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Martin County wraps up regular season
Senior Matt Linville soars up to grab the opening tip in Martin County’s last home game of the season Thursday. (Citizen photo by Boo Newsome) It was a tough week for the Martin County Cardinals. They lost back-to-back games against host Hazard 76-49 on Feb. 13 and Pike Central 67-58 Thursday at home. The Cardinals…
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Martin County Lady Cardinals Junior Varsity goes 3-0
Chloe May swings the ball in the Martin County offense. May shot the lights out in the last week of the season. (Citizen photo by Roger Smith) The Lady Cardinals JV team wrapped up the regular season with wins against West Carter 45-28, Elliott County 55-14 and Pike Central 33-13.Below is a recap of all…
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Martin County JV finishes as 15th Region runner-up
Martin County’s Devan Maynard soars to the rim to lay up an easy bucket for the Cardinals. (Citizen photo by Boo Newsome) PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Martin County Cardinals Junior Varsity lost to a good Shelby Valley team to finish as runner-up in the 15th Region JV Invitational held Saturday at Prestonsburg High School. The Cardinals…
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Williams drops 38 to lead Martin County over West Carter
Martin County junior Laken Williams pulls up into her jump shot after driving around the defender. Williams dropped 39 points to lead the Lady Cards. (Citizen photo by Roger Smith) Martin County finishes regular season 23-5 Junior Laken Williams fired in 38 points to lead Martin County over West Carter 70-55 at home Feb. 13.…
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Martin County wrestlers advance to state
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School wrestling team turned in a stellar performance in the KHSAA Region 8 championships Saturday in Inez and will send nine wrestlers to the state tournament. The Cardinals finished second as a team, won three weight classes, a runner-up and five other top 4 finishes.…
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Martin County drops three games and will play the 2-3 in the district tournament
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN The Martin County Cardinals went 0-3 last week, dropping games to Floyd Central 90-84, Johnson Central 67-62 and Paintsville 68-59.The Cardinals moved to 19-8 on the season and 3-3 in district play.With Martin County’s district losses, Magoffin County got the No. 1 seed and the Cardinals moved to No. 2.…
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57th District Basketball Tournaments dates and matchups
The No. 1 seed Martin County Lady Cardinals will take on No. 4 seed Magoffin County Hornets in the first-round game of the 57th District Tournament at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, at Paintsville High School. The Lady Cardinals went 5-1 in district play and won the No. 1 seed for the third time in…
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Mountain Citizen Players of the Week: Martin County Wrestling and Lady Cards Basketball
INEZ — Martin County Wrestling and Martin County Lady Cards Basketball teams are the Mountain Citizen Players of the Week. The Lady Cardinals locked up the 1-seed in the 57th District for the third time in four years with their win last week against Johnson Central. The Lady Cards went 5-1 in district play this…