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Lady Cards fall short in bid for 57th District three-peat
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT INEZ — The Martin County Lady Cardinals lost a closely contested battle for a three-peat 57th District championship to Johnson Central 51-46. The title game took place Feb. 28 at Martin County High School. Fresh off a tournament opening-round victory over Paintsville 56-41 two days earlier, the Lady Cardinals were looking for
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Cardinals sweep Eagles, Hornets and Patriots
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Martin County Cardinals swept three solid basketball programs last week: Magoffin County 78-73 at home Feb. 5, Knott County Central 61-50 at home Feb. 6, and Johnson Central 103-94 on the road Thursday. With the wins over Magoffin and Johnson Central, Coach Jason James’ Cardinals are 6-0
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Lady Cardinals edge Lady Eagles to keep district title hopes alive
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — The Martin County Lady Cardinals clinched a 59-56 victory against the Johnson Central Lady Eagles in a strategically fought battle Feb. 7 on the road. The win keeps the Lady Cards in the hunt for a 57th District Conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the 57th
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Lady Cards fall to JC in district
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Johnson Central rolled past the Lady Cardinals 15-0 in four innings in the opening round of the 57th District Softball Tournament played May 15 at Paintsville. Kylee Blair toed the rubber for the Eagles, giving up no runs on one hit while striking out seven. The Eagles started
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Martin County wraps up regular season with a split
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County split a pair of games in the final week of regular season play. The Cardinals lost to West Carter 8-7 on the road May 10 in a game that could have gone either way. They bounced back Thursday and defeated Morgan County 6-5 at home on “senior night.”
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Martin County tennis teams split pair
BY BOO NEWSOME MOUNTAIN CITIZEN Martin County boys and girls tennis teams got off to a 1-1 start. The teams lost April 10 to Johnson Central and rebounded April 11 to defeat Paintsville. Coach Josh Penix had a good number of team members show up this season as the program continues to grow. “I am
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Martin County Lady Cards clip Eagles, crush Barbourville
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN The Martin County Lady Cards went 2-0 last week, clipping the Johnson Central Lady Eagles on the road for their third straight district win by a 20-point margin before crushing visiting Barbourville. The Lady Cards improved to 17-4 on the season and are 3-1 in district play. Below is a
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Martin County dominates Johnson Central in first district test
BY MIKE MUNCY PAINTSVILLE — Double-digit points by four different Cardinals propelled Martin County to a big win in their first district matchup of the season against Johnson Central on the road Jan. 3. When the dust settled it was Martin County standing tall 86-66. Martin County came out with a lot of energy and
