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Inez claims B Team championship
Inez B Team narrowly escaped Warfield to win the B Team county championship 23-22. The Inez Indians B Team won the bye in the Martin County Elementary Tournament to advance to the B Team championship game. Warfield defeated Eden 32-16 on Jan. 11 in the tournament’s first round to advance to the championship game to…
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Warfield wins C Team championship
The Warfield Red Devils C Team advanced to the championship round by defeating the Eden Wildcats C Team 13-0 before a packed house Jan. 11. All games were played at Martin County Middle School. Jace Hinkle scored 6 points to lead Warfield. Jonah McCoy netted five points and Hunter Schum added two points. Warfield moved…
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Panthers fall to Wildcats
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK — The Tug Valley Panthers blew an early lead and lost for the second time this season to the Logan Wildcats, 65-58, Saturday night at the TVHS gym in Naugatuck. Tug Valley, now 4-3 on the season, lost to Logan 84-75 back in December. A capacity crowd squeezed into the…
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Lady Cards go 2-1 in All ‘A’
Martin County point guard Laken Williams with a contested jump shot in the lane. Williams’s jump shot and speed make it hard for the defense to guard her. (Citizen photo by Stephanie May) BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — The Martin County Lady Cardinals went 2-1 in the All “A” Classic last week at the…
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Martin County wins Tates Creek Invitational
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN LEXINGTON — Martin County High School Cardinal wrestling team, under the guidance of head coach Josh Muncy, won the Tates Creek Invitational championship team title and added three individual championships Saturday. The Cardinals amassed 191 points, 50 more than second-place Bullitt Central’s 141. Tates Creek finished third with 136 in the…
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week
INEZ — Martin County freshman Brooke Marcum (25) and sophomore Peyton Davis (11) are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Marcum is a first-year starting guard for the Lady Cardinals and has had multiple game-winning moments and huge free throws. She came up big in the Lady Cardinals championship win over Floyd Central in…
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Martin County JV goes 2-0 with wins over Johnson Central and Paintsville
The Martin County JV team finished the week with two big district wins. The Cardinals defeated Johnson Central 54-45 on Jan. 3 and drubbed Paintsville 47-31 Thursday. Below is a recap of both games. MC JV vs. JC JV PAINTSVILLE — Martin County JV Cardinals went on the road Thursday and came up big over…
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Williams wins tennis tourney
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT LOUISVILLE — An Inez Elementary tennis player won the Louisville New Year’s Classic Tennis Tournament championship. Blaine Williams, a third-grade student, competed in the 10-and-under division. Williams defeated Max Gordon of Louisville 5-4, 1-4, 1-0 (tiebreaker) in the semifinals and Ozil Hinojosa 4-1, 4-2 in the finals to bring home the gold.…
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Martin County Youth wrestling team wins runner-up in Bristol Border Brawl
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN BRISTOL — Martin County Cardinals Youth wrestling won second place Sunday in the all-star K-8 Bristol Border Brawl at Viking Hall in Bristol, Tenn. The Cardinals amassed 315 points, placing second by 1.5 points to Tennessee Wrestling Academy with 316.5. The tournament featured 65 teams with close to 700 wrestlers in…
