BOYS
Northside 67 vs Salem 46
Glenvar 65 vs Parry McCluer 44
Grayson Co. vs Va. High
Narrows 39 vs Tazewell 37
Patrick Henry 54 vs Albemarle 50
GIRLS
Blacksburg 35 vs Radford 25
Floyd Co. 53 vs Carroll Co. 36
Salem 58 vs Northside 44
Staunton River 39 vs Glenvar 36
Roanoke Catholic 64 vs Eastern Montgomery 33
Graham 77 vs Tazewell 43
Wm.Byrd 54 vs Cave Spring 42
Mouth of Wilson…The Oak Hill Warriors improved to 9-1 as they defeated Carlisle School of Martinsville 81-59. The Warriors were lead by Mario Kegler and Ty’Shon Alexander as both poured in 15 points each. Virginia Tech signee, Kahdim Sy, contributed 11 points, and Devontae Shuler finished with 10 points.
Carlisle got a game high 31 points from Rasir Bolton and Gab Osabuohlen chopped in with 20 points.
Oak Hill jumped out to a 20-7 lead into one quarter and went on to a 44-22 lead at half time.
Carlisle 7 15 17 20 – 59
Oak Hill 20 24 24 13 – 81
Boys
Christiansburg 62 Floyd Co. 60
Bland Co. 70 Eastern Montgomery 41
Narrows 60 Craig Co. 35
Heritage 58 Hidden Valley 49
VA High 82 Grayson Co. 49
Graham 70 Giles 60
Girl
Lord Botetourt 51 @ Pulaski Co. 48
Christiansburg 49 Giles 32
Virginia High 38 Grayson Co. 34
Craig Co. 62 Auburn 36
Max Meadows… Playing a lethargic first quarter, the Fort Chiswell Pioneers came in the second trapping out of their 2-3 zone and full court pressure that wilted the Tazewell Bulldogs as they beat the visitors 48-28.
The Pioneers (2-1) behind Bryson Booher’s seven points in the second quarter, outscored Tazewell by himself to take a 25-13 lead into intermission. Booher finished with 13 points and received help from Colby Rider with 10 points and eight rebounds. Isaiah Ramsey came off the bench to spark the Pioneers as well. He had seven points and four rebounds.
Fort Chiswell head coach Derrick Jackson said, ”We didn’t play well the whole first quarter and not a lot better in the second. I thought Bryson (Booher) sparked us there in the second quarter as did Isaiah (Ramsey).“ Coach then added, “Our trapping and full court pressure bothered them. We’ve got to hit our free throws. What were we tonight, 11 of 26? That cost us against Chilhowie the other night. We’ve got to finish at the rim too.”
Tazewell (0-2) was led in scoring by Dakota Crouse with eight points. Alex Vanhoozer, TJ Kitts and Ben Samaniega all contributed four points apiece.
The Pioneers second half outscored the Bulldogs 23-15 with their pressure defense and Coach Jackson clearing the bench.
The Pioneer junior varsity defeated Tazewell’s junior varsity 61-32. Matthew Musick had 17 and Jaryn McAllister scored 10 in the win. Tazewell got 13 from Austin Horn.
Fort Chiswell will be back in action Friday as they host county rival Rural Retreat. Varsity boys are scheduled for an 8:30 tip. It will be a quad night as the Pioneer girls JV and varsity as well as boys JV and varsity all play.
Photograph courtesy Tina Quesenberry
Tazewell 7 6 7 8-28
PC 9 16 11 12-48
Tazewell- Mullins 3, P.Vanhoozer 3, A. Vanhoozer 4, Kitts 4, Samaniega 4, Crouse 8, Watson 2,
FC – Booher 13, Rider 10, Ramsey 7, Stoots 5, Stephens 4, Bailey 4, Delp 3, Underwood 2
3-Pt Goals- Tazewell- none, FC-3- ( Booher 2, Bailey)
Free Throws- Tazewell- 8-19, FC- 11-26
Fouls- Tazewell- 17, FC- 18
Fouled out- None
Saturday December 12
Group 1A- Galax 10-4 vs. Riverheads 13-0 at Salem Stadium 12 noon
Group 2A- Appomattox 14-0 vs Clarke Co.13-1 at Salem Stadium 4:30 pm
Group 3A- Magna Vista 12-2 vs Lord Botetourt at Liberty Univ. 12 noon
Group 4A- Lake Taylor 14-0 vs Salem 13-0 at Liberty Univ 4:30 pm
Group5A- Stone Bridge 10-4 vs Highland Springs at UVA- Scott Stadium Noon
Group 6A- Oscar Smith 13-0 vs Westfield 13-1 at UVA-Scott Stadium 4pm
Girls
Northwood 57 Graham 46 Final
Blacksburg(1-1) 45 Radford (0-2) 37 Final
Carroll Co.( 3-0) 49 Turner Ashby 36
Boys
Pulaski Co.(3-0) 55 Wm. Byrd (1-1) 54 Final
Vinton… The young Cougar boys basketball squad traveled to Vinton and came away with a nail biting 55-54 road-win over the William Byrd Terriers.
Trailing by double figures in the first and second quarters, the Cougars clawed and scratched just to get back to within eight going into intermission down 34-26. They cut the Terriers lead to five after three quarters 51-46. Pulaski Co. defensively slowed the Terriers down and, with just eight seconds remaining, senior Miguel Garcia hit a contested jumper in the lane to put them up 55-54.
William Bryd came down, and their pass was deflected out of bounds with just two seconds to go. The Terriers called timeout to set up a play, but the Cougars wouldn’t let them get off a shot to get a huge come-from-behind road victory.
The Cougars (3-0) was led by senior point guard Isaac Poe with 20 points and sophomore CC Grubb had 18. Seniors Hesus Hickman and Miguel Garcia both chipped in with eight points apiece.
Cougar head coach Andrew Hart said, ”We didn’t start very well, but we hung in and slowly shut them down. I thought we wore them down some in the second half. This is a huge road win for us.” Coach added, ”Poe, Grubb, Garcia and Hickman came up big for us. I’m proud of how we fought and clawed our way back to win.“
The Cougars and Terriers both had 16 two-pointers; both had five three-pointers. The Cougars hit eight free throws to the Terriers seven. It was a very evenly contested game for both teams, but the Cougars came out on the winning side.
Byrd got 19 points from Damon Childress, 11 from Devon Kasey, seven from Dylan Gravely and Jaylen Wheeler.
The Cougar junior varsity wasn’t as lucky as they lost to the Terriers 61-53. Their record is now 1-2. They got 13 points from Kellen Dalton and nine Jaylin Nowlin.
Pulaski Co. will get back into action next Friday the 11th as they travel to Bassett to take on the Bengals. Junior varsity will tip at 6 pm and the varsity around 7:30.
PC 12 14 20 9-55
WB 21 13 17 3-54
PC- Grubb 18, Hickman 8, Poe 20, Garcia 8, Blankenship 1
WB- Childress 19, Kasey 11, Wheeler 7, Gravely 7, Fitch 3, Dippel 3, Williams 2, Culicerto 2
3-PT. Goals- PC- 5-(Grubb 3, Poe 2), WB- 5-(Childress 3, Wheeler, Fitch)
Fouls- PC- 14, WB- 12
Fouled out- none
Technicals- None
Playing on a sunny and pleasant Saturday afternoon, the Maroons of George Wythe saw their season come to an end as they were defeated by the Gladiators of Riverheads 31-20.
Riverheads controlled the game by running the ball and playing keep away as they controlled the clock. In the first half that ended in a 7 all tie, the Gladiators ran 31 plays to the Maroons 23 . The second half saw them run 39 plays to 17. They got two touchdowns from Landon Diehl as he carried the ball 19 times for 100 yards. Harrison Schaefer had 182 rushing yards on 26 rushes, Colt Miller 17 rushes for 104 yards. Quarterback Garrett Campbell had four carries for 39, and he was one of two passing for 13 yards. The Gladiators (13-0) have now passed the ball 21 times total. Riverheads had 425 yards rushing and 13 passing. Their defense limited George Wythe to 33 yards on 23 rushes.
George Wythe tied the game with 3:35 before halftime on a Deacon Beamer to Markell Moss for a 68 yard touchdown. The Maroons threw for 145 yards. Moss who returned to kickoffs last week versus Radford, had another one as the returned one for 86 yards to help the Maroons stay in the game on the last play of the third quarter .Beamer on the day was 9 of 17passing and Ty Hardin had 24 yards on 10 carries.
Riverheads will face the Galax Maroon Tide (10-4) Saturday at Salem for the state championship, with kickoff slated for noon.
1 A Galax 35 Essex 20 Final
1A Riverheads 31 George Wythe 20 Final
2A Appomattox 51 Buffalo Gap 6 Final
2A Clarke Co. 43 Union 15 Final
3A Lord Botetourt 28 Hopewell 17 Final
3A Magna Vista 28 Phoebus 23 Final
4A Lake Taylor 47 Courtland 33 Final
4A Salem 42 Jefferson Forest 21 Final
5A Highland Springs 35 Indian River 10 Final
5A Stone Bridge 54 Tuscarora 41 Final
6 A Oscar Smith 21 Thomas Dale 3 Final
6A Westfield 40 South Co. 8 Final
The Fort Chiswell Pioneers boys basketball team stomped the visiting Mustangs of Eastern Montgomery 64-16. The Pioneers were led by Ben Van Dyne and Andrew Stoots with nine points apiece. The Pioneers lost their opening game earlier this week at Chilhowie but came out on fire and never looked back in the route of the Mustangs.
Fort Chiswell is 1-1 while the mustangs fall to 0-2. Coach Derrick Jackson of the Pioneers remarked, “We kind of shared the “love” as no one scored in double figures . We finished with 39 rebounds for the game as 18 of those were offensive. We also had 26 steals in the game. All of our kids got some playing time and that’s a good thing in a win.”
The Pioneers will be back in action Monday night as they entertain the Tazewell Bulldogs. Junior varsity action tips at 6 pm and the varsity at 7:30 .
