INEZ — Martin County Wrestling and Martin County Lady Cards Basketball teams are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week.
The Lady Cardinals locked up the 1-seed in the 57th District for the third time in four years with their win last week against Johnson Central. The Lady Cards went 5-1 in district play this season. The team went 5-0 after Christmas break in district play.
They will play the 4-seed Magoffin County in the first round of the 57th District tournament Feb. 20 at Paintsville High School starting at 6:30 p.m.
Martin County Wrestling placed runner-up in the KHSAA Region 8 Tournament Saturday. The Cardinals wrestled in 11 weight divisions and won first place in three, second place in one, third place in three, fourth place in two, fifth place in one and sixth place in one.
Nine Cardinal wrestlers will advance to the first round of the state tournament Saturday at Ryle High School.