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Martin County Middle sweeps Adams
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PRESTONSBURG — Martin County Middle School brought the brooms to Adams on Aug. 25. The Lady Cardinals swept all three games. The A team rolled to a 34-10 win. The B team won 25-10. The C team completed the sweep with a 29-7 victory. The A team win was Martin…
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Martin County Middle Lady Cards go 3-1
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Martin County Middle School’s Lady Cardinals continued their early-season surge last week, piling up three more A-team victories before seeing a four-game winning streak snapped in a four-point loss to Pikeville. Paige Stafford powered the run with 82 points across four games, including a seven-3-pointer performance against Betsy…
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Martin County girls basketball turns to Sites after summer of change
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — After a topsy-turvy summer, the Lady Cards have their new leader. Martin County High School has named former Johnson Central standout Sammi Sites as the new head coach of the girls basketball program. Sites takes over after Shannon Lewis stepped down just over two months after being hired…
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Matt Linville finds his place at WVU Tech
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BECKLEY, W.Va. — Three years after signing to play college basketball, former Martin County Cardinal Matt Linville has learned that succeeding at the next level requires more than talent. It takes patience, persistence and a willingness to find a new role. Linville signed with West Virginia University Institute of Technology…
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Martin County Middle bounces back at Paintsville
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County Middle School bounced back from a hard-fought loss at Johnson County Middle School to pick up its first A-team victory of the season Aug. 11 at Paintsville. The Lady Cardinals defeated Paintsville 44-33 behind a 19-point performance from Harper Runyon and 16 points from Paige Stafford.…
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Lewis steps down after two months as Martin County girls basketball coach
School moves forward to find new coach BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Shannon Lewis has stepped down as head coach of the Martin County High School girls basketball program just over two months after being named to the position. Lewis said an opportunity closer to home prompted the move. “It is with deep…
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Martin County Middle Lady Cards drop three at Belfry
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BELFRY — Martin County Middle School girls basketball hit the road to Belfry. The Lady Cardinals dropped all three contests against the Lady Pirates. Belfry won the A-team matchup 53-30, took the B-team game 34-3 and defeated Martin County 24-8 in C-team action. A team Martin County battled back from…
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Martin County Middle School girls split games at Belfry Panorama
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BELFRY — Martin County Middle School opened its 2026 girls basketball season by splitting a pair of games Saturday at the Belfry Panorama. The Lady Cards fell to Dorton 38-13 in their opening contest before bouncing back to defeat Phelps 34-24 later in the day. Dorton 38, Martin County 13…
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Aiden Barker brings scoring punch, versatility to Martin County
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Another versatile scoring threat will be joining the Cardinals’ roster for the 2026-27 season. Aiden Barker, a 6-foot-4 senior who played at Morgan County last season, will finish his high school career in a Martin County uniform. Barker averaged 19.6 points and 6.1 rebounds across 12 appearances for…
