per student who attends the program. Billing is also now being broken down into two-hour increments for billing purposes, Gamble said.
“We’re presenting this information to you in hopes that as a board you might actually support this program,” she said. “At the end of the day, the last thing we want to see is preschools closed. Parents depend on these programs to make it to work every day.”
Board president David Croft asked her if the funding for the current school year already had dried up, and she told him it had.
“Wow. That’s a shame. It really is,” board member Andy Garber said.
Gamble explained that for the month of September the amount of supplement would have been $7,377 under prior billing practices, but YSS was only able to bill for $1,091.
“So it is fair to say the current configuration is not sustainable?” Croft asked.
Gamble answered yes and Croft inquired what options they might propose to the board.
Gamble said Marshall County Schools provides YSS with “scholarship funding” and the school district is invoiced every month which helps to cover some of YSS’s cost.
“That allows us to keep the billing at a minimum for our families,’ she said. “The last thing we want to have to do is raise the rate for our families — which we already did last year.”
Croft asked if the board needed to make a choice and if it would help more to fund before- or after-school care.
“If we can’t sustain the program the way it is, my recommendation would be to offer before care,” she said. “Then we can support two-hour delay days.”
Sengewalt said YSS is seeking funding to help them finish out the current fiscal year while they seek a collaborative solution in the future.
Superintendent Kim Miller suggested the school district put together a task force consisting of Gamble and Raquel McLeod, student services director for Ohio County Schools, and others to review what other counties are doing and what is working elsewhere.
The matter will be reviewed by board members and placed on the agenda for their next meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 12 at the board office, 2203 National Road, Wheeling.
