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Cardinals dominate summer basketball with 17-5 record
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County High School boys basketball squad caught some eyes over the past month during summer basketball games. Head coach Jason “JJ” James traveled to multiple states and hosted games in Inez for an overall 17-5 record. “I think we found out we are going to be…
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Lady Cards finish summer play
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Head Coach Robin Newsome and the Lady Cards wrapped up their summer play with the arrival of the KHSAA dead period. Potential, confidence and improvement are a few of the things Coach saw from her team. The squad recently dominated Tug Valley 55-29 and Hurley 68-26 when traveling…
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Player of the Week
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Kenadi Fannin is the Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week. Fannin was voted as the starting pitcher for the Martin County 12U All-Stars softball team. The squad traveled to Lawrence County for a district tournament on June 19 and 20. With temperatures near the 100-degree mark, Fannin…
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MCHS cheer camp sees large turnout
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County High School Cheerleaders held their Mini Cheer Camp June 17-19 in Inez. Forty-five upcoming Cardinals between the ages of 3 and 13 attended the annual camp. Each girl learned two sideline cheers, a dance and a floor cheer. During halftime of the first Martin County…
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East Ky Youth Athletics hosts MLB event in Inez
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A new event made its way to Martin County over the weekend. East Ky Youth Athletics, run by Kenny Maynard, hosted the first MLB hit, pitch and run event with over 25 participants and over 90 registered in the region. Each athlete participated in a hitting, running and…
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Martin County hosts slew of teams; Cards go 2-0
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County High School boys basketball squad hosted games all day Thursday. The Cards steamrolled Logan 97-73 and came back from a six-point deficit with 36 seconds to go to defeat Pike Central 68-67. The first game of the day was a tight one with Betsy Layne…
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UNITE’s Shoot Hoops Not Drugs camp draws youth from three states
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Operation UNITE welcomed 128 future basketball stars to its 19th Annual Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp at Martin County High School on June 11. The young athletes spent three hours in the Cardinals gymnasium with 2012 NCAA Champion Jarrod Polson learning about a drug-free lifestyle and playing…
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