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High School

  • A double take for Concord

    HILLSVILLE –– Sydney and Samuel Haynes didn’t let the fact that they are twins sway their thinking when it came to making a college choice. Prepared to go their separate ways post-high school, the two nonetheless will end up together at Concord University, and that decision will pay off in at least one way.

    “We can have just one car and not have to spend a lot of money on gas,” Sydney Haynes said with a smile. “And I’ll know someone.”

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  • Galax, Grayson players advance

    Galax’s boys will be represented in regionals, two Grayson County boys and two Grayson girls have earned a spot, and Galax’s girls have picked up a regional win before completion of conference play as a busy tennis postseason got under way last week in Galax and Independence.

    Noah Hutchens of Galax won the Conference 39/46 singles championship and teamed up with Gage Cooke to claim the conference doubles title in play at Grayson County High School.

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  • Choate’s six RBIs lead Grayson over Green Wave

    INDEPENDENCE –– Dez Choate clubbed a grand slam and amassed six RBIs Tuesday as Grayson County rolled over Narrows 14-2 in a five-inning MED softball game at the Grayson Rec. Park.

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  • Maroon Tide girls finish 15-0

    Galax wrapped up a perfect regular season Thursday with a 9-0 win in a Mountain Empire District girls’ tennis match at Grayson County.

    Galax (15-0) will enter the Conference 46 tournament today (Monday) as the No 1 seed, hosting George Wythe at Felts Park at 4:30. Fort Chiswell travels to Rural Retreat in the other semifinal. The winners meet Tuesday in Galax for the team title. Singles and doubles play will be the following week.

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  • E&H an easy choice for Carrico

    INDEPENDENCE –– The decision to attend Emory & Henry College wasn’t a difficult one for Adam Carrico. But the Grayson County defensive end/linebacker won’t so much be entering Emory as he will be transferring.

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  • Tide girls advance; Devils, Galax win

    Galax and Rural Retreat had little trouble advancing to the finals of the Conference 46 girls’ tennis tournament yesterday (Tuesday), each posting 5-0 wins in Monday’s semifinals.

    Rural Retreat eliminated Fort Chiswell while the Maroon Tide ousted George Wythe.

    Galax, the top seed, clinched the match when McKensey Stoneman won a three-set victory at No. 2 singles. Stoneman rebounded from a first-set loss to rally past Binal Patel 2-6, 6-1, 6-1. 

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  • Cavaliers tee off on Demons

    CHRISTIANSBURG –– Carroll County belted five home runs, including three in stretch of four at-bats in the third inning, and the Cavaliers pounded Christiansburg 13-1 in a River Ridge District softball game Wednesday.

    RBI singles by Jena Alley and Kyndall Hiatt helped Carroll County (14-0 overall) take a 4-0 lead in the top of the second, and Carroll County bats went bonkers in the third, starting with a leadoff homer by Sydney Nester.

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  • Maroon Tide roars past Fort Chiswell 13-3

    Having hammered Fort Chiswell by 22 runs three weeks earlier, Galax had to rally for the lead in the fifth before erupting for a 13-3, six-inning softball win in a Mountain Empire District game Tuesday at Mountain View Park.

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  • Richlands pitches, hits its way past Grayson County

    INDEPENDENCE –– Richlands belted out five runs in a game-breaking second inning Tuesday and rolled to a 12-4 Conference 39 win over Grayson County at the Grayson Rec. Park.

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  • Robinson commits to G’boro

    HILLSVILLE –– Chase Robinson said that when he broke a leg in a motorcycle accident the summer before his senior season, he thought his football future had been thrown out the window. Instead, he has found an open door.

    Robinson, a senior quarterback-defensive back at Carroll County, committed to play at Greensboro College last week in a signing ceremony at the CCHS media center, joined by his parents, Mark and Lori Robinson, and his sister Kirstin.

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