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Tug Valley football team strives for the playoffs
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — The 2022 edition of the Tug Valley Panthers football team returns several players to this year’s squad intending to make it back to the Class A playoffs in the Mountain State. Head coach Hady Ford enters his fourth season over the program and is cautiously optimistic…
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MCMS hosts Rumble in the Mountains
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — First-year head coach Boo Newsome and her Martin County Middle girls basketball team hosted the Rumble in the Mountains event at Martin County High School all day Saturday. The A team went 2-1 and the B team 1-1. The first game for the Lady Cards was a nail-biter with…
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Plays of the Week
This week’s Mountain Citizen “Plays of the Week” go to Weston Jude and Julian Stafford. With 3:30 left in the fourth quarter and a 34-13 lead, Weston Jude took the snap and knew exactly to whom and where he was throwing. Julian Stafford blazed down the sideline to the front corner of the end zone…
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Cardinal football has district title on the brain
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School football season kicks off Friday against Leslie County at The Rock. Coach Josh Muncy returns as the Cardinal head coach. The team is coming off an 8-5 season, 7-2 in their 2A class. The Cards had their best season in years last fall. They defeated…
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Football hosts Floyd Central for preseason scrimmage
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Cardinal football team hosted Floyd Central on Friday for a warmup scrimmage game to prepare for the season. Floyd Central defeated the Varsity team 14-7 and Martin County JV won 7-6. Chris Phillips scored off a 70-yard rush into the endzone to tie the game up 7-7. With…
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Deskins will represent MC at state golf tournament
James finishes third in region MCHS golfer Jake James finished third in the Region 11 All-A Golf Tournament. (Photo courtesy Marcie Hanson) Martin County sophomore Jaylee Deskins finished third in the Region 11 All-A Golf Tournament. (Photo courtesy Marcie Hanson) Martin County’s Dennison Davis finished fifth in the Region 11 All-A. (Photo courtesy Marcie Hanson)…
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Martin County Soccer opens season
Laura Hale foots a goal kick against Huntington High. She had six goals over the span of two games this week. (Citizen photo by Brittni McCoy) BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Lady Cards soccer team kicked off their season with some stiff competition playing against East Carter, Pikeville and Huntington High. The team…
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