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Martin County brings home back-to-back 57th District championships
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County fought a clean, hard fight to beat Paintsville 66-62 and bring home a back-to-back 57th District championship Friday. The Cardinals take on Shelby Valley at 8 p.m. Wednesday (March 1) in the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. The winner will advance to…
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Martin County Lady Cards outgun Floyd Central to advance in 15th Regional Tournament
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PIKEVILLE — Martin County Lady Cardinals defeated Floyd County Central 75-69 Monday night in the opening round of the 15th Region Tournament at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville. With the win, the Lady Cards advance to the semifinal at 6:30 p.m. Friday to face defending 15th Region champion Pikeville. Junior…
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Coach Robin Harmon-Newsome wins 14th girls 57th District championship
PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Martin County girls basketball coach Robin Harmon-Newsome has won the 57th District Tournament championship 14 times as a coach. She claimed the latest Thursday when her Lady Cardinals defeated Paintsville in the title game at Paintsville High School. Harmon-Newsome has had a legendary playing and coaching career. Her records include 11 district…
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Martin County Middle School volleyball wrap-up
WARFIELD — Martin County Middle School volleyball team began the 2022-2023 campaign Feb. 7 and has played three regular season games. The Lady Cardinal team comprises 22 seventh and eighth graders and is grouped into C-, B- and A-teams. Below is a recap of their action this season: MCMS vs. JCMS All three teams lost…
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Martin County gets back on track to survive and advance
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County Cardinals worked through a win drought in time to send Johnson Central packing 62-59 in the opening round of the 57th District Tournament Feb. 22. Coach Jason James’ Cardinals, who had won 17 games in a row, including the 15th Region All “A” championship and an…
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Martin County Lady Cardinals vs. Magoffin County in the 57th District Tournament [GALLERY]
Martin County Lady Cardinals vs. Magoffin County in the 57th District Tournament played Thursday at Paintsville High School
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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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