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Cardinals secure home playoff spot with win over Jaguars
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN FLOYD COUNTY — Crayson “Bones” Lafferty was a menace on defense and helped lead Martin County (6-3) to a 35-6 win at Floyd Central (0-9) on Friday night. With the win, the Cardinals have secured a home playoff game in November. Lafferty, the third leading tackler in 2A at 14.4…
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Tug Valley downs Westside to stay undefeated
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — Bryson Elia and Cameron Slone both scored a trio of touchdowns in the first half and Tug Valley (8-0) went on to down Westside 62-12 Friday night at Bob Brewer Stadium at Naugatuck. Elia, who was an All-State selection last season as a sophomore, ended the game…
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Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week: Lafferty and Elia
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Tommy’s Auto Sales Players of the Week are Martin County’s Crayson “Bones” Lafferty and Tug Valley’s Bryson Elia. Lafferty is the third leading tackler in 2A at over 14 per game. He had a bone-crushing 22 total tackles in a 35-6 win over Floyd Central on Friday. Ten of those…
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Martin County hosts EKEBC tournament
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County hosted this year’s Eastern Kentucky Elementary Basketball Conference tournament Oct. 14-19. After an exciting week with a few upsets in the third season of the conference, co-founder Sara Kise had much to say about the successful tournament. “It has been so much fun to watch this…
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Martin County flag football wraps up season in ‘Super Duper Flag Bowl’
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The 2024 Martin County flag football season wrapped its season Oct. 20 in what the players called the “Super Duper Flag Bowl.” It was an in-county game with the kids divided up evenly. Both teams took three turns on offense for a total of 26 plays and regulation…
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Cheek receives offer from ALC
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School baseball standout Damian Cheek received his first collegiate offer to play baseball at Alice Lloyd College. Cheek was offered to play catcher for the Eagles in Pippa Passes. The Cardinal had 16 hits and 11 RBIs in his sophomore campaign. During his junior season, Cheek had…
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Cardinal Madness set for Nov. 16: Red-White, Alumni Games
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School’s annual Cardinal Madness is set for Nov. 16. This year’s event is loaded and gives the Cardinal faithful their first glimpse at 2024-2025 boys and girls basketball squads. It also features middle school and elementary boys and the return of the Alumni Games. Martin…
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MCMS Lady Cards attend CP3 camp
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County Middle School’s Annaleigh Davis and incoming transfer Makenna Marcum attended the prestigious Chris Paul invite-only camp in Indiana this past weekend. The event features the most promising talent out of 10,000 AAU players. Some of the best-rising talent attend the camp and have seen numerous NBA and WNBA…
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Tug Valley’s Austin Smith balances sports and academics
BY KYLE LOVERN MOUNTAIN CITIZEN NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — Tug Valley senior Austin Smith is a great example of the student-athlete. He is a member of both the Panthers football and baseball teams and is a straight-A student. In fact, even with taking advanced placement (AP) classes, he has a grade-point average of better than 4.0.…
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Cardinals stomp Patriots 49-0 in homecoming
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The homecoming night was quite a spectacle for the Cardinal faithful. Martin County (5-3) hosted Knott Central (6-2) on Friday after a busy week of festivities. The Cards marched past the Patriots from the opening kickoff and handed Knott County their second loss of the season 49-0. Devan…
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