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BUENA VISTA -- Chris Ware scored 12 of his 16 points in the third quarter for the James River boys, triggering a 22-14 run that broke the game open and helped the Knights to a 61-45 Pioneer District win over host Parry McCluer on Thursday.

Andrew Tucker and Davon Ross each had 14 points for James River.

Shayne Eggleston had 17 points and Josh Woody 12 for the Fighting Blues.

JAMES RIVER (9-4, 2-0)

Ross 14, Sandidge 2, Humphries 5, Ware 16, Bennett 11, Tucker 14.

PARRY McCLUER (2-10, 1-1)

Woody 12, Eggleston 17, Kerr 6, Watts 6, Hamilton 3, Smith 2.

James River 17 10 22 12--61

Parry McCluer 8 12 14 11--45

3-point goals -- JR (Tucker 2, Ware, Humphries), PM (Kerr 2, Watts). JV -- Parry McCluer won, 41-38.

BOYS

Seminole District

Liberty 63, Rustburg 53

RUSTBURG -- Carlton Payne had 18 points and 13 rebounds as the Minutemen downed the Red Devils.

Chris Harmon added 18 points and Anthony Reynolds 13 for the winners. Reynolds also had seven assists.

Antwoine Davis led Rustburg with 24 points.

LIBERTY (10-2, 4-1)

Reynolds 13, Thompson 3, Payne 18, Harmon 18, Martin 3, Nichols 6, Stith 2.

RUSTBURG (6-5, 1-3)

Walker 3, Moss 9, Davis 24, Wood 2, Arrowwood 5, Harris 10.

Liberty 19 13 16 15--63

Rustburg 16 11 15 11--53

3-point goals -- L 6 (Harmon 3, Reynolds, Payne, Martin; R 2 (Davis, Walker).

JV -- Liberty won 65-40.

Amherst County 72, Staunton River 37

AMHERST -- Phil Bowling and Anthony Rose each scored 11 points as the Lancers won at home.

Chris Eggleston scored 13 for the Golden Eagles.

STAUNTON RIVER (1-11, 0-4)

B. Dillon 6, Adkins 3, Eggleston 13, Cunningham 3, See 4, A. Dillon 8.

AMHERST COUNTY (4-2, 2-2)

Wilson 3, Mays 5, Boone 4, Richardson 7, McCray 8, Vaughan 6, T. Brown 9, E. Brown 2, Bowling 11, D. Brown 6, Rose 11.

Staunton River 6 0 12 19--37

Amherst County 16 20 19 17--72

3-point goals -- SR (B. Dillon 2, Adkins, Eggleston, Cunningham). AC (Wilson, Boone, Richardson, Vaughan 2, T. Brown).

Nondistrict

Lord Botetourt 50, Jefferson Forest 34

DALEVILLE -- Hunter Foley scored 19 of his 26 points in the second half as Botetourt pulled away for a home win.

Zeke Hunsberger had six steals to lead a solid defensive effort for Botetourt, while Matt Moats recorded nine rebounds.

Brandon Harrison had 12 points to lead JF.

JEFFERSON FOREST (5-5)

Harrison 12, Rhodes 2, Algenreich 1, Price 9, tenPas 10.

LORD BOTETOURT (11-4)

Fralin 1, Arnold 2, Alderman 9, Hunsberger 2, Foley 26, Bane 2, Moats 8.

Jefferson Forest 6 6 6 16--34

Lord Botetourt 6 11 15 18--50

3-point goals -- JF (Harrison 3); LB (Foley 3). Fouled out -- None.

JV -- Jefferson Forest 45-44.

Chatham 76, Patrick County 58

STUART -- Patrick Murphy scored 23 points as Chatham won on the road.

Trevor Wilkenson led the Cougars with 14 points. Jalen Reynolds added 13 and Jacob Reynolds had 11.

CHATHAM

Doss 2, McCullen 4, Ferrell 4, Fuller 8, Murphy 23, Harbin 9, Thornton 5, Fitzgerald 4, White 3, Witcher 13.

PATRICK COUNTY (3-9)

Jac. Reynolds 11, Nelson 5, Heath 6, Dunlap 2, Jal. Reynolds 13, Bowman 3, Wilkinson 14, Hutchins 2, Wood 2.

Chatham 24 15 26 11--76

Patrick County 20 8 13 17--58

3-point goals -- C (Murphy, Harbin 2), PC (Jac. Reynolds, Nelson). Fouled out -- None.

JV -- Chatham 56-33.

Carlisle 59, Southside Baptist Christian 49

MARTINSVILLE -- Darius Echols scored 18 points -- and reached the 1,000-point mark for his high school career -- in the Chiefs' victory over Southside Baptist Christian of Richmond.

Dorian Valentine added 16 and Quintin Watkins had 12 for Carlisle, which took a 33-13 lead into halftime.

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHRISTIAN

Redding 6, Williams 14, Lubsey 16, Wilkins 2, Wooldridge 7, Villiers 1.

CARLISLE (3-2)

Trent 6, Darius Echols 18, Valentine 16, Carter 2, Watkins 12, Adkins 5.

Southside Baptist 9 4 16 20--49

Carlisle 18 15 10 16--59

3-point goals -- SB (Redding 3), C (Echols 3, Adkins, Trent.

GIRLS

River Ridge District

Christiansburg 37, Cave Spring 24

Stephanie McNeer scored a game-high 12 points to lead the Blue Demons in their district opener.

CHRISTIANSBURG (6-6, 1-0)

A. Moran 6, Peters 2, E. Moran 2, Shrader 6, McNeer 12, Motely 7, Childress 2.

CAVE SPRING (3-9, 0-2)

Durham 2, Boatwright 9, McGuigan 2, Walton 2, Vest 4, Markey 5.

Christiansburg 12 3 8 14--37

Cave Spring 4 2 7 11--24

3-point goals -- None. JV -- Cave Spring won, 63-24.

Three Rivers District

Glenvar 67, Eastern Montgomery 27

ELLISTON -- Molly Wilbourne scored a game-high 14 points to lead the visiting Highlanders.

Ashley Trivette added 12 and Jesse Strom scored 10 for Glenvar.

Kaylee Trump hit three 3-pointers for the winless Mustangs.

GLENVAR (12-1, 2-0)

Strom 10, Hart 8, Arthur 6, Trivette 12, Hunter 7, Moore 2, Wilbourne 14, Rhodes 8.

EASTERN MONTGOMERY (0-10, 0-2)

A. Phoenix 8, Mello 3, Collins 1, Shelton 1, Trump 9, H. Phoenix 5.

Glenvar 12 17 17 21--67

Eastern Montgomery 1 8 5 13--27

3-point goals -- G (Arthur 2, Trivette, Wilbourne) EM (Trump 3, A. Phoenix, H. Phoenix).

JV -- Glenvar won.

Auburn 53, Radford 49

RADFORD -- Chelsie Kenley scored 20 points as the Eagles won on the road.

Tabby Whitlock added 10 points for Auburn. Mayrah Sydnor scored 23 points to lead the Bobcats.

AUBURN (10-3, 1-1)

Mitchell 6, Gross 6, Campbell 2, Whitlock 10, Keen 2, Saul 7, Kenley 20.

RADFORD (10-2, 1-1)

Pattison 5, Donnelly 9, Wiley 4, Sydnor 23, Hale 2, Worrell 6.

Auburn 10 15 17 11--53

Radford 17 4 14 14--49

3-point goals -- A (Mitchell), R (Donnelly 1, Sydnor 2). Fouled out -- None. JV: Radford won.

Hogoheegee District

Northwood 50, Chilhowie 45

CHILHOWIE -- Kendra Nutter scored 10 of her 18 points in the first quarter and the Panthers went on to win.

Krystal Patton had 12 points to lead Chilhowie and Elizabeth Harris added 11.

NORTHWOOD (8-5, 2-0)

Smith 13, Nutter 18, Cardwell 16, Blevins 3, Buchanan 0.

CHILHOWIE (9-4, 1-1)

Mooney 2, Taylor 6, Patton 12, Harris 11, Hash 6, Harper 6, May 2.

Northwood 16 12 10 12--50

Chilhowie 8 14 9 14--45

3-point goals -- N (Cardwell 3, Nutter 3), C (Taylor 2). Fouled out -- Buchanan; Patton, Taylor.

JV -- N 25-21.

PH-Glade Spring 45, Rural Retreat 33

RURAL RETREAT -- Heather Thomas scored 13 points as PH-Glade Spring got its first district win.

Charlotte Reasor had 17 points and 15 rebounds to pace the Indians.

PH-GLADE SPRING (4-4, 1-1)

Thomas 13, Montgomery 6, Moore 2, Wilmoth 8, Weddle 8, Sholes 8.

RURAL RETREAT (3-7, 0-2)

Hagy 5, Samaniego 2, Hadaway 4, Reasor 17, Dix 4, Crigger 1.

PH-Glade Spring 9 15 14 7--45

Rural Retreat 13 6 10 4--33

3-point goals -- PH (Thomas 1, Montgomery 2), RR (Reasor 1). Fouled out -- None.

JV -- PH won.

George Wythe 63, Holston 44

WYTHEVILLE -- Point guard Ashley Buckhannon's triple-double paced the Maroons to the easy victory over winless Holston.

Buckhannon had 28 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists -- and four blocked shots. Lacey Price contributed 16 points for the Maroons.

Mary Hand's 12 points led Holston.

HOLSTON (0-11, 0-2)

Ritchie 10, Hand 12, Lyon 2, Doss 9, Hayden 11.

GEORGE WYTHE (6-8, 2-0)

Compton 4, Eubanks 5, Govin 1, Southers 2, Barbrow 3, Corvin 4, Buckhannon 28, Price 16.

Holston 6 14 9 15--44

George Wythe 16 18 15 14--63

3-point goals -- GW 1 (Barbrow).

JV -- George Wythe won.

Nondistrict

Jefferson Forest 48, William Byrd 19

FOREST -- Kelsey Clay's 18 points paced the Cavaliers to the rout of the Terriers.

Rachel McKeague added 10 points for Jefferson Forest.

Sammi Webster's seven points led Byrd.

WILLIAM BYRD (3-9)

Hanna 4, Moody 3, Maddox 1, Overstreet 3, Hagan 1, Webster 7.

JEFFERSON FOREST (6-3)

Dix 6, Clay 18, Brooks 8, McKeague 10, Carter 2, Faith 2, Quarles 2.

William Byrd 4 4 7 4--19

Jefferson Forest 12 7 17 11--48

3-point goals -- WB 3 (Hanna, Moody, Overstreet), JF 3 (Clay 3).

Holy Cross 30, Roanoke Catholic 22

LYNCHBURG -- The Celtics missed eight of nine free-throw attempts in the fourth quarter and 13 of 17 in the game, allowing the Gaels to escape with the win.

Lindsey McDole's 13 points paced Roanoke Catholic.

ROANOKE CATHOLIC (5-3)

McDole 13, Franco 2, Bocchi 2, Blanchard 5.

HOLY CROSS

Hickey 9, St. Angelo 6, Olinger 11, Serio 2, Thacker 2.

Roanoke Catholic 4 7 10 1--22

Holy Cross 2 9 8 11--30

3-point goals -- HC (Hickey).

Dan River 49, Martinsville 35

RINGGOLD -- Dan River used to a strong fourth quarter to pull away from winless Martinsville on Wednesday night.

MARTINSVILLE (0-13)

Burnette 4, Jonnson 4, D. Hairston 10, Simmons 2, A. Hairston 4, Penn 7, Martin 4.

DAN RIVER (4-7)

Stephens 7, Majied 4, Walker 11, Morris 8, Glass 10, Baez 7, Chappell 2.

Martinsville 6 10 10 9--35

Dan River 11 11 11 16--49

3-point goals -- Dan River (Baez), Martinsville (Burnette).

-- Staff reports