[Khalisimo]

this program keeps finding ways to stay alive but cant seem to get over the 3rd round hump in a very tough class..... 
looks likely that in 2025 winning the district will be the difference in a winnable 2nd round game and a trip to pond creek

what do you see for the 2025 cardinals with devan maynard back at qb

[BlackcatAlum]

Martin loses like 9 or 10 starters and 16 seniors overall. I’m pretty sure 7 or 8 played both ways for the Cardinals. Losing Watts, Stafford, Cheek, etc will be hard to replace.

They’ll have Maynard though and he’ll likely be a one man show for them offensively, but he’ll still be hard to defend. Kid is a great athlete and once he gets a full head of steam, he’s tough to bring down.

Martin County and Leslie County will likely duel it out for 2nd place in the district. Winner gets Belfry in the playoffs and loser will get Shelby Valley 1st round.

[Khalisimo]

Martin loses like 9 or 10 starters and 16 seniors overall. I’m pretty sure 7 or 8 played both ways for the Cardinals. Losing Watts, Stafford, Cheek, etc will be hard to replace.

They’ll have Maynard though and he’ll likely be a one man show for them offensively, but he’ll still be hard to defend. Kid is a great athlete and once he gets a full head of steam, he’s tough to bring down.

Martin County and Leslie County will likely duel it out for 2nd place in the district. Winner gets Belfry in the playoffs and loser will get Shelby Valley 1st round.

one thing ill add here martin county has had a good track record of having a kid or two (like watts did) turn up in time for football season...... think theyre basketball program helps

[BlackcatAlum]

Martin loses like 9 or 10 starters and 16 seniors overall. I’m pretty sure 7 or 8 played both ways for the Cardinals. Losing Watts, Stafford, Cheek, etc will be hard to replace.

They’ll have Maynard though and he’ll likely be a one man show for them offensively, but he’ll still be hard to defend. Kid is a great athlete and once he gets a full head of steam, he’s tough to bring down.

Martin County and Leslie County will likely duel it out for 2nd place in the district. Winner gets Belfry in the playoffs and loser will get Shelby Valley 1st round.

one thing ill add here martin county has had a good track record of having a kid or two (like watts did) turn up in time for football season...... think theyre basketball program helps

The Tug usually provides

[Red and Black]

I think we should not forget about Crayson Lafferty returning either. Kid is going to be one of the best ILB’s in the mountains next year, maybe in the whole state, and if he gets some good coaching he will progress as a good complimentary RB to take some of the load away from Maynard too.

Overall I think Martin loses a lot next year whereas Pburg returns a lot, so I think it’ll be a steep hill to climb for them to win this district, but that game is at the Rock and historically it’s an extremely difficult place to win football games.

[HollyWood24]

the senior class graduating now was 21-3 and home and maybe broke .500 away so the returning players definitely have that mentality that no one comes in to the rock and wins easily. I look for the MC and Pburg game to be a good one next year

[TE#82]

Martin county does lose some key players but no one that they can't replace. They return their whole nucleus of the team with the offensive line and they have a stud sophomore class that's going to be stud juniors next year. They had a few freshman get a lot of playing time and started a few games as well. Don't be surprised if Martin takes district next year.

[Lcontop]

Martin county losing watts, stafford and both defensive ends is a big blow but are replaceable players especially with how transfers are in Martin county. Biggest blow will be the parsley boy on the line. Had lots of young players around him but could tell he was the captain of the line. Maynard will have to have a back brace to carry Martin county back to the 3rd round.

[Blue_Bird96]

I think we should not forget about Crayson Lafferty returning either. Kid is going to be one of the best ILB’s in the mountains next year, maybe in the whole state, and if he gets some good coaching he will progress as a good complimentary RB to take some of the load away from Maynard too.

Overall I think Martin loses a lot next year whereas Pburg returns a lot, so I think it’ll be a steep hill to climb for them to win this district, but that game is at the Rock and historically it’s an extremely difficult place to win football games.

Martin co does lose a LOT from this years team. They still have some nice pieces. Just need to start now on getting those younger kids stronger and ready to step up.

[Tuffguy78]

Heard the Moore kid from Martin co is looking for a new home. Is this true?

[TheTruth!]

Heard the Moore kid from Martin co is looking for a new home. Is this true?

Who even is that

[HollyWood24]

Heard the Moore kid from Martin co is looking for a new home. Is this true?

whos that?

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Heard the Moore kid from Martin co is looking for a new home. Is this true?

whos that?

Nvm ik who it is now theres no way lol

[ElbertJohnson91]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

[Senters_93]

Schedule 2025
Lawrence county
Betsy layne
Shelby Valley
Leslie County
Floyd Central
Paintsville
Pike Central
Knox County
Knott County
Bye
Prestonsburg

[Khalisimo]

Schedule 2025
Lawrence county
Betsy layne
Shelby Valley
Leslie County
Floyd Central
Paintsville
Pike Central
Knox County
Knott County
Bye
Prestonsburg

need to rack up wins and play the rpi game going to beechwood has been rough last two years good rpi you may get lucky an dmake a final 4

[BlackcatAlum]

Schedule 2025
Lawrence county
Betsy layne
Shelby Valley
Leslie County
Floyd Central
Paintsville
Pike Central
Knox County
Knott County
Bye
Prestonsburg

need to rack up wins and play the rpi game going to beechwood has been rough last two years good rpi you may get lucky an dmake a final 4

Well if the Cardinals finish runner up in district again, they’ll be facing Belfry at Haywood Stadium in the 2nd round.

[TE#82]

Martin county does lose some key pieces from last year's team but the nucleus of the team is back. Their line should be or could be one of the best around. They have potential but they are going to have to work and grind games out with he offensive line.

[Tuffguy78]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

[HollyWood24]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

[TE#82]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

One of those lineman started on varsity on the defensive line. Never played a snap on the defensive side of the ball. But u Got to get these young kids snaps. Id expect it from any other high school team that has freshman or sophomores playing varsity.

[Red and Black]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

[TE#82]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

They had a few that started jv that got varsity reps but no starting skill players in jv stated on varsity.

[TheBigDIll]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

They had a few that started jv that got varsity reps but no starting skill players in jv stated on varsity.

Stud State Champ Wrestler played the exact same position in JV as he did Varsity.

[Red and Black]

Martin loses a lot but don’t think that coach Muncy and coach slone won’t have people to step up. What people don’t realize is that the cards JV team only lost one game last year and it was to a team they beat later in the year. They’ve got some big athletes that need and will step up for them.

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

They had a few that started jv that got varsity reps but no starting skill players in jv stated on varsity.

Were all of MC's varsity skill players on the '24 team returning starters from the '23 team? Somehow, I doubt that. If the argument is that it's ok to start varsity linemen on JV because they have no varsity experience then why not also start varsity skill kids on JV if they have no previous varsity experience as well? I don't understand the logic of being OK with doing it for one position group and not the others.

[IntheZone]

Everyone that started offense on Martin County JV last year was sophomores and freshmen. Everyone that ran the ball or scored a TD were freshman or sophomore’s who didn’t play any varsity outside Jared Haney who played QB for JV. He scored a rec TD in week 2 vs pike central. Why it matter I’m not sure???

[HollyWood24]

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

They had a few that started jv that got varsity reps but no starting skill players in jv stated on varsity.

Stud State Champ Wrestler played the exact same position in JV as he did Varsity.

He Did not start varsity unless people were injured. I promise you

[TE#82]

They only lost one jv game because they started four starting varsity o lineman and a few starting skills….

Those lineman had 0 in game experience before this year and they had 0 skills that started on varsity play jv

Did MC not have any skill guys with 0 in game varsity experience? Why didn't those guys play JV too?

They had a few that started jv that got varsity reps but no starting skill players in jv stated on varsity.

Were all of MC's varsity skill players on the '24 team returning starters from the '23 team? Somehow, I doubt that. If the argument is that it's ok to start varsity linemen on JV because they have no varsity experience then why not also start varsity skill kids on JV if they have no previous varsity experience as well? I don't understand the logic of being OK with doing it for one position group and not the others.

Most the skills where juniors and seniors and they didn't play a single snap on jv. All sophomores and freshman.  I know it's tough for u all over there at pburg to wrap up head around this. I don't know what the big deal is anyways

[Khalisimo]

who gives a shit

[Khalisimo]

heres the question i have for those in inez
who is going to produce offensive aside from maynard with watts and stafford leaving

[TE#82]

heres the question i have for those in inez
who is going to produce offensive aside from maynard with watts and stafford leaving

They have a few young kids that's ready to step up and make a impact next season. Hopefully should be easier for them to be able to run behind a line that has been together since 3rd grade and get experience early..