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BUCHANAN -- Jordan Talbott completed 11 of 16 passes for 272 yards and three touchdowns as James River clinched the Pioneer District title and a Region C Division 2 playoff berth with a 41-7 win over Craig County on Friday.

Jeff Johnson caught five passes for 139 yards and two TDs for James River (5-5, 4-0). Ian Johnson ran for two TDs.

Craig County (2-8, 1-3) was held to 64 yards of total offense.

Craig County 0 0 0 7--7

James River 14 20 7 0--41

JR -- I. Johnson 7 run (Ewen kick)

JR -- J. Johnson 41 pass from Talbott (Ewen kick)

JR -- I. Johnson 5 run (Ewen kick)

JR -- I. Johnson 5 run (kick failed)

JR -- King 74 pass from Talbott (Ewen kick)

JR -- J. Johnson 68 pass from Talbott (Ewen kick)

CC -- Christian 53 pass from Oulette (Lee kick)

William Byrd 22, Alleghany 21

LOW MOOR -- Derrick Palmer scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with less than 30 seconds remaining and threw to Seth Webb for the winning two-point conversion to give the Vikings (5-5, 2-2 Blue Ridge District) a playoff spot.

The Vikings earned the No. 6 seed in the Region III Division 4 playoffs instead of Jefferson Forest, which lost Friday to lose its shot at the postseason.

Palmer ran for three touchdowns.

Seth Bradley rushed for 102 yards and two TDs and threw for 120 yards and one TD for Alleghany (6-4, 1-3). Phillip Lewis added 81 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries for the Mountaineers.

William Byrd 0 0 7 15--22

Alleghany 6 8 7 0--21

A -- Bradley 1 run (kick failed)

A -- Bradley 1 run (Walker run)

WB -- Palmer 1 run (McFadden kick)

A -- Lewis 21 pass from Bradley (Burns kick)

WB -- Palmer 1 run (McFadden kick)

WB -- Palmer 1 run (Webb pass from Palmer)

Fort Chiswell 45, Grayson County 7

INDEPENDENCE -- Chris Rodriguez rushed for 159 yards and four touchdowns on 29 carries to help the Pioneers capture their first Region C playoff berth since 1990, ending Timesland's longest postseason drought.

Will Freeman completed six of eight passes for 107 yards and also ran for a TD for Fort Chiswell (9-1, 4-0), which claimed the Mountain Empire District title.

Omar Laretta ran for 66 yards on 14 carries for Grayson County (3-7, 3-1).

Fort Chiswell 14 17 14 0--45

Grayson County 0 7 0 0--7

FC -- Rodriguez 3 run (Underwood kick)

FC -- Rodriguez 7 run (Underwood kick)

FC -- Freeman 32 run (Underwood kick)

GC -- 9-yard run (kick good)

FC -- Rodriguez 4 run (Underwood kick)

FC -- Underwood FG 28

FC -- Viars 47 run (Underwood kick)

FC -- Rodriguez 7 run (Underwood kick)

Magna Vista 22, Bassett 14

BASSETT -- T.C Carter led the Warriors (6-4, 4-0) to their first outright Piedmont District championship since 2000 with 22 carries for 116 yards and a TD.

Harvey Taylor completed 11 of 18 passes for 136 yards and a TD with two interceptions.

The Bengals' Shaq Finney ran for 94 yards and a score.

Bassett (3-7, 2-2) won or shared the district title in each of the last five years.

Magna Vista won the district championship in 2003 but was later forced to forfeit all of its victories.

Magna Vista 7 8 7 0--22

Bassett 0 8 6 0--14

MV -- Carter 1 run (Reid kick)

B -- Woods 29 interception return (Finney run)

MV -- Davis 19 pass from Taylor (Davis pass from Taylor)

MV -- Becker 24 run (Reid kick)

B -- Finney 2 run (kick blocked)

George Wythe 54, Northwood 14

WYTHEVILLE -- Brandon Atwell rushed for 192 yards and three touchdowns on six carries to help the Maroons claim their third straight Hogoheegee District title.

Aaron Wheeler returned a kickoff 67 yards for a TD and ran for a TD for the Maroons (7-3, 5-0).

Ty Frye threw two TD passes for Northwood (1-9, 0-5).

Northwood 0 7 0 7--14

George Wythe 21 20 6 7--54

GW -- Wheeler 31 run (Atwell kick)

GW -- Atwell 46 run (Atwell kick)

GW -- McAfee 56 pass from Boysaw (Atwell kick)

GW -- Divers 13 run (Atwell kick)

GW -- Atwell 51 run (kick failed)

N -- McCready 4 pass from Frye (Thompson kick)

GW -- Wheeler 67 kickoff return (Jones kick)

GW -- Atwell 55 run (kick failed)

N -- Thompson 36 pass from Frye (Thompson kick)

GW -- Atwood 65 run (Hawks kick)

Christiansburg 17, Blacksburg 14

BLACKSBURG -- Patrick Rasnake connected on three field goals, including a 43-yarder with about two minutes left, to lead Christiansburg past Blacksburg (3-7, 1-4 Three Rivers District).

Josh Winkle had two catches for 66 yards and a touchdown for the Blue Demons (7-3, 2-3) and Greg Lee rushed for 60 yards.

Brenden Motley went 6-of-7 for 97 yards passing for Christiansburg.

Christiansburg 0 3 3 11--17

Blacksburg 0 6 0 8--14

B -- Anderson 8 run (pass failed)

C -- FG Rasnake 37

C -- FG Rasnake 40

C -- Winkle 30 pass from Motley (Motley run)

B -- Anderson 21 run (Jones pass from Anderson)

C -- FG Rasnake 43

Liberty 43, Heritage 23

BEDFORD -- Tyler Bowyer rushed for 103 yards and three touchdowns and threw for 121 yards and a touchdown to lead Liberty (9-1, 5-1) to the Seminole District win over Heritage (3-7, 1-4).

Liberty earned the No. 1 seed in Region 3 Division 3, relegating Northside to the No. 2 seed.

Brandon Sparrow ran for 84 yards and a touchdown on five carries for the Minutemen, while Anthony Reynolds added 108 yards on 10 carries.

Liberty caused four Heritage turnovers.

Heritage 8 8 0 7--23

Liberty 13 14 9 7--43

L -- Brandon Sparrow 3 run (Rawlins kick)

H -- McPhaul 8 run (run good)

L -- Tyler Bowyer 7 run (kick failed)

L -- Matt Kerr 20 pass from Bowyer (Rawlins kick)

L -- Josh Smith 3 run (Rawlins kick)

H -- Saunders 73 run (run good)

L -- Bowyer 2 run (kick failed)

L -- FG Rawlins 20

H -- McPhaul 1 run (kick good)

L -- Bowyer 50 run (Rawlins kick)

Eastern Montgomery 61, Auburn 8

RINER -- Shawn Christian completed all five of his passes for 161 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to a win.

He also ran for a touchdown.

Julian Stewart had two catches for 93 yards and a pair of scores for Eastern Montgomery (8-2, 3-2 Three Rivers District), which scored 41 points in the first quarter.

Michael Shelor scored three TDs, and Stephen Lilly ran for two TDs.

Zac Blankenship threw a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to put Auburn (1-9, 0-5) on the board.

Eastern Montgomery 41 14 0 6--61

Auburn 0 0 0 8--8

EM -- Stewart 78 pass from Christian (Christian kick)

EM -- Shelor 11 run (Wooten pass from Christian)

EM -- Stewart 15 pass from Christian (Christian run)

EM -- Safety

EM -- Shelor 19 pass from Christian (Lilly run)

EM -- Shelor 10 run (Christian run)

EM -- Lilly 1 run (Wooten run)

EM -- Lilly 28 run (run failed)

EM -- Woods 25 fumble recovery (run failed)

A -- Scott 57 pass from Blankenship (Scott pass from Blankenship)

Glenvar 21, Floyd County 14

Phillip Tarpley led Glenvar (7-3, 2-3) in rushing with close to 200 yards and scored on a 95-yard run in the third quarter as the Highlanders defeated Floyd County (3-7, 2-3) in a Three Rivers District win.

Floyd County 0 0 0 0--14

Glenvar 0 0 0 0--21

Galax 35, Narrows 6

GALAX -- Jordan Vaughan rushed for 190 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries to lead the Maroon Tide to a Mountain Empire District win.

Terrance Mazon completed 11 of 16 passes for 180 yards and two TDs and also ran for a TD for Galax (3-7, 2-2).

Brock Lusk threw a TD pass for Narrows (3-7, 1-3).

Narrows 6 0 0 0--6

Galax 7 7 7 14--35

G -- Vaughan 1 run (Ramirez kick)

N -- Conley 13 pass from Lusk (kick blocked)

G -- Rodriguez 3 pass from Mazon (Ramirez kick)

G -- George 16 pass from Mazon (Ramirex kick)

G -- Vaughan 47 run (Ramirez kick)

G -- Mazon 20 run (Ramirez kick)

Patrick County 29, Martinsville 7

MARTINSVILLE -- Josh Walker rushed for two touchdowns in the second half for Patrick County (5-5, 3-1) in the Piedmont District win.

Chris Bembry opened the scoring with a 10-yard interception return for the Cougars.

Akeem Moorehead had the only TD for Martinsville (2-8, 1-3) touchdown, a 3-yard run with 11 seconds left in the game.

Patrick County 6 8 8 7--29

Martinsville 0 0 0 7--7

PC -- Bembry 10 interception return (kick failed)

PC -- Bowman 59 yard run (Hammond pass from Reynolds)

PC -- Walker 23 run (Walker run)

PC -- Walker 9 run (Martin kick)

M -- Moorehead 3 run (Welch kick)

Stuarts Draft 41, Rockbridge County 21

LEXINGTON -- D.J. Hines rushed for 174 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries to lead the Cougars to a Southern Valley District win.

Ling Zheng ran for 312 yards and two TDs on 24 carries for the Wildcats (0-10, 0-5).

Darius Woodson ran for 104 yards and two TDs on 14 carries for the Cougars (5-5, 4-1).

Stuarts Draft 14 14 13 0--41

Rockbridge Co. 7 0 0 14--21

SD -- Hines 14 run (Wilson kick)

RC -- Zheng 19 run (Schwenke kick)

SD -- Hines 46 run (Wilson kick)

SD -- Knicely 8 run (Wilson kick)

SD -- Woodson 1 run (Wilson kick)

SD -- Hines 2 run (Wilson kick)

SD -- Woodson 15 run (kick blocked)

RC -- Coffey 1 run (kick failed)

RC -- Zheng 2 run (Zheng run)

Chilhowie 34, Rural Retreat 20

CHILHOWIE -- Aaron Conley rushed for 138 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries for Chilhowie (7-3, 3-2) and Rhett Sturgill grabbed two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown.

Zane Williams threw for 229 yards and three TDs for Rural Retreat (3-7, 2-3), while Travis Foster had 10 catches for 157 yards for Rural Retreat (3-7, 2-3).

Rural Retreat 7 7 0 6--20

Chilhowie 7 14 6 7--34

RR -- Foster 9 pass from Williams (Foster kick)

C -- Russell 14 run (Ashby kick)

RR -- Foster 74 pass from Williams (Foster kick)

C -- McMahan 1 run (Ashby kick)

C -- McMahan 2 run (Ashby kick)

C -- Conley 48 run (kick failed)

C -- Sturgill 34 interception return (Ashby kick)

RR -- Stepp 21 pass from Williams (pass failed)

Osbourn Park 13, Franklin County 7

ROCKY MOUNT -- Osbourn Park's Dominique Terrell and Travis Marion connected for two touchdowns in the nondistrict win.

The second came on a fourth-down play when Terrell hit Marion for 41 yards with 4:32 left in the second quarter for the game-winner.

Tae Gilbert rushed for 149 yards on 31 carries and caught two passes for 35 yards for Franklin County (8-2).

Osbourn Park 7 6 0 0--13

Franklin County 0 7 0 0--7

OP -- Travis Marion 5 pass from Dominique Terrell (Jones kick)

FC -- Shane Preston 6 pass from T.J. Shaw (Boone kick)

OP -- Marion 41 pass from Terrell (kick blocked)

Marion 25, Abingdon 3

MARION -- Brett Johnson rushed for 148 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries to lead the Scarlet Hurricane to a Southwest District win.

Garrett Johnson returned an interception 68 yards for a TD for Marion (7-3, 3-3), while Ben Ampudia kicked two field goals.

The Scarlet Hurricane had already sewn up a Region IV Division 3 playoff spot, but the win gave the team the No. 3 seed.

Abingdon 0 3 0 0--3

Marion 0 3 6 16--25

A -- Case FG 35

M -- Ampudia FG 36

M -- Bane 22 run (kick blocked)

M -- Ampudia FG 23

M -- B. Johnson 4 run (Ampudia kick)

M -- G. Johnson 68 interception (kick blocked)

Covington 14, Parry McCluer 0

COVINGTON -- Adam Simmons and Troy Helton each ran for a touchdown to lead the Cougars (6-4, 2-2) to a Pioneer District win over the Fighting Blues (1-9, 0-4).

Parry McCluer 0 0 0 0--0

Covington 8 0 6 0--14

C -- Simmons 14 run (Jeter run)

C -- Helton 6 run (run failed)

Pendleton, W.Va. 36, Bath County 35

HOT SPRINGS -- Michael Robertson threw for a touchdown and ran for two more in a losing effort for the Chargers (6-4).

Boys' soccer

Hampton Roads Acad. 1, North Cross 0

North Cross fell to Hampton Roads Academy in the first round of the VIS state tournament. Yezid Gracia had seven saves for the Raiders (9-8-1), who outshot Hampton Roads 14-7.

-- Staff reports