Friday, February 05, 2010
Northside's boys clinch district
Northside's boys basketball team used a pressure defense to force 24 turnovers in the first half on their way to a 90-46 win over visiting Lord Botetourt on Thursday that clinched Blue Ridge District championship and a No. 1 seed in regionals.
Neil Brown scored 14 points and Trey Smith added 12 for the Vikings.
Daulton Hargrove led the Cavaliers with 10 points.
LORD BOTETOURT (1-16, 0-6)
Owens 2, Phillips 7, Cline 2, Wood 9, Cox 9, Hargrove 10, Gardner 5, Smith 2.
NORTHSIDE (16-2, 7-0)
Bowden 2, Beucus 3, Palmieri 5, Burroughs 9, Thornburg 9, Smith 12, Gilliard 6, Bailey 4, Arnold 8, Keith 3, Amos 6, Brown 14, Richie 9.
Lord Botetourt 13 5 8 20--46
Northside 16 30 24 20--90
3-point-goals -- Lord Botetourt 7 (Wood 3, Hargrove 2, Cox, Phillips), Northside 9 (Brown 2, Amos 2, Keith, Arnold, Thornburg, Burroughs, Palmieri). JV -- Northside, 59-46.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Blue Ridge District
William Byrd 52, Staunton River 45
Jake Mankin totaled 27 points and nine rebounds, while Derrick Palmer scored six points and chipped in 10 rebounds and five assists for William Byrd.
Wesley Gates scored 19 points for Staunton River in the Blue Ridge District game.
STAUNTON RIVER (4-15, 1-5)
Eggleston 8, Dillon 3, Coles 11, Gates 19, J. Nichols 2, Holdren 2.
WILLIAM BYRD (7-9, 3-2)
Trent 5, Hayden 8, Palmer 6, Pearson 1, Mankin 27, Slone 5.
Staunton River 6 13 7 19--45
William Byrd 15 8 12 17--52
3-point-goals -- Staunton River 4 (Gates 2, Eggleston, Dillon); William Byrd 3 (Trent, Hayden, Mankin). JV -- Staunton River.
River Ridge District
Blacksburg 66, Pulaski County 51
DUBLIN -- Destiny Etuck had 15 points and Joe Brown scored all 12 of his points in the second half, as the Bruins pulled away after halftime.
Ricky Sowers and Terrence Travis added 10 points apiece.
Matt Greene had 14 points for Pulaski County. C.J. Burgess added 13.
BLACKSBURG (10-9, 5-4)
Etuck 15, Brown 12, Sowers 10, Travis 10, Smith 6, Walker 6, Cooper 4, Leehman 3.
PULASKI COUNTY (3-14, 0-9)
Greene 14, Burgess 13, Akers 6, Samples 5, Samuelson 4, Frazier 4, Hill 3, Morris 2.
Blacksburg 13 11 22 20--66
Pulaski County 10 13 16 12--51
3-point-goals -- Blacksburg 5 (Walker 2, Smith, Travis, Sowers). JV -- Blacksburg won.
Cave Spring 70, Christiansburg 48
Clay Lacy notched a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead Cave Spring to the win.
Josh Henderson and Adam Hager each scored 15 points, with Hager hitting on three 3-pointers.
Chris Dobbins led Christiansburg with 16 points.
CHRISTIANSBURG (8-7, 2-6)
G. Lee 3, Davis 8, C. Lee 5, Dobbins 16, Motley 3, Koonce 5, Wills 6, Cummings 2.
CAVE SPRING (16-3, 8-1)
Dill 3, Overstreet 4, Cole 2, Jacobson 6, Wilkes 5, Hager 15, Lacy 14, Brenner 3, Henderson 15, Burns 3.
Christiansburg 12 5 16 15--48
Cave Spring 18 16 20 16--70
3-point-goals -- C 6(Wills 2, G. Lee, Davis, C. Lee, Motley), CS 7 (Hager 3, Lacy 2, Brenner, Wilkes). JV -- Cave Spring, 49-41.
Three Rivers District
Eastern Montgomery 76, Giles 52
PEARISBURG -- Adam Sisson scored 23 points to lead Eastern Montgomery over Giles.
Shawn Christian scored 19 points and Julian Stewart 17 for the Mustangs.
Codey Williams and Andy Randel scored 12 points each for Giles.
EASTERN MONTGOMERY (13-7, 7-2)
Sisson Christian 19, Stewart 17, Wooten 8, Dear 2, Weddle 3, Milovich 2, Blankenship 2.
GILES (8-9, 2-5)
Williams 12, Randel 12, Haynie 1, T. Robertson 5, F. Robertson 5, Gautier 1, Myers 2, Tilley 8, Ray 6.
Eastern Montgomery 22 20 12 22--76
Giles 12 9 18 13--52
3-point-goals -- Eastern Montgomery 7 (Sisson 5, Wooten 2), Giles 5 (Tilley 2, Randel 2, Williams). JV -- Eastern Montgomery won.
Radford 72, Glenvar 50
RADFORD -- Dontae Carter totaled 22 points and seven steals to lead the host Bobcats.
Jerome Alexander added 14 points and seven rebounds.
Scottie Nicewander totaled 13 points for the visiting Highlanders.
Eddie Kasper added 11 points, including three 3-pointers, for Glenvar.
GLENVAR (0-18, 0-7)
Kasper 11, Crockett 2, Trinchere 2, Boldin 5, Morris 2, East 8, Dunbar 7, Nicewander 13.
RADFORD (11-5, 8-0)
Smith 5, Jor. Alexander 6, Devore 4, Worrels 3, Carter 22, Palmer 3, McCoy 8, Minter 4, Parcell 3, Jer. Alexander 14
Glenvar 6 14 16 14--50
Radford 22 20 16 14--72
3-point-goals -- Glenvar 3 (Kasper 3), Radford 4 (Jordan Alexander 2, Carter, Parcell). JV -- Glenvar, 48-47.
Pioneer District
James River 80, Highland 26
MONTEREY -- Patrick Bennett scored a game-high 16 points for the visiting Knights.
James Vaus led the host Rams with 11 points.
JAMES RIVER (19-2, 9-0)
Sandidge 4, Humphries 10, J. Bennett 10, Talbott 6, P. Bennett 16, Thrasher 2, Tucker 8, Pentacost 11, Hoppe 10.
HIGHLAND (5-11, 1-6)
Hoyt 1, Lambert 3, Gutshall 7, Tribble 2, Jameson 2, Vaus 11.
James River 31 15 22 12--80
Highland 8 11 2 5--26
3-point-goals -- James River 1 (Sandidge), Highland 1 (Gutshall). JV -- James River.
Bath County 63, Craig County 30
NEW CASTLE -- Eric Gentry scored 14 points and became the sixth player in Bath County history reach the 1,000 career point plateau.
Colby Bosserman scored a game-high 23, including five 3-pointers, for the visiting Chargers.
Tyler Gibner led the host Rockets with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Dillon Fry added 14 points for Bath County.
BATH COUNTY (6-11, 3-4)
Bosserman 23, Fry 14, A. Newmarker 2, Ryder 8, Gentry 14, D. Newmarker 2.
CRAIG COUNTY (1-12, 0-8)
Bryant 3, Persinger 5, Birch 3, Hutchinson 2, McCartney 6, Gibner 11.
Bath County 19 14 20 10--63
Craig County 11 5 9 5--30
3-point-goals -- Bath County 6 (Bosserman 5, Gentry), Craig County 2 (Bryant, Persinger).
Three Rivers District
Auburn 91, Floyd County 66
RINER -- Logan Shumaker scored 31 points and grabbed six rebounds to lead Auburn over Floyd County.
Zack Blankenship had 16 points and 10 assists for the Eagles, and Jay Reed added 13 points.
Cole Peters scored 16 points and Joey Conduff 15 for Floyd County. Nathan Coartney added 12 and Tucker Crawford 11.
FLOYD COUNTY (9-9, 5-4)
Peters 16, Conduff 15, Coartney 12, Crawford 11, Thomas 4, Jones 4, Harris 3, Spangler 1.
AUBURN (9-8, 2-6)
Shumaker 31, Blankenship 16, Reed 13, Jones 8, Welker 6, Dindinger 6, Scott 4, Martilla 4, Cox 3.
Floyd County 12 12 19 23--66
Auburn 25 28 21 17--91
3-point-goals -- Floyd County (Peters 3, Crawford 2, Coartney, Thomas), Auburn 2 (Reed, Jones). JV -- Floyd County, 49-46.
VACA Southwest
Roanoke Valley Christian 63, Christian Heritage 55
Nathan Perkinson scored 20 points and Jared Hundley added 12 points and seven assists for Roanoke Valley Christian.
Cooper Woolson led all scorers with 22 points for Christian Heritage.
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE (3-10, 0-6)
Woolson 22, Mays 2, Martin 3, Thompson 2, Hite 8, Moore 4, Jamison 14.
ROANOKE VALLEY CHRISTIAN (12-5, 5-3)
Bailey 8, Hundley 12, Ragan 5, Mienke 4, Perkinson 20, Moxley 6, Perry 8.
Christian Heritage 10 17 8 20--55
R. Valley Christian 14 23 17 9--63
3-point-goals -- Christian Heritage 4 (Hite 2, Woolson, Martin); Roanoke Valley Christian 4 (Perkinson 3, Hundley).
Faith Christian School 49, Parkway Christian 31
Taylor Goad scored 15 points and grabbed five rebounds and four steals as Faith Christian beat Parkway Christian.
The Warriors forced 22 turnovers and had 16 steals.
Chris Adams led Parkway with 10 points.
FAITH CHRISTIAN (5-11)
Goad 15, Young 2, Waldo 9, Wampler 4, J. Adams 2, Goodman 9, Moorman 2, R. Adams 6.
PARKWAY CHRISTIAN
Stephenson 2, Fike 5, C. Adams 10, Roberson 5, N. Adams 2, Holloway 7.
Faith Christian School 17 6 14 12--49
Parkway Christian 8 6 7 10--31
3-point-goals -- Faith Christian 3 (Goad 3), Parkway Christian 2(Roberson, Holloway).
Pathway Christian 63, Dayspring Christian 24
CHRISTIANSBURG -- Aaron Vest had 18 points, Andrew Lucas 13 points, and Taylor Morrill seven points and nine assists for Pathway Christian.
DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN (7-11, 4-3)
Jones 5, Smith 9, Bryant 4, Copeland 6.
PATHWAY CHRISTIAN (20-3, 9-0)
Vest 18, Lucas 13, Reed 8, T. Morrill 7, Z. Morrill 9, Goodhart 2, Hudnall 6.
Dayspring Christian 4 7 9 4--24
Pathway Christian 13 16 15 19--63
3-point-goals -- Dayspring Christian 2 (Jones, Smith); Pathway Christian 3 (Lucas 2, Z. Morrill).
Nondistrict
Faith Christian-Hurt 58, SWVA Home School 56
Cody Speck hit two free throws with two seconds to play, giving Faith Christian-Hurt the win.
Southwest Virginia Home School had tied the game at 56 when Jeremy Marsh scored on a layup with 18 seconds to play.
Caleb Akers led the Conquerors with 21 points and 12 rebounds.
Tyler Beasley added 11 and Bryant Ellis had 10.
FAITH CHRISTIAN-HURT (12-8)
Hailey 7, Speck 20, Blount 2, Hopkins 21, Dillard 8.
SWVA HOME SCHOOL (13-3)
Ellis 10, Bowler 2, Beasley 11, Beard 2, Fenzel 1, Marsh 9, Akers 21.
Faith Christian-Hurt 6 18 15 19--58
SWVA Home School 13 10 15 18--56
3-point-goals -- FCH 5 (Hopkins 3 Hailey, Speck). SWVHS 4 (Ellis 3, Beasley).
Girls BASKETBALL
River Ridge District
Blacksburg 39, Pulaski County 38
BLACKSBURG -- Katy Kipps scored on a put-back with less than 10 seconds to play, giving Blacksburg a win in the River Ridge District.
Kipps finished the game with 10 points and eight rebounds. Lacey McMahan scored 17 for the Bruins, who outrebounded Pulaski County 19-8 in the second half.
Raiven Patterson's 13 points were a high for Pulaski County.
PULASKI COUNTY (9-11, 4-4)
Holcomb 3, Patterson 13, Thacker 4, Anderson 4, Morrison 3, Lawson 2, Ball 9.
BLACKSBURG (10-9, 5-4)
L. Henderson 3, McMahan 17, N. Henderson 2, Priest 2, Houston 5, Kipps 10.
Pulaski County 11 11 6 10--38
Blacksburg 13 5 11 10--39
3-point-goals -- Pulaski County 2 (Holcomb, Morrison); Blacksburg (L. Henderson, McMahan). JV -- Pulaski County, 32-31.
Cave Spring 41, Christiansburg 30
Cave Spring won on the road at Christiansburg in River Ridge District action behind 14 points from Tori Doyle.
Maggie Childress led Christiansburg with eight points.
CAVE SPRING (2-17, 2-7)
Doyle 14, Click 12, Young 5, Markey 4, Durham 4, Duff 2.
CHRISTIANSBURG (2-17, 0-8)
Childress 8, Peters 7, Wright 5, McFee 4, Evans 2, Snell 2, Duff 2
Cave Spring 10 13 9 9--41
Christiansburg 5 9 11 5--30
3-point-goals -- Christiansburg 2 (Childress 2). JV -- Christiansburg, 34-26.
Three Rivers District
Radford 47, Glenvar 31
Maryah Sydnor scored 12 of her 23 points in the first quarter as Radford held off Glenvar.
Pip Pattison added 10 points for the Bobcats.
Jessi Strom led Glenvar with nine.
Down 19-4 after the first quarter, the Highlanders cut the lead down to five points in the fourth quarter but were forced to foul to try to catch up and Pattison nailed eight straight free throws to put the game away.
The game was held at Glenvar Middle School because of a leak at the high school.
RADFORD (17-2, 7-2)
Sydnor 23, Pattison 10, Carter 6, Hale 4, Scott 4.
GLENVAR (12-6, 3-4)
Strom 9, Arthur 8, Hunter 6, Dehart 4, Looney 2, Moore 2.
Radford 19 7 7 14--47
Glenvar 4 12 9 6--31
3-point-goals -- Radford 3 (Carter 2, Sydnor), Glenvar 3 (Arthur 2, Strom). JV -- Radford won.
Giles 50, Eastern Montgomery 38
ELLISTON -- Behind 20 points from Cassie Martin and 13 from Lyndsey Jackson, Giles won the Three Rivers District game over Eastern Montgomery.
Brittany Bandy had 15 for Eastern Montgomery.
GILES (4-14, 2-6)
Byrd 3, Martin 20, Jackson 13, Fisher 6, Kauffelt 1, Boggess 6, Williams 3.
EASTERN MONTGOMERY (1-15, 0-8)
Witt 6, Phoenix 12, Shelton 4, Ratliff 1, Bandy 15.
Giles 5 10 20 15--50
Eastern Montgomery 17 8 4 9--38
3-point-goals -- Giles 1 (Williams). JV -- Giles.
Pioneer District
Bath County 51, Craig County 22
NEW CASTLE -- Allison Sharp scored 11 points and Angela Herscher added 10 to lead Bath County to the win.
Christine Surface led Craig County with 10 points.
BATH COUNTY (12-3, 6-0)
Herscher 10, Sharp 11, Fry 5, Robertson 9, Ford 6, Ferrone 2, Woodell 2, Altizer 2, Gardner 4.
CRAIG COUNTY (3-10, 1-5)
Surface 10, Frango 4, Frazier 2, Persinger 6.
Bath County 16 14 12 9--51
Craig County 4 4 8 6--22
3-point-goals -- BC 1 (Sharp).
James River 62, Highland 22
BUCHANAN -- Chelsea Rodriguez and Morgan Hufford scored 12 points apiece as James River overwhelmed Highland.
Everyone on the roster scored for the Knights.
Emily Botkin led Highland with 15 points on five 3-pointers.
HIGHLAND (1-13, 0-6)
Emily Botkin 15, Armstrong 2, Simmons 2, Ralston 2, Barker 1.
JAMES RIVER (4-11, 3-2)
Rodriguez 12, Hufford 12, Kennedy 9, Falls 7, Hepler 6, Davis 6, Hamm 4, Linkous 2, Wampler 2, George 2.
Highland 7 0 3 12--22
James River 23 15 7 17--62
3-point-goals -- Highland 5 (Botkin 5), James River 1 (Kennedy).
VACA Southwest
Pathway Christian 61, Dayspring Christian 20
CHRISTIANSBURG -- Katherin Shorter had 19 points to lead the Panthers.
Shannon Lackey added 18 points.
DAYSPRING CHRISTIAN (1-9, 0-5)
Mock 1, Miller 6, Cook 6, Winter 7.
PATHWAY CHRISTIAN (6-6, 4-2)
Belcher 4, Tucker 2, Shrader 8, Shorter 19, Goodhart 2, M. Gordon 6, M.C. Gordon 2, Lackey 18.
Dayspring Christian 2 3 4 11--20
Pathway Christian 12 20 16 13--61
3-point-goals -- PC 1 (Shorter).
Faith Christian 53, Parkway Christian 29
Sarah Graninger scored 12 points while Rachel Nymyer and Morgan Wood each pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Faith Christian to the win.
PARKWAY CHRISTIAN
Dalton 3, Coy 4, Keiton 7, Carr 5, Herbert 10.
FAITH CHRISTIAN (10-1)
A. Dalton 5, Gardner 8, Graninger 12, Jessop 4, Nymyer 7, Oliver 9, Pollard 4, Riebel 1, Wood 3.
Parkway Christian 9 5 7 8--29
Faith Christian 19 13 8 13--53
3-point-goals -- PC 3 (Dalton, Keiton, Carr), FC 1 (Oliver).
Nondistrict
Roanoke Catholic 43, Faith Christian-Hurt 30
Alena Hamrick piled up 20 points to lead Roanoke Catholic while Aidan Guilfoyle filled the stat sheet with 14 rebounds and nine points.
FAITH CHRISTIAN-HURT
Carver 6, Leahy 7, Trossen 6, Eanes 6, Delappe 3, Goldsmith 2.
ROANOKE CATHOLIC (11-1)
A. Barrera 2, A. Guilfoyle 9, M. Barrera 2, Hamrick 20, M. Guilfoyle 4, Blanchard 6.
Faith Christian-Hurt 11 5 5 9--30
Roanoke Catholic 13 7 10 13--43
3-point-goals -- FC 4 (Leahy 2, Trossen 2), RC 2 (Hamrick).
Roanoke Valley Christian 36, Timberlake Christian 35
LYNCHBURG -- Amanda Puckett had five steals in the fourth quarter to spark the defensive turnaround as Roanoke Valley Christian outscored Timberlake Christian 12-1 in the final quarter for the win.
Puckett scored 13 points for the Eagles and Elizabeth Jones added 10.
Jewel Hoornik led Timberlake Christian with 12 points and Danielle Alley had 11.
ROANOKE VALLEY CHRISTIAN (10-4)
Jones 10, Puckett 13, Johnson 6, Mullen 3, Welch 2, Powers 2.
TIMBERLAKE CHRISTIAN
Alley 11, Bryant 8, Hoornik 12, Tharpe 4.
R. Valley Christian 10 8 6 12--36
Timberlake Christian 14 6 14 1--35
3-point-goals -- none.
Wrestling
Tournaments
Western Valley District
ROCKY MOUNT -- Franklin County won it's 23rd straight district championship and nine straight Western Valley District titles with 240 points.
The Eagles also set a district record with 12 individual champions
Three Rivers District
Glenvar had seven wrestlers take individual titles to lead the Highlanders to the district championship with a total of 202 12 points.
Radford had four individual champions and came in second with 155 12 points.
Floyd County finished third with 125 points.
swimming
District Meets
Western Valley District
Thomas Girani and Margaret Parcell each won a pair of events as Franklin County swept the boys and girls team titles in the Western Valley swim meet Thursday at Salem YMCA.
Girani won the 200 IM (2:16.84) and 500 free (5:30.98) as Franklin County outscored Halifax County 137-129. Patrick Henry's Tim Potter won the 50 free (24.39) and 100 free (55.80), while Trey McGraw captured the 100 backstroke (57.61) and 200 free (1:53.11) for the Patriots.
Franklin County's girls edged Patrick Henry 135-123 as Parcell swept the 100 butterfly (1:02.89) and 100 free (56.74).
Blue Ridge District
Bobby Brajdic won two events to lead Lord Botetourt to the boys title, and Kacy Edsall captured a pair as William Byrd claimed the girls crown in the Blue Ridge District swim meet Wednesday at Gator Aquatic Center.
Brajdic won the 200 IM (2:06.78) and 500 free (5:05.27) as Botetourt outpointed Staunton River 160-146, while Northside's Logan Altizer took the 200 free (2:03.76) and the 100 breast (1:14.16). Staunton River's Jordan Dehli won the 50 free (23.35) and 100 free (53.01), and teammate C.P. Dehli took the 100 fly (54.84) and 100 back (58.77).
Byrd nipped Northside 148-141 in the girls meet as Edsall won the 50 free (25.53) and 100 fly (1:00.01), Northside's Victoria Mesner swept the 200 IM (2:27.78) and 500 free (5:30.17), while Botetourt's Mackenzie Lingle won the 200 free (2:06.82) and 100 free (58.44).
-- Staff reports
