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Cheek receives offer from ALC
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School baseball standout Damian Cheek received his first collegiate offer to play baseball at Alice Lloyd College. Cheek was offered to play catcher for the Eagles in Pippa Passes. The Cardinal had 16 hits and 11 RBIs in his sophomore campaign. During his junior season, Cheek had…
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Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week: MLB Pitch, Hit, Run winners
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The MLB Pitch, Hit, Run winners are the Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week. Five players traveled to Cincinnati to play at The Great American Ballpark on Aug. 3. Harleigh Maynard, Jace McCoy, Waylon Porter, Rylie Parks and Skyler Green represented their appropriate age divisions where the…
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MLB Pitch, Hit, Run winners play at Great American Ballpark
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN CINCINNATI – The winners of the MLB Pitch, Hit, Run event that was held in June traveled to Cincinnati over the weekend to play at the Great American Ballpark. Rylie Parks received second in his age division and only missed first by 20 points. Jace McCoy also received second place.…
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Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week: Martin County All-Stars
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County All-Stars softball team is the Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week. The All-Stars played in the Battle at the Ramey in Salyersville on Saturday. The future Lady Cards held a car wash Saturday to earn their entry fee into the tournament. It was worth…
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East KY Youth Athletics winners qualify for Cincinnati
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The winners of the East KY Youth Athletics MLB Hit, Pitch, and Run received great news last week. Their winning scores from June 22 have qualified them for the team championship to be held at the Great American Ballpark, home of the Cincinnati Reds, on Aug. 3. Over…
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Cal Ripken players attend Bryce Blevins camp
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Five Martin County Cal Ripken players attended the Bryce Blevins camp in Louisa last week. Beckam Spaulding, Parker Stafford, Blaine Williams, Davis Wilson and Lyric Howell took instruction from the Marshall University pitcher. Over 100 kids from the tri-state area attended the camp to learn from the four-time…
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Martin County Cal Ripken Softball All-Stars improve against Magoffin
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Cal Ripken Softball team hosted Magoffin County on June 27 at Frank Horn Field. The All-Stars showed major improvements since their last outing but were defeated by the Hornets in the high-scoring affair 23-13. It was a slow start for the All-Stars in the first…
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Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week: Kyla Bragg
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Kyla Bragg is the Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week. Bragg plays multiple positions for the Martin County 12U All-Stars softball team. The All-Star put on a performance in all aspects of the game when taking on Magoffin County on Thursday in Inez. She led the game…
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Player of the Week
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Kenadi Fannin is the Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week. Fannin was voted as the starting pitcher for the Martin County 12U All-Stars softball team. The squad traveled to Lawrence County for a district tournament on June 19 and 20. With temperatures near the 100-degree mark, Fannin…
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Cal Ripken Softball All-Stars play in tournament
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — The Martin County Cal Ripken 12U Softball All-Stars traveled to Louisa to play in a tournament with Belfry, Johnson Central, and Lawrence County on June 19 and 20. The following is a recap of last week’s tournament action: Martin Co. vs Lawrence County – The All-Stars faced the…