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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: MCHS Bass Fishing and MCMS girls soccer
The Martin County High School Bass Fishing team and the Martin County Middle School girls soccer team are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Cardinal anglers competed in the Region 4 Bass Fishing Tournament Saturday at Cave Run, where four qualified to compete in the KHSAA Bass Fishing State Tournament at Kentucky Lake in…
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Martin County loses doubleheader to Paintsville
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County lost a two-game series to district rival Paintsville last week. The two faced off April 25 at Cardinal Park, where the Cardinals dropped a 5-2 decision. On April 26, Martin County traveled to Paintville and fell 16-6. The Cardinals are 2-4 in district play and are eying a three-seed for…
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Sew ‘N Sew raffling 94×98 Cardinal Quilt
INEZ — Sew ‘N Sew Quilt Group is selling raffles on a beautiful 94×98 Martin County Cardinals Quilt to raise money for Quilters Day Out 2024. Martin County Quilt Guilds will sponsor and host the 2024 event, which includes quilters from five counties. The quilt was designed by Tammy Slone and Sew ‘N Sew quilters…
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Martin County Middle School baseball finishes 1-2 week
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County Middle School baseball won one of three games last week. The Cardinals dropped games on the road April 17 to Betsy Layne 10-4 and April 18 to Lawrence County 13-1. They bounced back Thursday to defeat South Floyd 14-4 at home. Below is a recap of all three…
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MCMS soccer defeats JCMS
Lady Cardinals on win streak CITIZEN STAFF REPORT PAINTSVILLE — Martin County Middle School girls soccer team avenged its only loss of the 2023 season with a 2-1 win over district rival Johnson Central Middle School on the road April 18. Coming into week 2, the Lady Cards were on a four-game win streak, with…
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Aiden Horn and Savannah Young
INEZ — Martin County High School athletes Aiden Horn and Savannah Young are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. Horn (#1) plays for the Martin County High School baseball team and helped lead the Cardinals in two big wins over district rival Magoffin County last week. The sophomore went 6-for-8 at the plate, picked…
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Martin County has tough week on the diamond
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County had a tough week on the diamond. The Cardinals dropped a decision to Tug Valley to set the tone April 10, then followed with two losses in a row April 11 and 12 in a district doubleheader against Johnson Central. Below is a recap of the action. Tug…
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Lady Cards go 0-2 in district play
BY BOO NEWSOMEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County softball lost two district contests on the road last week. The Lady Cards dropped a 15-0 decision to Johnson Central and fell 10-5 to Paintsville. Below is a recap of both games. MC vs. JC Johnson Central’s ace Madelyn Vaughn got the 15-0 win on the mound…
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Track team off and running
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN SALYERSVILLE — The Martin County track team is off and running. Coach Phillip Harris’ Cardinals competed in their first meet March 30 at Magoffin County High School. Twenty-three schools competed in the event. Devan Maynard placed 26th out of 83 runners in the 100-meter dash, while Braxton Maynard finished 30th,…