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Martin County girls win back-to-back 57th District championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Martin County Lady Cardinals battled it out Thursday with the Paintsville Lady Tigers for the 57th District tournament crown. When the buzzer sounded, Martin County had won the war 54-48 for back-to-back district championships. Excited Martin County fans who packed into the crowded Paintsville High School gymnasium…
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Martin County brings home back-to-back 57th District championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County fought a clean, hard fight to beat Paintsville 66-62 and bring home a back-to-back 57th District championship Friday. The Cardinals take on Shelby Valley at 8 p.m. Wednesday (March 1) in the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. The winner will advance to…
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Martin County Lady Cards outgun Floyd Central to advance in 15th Regional Tournament
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — Martin County Lady Cardinals defeated Floyd County Central 75-69 Monday night in the opening round of the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. With the win, the Lady Cards advance to the semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday to face defending 15th Region champion Pikeville. Junior…
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Coach Robin Harmon-Newsome wins 14th girls 57th District championship
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Martin County girls basketball coach Robin Harmon-Newsome has won the 57th District Tournament championship 14 times as a coach. She claimed the latest Thursday when her Lady Cardinals defeated Paintsville in the title game at Paintsville High School. Harmon-Newsome has had a legendary playing and coaching career. Her records include 11 district…
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‘Team Steph’
Stephanie Stiles-May holds the Martin County Lady Cards’ 57th District championship trophy. The Lady Cards have dedicated their season to May and her battle against cancer. The team wears warm-up shirts displaying “Team Steph.” May has always supported Martin County students and athletes and is usually the one behind the camera. (Citizen photo by Boo…
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Martin County Middle School volleyball wrap-up
WARFIELD — Martin County Middle School volleyball team began the 2022-2023 campaign Feb. 7 and has played three regular season games. The Lady Cardinal team comprises 22 seventh and eighth graders and is grouped into C-, B- and A-teams. Below is a recap of their action this season: MCMS vs. JCMS All three teams lost…
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Martin County gets back on track to survive and advance
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County Cardinals worked through a win drought in time to send Johnson Central packing 62-59 in the opening round of the 57th District Tournament Feb. 22. Coach Jason James’ Cardinals, who had won 17 games in a row, including the 15th Region All “A” championship and an…
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Luke Trimble, Laurah Louisa to play the Fred March 5
BY PHILL BARNETT MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA – The Lawrence County Tourism Commission announced on Facebook Monday that the next Fred Session will be this Sunday, March 5 at 6 p.m. Luke Trimble and Laurah Louisa will each play a set, livestreamed to the Lawrence County Tourism Commission Facebook page Sunday night. The Fred Sessions are…
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Tug Valley FFA advocates for agriculture at state capitol
BY EMILY WHITED TVHS FFA REPORTER CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tug Valley High School FFA members recently traveled to the West Virginia State Capitol in preparation for FFA Week. The FFA is a student-run organization focusing on leadership development through agriculture education with almost 851,000 members nationally. Local members attended an Agriculture Advocacy training, were recognized…
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Eden Elementary Spotlighting Paws-itively Wonderful Wildcats
Eden Elementary would like to recognize several different groups of people that have exhibited “paws-itive” behaviors that are noteworthy of celebration. Every week, we would like to showcase a student from each grade level. We will also be spotlighting a community partner and a member/group of our hard-working staff that have gone above and beyond…
