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Today's Sports

  • Funk earns academic A-A honors...

     WISE –– Megan Funk, a senior at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, has been named to the Academic All-American team by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

    To be eligible for the honor, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale, must be a junior or senior and must maintain good standing at his or her institution.

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  • Galax tops Devils to go 8-0

    Galax continued its hot start and remained undefeated after running past Grayson County 66-52 in a Mountain Empire District boys’ game Friday night.

    The Maroon Tide is perfect after eight outings and improved to 3-0 in the district while Grayson County fell to 7-7 overall and 1-2 in the district.

    The defending Division 1 state champs led from wire to wire thanks to a torrid start by Eddie Hanks. The senior guard scored 11 of his team’s first 15 points and gathered five rebounds in the first period.

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  • Parsons, Tide pound Pioneers

    Lawrence Parsons could have dogged it the final three quarters and still had a pretty good game. But he played it out and had an outstanding one.

    Totaling eight points, six blocked shots and five rebounds well before the end of the first period, Parsons gave Galax a boost from the start as the Maroon Tide took a surprisingly easy 75-46 win over Fort Chiswell in a key Mountain Empire District boys’ game Tuesday.

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  • Dalton powers Carroll to win

    RADFORD –– Shooting just five percent from the 3-point line doesn’t hurt so badly when there’s an unstoppable force in the middle.

    Carroll County hit just one of its 18 3-point attempts but leaned on Shyann Dalton’s 20 points and 12 rebounds to power the Cavaliers past defending Group A Division 2 state champion Radford in a 47-27 nondistrict win Monday night.

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  • Grayson Co. girls surge to win

    INDEPENDENCE –– Slowly but surely, Grayson County’s girls’ basketball program is getting there. The Blue Devils even have a winning streak going.

    With four freshmen in its starting lineup, Grayson County used a 16-0 run spanning halftime to separate itself from Fort Chiswell, winning its first Mountain Empire District game since the 2007-08 season, a span of 27 regular season and tournament games, with a 48-39 decision Friday night.

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  • Cavaliers roll to 3rd place

    MAX MEADOWS –– Carroll County bounced back from its first loss of the season and handed host team Fort Chiswell a 69-53 defeat in the third-place game of the First Bank of Virginia Tournament Thursday at Fort Chiswell High School.

    The Cavaliers, who saw their six-game season-opening win streak halted with a second-round loss to Radford, will head into the new year with a 7-1 mark. Fort Chiswell dropped to 8-3 with its second straight defeat.

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  • Carroll Co. AAU girls finish...

     The Carroll County 4th-grade girls’ AAU basketball team won its third tournament of the year Dec. 10 at Fort Chiswell a week after placing second in a tournament in Roanoke.

    In the Roanoke tournament on Dec. 3, the Cavaliers defeated teams from Roanoke and West Virginia in the morning, reaching the championship game that afternoon.

    Facing the same West Virginia team from the morning round, Carroll County put together a strong defensive effort but could not get its shots to fall, settling for the runner-up trophy after a 21-17 defeat.

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  • Carroll battles past Grayson

    MAX MEADOWS –– Carroll County pulled away from a tie score in the final two minutes and secured a top-four finish for itself in the First Bank of Virginia Christmas Tournament, knocking off Grayson County 63-57 Tuesday at Fort Chiswell High School.

    The Cavaliers (6-0) faced Radford in Wednesday’s second round, with the winner taking on Floyd County in Thursday’s championship game. The Carroll-Radford loser met Fort Chiswell in the third-place contest.

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  • Community rallies around injured...

     

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  • End of an era for Galax sports

    Thirty-one years ago, Rose Neese took over the volleyball program at Galax High School. The Washington County native planned on staying in town only a year or so.

    Back in those days, volleyball was an afterthought. Teams played about 10 matches in a season. Nets were held aloft by roll-away standards, the tops of which had to be tied to the bleachers to keep them rigid. Though players weren’t wearing knee-length skirts at the time, the idea of spandex uniforms probably would have gotten someone fired.

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