Month: January 2016

Pioneers second half comeback defeats Chilhowie

The Fort Chiswell Pioneers started slow but picked it up in the second half as they outscored the Warriors of Chilhowie 37-15 to defeat them 63-51.

With the win, the Pioneers (9-3) got some revenge from an earlier loss at Chilhowie. The Pioneer frontline did the damage as Jared Stephens scored 16, Colby Rider 15 and Tanner Bailey had 14 points .

Chilhowie (7-2) placed three in double figures, as T. Robertson and C, Kestner both had 12 points apiece and A. Delp tossed in 11. The Warriors came out smoking as they took a commanding 24-9 lead. They were still up 10 at halftime, 36-26.

Fort Chiswell frontline then took over the game as the trio of Stephens. Rider and Bailey controled the inside and the Warriors cooled of from outside. Head coach Derrick Jackson said, “I thought we were more physical than them, and we dominated the glass.” Coach then added, “We made some defensive adjustments to shut their threes down after halftime. Stephens, Rider and Bailey played real well for us tonight.”

The Pioneers totally dominated the second half outscoring the Warriors 37-15. The Pioneers will be back in action Friday night as they host the Narrows Green Wave.

Chilhowie 24 12 7 8-51

Fort Chiswell 9 17 18 19-63

Chilhowie – Robertson 12, Kestner 12, Beverly 3, Tucker 6, Hess 6, Delp 11, Vitale 1

Fort Chiswell- Bailey 14, Rider 15, Stephens 16, Booher 6, VanDyne 6, Stoots 4, Underwood 2

 

Cougars win third consecutive

Playing on back to back nights, the Pulaski Co. Cougars took care of business as they handled the Galax Maroon Tide 47-36. CC Grubb led the Cougars in scoring with 12 and senior Isaac Poe had 10. Braeden Blevins, playing his finest game of the year, had nine points, four rebounds and a couple assists.

Galax (1-5) got 12 points from their football star Charles Harris. Isaiah Brown and DeAngelo Ravenell both contributed 10 points apiece.

The Cougars (8-2) and Tide were tied at 12 after one quarter, but the Cougars took command in the second as they outscored the Maroon Tide 11-2. They would then out-point Galax 13-8 in the third to out the game away. Cougar head coach Andrew Hart said, “Our defense was very good tonight. I thought Braeden (Blevins) really gave us a spark off the bench. We missed some scoring opportunities but glad we won the game.”

Pulaski Co.junior varsity won their third in a row as they destroyed Galax 48-11. Kellen Dalton had nine points and Julian Black had five. The junior varsity team is now 4-6. Both the JV and varsity Cougars will be back in action Friday at Patrick Henry. Tip for the JV contest is 5:30 and varsity at 7pm.

 

 

January 6 Scores

BOYS

Pulaski Co. 47 Galax 36

Fort Chiswell 63 Chilhowie 51

Floyd Co. 59 Auburn 47

Radford 58 Glenvar 36

Giles 65 Eastern Montgomery 18

GIRLS

Fort Chiswell 64 Galax 36

Bland Co. 69 Narrows 56

 

January 5 Scores

BOYS

Pulaski Co. 63 Blacksburg 62 OT

Fort Chiswell 41 Galax 29

Narrows 62 Bland Co. 54

Salem 60 Carroll Co. 51 OT

George Wythe 70 Giles 52

Grayson Co. 53 Tazewell 48

Auburn 62 Bath Co. 47

Patrick Henry 62 Hidden Valley 42

Cave Spring 89 Christiansburg 52

Graham 55 Marion 51

GIRLS

Fort Chiswell 81 Chilhowie 37

Narrows 69 Giles 57

Glenvar 48 Radford 34

Carroll Co. 43 Salem 38

Floyd Co. 86 Auburn 18

Grayson Co. 57 Tazewell 38

Christiansburg 42 Cave Spring 41 OT

Blacksburg 60 Pulaski Co. 43

Giles 64 Eastern Montgomery 54

Hidden Valley 66 Patrick Henry 39

 

Pulaski Co. wins thriller

Playing for the first time in two weeks the Cougar boys basketball team defeated the Blacksburg Bruins 63-62 in overtime. The Cougars (7-2) were led by Isaac Poe with 20 points ,as he hit four big free throws in the overtime period. CC Grubb also hit a couple free throws in ot and scored 18. Sean Spencer contributed nine points and stroked a big three in the extra period.

Blacksburg has tied the game with just three seconds to go in regulation on a short jumper by Antonio Houston at 54. He finshed with 10 points Freshman Tiquest Terry just up from the junior varsity scored 20 to lead the Bruins. Fellow freshman Grant Johnston tossed in 14.

” The Bruins guard ( Terry) kept breaking us down on defense. We couldn’t stay in front of him, ” said Cougar head coach Andrew Hart. “Braeden Blevins made some big plays for us as did Sean Spencer.” Coach Hart then added,” Poe stepped up to foul line and stroked the big foul shots for us.”

The Cougar junior varsity beat the bruins 48-32 as Kellen dalton scored 12 as he stroked three-three’s. Austin Reinhart also scored 12. The Bruins were led by Nelson Etuk with 13.

The Cougars get right back into action Wednesday night as the host the Galax Maroon Tide. JV action starts at 5:30.

Bobcats get payback, beats Martinsville

Playing in their packed gym, the Radford Bobcats beat the Martinsville Bulldogs 52-49 to avenge their only loss on the season. Senior guard Marcus Finley scored 25 points and Blake Burdack tossed in 11 and had seven rebounds for the winning Cats.

Martinsville got 14 points from Radford University bound , 6-7 center Devonnte Holland. Zanthus Hairston chipped in with 12 and Jay Dandridge eight.

Radford was hot from downtown as they stroked 11 three-pointers against the Bulldogs 2-3 zone. Finley hit six of those for the game ,with four coming in the first half. Heth Grant hit a couple long shots and finished with seven points and grabbed six rebounds. The Bobcats (7-1) led from the get go as they were up 12-9 after one quarter and 21-16 at half as they slowed the Bulldogs (5-1) down using their own zone defense. Freshman Quinton Morton-Robertson had five points but had a team high seven assists. Radford had went to Martinsville before Christmas and came back with a 21 point defeat. On this cold night outside, the hot shooting Bobcats got some revenge.

Radford 12 9 13 18-52

Martinsville 9 7 14 19-49

Radford- Morton- Robertson 5, Morton 2, Finley 25, Grant 7, Doyle 2, Burdack 11

Martinsville- Dandridge 8, Bradley 5, Hairston 12, Holland 14, Martin 3, Turner 7

Radford- Free throws- 14-23, Martinsville – 9-15

Radford -Fouls- 17, Martinsville- 22

Fouled out- Martinsville – Dandridge, Radford – Grant

Three- Pointers- Radford 11 , Martinsville 6

 

Bobcats pummels Bruins

The Radford Bobcats stomped the Blacksburg Bruins 61-31 in a game played at Floyd Co. High School in the Chance Harman Classic. Center Blake Burdack tallied 14 points and he got help from Heth Grant and Isiah Morton both scoring 10. Freshman Quinton Morton-Richardson chipped in with nine.

Blacksburg (2-6) was led by Hank Skutt with 11 points and J.Rob Hudson scored eight. The Bruins second quarter proved their undoing ,with Radford outscoring them 26-13 . The cold shooting continued the entire second half for them as well as they only could muster 11 points, five in the third and six in the fourth.

Radford’s quickness was to much for the Bruins on the defensive side. Ten Bobcat players were in the scoring catalog . They outscored the Bruins 26-11in the second half to put the game away. Radford improved to 6-1 on the season and will play Martinsvillle Monday night January 4 at Radford. The Bulldogs of Martinsville are the only team to beat Radford so far this season. Tip for the junior varsity contest will be 5:30 and the varsity will tip at 7pm.

January 1-2 Scores

BOYS

Radford 61 Blacksburg 31

Auburn 71 Parry McCluer 59

Glenvar 60 Grayson Co. 47

Narrows 50 Eastern Montgomery 30

George Wythe 68 Giles 56

Christiansburg 57 Carroll Co. 37

Gate City 66 Floyd Co. 58