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James enters transfer portal
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE CITIZEN Former Sheldon Clark basketball star Trey James recently announced he entered the college transfer portal. The transfer portal is the system that allows college athletes to change schools. It is a database that lists all players who intend to transfer, signaling to other schools that they can reach out to
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Lady Cards drop two
BY JOSHUA HORNFOR THE CITIZEN The Lady Cards dropped a pair of 57th District games to the Lady Tigers Last week and moved to 0-2 in district play. Below is a recap of both games. PH vs. MC Martin County fell behind early and could not recover in a 16-7 loss April 12 at Cardinal
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Martin County drops pair against Paintsville
Martin County dropped two games last week to Paintsville 10-2 at home and 2-1 on the road. Below is a recap of both contests. Late score costs Cards INEZ — Martin County stayed in it until the end, but Paintsville pulled away late in the 10-2 victory April 13 at Cardinal Park. Paintsville trailed 2-1
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MCMS soccer defeats JC
Martin County Middle School soccer was back to training and games after a week off for spring break. The Lady Cards won a big district matchup against Johnson Central 2-0. The Lady Cards have played well this season and hoped to continue their winning streak against the Eagles. They struggled to move the ball
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Newsome National ‘Player of the Week’
BY KYLE LOVERNFOR THE CITIZEN Martin County’s own Boo Newsome became the University of Pikeville’s first-ever golfer to be named NAIA Player of the Week. The University of Pikeville Women’s Golf team recently competed in the Mid-South Conference Spring Classic at Bear Trace at Cumberland Mountain Golf Course in Crossville, Tennessee. Newsome and Sophie Beverly
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On the sideline: In the news
BY CHUCK WHITE Martin County High School is taking interest in a new fall sport, Cross Country. Cross Country will consist of students running on-road and off-road trails in team races during the fall. Several students are interested in the new sport, our first time potentially having this at Martin County High School. We are
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Tennis Cards still growing
BY BRADY DANIELSMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County had two hard back-to-back tennis matchups last week with Lawrence County and Belfry. The Cardinals traveled to Lawrence County, where the boys lost 2-10 and the girls came away with a 6-6 tie April 11. Martin County hosted Belfry April 12, with the boys coming up short 2-5 and
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Mountain Citizen All-57th District teams
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT Connor Fugate (Paintsville #10) (Photo/Dawn Kinner) Katie Marcum Emilea Preece Angel Mullis (Magoffin) (Photo/Jim Arnett) Brady Dingess Jaaliyah Warren (Photo/Stephanie Stiles-May) Taylor McKenzie (JC) (Photo/Golden Eagle Broadcasting Network) Aden Barnett (Magoffin County) (Photo/Jim Arnett) Laken Williams (Photo/Stephanie Stiles-May) Colby Fugate (Paintsville) (Photo/Mountain Top Sports) Ryleah Mckenzie (JC) (Golden Eagle Broadcasting Network) Luke
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Newsome garners fifth MSC Golfer of the Week this season
Eighth in her career BOWLING GREEN — For the fifth time this season, University of Pikeville’s Boo Newsome has earned Mid-South Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week status. This is her eighth time being honored in her career. Newsome picked up her second win in a row last week at the Midway Eagle Invitational hosted
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Cards defeat East Ridge, fall to Pikeville in All ‘A’
BY JOSHUA HORNFOR THE CITIZEN In a game that took three days and a change of venues to complete due to weather, Martin County defeated East Ridge 3-2 Thursday to advance to the semifinals in the 15th Region All “A” Classic. Martin County pitchers allowed just six hits to East Ridge. Dennison Davis took the
