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Cards win big in season-opener
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Friday night lights were back at The Rock as Martin County opened the football season with a dazzling 41-19 win over Leslie County. Leslie County hit the scoreboard first with 4:09 left in the first quarter. After a 4 and out, Leslie got the ball back. With two minutes
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Girls soccer wins Kentucky Farm Bureau Cup
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County won the Kentucky Farm Bureau Cup by defeating the Belfry Pirates 3-0 Thursday evening in Inez. The Cardinal defense held strong and kept Belfry from getting shots at the goal. Marlie Fletcher was in between the bars and saved all three kicks that the Pirates saw daylight
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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
