Video highlights of the Loyola versus Cedar Creek football game
Video highlights of the Loyola versus Cedar Creek football game. See Mason Drake lay the wood.
- Calvary’s Brady Martinez won the Shreveport Times football Athlete of the Week poll for Week 3.
- Martinez secured 41.7% of the 9,222 votes cast in the online poll.
- The weekly poll is sponsored by several local businesses and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission.
Calvary’s Brady Martinez topped 14 additional athletes from 14 North Louisiana football teams to win the annual 2025-26 Times football Athlete of the Week poll for Week 3 in the Raising Cane’ Raising Cane’s, Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics and the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission sponsored event.
Martinez and his fans accumulated 3,846 votes, 41.7% of the 9,222 votes cast in the poll that ran for a week at Shreveporttimes.com. Finishing second with a strong performance was Woodlawn’s Semaj Snow-Smart who notched an impressive 2,015 votes (21%).
Martinez will be presented a sports backpack with a Raising Cane’s boxed lunch gift card and some swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s, Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and The Times.
Martinez has been a solid performer for the Cavaliers who have run their 2025 record to 3-1 after topping D’Arbonne Woods this past Friday.
“Brady is a great kid who has a bright future as a tight end for us,” Calvary coach Rodney Guin said.
Also on the ballot were Chris Sheppard, Southwood; Gregory Chambers, Benton; Montrevel Lewis, Bossier; Lander Smith, Ruston; Jonathon Baker-Shepard, Plain Dealing; Damian Decaldecal, Parkway; John Sneed, Northwood; Justin Stewart, North Webster; Dakota Denney, North DeSoto; Chancellor Washington, North Caddo; Micah Rhodes, Lakeside; Donnie Critton, Haynesville and Keaton Cason, Logansport.
Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
Previous winners
Week 3: Brady Martinez, Calvary
Week 2: Gabe Lockett, Captain Shreve
Week 1: Sam Hartwell, Ruston
Jeremy Fisher, Plain Dealing; Preseason Fan’s Choice POY
