We want to congratulate our district employees who were named Best of the Best in the 2024 Tribune Courier’s Reader’s Choice Awards. Check out all of the Best of 2024 winners in today’s edition of the Trib.
New little league for mountain biking being formed
District Championship Gameday!
Another great collaboration project from our MCTC programs, now on display in the Board Room at the Marshall County Board of Education!
The Marshals and Lady Marshals were both winners in first round action of the 4th district basketball tournament. 👏👏🧡💙
The Lady Marshals topped Murray High 46-27 to advance to tonight's championship game against Calloway County. The Marshals outlasted Calloway County with a 63-57 win and will take on Murray High Thursday night in the championship game.
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It's district tournament time. Come on out and support the Marshals and Lady Marshals tonight in Murray.
Here is this week's schedule sponsored by Premier Disaster and Cleaning!
District play starts Tuesday night at Murray High.
GO MARSHALS!
MCHS Senior Baily Allred has signed with Bellarmine University in Louisville to participate in track and field. Bailey has been a 4-year member of the Marshall County track and field program and has been an integral part of the Lady Marshals' success in the shot put and discus over the course of those four seasons. Bailey is a multiple-time All-Area award winner in the shot and discus. The All-Area awards represent the best competitors in the entire Jackson Purchase region regardless of class. To top that off, she is also one of the top competitors in the state in the weight throw and the hammer throw, both of which she has primarily competed in independently during winter and summer events with AAU and USATF. Baily is currently ranked in the top 5 in all of her events in Class AAA. Bailey has exhibited an extraordinary work ethic in all aspects of being a student-athlete and we are excited that Bailey will have the opportunity to continue her track career at Bellarmine University.
MCHS senior standout Logan Parker has signed with Hanover College in Hanover, IN. Logan will be joining a strong Hanover soccer team playing in the NCAA Third Division's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. Logan has been a 3-year contributor to the MCHS varsity soccer team. His senior season saw him lead the team as Captain starting all 24 games while leading the team with 21 goals and runner-up on assists with 9. Logan's honors included being named the the All-District team for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and All-Region second team for the 2023 season. Logan was also voted Offensive Player of the Year and Player of the Year by his teammates following the 2023 season.
We wish Logan good luck in the new challenge and look forward to being able to cheer him on next fall in Indiana.
MCHS cheerleaders host a Cheerleading Clinic at North Marshall Middle School.
Jackson Boone, a 2022 graduate of Marshall County High School and current Baylor University student, has won a very prestigious and competitive nationwide scholarship award. It's always nice to recognize the accomplishments of our graduates and the great things they are doing. Here is the full news release from Baylor University:
By Clarissa Garza, Baylor University Student Newswriter
WACO, Texas (Jan. 31, 2024) – The Center for Public Justice (CPJ) has awarded its prestigious 2024 Hatfield Prize to Baylor University senior mechanical engineering major Jackson Boone, a William Carey Crane Scholar and Baylor Engage Fellow from Calvert City, Kentucky, and Colby Humphrey, Ph.D., lecturer in political science, in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences.
The Hatfield Prize is awarded annually to three student-faculty pairs in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, who was known for his Christian faith and commitment to working across differences to find common ground.
As Hatfield Prize recipients, Boone and Humphrey will conduct research on social policy that impacts the well-being of vulnerable children, families and communities through a semester-long research project. In addition to having their research published in a CPJ policy report, they each will receive a $6,500 award.
Boone and Humphrey’s research will focus on the workforce development effort in Waco while integrating a Christian faith focus. While workforce development is often understood as job training, Boone and Humphrey said that there is much more to unpack.
“We are looking at programs provided by city government, education centers, nonprofits and churches to determine if the current programs are succeeding in their goal to train and equip Wacoans with the necessary skills to succeed in today’s economy,” Boone said.
Boone and Humphrey come from two different academic backgrounds – mechanical engineering and political science, but their differing expertise lends itself well to the topic's interdisciplinary nature and gives the researchers the ability to explore a topic through a unique lens.
“Policy is essential, but there are local relationships and connections that are key as well,” Humphrey said. “Approaching this from multiple backgrounds will give us a broader perspective and perhaps speak to existing gaps when evaluating this space. We will be able to look at the other needs people have to thrive, from housing to childcare to transportation and how they interact.”
Focusing on the role that organizations outside of public policy play such as churches and nonprofits, Boone and Humphrey hope to paint a bigger picture of Waco and enact change in the community.
“As a researcher, examining how a local community is tackling these questions is unique,” Humphrey said. “We will be able to tell the story of Waco that will inform local decision-makers and speak to broader trends we are seeing in Texas and American society more broadly.”
As an undergraduate student, Boone understands the importance of the award and the future influence of his research.
“I’m afforded a unique opportunity to bring about change in the community that could positively impact lives,” Boone said. “We have an opportunity to highlight the important work volunteers, churchgoers and city officials in the community are doing to lift up their fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.”
Pictured: Colby Humphrey, Ph.D., lecturer in political science, and Jackson Boone, a William Carey Crane Scholar, Baylor Engage Fellow and senior mechanical engineering major, have received the 2024 Hatfield Prize from the Center for Public Justice. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University)
Marshall County Schools today hosted several of the Region 1 System Administrators/Infinite Campus Administrators, who gathered to network with the Kentucky Department of Education Regional Representative Ruth Britt, who joined virtually.
Now hiring full time Bus Monitors throughout the district especially for the south part of the county. Apply today! https://marshallky.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=2519
