{"id":440,"date":"2015-11-12T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=440"},"modified":"2015-11-12T09:39:34","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T14:39:34","slug":"jaden-martin-looks-to-build-off-strong-freshman-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/jaden-martin-looks-to-build-off-strong-freshman-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaden Martin Looks To Build Off Strong Freshman Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jaden<\/a><\/p>\n

By Griffin Brightbill, Sports Editor<\/p>\n

River Hill\u2019s youngest basketball star, Jaden Martin, heads into his sophomore season feeling positive and confident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have some great players and a fantastic coach. I think this year could be the one we\u2019ve been waiting for,\u201d claimed the Hawks\u2019 starting small forward.<\/p>\n

The Hawks have been pushing for another state title ever since 2007, and Martin won\u2019t be satisfied unless they win it all. \u201cIf I don\u2019t see a banner hanging up in the gym at the end of the season, I\u2019ll be disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martin will be a huge part of earning that banner, according to his teammates. Senior Ciande Kiragu, who has played for River Hill all four years, claims, \u201cJaden is going to be very important to our success this year. He has the size, speed, and talent to have a big impact on every game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Matt Graves feels that Martin will give the team a boost not only physically, but also mentally. \u201cI think I can look to Jaden as well as other younger players to be leaders on this team.\u201d Jaden embraces a leadership role, hoping he can do everything he can to help his teammates.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a leader, I can set an example for my teammates not only in games, but practice too,\u201d noted Martin.<\/p>\n

Practice seems to be a place where one could learn a lot from Martin. Teammate Danny Isaac pointed out, \u201cJaden is always giving it his all during practice, and the whole team really respects him for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Effort in practice tends to lead to production in games, and production is what Martin is striving for this season. \u201cI\u2019d love to be putting up 20 to 25 points a game. Even if that doesn\u2019t happen, I\u2019ll be sure to make my mark somehow.\u201d<\/p>\n

By the end of the season, Jaden\u2019s mark will definitely be made. He has enough heart, talent, hustle, and skill to \u201ctake \u2018em to the \u2018ship!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Griffin Brightbill, Sports Editor River Hill\u2019s youngest basketball star, Jaden Martin, heads into his sophomore season feeling positive and confident. \u201cWe have some great players and a fantastic coach. I think this year could be the one we\u2019ve been waiting for,\u201d claimed the Hawks\u2019 starting small forward. The Hawks have been pushing for another…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":441,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[106,215],"class_list":["post-440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-basketball","tag-jaden-martin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/get_thumb1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}