While trailing 7-0, the Green Wave drove down to the Fighting Blues' 7-yard line but fumbled the ball. Narrows (7-4) did score on Brandon Vaught's 6-yard touchdown run. The Fighting Blues (9-2) produced 371 yards in the win.

Narrows 0 0 7 0 - 7

Parry McCluer 7 14 0 7 - 28

PM - Hamm 5 run (Twitty kick)

PM - Hutch 18 run (kick failed)

PM - Twitty 57 pass from Downs (Hutch run)

N - Vaught 6 run (Nottingham kick)

PM - Hamm 5 run (Twitty kick)

Rural Retreat 18, Bath County 14

Cory Whalen dove in on a 3-yard touchdown run with 11:01 left in the fourth quarter as the Indians (6-5) edged the host Chargers in the Region C, Division 1 playoffs in Hot Springs.

Jarroun Durrette had 121 receiving yards for the Chargers (6-5), and Alex Cauley recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

Jonathan Hawkins had 133 receiving yards and a touchdown as the Indians beat Bath County for the first time in regional play. Hawkins also had an interception in the end zone with 49 seconds left to secure the victory.

Rural Retreat 0 12 0 6 - 18

Bath County 0 14 0 0 - 14

RR - Heldreph 3 run (kick blocked)

RR - Hawkins 28 pass from Heldreph (conversion failed)

BC - Crouse 28 run (Anderson kick)

BC - Cauley fumble recovery (Anderson kick)

RR - Whalen 3 run (pass failed)

Bassett 35, Carroll County 14

Torrance Hairston rushed for 231 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries to lead the Bengals (9-2) to a win in the Region IV, Division 4 game in Hillsville.

Jose Wengerd gained 148 yards on 26 carries for the Cavaliers.

Bassett will face Richlands next week.

Bassett 7 0 0 28 - 35

Carroll County 0 0 7 7- 14

B - Hairston 67 run (Tilley kick)

CC- Wengerd 24 run (Ayers kick)

B - Hairston 56 run (Tilley kick)

B - Hairston 1 run (Tilley kick)

B - Ross 1 run (Tilley kick)

CC - Pruitt 11 pass from Lawson (Ayers kick)

B - Tyree 47 run (Tilley kick)

Handley 31, Rockbridge Co. 28

Max Sutherland kicked a 21-yard field goal with 19 seconds left in the game as the Judges (8-3) defeated the Wildcats in the Region 2, Division 3 game in Lexington.

Cardel Rosser ran for 102 yards and a touchdown for Rockbridge County (9-2). Rosser also caught a touchdown pass from Chase Prasnkicki.

L.A. Anderson threw for 263 yards and a touchdown, and ran in three scores for Handley.

Handley 0 7 7 17 - 31

Rockbridge County14 7 0 7 - 28

RC - Chase Prasnicki 1 run (kick failed)

RC - Cardel Rosser 34 pass from Prasnicki (Prasnicki run)

RC - Prasnicki 3 run (Bopp kick)

H - L.A. Anderson 1 run (Sutherland kick)

H - Amos pass from Anderson (Sutherland kick)

RC - Rosser 6 run (Bopp kick)

H - Anderson 10 run (Sutherland kick)

H - Anderson 1 run (Sutherland kick)

H - Sutherland 21 field goal

BASKETBALL

SWVHS wins opener

Michael Conyers scored 15 points and Drew Hunsely added 14 to lead Southwest Virginia Home School to a 69-16 season-opening win over Covington Boys Home in the Gateway Christian tip-off tournament.

Eugene Terry was the only other scorer in double figures with 10 points.

Southwest Virginia Home School21 17 15 16 - 69

Covington Boys Home0 8 6 2 - 16

SWVHS - Conyers 15, Covert 6, Atkinson 2, Osborn 4, Terry 10, Greer 6, Fenzel 6, Hunsley 14, Wood 6

CBH -- Clark 6, Comjen 2, Crews 2, Smith 2, Tembo 2.

- Staff reports

Christiansburg 21,

Hidden Valley 14, 2OT

Andrew Hoffer threw one touchdown pass in overtime, then ran for the game-winner as the Blue Demons won their first playoff game in 16 years, topping Hidden Valley in double overtime in the first round of the Region III, Division 3 playoffs in Christiansburg.

Christiansburg (9-2), which will play Gretna next week, got through the first round despite going eight quarters without scoring an offensive touchdown against the Titans (6-5).

The Blue Demons got their lone touchdown in regulation by recovering a bad snap on a Hidden Valley punt attempt. It was one of three Titans turnovers in the first quarter.

Hidden Valley scored in the second quarter on a Matt Greenway 9-yard run, but failed to convert several good scoring opportunities in the second half.

Christiansburg will face unbeaten Gretna next week.

Hidden Valley 0 7 0 0 7 0- 14

Christiansburg 7 0 0 0 7 7- 21

CB - Chad Chapman fumble recovery in end zone (Boyd kick).

HV - Matt Greenway 9 run (Kyle Curbow kick).

HV - Alex Ray 15 pass from Tyler Coyer (Curbow kick).

CB - Boyd 5 pass from Andrew Hoffer (Boyd kick)

CB - Hoffer 2 run (Boyd kick)

Amherst County 38,

William Fleming 20

Amherst coach Scott Abell and his staff saw plenty of William Fleming's Dere Hicks on film.

"Nobody got pressure on him,"Abell said of the slippery senior quarterback.

The Lancers decided to change that. Sending a five-man rush on nearly every play, Amherst County chased Hicks all over the field and disrupted the Colonels offense enough to capture a 38-20 victory in the opening round of the Region III Division 4 playoffs in Amherst.

The loss ended William Fleming's season, a year after the Colonels (7-4) advanced to the state finals.

"I'm very disappointed," Hicks said. "After last year, I thought we could go all the way. We just came up short.

"It was a team effort. Sometimes things just happen."

Amherst County will host Salem on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The Spartans beat Liberty 22-14.

Amherst running back Jonathan Rose posted his first 200-yard game, running for 215 yards and two touchdowns as the Lancers (10-1) ran for 331 yards.

"All year I've been saying I wanted 200 yards and all day [Friday] I was talking about it," Rose said.

William Fleming0776-20

Amherst County71777-38

A-Rose 24 run (Evans kick)

A-Evans 32 FG

A-Tinsley 17 run (Evans kick)

WF-Priest 2 run (Dempsey kick)

A-Moore 7 run (Evans kick)

WF-Hicks 1 run (Dempsey kick)

A - Rose 74 run (Evans kick)

A-MCCoy 47 catch from Tinsley (Evans kick)

WF-Alexander 19 pass from Hicks (kick failed)

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