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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Aiden Horn and Savannah Young
INEZ — Martin County High School athletes Aiden Horn and Savannah Young are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Horn (#1) plays for the Martin County High School baseball team and helped lead the Cardinals in two big wins over district rival Magoffin County last week. The sophomore went 6-for-8 at the plate, picked
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Martin County Middle School softball falls to Paintsville
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County Middle School softball team dropped a home game to Paintsville 15-5 in four innings April 17. Paintsville got on the board first with two runs in the top of the first inning. The Lady Cards scored a run in the bottom of the first to trail
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Martin County has tough week on the diamond
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County had a tough week on the diamond. The Cardinals dropped a decision to Tug Valley to set the tone April 10, then followed with two losses in a row April 11 and 12 in a district doubleheader against Johnson Central. Below is a recap of the action. Tug
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Lady Cards go 0-2 in district play
BY BOO NEWSOMEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County softball lost two district contests on the road last week. The Lady Cards dropped a 15-0 decision to Johnson Central and fell 10-5 to Paintsville. Below is a recap of both games. MC vs. JC Johnson Central’s ace Madelyn Vaughn got the 15-0 win on the mound
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Pikeville outlasts Martin County 7-3 in opening round of All-A Classic
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County hosted the 15 Region Baseball All-A Classic and lost to Pikeville 7-3 in the opening round April 4 at Cardinal Field. Pikeville scored five runs in the first and second innings. The Cardinals fought back in the bottom of the third, scoring two runs to cut
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Martin County softball falls to Mingo Central in doubleheader
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County fell to Mingo Central 9-6 and 16-7 in a doubleheader Saturday at home. Below is a recap of both games. Game 1 The Martin County defense held Mingo Central scoreless in the first three innings. Zoie Hinkle was on the mound for the Lady Cards and
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Paintsville shuts out Martin County softball in All-A Classic
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County hosted the 15th Region Softball All-A Classic and fell to Paintsville 6-0 in the opening round April 4. Sophomore pitcher Zoie Hinkle took the loss. Laney Bledsoe started in the circle for the Paintsville Tigers for the win. Both teams went three up and three down
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Martin County wins two of three
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County racked up two wins in three games last week. Coach Wesley Hager’s Cardinal crew lost a home game to Knott County 14-5, then rebounded to defeat Tolsia 20-1 on the road and Betsy Layne 6-0 at home. Below is a recap of the action. KC vs. MC INEZ
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Lady Cards go 1-1 on the road
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Coach Josh Horn’s Martin County Lady Cardinals went 1-1 on the road last week, winning over Floyd County Central 9-6 and dropping a 15-0 decision to Belfry. Below is a recap of both games: MC vs. FC EASTERN — Martin County pulled out a hard-fought 9-6 win over the Floyd
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Proctor and Hinkle
INEZ — The Mountain Citizen Players of the Week are senior Greyden Proctor and sophomore Zoie Hinkle. Proctor (#5) pitches and is a utility player for Martin County. In three games last week he went 4-for10 at the plate, scored six runs and had three RBIs. Proctor pitched seven innings vs. Betsy Layne giving up
