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Alisha Lyle scored a game-high 17 points to give Lord Botetourt a 65-45 win over Salem on Monday night in the semifinals of the Lady Terriers Christmas Classic at William Byrd High School.

MacKenzie Tyree chipped in 11 points for the Cavaliers (7-4), who wore the Spartans (5-2) down with with solid post play and good passing.

Bre Kawa scored 12 points to lead a balanced Salem attack.

Lord Botetourt will face Staunton River in tonight's championship game, while Salem will face Cave Spring.

LORD BOTETOURT (7-4)

Caldwell 2, MacKenzie Tyree 11, Blaylock 8, Farmer 8, Macey Tyree 3, Ward 6, Lewis 8, Alford 2, Lyle 17.

SALEM (5-2)

Patterson 8, Garst 2, Kawa 12, Poindexter 3, Richardson 10, Davis 10.

Lord Botetourt 18 16 17 14--65

Salem 11 10 11 13--45

3-point-goals -- LB (MacKenzie Tyree 3, Blaylock) S (Kawa 2, Poindexter, Davis).

GIRLS

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Staunton River 43, Cave Spring 21

Shaneisha Robinson netted 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as the Golden Eagles (6-2) coasted to the finals.

Monica Boatwright led Cave Spring (2-6) with seven points.

After falling behind 10-6 in the first quarter, Staunton River switched to a full-court press and held the Knights to just nine points the rest of the way.

STAUNTON RIVER (6-2)

J. Salyer 8, Dearing 2, Robinson 7, Sublett 4, A. Salyer 6, Lawhorn 2, Robinson 14.

CAVE SPRING (2-6)

Boatwright 7, McGuigan 4, Walton 4, Vest 2, Markey 4.

Staunton River 6 10 15 12--43

Cave Spring 10 4 3 4--21

3-point-goals -- CS (Boatwright, Walton).

Northside 53, Heritage 47

Khaia Jones scored 19 points to lead the Vikings over Heritage.

Northside turned up the defense in the fourth quarter, and sank eight free throws on its way to victory.

The Pioneers' Deshauna Jackson scored 24 points to lead all scorers.

HERITAGE

Phelps 6, Jackson 24, Tweedy 2, T. Williams 4, D. Willams 4, Carter 7.

NORTHSIDE (2-6)

Deacon 3, Price 4, Thomas 5, Allen 8, Jones 19, Smith 8, Bell 6.

Heritage 10 12 19 6--47

Northside 15 13 11 14--53

3-point-goals -- Heritage (Jackson 2).

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Blacksburg 71, George Wythe 61

BLACKSBURG -- Mallory Jones scored 26 points to lead the Bruins.

George Wythe held the Bruins' Katy Kipps to half her average with eight points, but she had six assists passing out of the post.

Ashley Buckhannon led Wythe with 31 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter.

Brooke Priest added 13 points and Lacey McMahan 11 for Blacksburg. Lacey Price added 14 points for the Maroons.

GEORGE WYTHE (3-7)

Buckhannon 31, Price 14, Corvin 10, Suthers 4, Eubanks 2.

BLACKSBURG (6-2)

Jones 26, Priest 13, McMahan 11, Henderson 9, Kipps 8, McCoy 2, Houston 2.

George Wythe 9 16 11 25--61

Blacksburg 20 13 20 18--71

3-point-goals -- GW (Buckhannon 4), B (Henderson, Jones).

Radford 69, Liberty 30

BLACKSBURG -- Maryah Sydnor led Radford with 21 points, Susanna Worrell added 13 and Mary Wiley chipped in eight points and seven assists as Radford beat Liberty.

LIBERTY (2-5)

Padgett 5, Witt 7, Hurt 4, Gates 4, Jones 2, Starks 4, Thompson 4.

RADFORD (7-1)

Pattison 3, Mundy 2, Donnelly 8, Wiley 8, Holbrook 3, Sydnor 21, Hale 2, Worrell 13, Akers 7, Bell 2.

Liberty 9 6 5 10--30

Radford 19 16 25 9--69

3-point-goals -- R (Sydnor, Worrell).

Auburn 40, Christiansburg 39

BLACKSBURG -- Tabby Whitlock hit a two-pointer with 10 seconds left to give the Eagles the lead with 10 seconds remaining.

Christiansburg missed two free throws with three seconds left.

Whitlock finished with 18, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and Chelsie Kenley scored 17.

Stephanie McNeer scored 12 points to lead Christiansburg.

CHRISTIANSBURG (4-5)

Snell 2, A. Moran 4, Peters 7, E. Moran 3, Shrader 2, McNeer 12, Motley 9.

AUBURN (7-1)

Mitchell 2, Gross 1, Whitlock 18, Keen 2, Kenley 17.

Christiansburg 12 8 6 13--39

Auburn 15 8 5 12--40

3-point-goals -- C (Peters, E. Moran).

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Hidden Valley 52, Potomac 51

STAUNTON -- Potomac missed its last layup attempt and Hidden Valley stole a win at Robert E. Lee.

Kayla Osbourne scored 21 points to lead the Titans and Lindsey Divers added 11.

POTOMAC

Jacobs 16, Harris 6, Chuckwu 1, Kizer 24, Haynes 4.

HIDDEN VALLEY (4-5)

Osbourne 21, Stump 2, Singleton 2, Crotty 2, Divers 11, McDonald 6, Conner 8.

Potomac 12 9 19 11--51

Hidden Valley 19 15 10 8--52

3-point-goals -- P (Kizer 2, Harris 2), HV (Osbourne 5).

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Miller School 53, Patrick Henry 41

CROZET -- Patriots' post player Lashe Walker picked up two early fouls, taking her out of the game during a second quarter in which the Miller School turned a 13-12 deficit into a 30-18 halftime lead.

Cathy Kirby had 16 points for Miller to lead all scorers. Sarah Williams scored 12 for PH and Walker finished with 10.

PATRICK HENRY (7-2)

Norbo 5, Preston 1, Williams 12, Doane 5, Salters 2, Walker 10, Flint 6.

MILLER SCHOOL

Tamaze 6, Kirby 16, Bowles 10, Nyobe 8, Fleming 4, Terry 7, Sable 2.

Patrick Henry 13 5 10 13--41

Miller School 12 18 11 12--53

3-point-goals -- PH 5 (Williams 2, Flint 2, Norbo), M 1 (Kirby).

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Bassett 47, Person County, N.C. 32

HALIFAX -- Kiki Via scored 14 points to lead Bassett (2-4) to a win in the semifinals.

Bassett put the game away early, outscoring Person County 27-12 in the first half.

PERSON COUNTY, N.C.

Burton 9, Whitfield 2, Taylor 6, Sampson 5, Oakley 2, Smith 8.

BASSETT (2-4)

Hubbard 4, Smith 4, Thompson 2, Blankenship 12, Via 14, Scales 11.

Person County, N.C. 6 6 13 7--32

Bassett 14 13 7 13--47

3-point-goals -- PC (Sampson) B (Blankenship 2).

cross-border shootout

Elkin, N.C. 38, Grayson County 32

SPARTA, N.C. -- The Blue Devils held Elkin to just two points in the first quarter, but the Elks fought back with a 17-point second quarter.

GRAYSON COUNTY

Halsey 2, Spurlin 7, Wingate 3, Hall 3, Osborne 8, Vaughan 8, Caudill 1.

ELKIN, N.C.Eldridge 12, Brooks 2, Newman 6, Stike 5, B. Carter 8, S. Carter 3, Wagner 2.

Grayson County 8 2 10 12--32

Alleghany County, N.C. 2 17 9 10--38

3-point-goals -- E (Eldridge 3, Stike, B. Carter).

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Covington 36, Meadow Bridge, W.Va. 35

MEADOW BRIDGE, W.Va. -- Shanice Laws blocked a shot attempt at the buzzer to preserve the Cougars' win in the semifinals of the Greenbrier Hotel Invitational.

Laws' block came after Covington failed to inbound the ball with four seconds left on the clock. Laws also scored 20 points.

COVINGTON (4-5)

Laws 20, Brie 6, Moore 8, Billups 2.

MEADOW BRIDGE, W.Va.

Forren 8, Bragg 7, Gunnoe 2, Rebben 5, Church 11, Bumgarder 2.

Covington 10 12 8 6--36

Meadow Bridge, W.Va. 12 9 5 9--35

3-point-goals -- MB (Church).

NONDISTRICT

Graham 58, Giles 33

BLUEFIELD -- Kelsey Frazier of Giles shared game scoring honors had 13 points but that wasn't nearly enough to help the Spartans, who remained winless.

GILES (0-9)

Smith 1 0-0 3, Martin 4, Jackson 2, Frazier 13, Byrd 3, Boggess 2, Barrett 6.

GRAHAM (4-3)

Landreth 9, Gallinger 13, Henry 10, Jones 12, Bethany Spracher 2, Simpson 4, Lampert 3, Dickens 5.

Giles 6 6 5 16--33

Graham 19 11 16 12--58

3-point-goals -- Gi 2 (Smith, Byrd), Gr 1 (Dickens).

BOYS

GRANITE CITY CLASSIC

East Surry, N.C. 55, Patrick County 52

MT. AIRY, N.C. -- After a hot-shooting first quarter, the Cougars turned cold and lost all of a 15-point lead at Mt. Airy High School.

Jacob Reynolds scored 15 points and Lucas Terry 11 to lead the Cougars, who led 23-8 after making 10 of 14 shots in the first quarter. The Cougars were 9 of 34 the rest of the game.

EAST SURRY, N.C. (3-6)

M. Covington 1, Lawson 4, Marion 18, S. Tuttle 10, W. Tuttle 8, Hunter 13.

PATRICK COUNTY (2-6)

Jacob Reynolds 15, Nelson 2, Heath 2, J. Jalen Reynolds 7, Bowman 9, Wilkinson 6, Terry 11.

East Surry, N.C. 8 11 13 23--55

Patrick County 23 6 7 16--52

3-point-goals -- PC (Terry 3, Jacob Reynolds).

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North Cross 69, Freedom 64

AMELIA -- A.D. Banks led North Cross past Freedom with 24 points and 13 rebounds.

Sid Brown chipped in 17 points and seven assists while Glenn Williams tallied 10 points and eight assists and Toles Hartman pulled down 12 rebounds.

FREEDOM

Sonnenberg 2, Conrow 9, Orr 8, Jackson 9, Campbell 29, Muhlenberg 7.

NORTH CROSS (7-2)

Banks 24, Brown 17, Williams 10, Jackson 1, Frith 6, Hartman 5, Oiler 6.

Freedom 11 14 23 16--64

North Cross 25 18 12 14--69

3-point-goals -- F (Conrow 3, Orr 2, Campbell, Muhlenberg), NC (Brown).

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Radford 79, Auburn 71

MAX MEADOWS -- Dontae Carter scored 21 points, including six 3-pointers, in the championship game.

DeAndre Thompson added 20 points for the Bobcats, while Auburn's Nathan Vaughn led all scorers with 25 points.

AUBURN (4-5)

Quesenberry 3, Blankenship 12, Musick 11, Vaughn 25, Bentley 18, Welker 2.

RADFORD (7-3)

Hendricks 2, Dickerson 14, Carter 21, Giesen 5, D. Thompson 20, Alexander 3, J. Thompson 14.

Auburn 22 13 16 20--71

Radford 18 21 14 26--79

3-point-goals -- A (Quesenberry, Vaughn 3, Bentley 3) R (Carter 6, Giesen, D. Thompson 2, J. Thompson 2).

George Wythe 81, Floyd County 65

MAX MEADOWS -- Junior Tristan Boysaw had a game-high 21 points and nine steals for the Maroons in the third-place game.

Boysaw was 11-of-19 from the free-throw line and George Wythe was 28 of 53 from the stripe. There were 58 fouls and the Buffaloes were 20 of 33 from the line.

FLOYD COUNTY (5-3)

Crawford 17, Holman 14, Griffith 4, Burnett 1, Yates 13, Hand 2, Peters 6, Thomas 2, Hollandsworth 5, Franklin 1.

GEORGE WYTHE (5-4)

Grubb 4, Grimes 7, Wilder 2, Herndon 1, Atwell 10, Waugh 7, Boysaw 21, Edwards 3, Sawyers 13, Lester 13.

George Wythe 19 25 20 17--81

Floyd County 21 13 11 20--65

3-point-goals -- FC (Crawford 3, Holman, Yates).

PH-Glade Spring 59, Fort Chiswell 58

MAX MEADOWS -- Ronnie Groves hit a free throw with no time left to get the win and PH-Glade Spring won the fifth-place game.

FORT CHISWELL (2-6)

Poole 3, Mabe 7, Henley 2, Akers 4, Viars 5, Cook 12, White 18.

PH-GLADE SPRING (3-3)

Andis 2, McNew 9, Garrett 1, Dotson 2, Groves 23, Thompson 5, Crisp 6, Smith 4, Rector 4, Darby 3.

Fort Chiswell 15 10 14 19--58

PH-Glade Spring 13 9 17 20--59

3-point-goals -- FC (Viars, Poole), PH (McNew, Crisp).

Bland County 61, Carroll County 48

MAX MEADOWS -- Kyle Kennedy scored 17 points and Kris Kennedy added 10 as Bland County beat Carroll County to finish seventh.

CARROLL COUNTY (1-9)

E. Marshall 2, Reavis 11, Thompson 8, Jones 5, L. Marshall 13, Lanning 6, Fink 2.

BLAND COUNTY (4-5)

Shrader 8, Kr. Kennedy 10, Ky. Kennedy 17, Lambert 5, Bradshaw 2, Ko. Kennedy 9, Lieghton 4, Blankenship 6.

Carroll County 0 0 0 0--48

Bland County 11 15 18 17--61

3-point-goals -- CC (Reavis), BC (Ky. Kennedy 5, Kr. Kennedy 2, Blankenship).

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Person County, N.C. 60, Bassett 56

SOUTH BOSTON -- Monroe Faulkner of Person County led all scorers with 17 points in the first round.

Matt Chitwood had 13 and Tony Winstead added 12 for the Bengals, who staged a mini-comeback after falling behind 47-40 after three quarters.

PERSON COUNTY, N.C. (5-3)

Faulkner 17, Winstead 14, DeVaughn 13, Holtz 2, Williams 9, Wimbush 2, Blackwell 2.

BASSETT (4-3)

Chitwood 13, McGill 12, Turner 9, Jamison 9, Wickline 9, Hairston 4.

Person County, N.C. 18 16 13 13--60

Bassett 15 13 12 16--56

3-point-goals -- B (Turner, Wickline), PC (Faulkner 2, DeVaughn).

Cross-Border Shootout

Grayson County 65, Elkin, N.C. 63

SPARTA, N.C. -- Tyler Rutherford and Steven Eller each scored 14 points to help Grayson County hold off Elkin, N.C.

Rutherford also grabbed nine rebounds, while Preston Bowen had a game-high 15 rebounds to go with seven points.

ELKIN, N.C (1-5)

Smith 2, Stuart 14, Strickland 8, G. Hayes 4, Hayes 17, Moore 14, Walters 4.

GRAYSON COUNTY (5-3)

Rutherford 14, P. Bowen 7, Hill 2, Eller 14, Whitt 2, Harvey 10, B. Bowen 9, Blizzard 7.

Elkin, N.C. 16 9 16 22--63

Grayson County 14 25 16 10--65

3-point-goals -- E (Strickland, Hayes), GC (Rutherford 4).

Galax 54, Alleghany County, N.C. 41

SPARTA, N.C. -- Cameron Frazier scored nine of his 13 points during a 20-point Galax third quarter.

Scott Alouf led the Maroon Tide with 19 points.

GALAX (7-1)

Frazier 13, Alouf 19, George 2, Houk 9, Anderson 3, Adams 8.

ALLEGHANY COUNTY

Billings 5, McNeil 17, Miller 11, Calhoun 3, Weaver 5.

Galax 16 6 20 12--54

Alleghany County, N.C. 6 10 7 18--41

3-point-goals -- G 2 (Frazier, Alouf), AC 2(Billings, Weaver)

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Bath County 83, Highland 54

HOT SPRINGS -- Gates Herscher scored 32 points and Bath County took advantage of 37 Highland turnovers in the Chargers' win.

Eric Gentry added 16 points for Bath County and C.J. Smith added 13.

HIGHLAND

Wiseman 14, Lambert 7, Gutshall 13, Neil 7, Chapman 5, Vaus 4, Jamison 4.

BATH COUNTY (2-4)

Herscher 32, Gentry 16, Smith 13, Ailstock 6, Jac. Ingram 6, Chestnut 4, Fry 1, Jar. Ingram 1, Newmarker 4.

Highland 17 6 14 17--54

Bath County 21 20 18 24--83

3-point-goals -- H (Chapman, Gutshall), BC (Herscher 2, Gentry 2, Smith).