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  • Galax picks up first softball win

     Dee Walker slugged Galax into an early lead and the Maroon Tide blew the game open in the sixth inning to pick up its first win of the season, bashing Fort Chiswell 13-2 in a Mountain Empire District game Monday at Mountain View Park.

    Walker’s three-run home run spotted the Maroon Tide (1-7) a 4-1 lead in the third inning.

    Galax led 5-1 when it pushed eight runs across in the bottom of the sixth with six walks and singles by Bailey Shumate, Janisa Lawson and Channing Russell.

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  • Cavs drop another tough one

     HILLSVILLE -- Michael Francis knocked in a loose ball in the final minutes Monday night to lift Marion to a 2-1 win in a Southwest District boys’ soccer match at Tommy Thompson Field.

    For the Cavaliers, the feeling of coming up on the short end of a one-goal match is too familiar.

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  • Devils battle into driver’s seat

     INDEPENDENCE -- Grayson County’s second one-run win over Fort Chiswell this season didn’t have a lot in common with the first one. Other than one similarity, that is.

    “They were both wars,” said Grayson County coach Mike Worrell after his Blue Devils rallied from four runs down to defeat the Pioneers 7-6 Tuesday at the GNB Baseball Complex.

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  • Grayson survives Tide 6-1

    INDEPENDENCE -- It was only to be expected that Grayson County would face an improved Galax team from the one it throttled in five innings at the beginning of the month. It was a little more improvement than the Blue Devils cared to see. Held hitless and mired in a 1-1 game after four innings, Grayson County finally broke free with five runs in its last two turns at bat, surviving the

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  • Thomas, Cavs top Falcons

    HILLSVILLE -- Carroll County got a seven-inning no-hitter from Rebecca Thomas to top Abingdon 4-1 in a Southwest District softball game Wednesday in Hillsville.

    The Cavaliers (5-5 overall, 4-1 district) took the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. Thomas doubled and courtesy runner Amber Cannaday scored on Jacqueline Martin’s base hit. Lexi Hodge drove in Martin with a single.

    Abingdon cut the lead in half with an unearned run in the top of the third, but the Cavaliers added two more runs in the fourth on two singles and three walks.

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  • Grayson County, Galax pick up nondistrict wins

    BLUEFIELD -- Graham beat Graham.

    Brent Graham’s two-run home run helped lift Grayson County to a 7-3 win in the second round of play Thursday in the Coppinger Invitational at Bowen Field.

    Graham’s homer put the Blue Devils (4-5) in front 4-2 in the fourth inning, and Grayson County built its advantage to 7-2 with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings before giving up a run to the G-Men in the bottom of the sixth.

    Jared Sells pitched the final four innings to pick up the win and Tyler Rutherford had a pair of hits for the Blue Devils.

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  • Cavaliers blank Cougars 2-0

    HILLSVILLE -- Carroll County put together its second strong outing in as many days Thursday, blanking Pulaski County 2-0 in a nondistrict softball game. The Cavaliers had bumped off Abingdon on a Rebecca Thomas no-hitter on Wednesday, a day before Thomas whiffed 17 Cougars in the complete-game two-hitter.

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  • Devils win middle school tourney

    PULASKI -- The Grayson County Middle School baseball team won the Pulaski Middle School Invitational tournament, defeating the host Cougars 12-4 last Saturday at Calfee Park. The annual tournament is a fundraiser for Pulaski’s grade 6-8 baseball program.  Grayson had finished second in last year’s tournament and was looking for another chance at the championship. Satur

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  • Hampton is a dog with a job

    The little speckled dog with the black face sits obediently by his owner's feet, never daring to get up and even resisting the primal urge in every canine to run after a thrown ball or chase little tykes around the room.

    It's this kind and gentle demeanor that made Hampton's trainer suggest that he become a therapy dog.

    Now, the 2-year-old heeler/springer spaniel mix is certified and qualified to put people at ease and spread good will.

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  • Galax art school to open in summer

    The $661,509 renovation of Chestnut Creek School of the Arts seems to be running on budget and on schedule as South End Construction transforms the former First National Bank in downtown Galax, into the art school, with completion expected no later than the first week in August.

    “The inside job helps out quite a bit during this time of year,” said City Manager Keith Holland. “There hasn't been much of a weather delay.”

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