Bears end Grayson girls’ season

 BLAND –– Grayson County’s season ended with a 20th straight defeat as Bland County took a 47-27 win in the Mountain Empire District girls’ tournament play-in game Monday.

Leading 11-7 after the first quarter, the Bears (7-14) outscored the Blue Devils 13-3 in the second period and cruised from there.

Katie Tate scored 14 points to pace Bland County, which advances to play Fort Chiswell in tonight’s semifinals at Galax. Kellie Morris scored 13 points for Bland.

Catherine Vaughan led Grayson County with 11 points.

 

Grayson County......7    3    5  12––27

Bland County........11  13  10  13––47

 

Grayson County (0-20)

Vaughan 11, Moore 8, Barrett 4, Phipps 3, Eller 2, Hale 1.

Bland County (7-14)

Tate 14, Morris 13, Blessing 7, Moore 3, Brinkley 2, Dinger 2, Eaton 2, Harris 2, Davis 1.

  

Three-point field goals – Grayson County 1 (Vaughan), Bland County 3 (Morris 2, Tate).

 

Graham 38, Carroll County 31: The Cavaliers lost their bid for a perfect run through the Southwest District, falling to the G-Girls Thursday in Bluefield.

Carroll County (17-5 overall, 11-1 district), which had already locked up the district championship, was held to seven total points in the middle two quarters.

Maleah Neely led the Cavaliers with 10 points. Mariah Lampert scored 13 for Graham.

 

Carroll County......13  2    5  11––31

Graham.................12  6  10  10––38

 

Carroll County (17-5, 11-1)

Fink 7, R.Dalton 4, Neely 10, L.Martin 6, Guynn 2, S.Dalton 2.

Graham (17-4, 8-4)

Morgan 1, Simpson 3, Lampert 13, Workman 3, Henry 6, Gillespie 4, Dickens 6, Rasnake 2.

  

Three-point field goals – Carroll County 2 (Fink 2).

 

Narrows 58, Grayson County 38: The Blue Devils stayed close for a half but the Green Wave took control in the third quarter of an MED game Friday in Independence.

Grayson County trailed by just seven points at the half before Narrows went on an 18-8 run in the third.

Sarah Eller scored 13 points and Erin Barrett added 10 for Grayson County.

Cameron Snidow put up a triple double for the Green Wave, scoring 25 points to go with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. The win was the 100th for Narrows coach Wayne Gautier.

 

Narrows..................15  12  18  13––58

Grayson County........1  19    8  10––38

 

Narrows (18-3, 5-3)

Reed 15, Snidow 25, T.Perdue 4, B.Perdue 2, Hagerman 3, Davis 9.

Grayson County (0-19, 0-8)

Eller 13, Hale 2, Moore 2, Vaughan 7, Barrett 10, Phipps 4.

  

Three-point field goals – Narrows 5 (Snidow 4, T.Perdue), Grayson County 2 (Eller, Vaughan).

JV – Grayson County won.

 

Galax 42, Bland County 32: The Maroon Tide pulled away from a tie game in the second quarter and locked up a tie with Narrows for second place in the MED.

Allison White led Galax (10-10, 5-3) with 13 points.

 

Galax...................7  13  9  13––42

Bland County......7    8  8    9––32

 

Galax (10-10, 5-3)

Shumate 8, Russell 7, White 13, Bryant 1, Vaughan 2, Cassell 7, Bobbitt 4.

Bland County (6-14, 2-6)

Dinger 7, Blessing 6, Tate 6, Morris 6, Moore 3, Harris 2, Puckett 2.

  

Three-point field goals – Galax 3 (Russell 2, Cassell), Bland County 3 (Blessing 2, Moore).

JV – Galax won.

 

Galax 56, Rural Retreat 31: Bailey Shumate broke loose with four 3-pointers and 23 points to lead the Maroon Tide over the Indians in a nondistrict game.

Allison White tossed in 14 points and Hailey Cassell added 10 points and eight rebounds for Galax.

 

Rural Retreat......4    9    9  9––31

Galax.................11  20  18  7––56

 

Rural Retreat

Cressel 5, Hyler 4, Jones 2, King 4, Parks 5, Patton 3, Whitt 4, Thompson 4.

Galax (11-10)

Shumate 23, White 14, Bryant 5, Reynolds 2, Cassell 10, Brewer 2.

  

Three-point field goals – Rural Retreat none, Galax 7 (Shumate 4, Cassell 2, Bryant).

JV –Galax won.

 

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Carroll County 89, Graham 71: Mac Martin led the Cavaliers as they solidified their runner-up finish in the Southwest District with an easy win Thursday in Hillsville.

Martin celebrated senior night with 22 points and 10 rebounds, leading five Carroll County players in double figures. Wes Smoot scored 20 for the Cavaliers (14-7, 9-3), Tyler Lineberry had 17, Ryan Gravley added 15 and Connor Lundy scored 10.

Jordan Bryant and Euneke Diaz led Graham with 18 and 17  points, respectively.

 

Graham.................18  17  17  19––71

Carroll County......17  23  32  17––89

 

Graham (6-14, 5-6)

Diaz 17, Bryant 18, Hurt 12, Davidson 8, McDaniel 6, Harclerode 4, Hurley 3, Allen 3.

Carroll County (14-7, 9-3)

Martin 22, W.Smoot 20, Lineberry 17, Gravley 15, Lundy 10, Taylor 2, Horton 2, Holder 1.

  

Three-point field goals – Graham 9 (Bryant 3, Davidson 2, Hurt 2, Allen, Hurley), Carroll County 4 (Lundy 2, Martin 2).

JV – Carroll County 46-40.

 

Some information provided by Landmark News Service.