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  • Maroon Tide run ends at 31

    MAX MEADOWS –– After being hammered by 24 points the last time out on its home floor, one big question about Fort Chiswell was how would the Pioneers respond.

    Quite nicely, as it turned out. Now the same must be asked of Galax.

    The Maroon Tide saw its 31-game winning streak come to a halt Wednesday night as Fort Chiswell used a strong finish to take a 54-50 win in a Mountain Empire District game. The loss was Galax’s first since a one-point setback to Grayson County on Jan. 25 of last year.

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  • Tide, Cavs finally get it done

    HILLSVILLE –– That was sooooo worth waiting for.

    More than a month after Galax and Carroll County were scheduled to have played each other for the second time, the two teams got together Monday for their first and only meeting this season, swapping the lead an amazing 20 times before the Maroon Tide pulled away for a 49-43 nondistrict win.

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  • Grayson boys bounce back

    MAX MEADOWS –– Grayson County pulled off a 45-point turnaround from three weeks ago and demolished Fort Chiswell 82-56 in a Mountain Empire District boys’ game Friday night.

    The win was the fifth in the last six outings for the Blue Devils, who had lost to the Pioneers by 19 points on Jan. 6 during a stretch that saw Grayson drop six of seven.

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  • Tide escapes Tazewell 75-73

    The general sentiment among Galax basketball fans Wednesday upon hearing the news of a just-added game against USA Today’s No. 1-ranked Oak Hill Academy (30-0) was probably along the lines of ‘Oh boy!’ A few hours later the attitude may have been a lot closer to simply, ‘Oy.’

    The Maroon Tide trailed for most of the night before a late surge, and then had to hold off a final desperate Tazewell flurry before escaping with a 75-73 nondistrict win over the Bulldogs.

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  • Tide escapes Tazewell 75-73

    The general sentiment among Galax basketball fans Wednesday upon hearing the news of a just-added game against USA Today’s No. 1-ranked Oak Hill Academy (30-0) was probably along the lines of ‘Oh boy!’ A few hours later the attitude may have been a lot closer to simply, ‘Oy.’

    The Maroon Tide trailed for most of the night before a late surge, and then had to hold off a final desperate Tazewell flurry before escaping with a 75-73 nondistrict win over the Bulldogs.

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  • Carroll Co. cheerleaders hold...

    HILLSVILLE –– The Carroll County High School cheerleaders hosted their inaugural Cheerleader Alumni Night Jan. 6 during a CCHS basketball quad with Tazewell.

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  • Shumate, Tide rally to win

    It was a good night to be a Shumate, especially if your first name happened to be Bailey.

    Alley Shumate of North Wilkes, N.C. racked up 22 points, but Bailey Shumate of Galax got 21 points, surpassed a milestone and enjoyed the win as the Maroon Tide stormed from behind for a 59-55 nondistrict triumph in a girls’ game Monday night.

    The Galax Shumate topped 1,000 points for her career while leading a comeback that saw the Maroon Tide rally from a 15-point second-period deficit to avenge an earlier loss to the Vikings.

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  • Galax girls survive Green Wave

    Style points, fortunately, don’t matter.

    Galax survived one of its poorer shooting nights but was able to hang on to the top spot in the Mountain Empire District’s girls’ basketball standings, edging last-place Narrows 44-40 Friday.

    The Maroon Tide (12-3 overall, 5-0 MED) trailed by as many as five points in the third quarter and didn’t take the lead for good until Bailey Shumate hit two free throws for a 36-35 lead with 3:58 to play.

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  • That’s 20 column inches down,...

    And now for something completely inconsequential.

    Whether by coincidence or the fact that it was Martin Luther King Day, it was an extremely slow news day on Monday in the sports department. Neither Carroll County, Galax nor Grayson County had anything scheduled for Monday.

    Nobody brought in any pictures of a giant catfish, a 12-pointer or an AAU team. Not even a photo of a turnip that looks like Tim Tebow.

    There is still a page to fill, however. 

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  • CC boys get it over with early

    HILLSVILLE –– Carroll County built a double-digit lead in the game’s first six minutes and whacked Marion 77-46 in a Southwest District boys’ game Tuesday.

    “I thought we played with more intensity that we did last week,” Cavalier coach Brad Hawks said of a two-game stretch in which his team escaped Abingdon by two points before falling in overtime to a Pulaski team it had earlier defeated by 18 points. “We did the little things and it paid off for us.”

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