Month: January 2019

District Standings- as of Mon. Jan. 14- Unofficial

Pioneer – Parry McCluer 9-3, Bath Co. 5-5, Narrows 4-6, Covington 5-9, Craig 1-7, Eastern Montgomery 2-12

Southwest – Graham 6-3, Richlands 7-5, Va. High 6-7, Lebanon 5-8, Marion 2-9, Tazewell 0-12

Hogoheegee– Chilhowie 7-4, Northwood 8-5, Holston 8-6, PH-Glade Spring 4-9

Cumberland– Eastside 14-1, J I Burton 9-4, Castlewood 4-7, Twin Springs 5-10, Thomas Walker 3-10, Rye Cove 2-13

Black Diamond– Grundy 11-1, Honaker 7-3, Twin Valley 5-5, Hurley 2-7, Council 1-10

Mountain 7 – Gate City 12-2, John Battle 10-4, Central-Wise 10-5, Ridgeview 7-6, Abingdon 5-8, Abingdon 5-8, Lee 1-10

 

Cougar lose to Blue Demons

The Cougar boys basketball team once again didn’t put four quarters of basketball together as they lost to Christiansburg 74-60.

Christiansburg got 24 points from Isaac Hayden and 13 from M J Hunter. Matt Collins and Jared Bruce both chipped in with seven points, apiece.

Pulaski Co. was led by senior Benjamin Poe with 13 points, A J McCloud 11 and Gage Mannon had nine points. Those three players though only scored two points in the last quarter. Down 38-35 at intermission, the Cougars scored five points in the first minute of the third quarter to take a 40-38 lead. The next four minutes would be the beginning of the end for the Cougars as the Blue Demons would go on a 15-0 run to go up 53-40 and were up 62-45 going into the last quarter.

” We can’t put four quarters of basketball together,” said a very disappointed Cougar head coach Andrew Hart. ” We have started different lineups but it seems we will lose focus somewhere during the game. We turn the ball over and can’t make shots.” Coach then added, ” Christiansburg made shots in the game and we didn’t. We have got to get tougher mentally and keep playing.”

Pulaski Co. has now dropped five in a row and is 3-10 overall and 0-7 in district play.

The Cougar junior varsity won a hard-fought 49-44 over the Demons JV. Peyton McDaniel knocked down five three’s as he scored 18 points. Bradley Hudson had nine and Clay Phillips six in the win. Blue Demons got 10 points from Aidan Loudfoot.

C-burg – 15 23 24 12-74

PC – 20 15 10 15 – 60

Cburg- Clemons 6, Dunkelman 2, Hunter 13, Collins 7, Harman 4, Delaney 6, Hayden 24, Calloway 5, Bruce 7

PC- Poe 13, McCloud 11, Mannon 9, Miller 6, Porter 5, Hay 3, O’Dell 1, Russell 2, Bourne 2, Roberson 3 Gray 5

FG’s – Cburg 31. PC- 22

3-PT. Goals – Cburg – 7- ( Hunter 3, Bruce 2, Hayden, Collins), PC – 4- (McCloud, Gray, Poe, Hay)

Technicals – Cburg – Delaney, PC – Bench

Scores for Fri. Jan. 11

BOYS

Christiansburg 74 Pulaski Co. 60

Fort Chiswell 74 Bland Co. 67

Va. High 70 Marion 60

Carroll Co. 53 Alleghany 48

Staunton River 56 James River 45

George Wythe 61 Auburn 60

Chilhowie 52 Holston 51

Grayson Co. 70 Rural Retreat 48

Bath Co. 60 Eastern Montgomery 51

Covington 65 Craig Co. 47

Richlands 45 Lebanon 39

Graham 69 Tazewell 25

Salem 72 Patrick Henry 66

Hidden Valley 55 Blacksburg 54

GIRLS

Christiansburg 58 Pulaski Co. 57

Bear signs

Bland Co. Bears athlete Jacob Watters has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at West Virginia University. Watters has played football, basketball, and baseball for the Bears. He is averaging over 26 points per game for the Bland Co. Bears’ basketball team this season.

Cougars lose fourth consecutive.

Salem Spartans got 30 points from Ethan English, 25 points from Alex Blanchard and 17 from Josh Bryan as they scored last 12 points of the game to beat the Pulaski Co. Cougars 84-67 in the Cougar Den.

Salem saw their record improve to 8-3 as the Cougars are now 3-9 and 0-6 in district play. A J McCloud had 17 points, Dillon Porter 15 and Hayden Gray 13 in the loss. It was a game of runs at the Cougars would go on 10-0 run, but the Spartans would go on 12-2 run.

Pulaski Co took their only lead of the game 38-36 in the middle of the third quarter. Salem would then outscore the Cougars 17-8 to take a 53-46 advantage into the fourth quarter. Salem found themselves up 72-67 with just under three minutes to go and would then go on a 12-0 run to end the game.

“We had great effort tonight and it may have been our best effort, at least for three quarters or more,” said Cougar head coach Andrew Hart. ” Salem is a very good ball club and we had a chance, but we had too many turnovers and missed too many point-blank range shots at the rim.”

The Cougar junior varsity lost 47-44 to the Spartans as they saw their record fall to 7-5. Salem got 19 points from Owyn Dawyot and 18 from Khalil Brown. The Cougars got 16 points from Bradley Hudson and nine from Peyton McDaniel. The Cougars will travel to Christiansburg Friday to take on the Blue Demons. JV action tips at 5:30 and varsity at 7:00 pm.

Salem 18 14 21 31-84

Pul Co. 14 16 16 21-67

Salem- Donaldson 4, Staples 2, English 30, Blanchard 25, Bryan 17, Robinson 2, Blankenship 3, Burwell 1

Pul. Co. – McCloud 17, Porter 15, Gray 13, O’Dell 4, Russell 7, Poe 8, Roberson 3,

FG’s- Salem 30, PC- 25

FT’s – Salem 17-25, PC – 12-16

3-PT. Goals – Salem 7-( English 2, Blanchard 3, Blankenship, Bryan), PC – 5-( Gray 3, Roberson, Russell)

Fouls- Salem – 16, PC- 20

Technicals- PC- 2-( O’Dell, McCloud)

Scores for Tues. Jan 8

BOYS

Salem 84 Pulaski Co. 67

Galax 49 Rural Retreat 36

Geo. Wythe 66 Fort Chiswell 46

Graham 71 Va. High 53

Glenvar 53 Floyd 45

Gate City 70 Abingdon 48

Carroll Co. 54 Giles 35

James River 61 Alleghany 60

Cave Spring 57 Hidden Valley 53

GIRLS

Pulaski Co. 52 Salem 50