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  • Blue Devils rally for first win

    INDEPENDENCE –– Grayson County may have been thinking that the final out would never happen. Carroll County must have thought the bottom of the sixth would never end.

    Grayson rallied for seven runs in the home half of the sixth then sweated through a Carroll comeback attempt before holding on for its first win of the year, a 9-8 thriller Thursday at Grayson National Bank Park.

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  • Late goal staves off Tide loss

    Galax’s boys overcame a quick two-goal deficit and were able to salvage a draw with Pulaski County while the Maroon Tide girls dropped a 2-1 decision to the Cougars in a pair of nondistrict soccer matches Wednesday at Galax High School.

    The Maroon Tide boys (1-1-1) found themselves down two goals after just 21 minutes of play but used a late goal in each half by Junior Espinosa to avoid a second loss to the Cougars (2-0-2).

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  • Tide, Cavaliers lead post-season...

     

     It’s no secret that, collectively, the three local high schools gave the Twin County area its most successful basketball season in recent memory, perhaps ever.

    That fact was not lost on those outside of the area, either.

    District postseason honors in both boys’ and girls’ basketball were swept by Galax and Carroll County, while Galax’s boys and Carroll’s girls took home player and coach of the year awards in their respective regions.

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  • Tide goes out a winner

    RICHMOND –– “They know how to win,” said Galax coach Verl Brown in the postgame media room.

    Boy, do they ever.

    Galax capped an incredible four-year run Friday that has brought some of its seniors as many state championship rings as a hand has fingers. The latest bling comes courtesy of a second straight state basketball championship as the Maroon Tide ran away from Amelia County 66-49 in the Group A Division 1 title game at the Siegel Center.

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  • Millbrook ends Cavs’ season

    RICHMOND –– Carroll County’s seniors took their girls’ basketball program where it has never been before.  Millbrook did what it has done 104 times since its seniors were freshmen.

    The Pioneers set a new Virginia High School League record with their 79th consecutive victory, holding the Cavaliers to three points in the game’s first 12 minutes and 19 seconds and breezing to a 65-31 win in the Group AA Division 4 state semifinals Tuesday at the Siegel Center.

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  • Cavs clamp down on Eagles

    SALEM –– Carroll County has been fueled by a loud and energetic fan base and a remarkable series of defensive efforts on its run through the postseason, but none of the fans have yet waved the capital D and picket fence sign signifying ‘defense.’ Rightly so. The Cavaliers have been playing A+ fense.

    Carroll County limited Staunton River to just 13 points through three quarters – zero in the third – and notched a 42-27 win in the Group AA Division 4 quarterfinals Saturday at the Salem Civic Center.

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  • Galax moves on, by George

    SALEM –– Deion George picked a fine time to put together his most complete game of the season. Partly for that reason, Galax’s season is not yet completed.

    George had 19 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and four steals – all team highs – and two blocks to lead the Maroon Tide past Castlewood 53-44 Friday in the Group A Division 1 quarterfinals at the Salem Civic Center. Galax (25-2) advances to Thursday’s state semifinals at VCU where it will face the winner of the Luray-Charles City quarterfinal, played Saturday.

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  • Everybody's a winner

    Galax girls nipped J.I. Burton to cap a perfect 3-for-3 effort by Twin County teams in state quarterfinal basketball games Friday and Saturday.

    The Maroon Tide, Carroll County’s girls and Galax’s boys will all play next week in Richmond in their respective state semifinals.

    Galax’s boys got the ball rolling Friday night with a 53-44 win over Castlewood in the Group A Division 1 quarterfinals. Deion George had 19 points, 12 rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Tide, which faces Charles City at 5 p.m. Thursday at VCU.

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  • STATE PREVIEW – Tide girls get...

    Game tape is great. First-hand knowledge isn’t bad, either.

    Galax girls’ basketball coach Yerrick Stoneman was waiting on film of Group A Division 1 quarterfinal opponent J.I. Burton at midweek, but if it never arrived he and his team still had their own experiences from which to draw.

    Galax (20-5) will try to avenge a 59-46 loss in last year’s quarterfinals when the Maroon Tide matches up with the Raiders again Saturday in a 1:45 game at Virginia High School in Bristol.

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  • Region repeat for Galax

    ELLISTON –– Basketball players at Parry McCluer High School are well-taught the fundamentals of the game by longtime coach Nelson Fox. The Fighting Blues will hit their free throws, they don’t often turn the ball over and they are normally adept at the lost art of the midrange jumper.

    But as many a football coach has lamented the fact that you can’t coach speed, not even Fox can coach size.

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