In Memoriam: Kent Sanborn
Published 6:48 pm Friday, March 5, 2021
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Kent Sanborn receives a plaque during the district basketball tournament at Ohio University that was presented by the Southeast District Athletic Board honoring him for all the work he has done for the youth of Southeastern Ohio.
Kent Sanborn’s first picture for The Ironton Tribune, an October 1982 photo of the game between Rock Hill and St. Joseph.
Coal Grove Lady Hornets’ Jordyn Cox drives to the basket as a Chesapeake Lady Panthers’ defender attempts to draw a charging foul.
El Hasa Shriners Oriental Band leader Dick Neal in the the 151st Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade in 2019.
The Fairland High School cheerleaders perform at a game during the 2019 Christmas season.
Veterans ride in the 2019 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Fairland Lady Dragons’ hurdler Jordan Aldridge’s intensity and focus is capture as she clears a hurdle at the Rock Hill Invitationalin 2010.
The El Hasa Hillbilly Shriners in the 2019 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Children of Lawrence County Commissioner Colton Copley ride on a patriotic-themed float in the 2019 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Ironton Fighting Tigers’ running back Reid Carrico stiffarms a Kirtland defender during the 2019 Division 5 state championship football game.
Tractors come down the street in the 2019 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Rock Hill Redmen’s T.J. McGinnis lets fly with the shot put during the Ironton Invitational.
Vintage aircraft doing a flyover the 2020 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
St. Joseph Flyers’ Jimmy Mahlmeister slices between the Peebles defense during the district finals in 2020.
The 2019 Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Ironton Fighting Tigers’ Hunter Weber makes a nice catch of a foul pop-up during a baseball game in 2015
Kent Sanborn on the sidelines of Marshall Thundering Herd game.
In 1982, Kent Sanborn walked into The Ironton Tribune. Over the next four decades, he and his camera became the chronicler of local sports teams and events.