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ELLISTON -- Henry Hall scored 15 of his team-high 20 points in the second quarter to lead Eastern Montgomery to the 64-54 victory in boys' basketball.

The Mustangs (2-2) outscored the Fighting Blues 26-9 in the second period as Hall consistently got open against Parry McCluer's zone defense. Brad Wooten added 16 points, hitting two 3-pointers in the opening quarter. Wooten's marksmanship caused Parry McCluer to concentrate on him, leaving Hall open.

Hall also had four steals. Shane Eggleston scored a game-high 22 points for Parry McCluer (0-2).

Dallas Lund and Josh Woody contributed 12 and 10, respectively.

PARRY MCCLUER (0-2)

Woody 10, Eggleston 22, Loy 2, Lund 12, Allen 6, Longenecker 2.

EASTERN MONTGOMERY (2-2)

Wooten 16, Hall 20, Christian 1, Murphy 3, Leech 6, Smith 8, Kahill 6, Shrader 4.

Parry McCluer 10 9 15 20--54

Eastern Montgomery 11 26 7 20--64

3-point-goals -- PM (Eggleston, Allen), EM (Murphy, Wooten 2, Hall 4, Smith).

JV -- EastMont won, 36-30.

BOYS

TOURNAMENTS

Virginia Heat 74, Roanoke Catholic 66

Rashard Coleman scored 19 points as the Virginia Heat of Martinsville got out to a 13-point lead after one quarter and went on to win its first game in the Celtic Invitational at the Bast Center.

The Celtics got 17 points from Mindaugas Markevicius and 14 from Arche' Hicklin.

In the other half of the doubleheader, Gonzaga High School out of Washington, D.C., got out to a 14-4 lead in the first quarter, but Benedictine tied the score by halftime, before falling to Gonzaga 61-55.

Gonzaga and the Heat will play today at 1 p.m., followed by Roanoke Catholic and Benedictine at 3 p.m.

VIRGINIA HEAT

Schickel 15, Alabakis 17, Majok 15, Galtinak 6, Athens 2, Coleman 19.

ROANOKE CATHOLIC (2-4)

Turpin 5, Westmoreland 7, Allman 8, Hicklin, 14, Markevicius 17, Moret 2, Brown 9, Rinksalis 3, Trent 2.

Virginia Heat 21 13 14 26--74

Roanoke Catholic 8 15 15 28--66

3-point goals -- VH (Coleman 2), RC (Markevicius 3, Westmoreland 2, Allman).

Liberty 66, Lord Botetourt 65

BUCHANAN -- Brook Arritt's one-hander from outside the lane off an inbounds pass with .2 seconds left went awry, allowing the Minutemen to escape with the victory in the second game of the James River Invitational.

After Arritt's 3-pointer cut Liberty's lead to 66-65 with .2 left, the Cavaliers got the ball back when the Minutemen were called for an offensive foul on the inbounds pass. Liberty survived, however, when Arritt couldn't get the game's final shot to go down.

Rick Alderman had 20 points and Darius Randolph 19 to lead the Cavaliers in their season opener.

Michael Harmon had 16 points, Kordero Thompson 11 and Anthony Reynolds 10 for Liberty.

LORD BOTETOURT (0-1)

King 3, Foley 7, Arritt 8, Sheraton 3, Randolph 19, Alderman 20, Motes 6.

LIBERTY (1-1)

Comer 1, Hayden 1, Gilchrist 6, Thompson 11, Robinson 3, Stevens 8, Harmon 16, Blake 2, Nichols 8, Reynolds 10.

Lord Botetourt 14 19 16 16--65

Liberty 16 16 16 18--66

3-point-goals -- LB (Arritt 2, Randolph 2, LIB (Gilchrist, Robinson, Stevens).

James River 61, North Cross 48,

BUCHANAN -- James River christened its new gymnasium with a victory over North Cross in the first game of the James River Invitational.

The Knights (5-0) trailed 43-42 entering the fourth quarter, but outscored their guests 19-5 in the final eight minutes for the victory. Anthony Banks, who led the Raiders (2-2) with 17 points, fouled out midway through the quarter.

Corey Ware led James River with 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds.

DaVon Ross added 13 points.

NORTH CROSS (2-2)

Williams 9, Clark 8, Frith 2, Hollingsworth 4, Roach 6, Banks 17, Bibee 2.

JAMES RIVER (5-0)

Ross 13, Humphries 9, Ware 26, Bennett 5, Tucker 4, Surprenant 4.

North Cross 12 18 13 5--48

James River 13 20 9 19--61

3-point-goals -- NC (Clark 2), JR (Humphries, Tucker).

Dayspring Christian 60, Roanoke Valley Christian 43

Philip Ribbens scored 28 points and Tyler Gall added 12 to lead the Lions past the Eagles in the Faith Christian Invitational.

Dayspring's pressure defense was the difference in the game, forcing 21 turnovers against Roanoke Valley Christian.

ROANOKE VALLEY (2-3)

Hill 2, Webb 7, Clark 11, Tilley 4, Anderson 6, Bailey 3, Scoggins 7, Botello 1, Perkinson 2.

DAYSPRING (8-2)

Knautz 2, Johnston 7, Kroeger 8, Gall 12, Ribbens 28, Hairfield 3.

RVCS 6 10 10 17--60

Dayspring Christian 21 14 17 8--43

3-point-goals -- RV (Clark 2), D (Johnston, Gall, Ribbens 4)

nondistrict

Blacksburg 83, Auburn 53

RINER -- Led by 18 points from senior guard Tyler Holmes, Blacksburg cruised to a comfortable victory in this all-Montgomery County affair.

The Eagles, who trailed throughout, were led by Brandon Musick's 10 points.

Greg Keys scored 13 points for the Bruins, while Nick English and Daniel Mitchell added 12 points apiece.

BLACKSBURG (1-0)

Smith 4, Keys 13, Brown 2, Carr 4, Moison 5, Mitchell 12, English 12, Holmes 18, Price 2, Jackson 4, Whitsett 5, Houff 2.

AUBURN (1-2)

Watson 7, Earles 2, Quesenbury 2, Blankenship 1, Musick 10, Ramsey 8, Vaughn 9, Reed 2, Alls 4, Bentley 4, Jones 4.

Auburn 13 11 17 12--53

Blacksburg 21 21 25 16--83

3-point-goals -- Blacksburg 7 (Keys 2, Moison, Mitchell, Holmes 3), Auburn 3 (Vaughn 2, Jones). JV -- Blacksburg won.

Graham 61, Bland County 50

GRAHAM -- J.D. Hunter scored 15 points to lead Graham and Jason Palmer added eight as the G-Men rolled past Bland County. Graham outscored the Bears 40-22 over the second and third quarters. Kyle Kennedy led Bland County with 10 points.

BLAND COUNTY (0-1)

Kr. Kennedy 2, Ky. Kennedy 10, Reed 3, Eastep 8, Pennington 3, Shrader 5, Robertson 6, Ko. Kennedy 9, Leighton 4.

GRAHAM (1-0)

Sarver 7, Goins 6, D. Marrs 1, Wilson 8, Hunter 15, Dennah 4, Tibbs 2, Woodson 4, Bryan 7, Palmer 7.

Bland County 9 8 14 19--50

Graham 4 15 25 17--61

3-point-goals -- BC (Ky. Kennedy).

JV -- Graham won 40-25.

Salem 71, William Byrd 56

Chuck Farabaugh poured in 25 points to lead Salem over William Byrd.

Leading after one period, the Terriers scored just eight points in the second quarter as the Spartans defense took control.

Fene Turner finished with 15 points for Salem.

Bradley Mattox and Travis Coffman led Byrd with 16 and 15 points, respectively.

WILLIAM BYRD (1-2)

Johnson 2, Mattox 16, Palmer 2, Brugh 3, Williams 3, Zimmerman 6, Mankin 9, Coffman 15.

SALEM (1-1)

Conner 7, S. Barnette 2, Carroll 1, Turner 15, Farabaugh 25, R. Barnette 4, Hairston 5, Pendleton 2, McDaniel 8, George 2.

Salem 17 18 18 18--71

William Byrd 19 8 9 20--56

3-point-goals -- WB (Mattox 4, Makin 1, S (Farabaugh 2, Hairston 1).

JV -- Salem, 48-42.

Franklin County 78, Martinsville 55

ROCKY MOUNT -- Franklin County registered a trio of first-quarter 3-pointers to jump ahead early and pull away for the victory.

The Eagles, led by Chris Tyree's 23 points, recorded 20 steals and pulled down 15 offensive boards. Martinsville was led by Shymel Trotter and Ronwyn Pritchett, who scored 13 points each.

MARTINSVILLE (2-1)

Scott 4, R. Jackson 5, Morrison 2, Jones 9, Trotter 13, D. Jackson 7, Goggins 2, Pritchett 13.

FRANKLIN COUNTY (2-2)

Gill 8, Corn 3, Journiette 6, Bryan Hancock 10, Ross 4, Royal 5, Hutson 6, Edwards 13, Tyree 23.

Franklin County 27 18 16 17--78

Martinsville 9 12 20 14--55

3-point-goals -- Martinsville 1 (Jones), Franklin County 3 (Gill, Tyree 2).

JV -- Franklin County won.

Glenvar 63, Narrows 60

Derrick Reed's running 3-pointer from 25 feet at the buzzer failed to fall, enabling the Highlanders to pull out the nondistrict victory.

Chris Ferguson's 21 points led Glenvar, which won for the first time in three games this season. Jonathan McGhee added 11 points and Drew Buti had 10.

David Thompson and Reed each had 18 points to pace the Green Wave. Brett Buracker contributed 11 points for Narrows.

NARROWS (1-1)

Reed 18, Dent 6, Morris 3, Buracker 11, Thompson 18, Taylor 4.

GLENVAR (1-2)

Bland 4, McGhee 11, Johnson 3, Buti 10, Ferguson 21, Barlow 7, Nicewonder 3, Chester 4.

Narrows 17 11 13 19--60

Glenvar 17 16 11 19--63

3-point-goals -- N (Reed, Dent, McGhee 2), G(Johnson, Ferguson).

JV -- Narrows, 54-49.

Patrick County 61, Galax 57

STUART -- Shane Nelson hit 3-pointers on consecutive possessions in the final minutes as the Cougars staved off the Maroon Tide in a nondistrict game. Andrew Jessup led Patrick County with 14 points and eight rebounds. Nelson finished with 12 points.

Kyle Adams' 11 points led Galax.

GALAX (3-2)

Sexton 4, Frazier 9, Alouf 9, Sames 8, Burnett 2, Zachary 9, Bartlett 2, Adams 11, Moreno 2.

PATRICK COUNTY (2-3)

Dodson 4, Hale 1, Goodyear 2, Dixon 8, Reynolds 4, Mangrum 10, Nelson 12, Wilkinson 4, Terry 2, Jessup 14.

Galax 13 15 8 21--57

Patrick County 11 16 14 20--61

3-point-goals -- G (Frazier, Alouf), PC (Nelson 3).

JV -- Galax won.

SWVA Home School 59, Covington Boys Home 34

COVINGTON -- The Conquerors broke open a tight game by outscoring the hosts 13-4 in the second and rolled to the nondistrict win.

John Fenzel had 12 points and Bryan Hunsley 10 for SWVA, which led only by three after one quarter. Bo Jefferson had a game-high 18 points for Covington Boys Home.

SWVA (4-3)

J. Fenzel 12, Whitaker 7, Doran 3, Beard 7, Hunsley 10, Beasley 6, Austin 4, Brown 2, M. Fenzel 2, Akers 6.

COVINGTON BOYS HOME

Jefferson 18, Richmond 2, Wills 2, Harber 1, Ham 4, Tanda 7.

SWVA Home School 18 13 16 12--59

Covington Boys Home 15 4 7 8--34

3-point-goals -- J. Fenzel 2, Doran, Jefferson 4.

Christian Heritage Academy 48 Parkway Christian 31,

ROCKY MOUNT -- Ben Roller and Richard Jamison scored 14 points apiece to lead Christian Heritage.

Roller and Jamison also led the rebounding with 14 and 13, respectively. Ben Roller and Spencer Roller had five assists each.

Bryce Goodwin led Parkway Christian with 18 points.

PARKWAY CHRISTIAN

Fike 2, Bryce Goodwin 18, Robertson 6, Burton 2, Bryan 3

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE (2-0)

Ben Roller 14, Richard Jamison 14, S. Roller 4, Cooper Wilson 11, Rutrough 2, Mays 3

Parkway Christian 7 7 7 10--31

Christian Heritage 7 15 12 14--48

3-point-goals -- CH (Jamison1, Mays 1), Parkway(Goodwin 2).

Cave Spring 63, Radford 59

RADFORD -- Mark Overstreet scored nine of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and Cave Spring went 9-of-13 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter to hold off the Bobcats for the second time in less than a week.

Josh Henderson led the Knights with 18 points.

Matt Burnette and Taylor Moore added 10 points each.

Jon Thompson scored 19 points to lead Radford, which led by as many as five in the third quarter but trailed by two at the start of the fourth.

Allen Dickerson added 11 points for Radford and Katlin Shelor scored 10.

CAVE SPRING (3-1)

Dill 3, Mackey 6, Burnette 10, Henderson 18, Moore 10, Overstreet 16.

RADFORD (0-3)

Hendricks 2, Dickerson 11, Giesen 5, Shelor 10, D. Thompson 2, J. Thompson 19, McCown 9, Saul 1.

Cave Spring 10 21 14 18--63

Radford 11 19 13 16--59

3-point-goals -- CS (Dill), R (McCown 2, J. Thompson, Dickerson, Shelor).

JV -- Cave Spring, 45-26.

GIRLS

TOURNAMENT

Floyd County 44, Blacksburg 38

FLOYD -- Carmen Bolt and Brandy Phillips scored a team-high 10 points apiece to lead the Buffaloes in the Floyd County Invitational.

Despite a game-high 15 points from Katy Kipps, Blacksburg never led.

Bolt, a sophomore center for Floyd County, finished in double figures for the first time this season.

BLACKSBURG (2-2)

Mohammadi 2, L. Sherman 2, Cusimano 8, Ayares 4, S. Sherman 5, Kipps 15.

FLOYD COUNTY (3-2)

Avancini 8, Gray 2, Thompson 2, Phillips 10, Bourne 6, Harman 4, Quesenberry 2, Bolt 10.

Floyd County 10 9 19 6--44

Blacksburg 8 8 4 18--38

3-point-goals -- FC (Phillips).

JV -- Floyd County won.

Pulaski County 48, Patrick County 41

FLOYD -- T.T. Webb scored 26 points to lead Pulaski County in the Floyd County Invitational while Ashley Alley added 11.

Lizzy Leeper was the leading scorer for Patrick County with nine points.

PULASKI COUNTY (2-1)

Alley 11, Webb 26, Thomas 2, Patterson 7, Long 2.

PATRICK COUNTY (0-4)

Leeper 9, Bowers 2, Ca. Bradshaw 4, Rakes 4, Ch. Bradshaw 6, Kahle 2, Triplett 2, Culler 7, Goad 5.

Pulaski County 11 12 12 13--48

Patrick County 10 12 10 9--41

3-point-goals -- None.

nondistrict

Narrows 44, Giles 20

NARROWS -- Morgan Buckland and Lauren Albert each scored nine points to lead the Green Wave past Giles just four days after losing to the same team.

Albert also contributed seven rebounds while Shania Conley grabbed eight boards, recorded four steals and scored five points for Narrows.

Kelsey Frazier scored 10 points to lead Giles.

GILES (1-4)

Frazier 10, Ribbe 4, Meredith 2, Kellison 2, Patteson 1, Lang 1.

NARROWS (2-1)

Buckland 9, Albert 9, Dowdy 8, Guynn 6, Conley 5, Weatherly 5, Lindsey 2.

Giles 6 0 2 12--20

Narrows 8 6 13 17--44

3-point-goals -- N (Dowdy, Buckland).

JV -- Narrows won.

William Byrd 34, Salem 33

Demitria Gevas, Brittany Mattox and Kelli Kitchens each hit 3-pointers in the fourth quarter with Gevas' shot giving William Byrd the lead in the Terriers' win over the Spartans. Courtney Bushnell led William Byrd with nine points.

Emily Richardson led Salem with 13 points and Kenzie Poindexter scored 10.

SALEM (0-2)

Richardson 13, Poindexter 10, Belcher 8, Rotanz 2.

WILLIAM BYRD (1-2)

Courtney Bushnell 9, Brittaney Mattox 7, Webster 6, Kelli Kitchens 5, Demeitria Gevas 3, Lemons 2, Patterson 2.

Salem 6 13 4 10--33

William Byrd 8 7 6 13--34

3-point-goals -- WB (Gevas, Kitchens, Mattox).

JV -- Salem, 35-25.

Parry McCluer 41, Eastern Montgomery 37

BUENA VISTA -- Lindsey Gilbert scored 14 points and Tabitha Stinnett added nine to lead Parry McCluer. Lauren Dalton led Eastern Montgomery with 12 points.

EASTERN MONTGOMERY (1-3)

Phoenix 3, Trump 4, Shepherd 4, Wells 5, Lewis 9, Dalton 12.

PARRY MCCLUER (2-2)

King 5, Crowder 4, Gilbert 14, Jolley 3, Camden 2, Cole 4, Stinnett 9.

Eastern Montgomery 6 10 9 12--37

Parry McCluer 10 8 16 7--41

3-point-goals -- EM (Lewis), PM (Gilbert 2, King, Jolley).

JV -- Parry McCluer won.

Jefferson Forest 46, Dan River 32

FOREST -- Rachel McKeague hit two 3-pointers and Jessie Quarles added another in the third quarter to push the Cavaliers ahead of Dan River. Quarles led the team with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

McKeague scored 12 points and Mandy Dix added 11. Lakeishia Stone led Dan River with nine points.

DAN RIVER (3-1)

Sanders 6, Jones 4, Walker 4, Stone 9, Glass 2, Chappell 2, Venable 5.

JEFFERSON FOREST (3-0)

Dix 11, Brooks 6, McKeague 12, Harrison 2, Quarles 13, Price 2.

Dan River 7 6 6 13--32

Jefferson Forest 6 14 10 16--46

3-point-goals -- DR (Venable, Sanders), JF (McKeague 3, Quarles).

JV -- Dan River, 30-23.

Lord Botetourt 53, Liberty 34

DALEVILLE -- Grace Blaylock hit two 3-pointers and totaled 14 points to lead the Cavaliers. Jennifer Coleman scored 13 points to lead Liberty.

LIBERTY (0-2)

Padgett 2, Witt 3, Jennifer Coleman 13, Kerr 2, Cassell 4, Chambers 2, Shuey 6, Thompson 2

LORD BOTETOURT (3-1)

Boeren 6, Dill 3, Grace Blaylock 14, Farmer 9, Sowash 7, Ward 7 Tyree 2, Alford 2, Lyle 3

Liberty 8 11 8 7--34

Lord Botetourt 16 11 18 8--53

3-point-goals -- LB (Blaylock 2).

JV -- Boteourt, 45-30.

Tazewell 44, Galax 26

GALAX -- Kelsey Sutherland scored eight of her 18 points in the third quarter, helping the Bulldogs pull away in the second half.

Brittany Money added 13 points for Tazewell. Caci Higgins had six points and 12 assists to lead Galax.

Drew Cudell pulled down 11 rebounds.

TAZEWELL

Sutherland 18, Money 13, Mitchel 7, Cecil 2, Muney 1.

GALAX (1-2)

Higgins 6, Webb 5, Bartlett 4, Cudell 4, Spears 2, Cardwell 3, Brown 2.

Tazewell 8 8 15 13--44

Galax 5 7 9 5--26

3-point-goals -- T (Sutherland, Mitchel).

Martinsville 59, Franklin County 58

MARTINSVILLE -- Liz Martin stole the ball from Franklin County with seven seconds remaining to preserve the win for Martinsville.

Franklin County fought back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to come within one point of the Bulldogs, but Martin's steal ended the Eagles' comeback hopes.

Martin scored 15 points to lead Martinsville while Kendra Reid and Aishah Jones scored 14 and 11 points, respectively. Miranda Smith scored 13 points to lead the Eagles.

FRANKLIN COUNTY (0-3)

Smith 13, Nelms 11, Smith 10, Jamison 9, Burwell 7, Holland 7, Perez 1.

MARTINSVILLE (1-3)

L. Martin 15, Reid 14, Jones 11, N. Martin 8, Johnson 6, Burnette 5.

Franklin County 17 12 10 19--58

Martinsville 14 15 8 22--59

3-point-goals -- M (Jones 2, Johnson, Burnette).

JV -- Franklin County, 34-17.

Staunton River 42, James River 27

MONETA -- Caitlin Falls' 13 points sparked the Golden Eagles to their first victory of the season. Staunton River (1-1) outscored the Knights 14-2 in the third quarter to snap a 17-17 halftime tie. Elizabeth Pentecost led the Knights (1-2) with nine points.

JAMES RIVER (1-2)

Ware 2, Sullivan 6, Johnson 2, Berra 4, Pentecost 9, Falls 4.

STAUNTON RIVER (1-1)

Jackson 8, Craighead 3, Dearing 3, L. Robinson 5, T. Robinson 4, Huddleston 4, Falls 13, Lawhorn 2.

James River 9 8 2 8--27

Staunton River 3 14 14 11--42

3-point-goals -- SR (Dearing). JV: Staunton River won.

Roanoke Valley Christian 59, Dayspring Christian 29

Amanda Hundley scored 15 points and Ashley Snyder added 10 to lead the Eagles past Dayspring Christian. Reba Pickeral controlled the lane for Roanoke Valley Christian, grabbing 12 rebounds and netting six points. Dori Mock led the Lions with eight points.

ROANOKE VALLEY CHRISTIAN (3-1)

Mullen 2, Gish 6, Welch 3, Hasson 7, Amanda Hundley 15, Butler 8, Ashley Snyder 10, Pickeral 6, Little 2.

DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN

Lilly 2, Dori Mock 8, Cranwell 2, Kirker 6, Winter 4, H. Mock 7.

RVCS 17 11 13 18--59

Dayspring Christian 4 6 12 7--29

3-point-goals -- RVC (Hundley 2).

Gretna 70, Bassett 22

BASSETT -- Iesha Smith scored a game-high 16 points and had seven of Bassett's 23 steals to lead the Bengals.

Bassett never trailed, jumping out to an 11-0 lead and forcing several early turnovers that put Gretna in a hole.

Jennnifer Blankenship added 11 points and four steals for the Bengals, while Mallory Stewart posted 11 points and five rebounds.

GRETNA (0-1)

Butts 4, Fitzgerald 4, Crews 8, Davis 5, Adams 1.

BASSETT (4-0)

Snead 2, Hairston 4, Hubbard 4, Smith 16, Keith 4, Blankenship 11, Stewart 11, Dillard 3, Scales 9, Via 6.

Bassett 4 12 3 3--22

Gretna 15 18 28 9--70

3-point goals -- Gretna 3 (Crews 2, Davis), Bassett 2 (Smith, Blankenship).

JV -- Bassett won.

-- Staff reports