The George Wythe Maroon withstood a Chilhowie Warrior comeback to defeat the Warriors 57-53. Noah Atwood was the high scorer for the victorious Maroons with 22 points. Malik Johnson produced 15 and Jake Martin seven.

Chilhowie (21-6) got 22 points from Cameron Kestner , 11 from Tucker Robertson and Alex Delp tallied eight. Down 55-53 the Warriors got a steal at half court with four seconds to go . Tucker Robertson would then shoot a 30 footer but the ball rolled off the rim and the Maroons ( 21-1) would get the rebound.

The win meant that the Maroons won the Conference 46 Championship and will host the Covington Cougars Tuesday night at 7:30.

Chilhowie will travel to Radford Tuesday night to take on the Bobcats , who won Conference 45 trophy.

Geo. Wythe – 11 17 13 16-57

Chilhowie – 11 12 11 19-53

Geo. Wythe – Atwood 22, Johnson 15, Furrow 3, Dillon 6, Martin 7, Hanley 4

Chilhowie – Kestner 22, Robertson 11, Delp 8, Catron 3, Tucker 5, Cale 4

3 Pt. Goals – GW- 2- ( Atwood, Furrow) , Chilhowie 7- ( Robertson 2, Kestner 2, Delp, Catron, Tucker)