Category: Basketball

Inez Indians won state title in 1954: Squad made Eastern Kentucky proud

BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE CITIZEN INEZ — It could have been a movie script similar to “Hoosiers” where a small Indiana high school won a state basketball championship against a much bigger urban school. The 1954 Inez High School basketball team did just that going up against much bigger high schools on their way to…
CONTINUED

1954 Kentucky State Basketball champion, Billy Ray Cassady, Bobby Williamson, Claude Mills, Dale Moore, Herby Triplett, Inez High School, Inez KY, KHSAA 1954, Kyle Lovern, Omar Fannin, Orville Blankenship

January 19, 2022
STATE-BOUND! Cardinals win Region 15 to end 37-year drought

BY RONNIE HICKMAN CITIZEN SPORTS EDITOR PIKEVILLE — How sweet it is. The Cardinals are heading to the Sweet Sixteen state basketball tournament, ending a 37-year boys’ regional championship drought in Martin County. The Cardinals defeated a good Lawrence County team 65-61 to claim the 15th Region championship title Monday night at Appalachian Wireless Arena…
CONTINUED

Brady Dingess, Braxton Maynard, Ethan Smith-Mills, Inez, Jason James, Jordan Dalton, KHSAA State qualifier, Martin County High School, Parker Davis, Ronnie Hickman, Trey James

March 11, 2020