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Defense attorney Sebastian Joy, right, goes to embrace DJ Kemper after Kemper was ruled not guilty of first-degree assault in Boyd County Circuit Court. HENRY CULVYHOUSE | THE DAILY INDEPENDENT
ASHLAND Former Ashland Blazer soccer player Dwayne âDJâ Kemper was found not guilty Wednesday in connection with a June 2020 shooting.
Following a three-day trial in Boyd County Circuit Court, the jury of 11 women and one man returned a not guilty verdict to a sole count of first-degree assault. Deliberations took about an hour for the jury.
Kemper was accused of shooting a 19-year-old woman in the face during a fight in the 1800 block of Blazer Boulevard around midnight on June 20, 2020. Previous testimony from Zachary McWhorter â who is currently facing a rape charge in Carter County â and Brandon Hansford, the two men fighting Kemper, placed the victim in the car. They also stated Kemper instigated the fight when they bumped into him following a drug deal out in front
Hergott, Burton, Love, Hawkins share AP Ky. All-State honors
By GARY B. GRAVESApril 15, 2021 GMT
Dual-threat quarterback Cameron Hergott of Kentucky Class 2A champion Beechwood High School and Frederick Douglass two-way lineman Jager Burton have been selected as Kentucky’s co-Mr. Football for the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season.
Tony Love and Phillip Hawkins shared coach of the year honors in voting by members of The Associated Press from around the state. Love guided Class 3A Ashland Blazer (11-0) to its first state championship since 1990, while Hawkins led Bryan Station to the Class 6A quarterfinal after a 3-8 finish in 2019.
Hergott, 6-foot-2, combined for 3,554 yards and 41 touchdowns offensively last season while leading the powerhouse Tigers (10-2) to their first 2A championship after 14 1A titles. He threw for 2,467 yards and 26 TDs, including 154 with two scores on 12-of-26 passing as Beechwood topped Lexington Christian 24-23 in overtime for the championship. Hergott,
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