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Senior Travel Club enjoys Orlando adventure
The Martin County High School Class of 2025 Senior Travel Club, made up of 49 students, recently embarked on an adventure to Orlando, Florida, for this year’s senior trip. Four seniors — Aiden Fields, Keilan Jewell, Drew Wilson and Sarah Keener — shared highlights of their experience with the Kiwanis Club last week. During the
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Father and daughter arrested for confrontation at school
BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — A Martin County father and his teenage daughter were arrested last week after confrontations with the principal of Martin County High School. James Gilman, 51, of Beauty, and his 18-year-old daughter — a student — were taken into custody around 3:30 p.m. April 23 at the school. Their
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Cards split with Magoffin, lose to Lawrence
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County High School baseball split games with a win over Magoffin 5-2 on April 21 before losing to the Hornets 13-7 the following night and Lawrence County 16-1 on April 23. Below is a recap of last week’s action: MC vs Magoffin County – The Cardinals rallied
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Martin County notches win over Betsy Layne
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Lady Cards took down Betsy Layne 5-2 on April 15 in Inez before falling to Paintsville 12-0 on April 17 and Tolsia 14-3 on April 18. Martin County sits at 8-8 overall on the season and 5-3 in the 15th Region. In the win over the Bobcats,
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Watts and Davis receive all-region honors
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PAINTSVILLE — Martin County High School basketball studs Peyton Davis and Parker Watts received all-region honors at a ceremony at Johnson Central High School last week. The top 16 players out of the 15th Region were voted on by the coaches association. Watts finished the season as the region’s third-leading
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Martin County anglers state-bound
Martin County High School anglers Jerrod Haney and Tanner Young are state-bound. The duo placed sixth with 11.1 pounds in five fish in the KHSAA Region 4 fishing tournament Saturday on Herrington Lake. The KHSAA state championship will take place May 8-10 on Cumberland Lake in Jamestown.
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Martin County High School’s JAG KY brings home national title
Martin County High School’s Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) program is celebrating a major victory as their Knowledge Bowl team has been crowned National Champions. The team traveled to Indianapolis this week to compete in the JAG National Career Development Conference (NCDC). They emerged as champions after a grueling two-day competition. Martin County defeated JAG
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Cards collect wins over Phelps and Fairview, fall to Tigers
Cheek rings up 100th career hit BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Martin County baseball handled Phelps and came back from a 5-3 deficit to defeat Fairview. The Cards dropped two district games to Paintsville to finish the week at 2-2. Damian Cheek garnered his 100th career hit. The following is a recap of
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Lady Cards get win over Fairview
BY BRITTNI MCCOY MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — The Lady Cards softball team crushed Fairview 8-2 on April 16 in Inez. Hailey Robinson started things off in the first after being given a free base out of the batter’s box. She stole her way around to third before being brought home by Zoie Hinkle. Fairview took
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Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week: Damian Cheek
BY BRITTNI MCCOYMOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Damian Cheek is the Tommy’s Auto Sales Player of the Week. Cheek collected his 100th hit on a double-bagger that drove in two Cardinal runners in a 6-5 comeback win over Fairview on April 18. The slugger also crossed home plate for a Martin County score. The senior was
