Fickiesen heads all-LKC?team
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St. Marys Kelsea Fickiesen was selected at the Little Kanawha Conference Player of the Year.
PARKERSBURG —The St. Marys girls basketball program not only swept past Clay County for its first Little Kanawha Conference Night of Champions title, but the Blue Devils also took home both Player and Coach of the Year honors in the small school league. “Humbling,” said Blue Devils head coach Howard Meeks, who was selected by his peers as the league’s top mentor. “It is just an honor to win these awards in a conference with as many great players and outstanding coaches as there are in the LKC.” Capturing Player of the Year honors for the first time during her three-year varsity career for the purple and gold was junior Kelsea Fickiesen. The last time a Blue Devil took home the top prize occurred following the 1993 season when Andrea Eaton tied Ravenswood’s Mary Beth Varney for the award. Fickiesen, who led the Pleasants Countians to the Class A championship game against defending state champion Huntington St.
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