(Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry)
Month: December 2017
Fort Chiswell Basketball 2017-18
(Photography courtesy Tina Quesenberry)
Results for Wed. Dec. 20
BOYS
Radford 55 Floyd Co. 27
Geo. Wythe 84 Christiansburg 56
Graham 77 Giles 65
James River 55 Parry McCluer 37
Heritage 61 Alleghany 43
EC Glass 47 Patrick Henry 37
Richlands 76 Tazewell 61
Scores for Tues. Dec. 19
BOYS
Pulaski Co. 69 Christiansburg 62
Carroll Co. 73 Fort Chiswell 51
Holston 55 Rye Cove 48
Giles 77 Narrows 40
Chilhowie 90 Tazewell 61
Glenvar 58 Covington 47
Geo. Wythe 68 Galax 34
Bland Co. 77 Rural Retreat 63
Graham 51 Princeton WV 42
Northwood 79 Hurley 72 -OT
Pocahontas (WV) 77 Bath Co. 58
Abingdon 77 Va. High 59
Patrick Henry 62 Salem 36
Northside 76 Cave Spring 44
Hidden Valley 40 Blacksburg 38
GIRLS
Christiansburg 58 Pulaski Co. 55
Chilhowie 55 Fort Chiswell 54
Geo. Wythe 54 Galax 32
Parry McCluer 55 Floyd Co. 33
Grayson Co. 43 Auburn 40
Pulaski Co. wins, improves to 5-1
The Pulaski Co. boys basketball team got a team and game high 29 points from C C Grubb that helped lead them to a 69-62 road win over the Christiansburg Blue Demons. James Jackson and Braeden Blevins both had nine points each and Kade Akers chipped in eight.
The Blue demons was led by Austin Brown with 26 points and Trevor Howell contributed 15. The Demons jumped out to 8-0 as the Cougars had to call time out within the first minute and a half. Afyer that time out though, the Cougars (5-1) went a on a run of their own 9-0 to take the lead but a buzzer beating basket by Cam Nagle put the Demons up 10-9 after the first quarter.
Pulaski Co got a buzzer beater to end the first half as Braeden Blevins stick back put them up 30-27 going into intermission. Playing arguably thier best offensive basketball in the third quarter stretched their lead to 11 heading into the final quarter 49-38. Grubb would then score 12 fourth quarter points to help preserve the road win. ” I thought we focused better the second half and we attack their defense better.” Said Cougar head coach Andrew Hart. ” Our spacing was better and our match ups we took advantage of in the second half.”
The game saw 38 fouls and 53 foul shots between the two teams.
Pulaski Co. junior varsity lost their first game as they went down by the score of 48-37. Dillon Porter scored 16and AJ McCloud contributed seven , Hayden Gray five in a losing effort.
The Cougars will once again be on the road as they travel across Memorial Bridge to take on the Radford Bobcats Friday. Junior varsity tips at 5:30 and the varsity around 7:00.
Pul Co. 9 21 19 20-69
C-burg 10 17 11 24-62
PC – C Grubb 29, D. Grubb 2, Jackson 9, Blevins 9, Akers 8, Robertson 5, Poe 4, Blankenship 3,
C- burg – Brown 26, Ruff 7, Howell 15, Taylor 6, Nagle 7, Delaney 1
3 PT. Goals – PC – 5( C Grubb 2, Blankenship, Akers , Robertson) , C-burg- 8- ( Brown 2, Howell 3, Taylor 2, Ruff)
Total FG’s – PC – 22 , C-burg 20
FT’s – PC – 20 of 28, C-burg 14 of 25
Fouls – PC – 19 , C-burg 19
Technicals – None
Coach resigns
Altavista head football coach Mike Scharnus has stepped down. Scharnus is a former Pulaski Co. High School assistant football coach and formerly played at Va. Tech. Scharnus won three state titles in his 11 years as the Colonels head man.
Christiansburg athletic fields to get improvements
The Montgomery Co. supervisors has approved new recommendations that their football field with get artificial turf for their football field and and to rubberize their track for track meets. Those plans are supposedly to start for 2018 , In 2019 their baseball and softball fields are also set to get artificial surfaces.
Results for Mon. Dec.18
BOYS
Alleghany 68 Craig Co. 41
Rural Retreat 67 Holston 58
Honaker 88 Chilhowie 71
Galax 58 Eastern Montgomery 42
Grayson Co. 74 Auburn 53
Staunton River 67 Glenvar 55
Blue Ridge 89 Amelia Academy 59 – (Blue Ridge- Jaden Frazier 20 pts.- 14 rebs.)
Lord Botetourt 52 James River 44
Parry McCluer 63 Timberlake Christian 38
GIRLS
Salem 60 Glenvar 53
Scores for Sat. Dec. 16
BOYS
Pulaski Co. 57 Carroll Co. 46
Lord Botetourt 53 James River 39
Giles 80 James Monroe 58
Bland Co. 71 Narrows 60
GIRLS
Carroll Co. 58 Pulaski Co. 34
Giles 54 James Monroe 53
Bland Co. 56 Narrows 52
Cougars get back into win column
Coming off their first loss of the season 51-50 the Pulaski Co. Cougars finally got to play their first home game of the season . The wait was worth it as they defeated the Carroll Co. Cavaliers 57-46. CC Grubb lead the Cougars with 20 points and Kade Akers pitched in with 11. Senior point guard Logan Roberston chipped in with eight.
Carroll Co. got a team and game high 22 points from Adam Horton and Weston Burcham finished with 10. The Cougars led the entire game as they were up 16-13 after one quarter and 31-27 at halftime. They then outscored the Cavs 17-9 in the third as Grubb scored seven of those points. The Cougars are now 4-1 on the season , ” We have had hard time scoring ,” said Cougar head coach Andrew Hart. ” Defensively we have been fairly consistent in the first five games. Tonight I thought Carroll Co.’s zone bother us. ”
The Cougar junior varsity ran their record to 4-0 as the demolished the Cavs 65-22. Hayden Gray pumped in 21 points. Dillon Porter had 10 and David Hunley game off the bench to toss in eight. The Cavs were led by Austin Beamer’s seven points.
The Cougars will be back on the road as they go to Christiansburg Tuesday to play the Blue Demons. Junior varsity tips at 5:30 and the varsity around 7:00 pm.
Pulaski Co. 16 15 17 9-57
Carroll Co. 13 14 9 10-46
PC – Grubb 20, Jackson 5, Robertson 8, Poe 3, Akers 11, Blevins 6, Reinhardt 4
CC – Horton 22, Herman 3, Motley 2, Hull 3, Burcham 10, Phillips 6
3- PT. Goals – PC – 3- ( Jackson, Robertson, Akers) , CC – 2 -( Hull , Herman)