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Martin County volleyball begins season
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School volleyball opened the 2026 season with a challenging stretch away from home, including four matches in six days. The Lady Cardinals began the season Aug. 17 at Lawrence County and fell 3-0. Martin County returned to the road the following night and dropped a…
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Bulldogs spoil opener for football Cardinals
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — Martin County crossed the county line Friday night hoping to flip the script on last year’s season opener. Lawrence County had other plans as the Class 3A Bulldogs handed the Class 2A Cardinals a 37-7 loss in Louisa. It marked the second straight season Lawrence County got the…
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Martin County Middle Lady Cards go 3-1
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD — Martin County Middle School’s Lady Cardinals continued their early-season surge last week, piling up three more A-team victories before seeing a four-game winning streak snapped in a four-point loss to Pikeville. Paige Stafford powered the run with 82 points across four games, including a seven-3-pointer performance against Betsy…
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Kirk & Crum Law Office Players of the Week: Caldwell and Stafford
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN MARTIN COUNTY — Faith Caldwell and Paige Stafford are the Kirk & Crum Law Office Players of the Week. Caldwell turned in a monster four-game stretch for the unbeaten Lady Cardinals soccer team. She totaled 14 goals, 15 assists and 43 points. Caldwell recorded two goals and six assists in…
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Martin County girls basketball turns to Sites after summer of change
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — After a topsy-turvy summer, the Lady Cards have their new leader. Martin County High School has named former Johnson Central standout Sammi Sites as the new head coach of the girls basketball program. Sites takes over after Shannon Lewis stepped down just over two months after being hired…
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Collectibles show Aug. 29-30 in Inez
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Sports cards, Pokémon, coins, memorabilia and plenty more will fill the Collier Community Center for two days as the Martin County Collectibles Show raises money for the Martin County High School girls wrestling team. The show is set for Aug. 29-30 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. Admission…
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From Lady Cardinal to soldier: Moore completes Army basic training
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Just a few months after walking across the stage as a Martin County High School graduate in Inez, Kentucky, Angelina Moore walked onto another field Aug. 20 with a much different title. Soldier. The former Lady Cardinals basketball player completed U.S. Army Basic Combat Training…
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Storms down trees, knock out power
Radar-indicated rotation; over 1,000 lose electricity BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A violent round of Sunday night storms brought a tornado warning to Martin County, toppled trees across the county and knocked out electricity to more than 1,000 customers. The National Weather Service in Jackson issued the tornado warning for northeastern Martin County…
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Matt Linville finds his place at WVU Tech
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN BECKLEY, W.Va. — Three years after signing to play college basketball, former Martin County Cardinal Matt Linville has learned that succeeding at the next level requires more than talent. It takes patience, persistence and a willingness to find a new role. Linville signed with West Virginia University Institute of Technology…
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Young Cards shut out Harlan County 44-0
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Youth Football fifth- and sixth-grade Cardinals have opened their preseason in dominant fashion. The squad went undefeated through a Grid-A-Rama before a shutout over Harlan County in the Blue and Orange Bowl. Martin County traveled to Estill County on Aug. 8 for the Grid-A-Rama and…
