BLAND, Va. — Devonte McKinney canned 22 points and Austin Peck canned 16 to lead Galax to a 69-47 Mountain Empire District win over Bland County on Tuesday night.

Asher Diller led Bland County with 21 points, while Chase Hankins canned 13.

Galax, the defending Division 1 state champion, and currently the second ranked Group A team in Virginia, also received 13 points from Lawrence Parsons.

Bland County travels on Friday to Fort Chiswell.



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GALAX (9-0, 4-0)

Hanks 2, Fisher 2, Vaughn 4, Austin Peck 16, George 3, Quesenberry 3, Devonte McKinney 22, Lawrence Parsons 13, Kohl 4

BLAND COUNTY (9-6, 1-3)

Asher Dillow 21, Greene 2, White 2, Clark 9, Chase Hankins 13,

Galax.................................21  19  11  18  —  69

Bland County....................10  10  7  20  —  47

3 point goals: GL 2 (Pack 1, Quesenberry 1); BC 6 (Dillow 2, Clark 1, Hankins 1).



Fort Chiswell 74,  Graham 48

BLUEFIELD, Va. — Corey Gravely scored 20 points to lead four Pioneers in double figures in a Mountain Empire win over the G-Men.

Graham, which trailed 37-12 at the break, was led by Tony Hood with 13 points and 11 by Lamont Edwards.

Nathaniel Worrell added 14 points for the Pioneers (11-4, 3-1), while Brett Mabry had 11 and Cory Mabry contributed 10.

Graham will attempt to regroup on Friday at Grayson County.



FORT CHISWELL (11-4, 3-1)

Levi Mooney 2, Cory Mabry 10, Corey Gravely 20, Brett Mabry 11, Daniel Hamm 9, Desmond Perry 5, Coleman Thomas 3, Nathaniel Worrell 14.

GRAHAM (7-7, 2-2)

Tony Hood 13, Spencer Sheets 2, Gabe Hurt 3, Colby Hill 8, Lamont Edwards 11, Tyler Thompson 2, Corey Coppola 9.

Fort Chiswell...........................16 21  14 23    74

Graham....................................6  6  17  19  —  48

3-point goals: FC 3 (Worrell 2, B.Mabry 1); GR 2 (Hood 2). JV—FC won.



Richlands 52,

Twin Valley 34

RICHLANDS, Va. — Devon Johnson scored 18 points to lead the Blue Tornado past the Panthers.

Ben Brown and Eric Harris added 11 for Richlands (3-8).

Daniel Hobbs led Twin Valley eight points.

Richlands hosts Marion on Friday and welcomes Honaker on Saturday.



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RICHLANDS (3-8)

 A.J. Johsnon 4, Eric Harris 11, Ben Brown 11, Zach Johnson 2, Devon Johnson 18, Gabe Hunsaker 6

TWIN VALLEY (n/r)

Harris 2, Elswick 5, Hobbs 8, Adams 6, Moore 8, Case 5

Richlands.................................5 14  13 20  — 52

Twin Valley...... .........................3  14  8  9  — 34

3 point goals: RL 5 ( Harris 1, Brown 3, Hunsaker 1); TV - 1 (Elswick 1); JV—Richlands won 47-38



Hurley 70,

Phelps, Ky. 40

HURLEY, Va. — Tyler Cooper scored 21 points and Dustin Waynick added 13, leading the Rebels to a non-district win over the visitors from Kentucky.

Zach Avina paced Phelps with nine points.

Hurley, ranked ninth in the latest Group A prep poll, also received 10 points from Cooper’s brother, Austin.

The Rebels travel Friday to Council.

Hurley also won the girls game 46-41. No other information was available.   



PHELPS (n/r)

Stiltner 6, Hatfield 4, Raburn 7, Branham 6, Compton 7, Zach Avina 9, Mayhorn 1.

HURLEY (10-3)

Austin Cooper 10, Allen 5, Dustin Waynick 13, Hensley 4, Tyler Cooper 21, Berglowe 2, Ramey 9, Stacy 6.

Phelps.....................................10  8  9  13  —  40

Hurley....................................19  20  14  17  — 70

3-point goals: PH 2 (Raburn 1, Avina 1); HR 5 (T.Cooper 3, Ramey 1, A.Cooper 1).



Beck.Christian 56, Mercer Christian 55

PRINCETON — Elisha Kidd made a six-foot jumper as time expired to lead Greater Beckley Christian past the Cavaliers.

Ethan Lehman paced Beckley Christian with 19 points, while Kidd added 14.

Mercer Christian (4-9) was paced by Caleb Janning (23), James Beckner (16) and Josiah Janning (10).

The Cavaliers will host New Life Academy on Friday.



BECKLEY CHRISTIAN (n/r)

Jimmy Moreland 4, Elisha Kidd 14, Douglass Furnace 4, Adam Cook 4, Paul Payne 11, Ethan Lehman 19.

MERCER CHRISTIAN (4-9)

Josiah Janning 10, Kenny Shrewsbury 6, James Beckner 16, Caleb Janning 23.

Beckley Christian.............17  13  10  16  —  56

Mercer Christian...................5  16  12  22  —  55

3-point goals: BC 3 (Kidd 2, Moreland 1); MC 4 (C.Janning 3, Beckner 1).



Ballard Christian 64, Champions  50

RICHLANDS, Va. — D.J. Deskins scored 19 points and Josh Deskins added 17 points and 18 rebounds to lead Ballard Christian to an 11-4 record on the season.

Gage Bowles added eight points for Ballard Christian, which will host Oak Hill Academy (Red) on Friday. Both Deskins canned a trio of 3s apiece.

Champions Christian was paced by Issac Ratliff with 15 points.



BALLARD CHRISTIAN (11-4)

Josh Deskins 17, D.J Deskins 19, Gage Bowles 8, John Stenzel 6, Brandon Lilly 4, Chris Prunesti 4, Dalton Lankford 4, Raven Spencer 2.

CHAMPIONS CHRISTIAN (n/r)

Issac Ratliff 15, Chris Slade 9, Justin Widener 8, Daniel Brown 6, Justin Spangler 6, Nick Smith 2, Tanner Robinette 2, Corin Woodyard 2.

Ballard Christian.............21  14  14  15  —  64

Champions Christian......15   9   8   18 —  50

3-point goals: BC 6 (J.Deskins 3, D.Deskins 2); CC 3 (Brown 2, Ratliff 1).



Pipe Christian 63, Victory Baptist 31

PIPESTEM — Austin Peyton scored 17 points and Zayne Worley added 11, leading Pipestem Christian past Victory Baptist.

Brandon Radford paced Victory with nine points.

Pipestem Christian (13-4) will hosts Grace Christian on Friday.



VICTORY BAPTIST (n/a)

Chase Cook 3, Nathan Richmond 8, Brandon Massey 5, Brandon Radford 9, Hunter Elliot 2, Daniel Cannon 2, Chris Markham 2

PIPESTEM CHRISTIAN (13-4)

Austin Peyton 17, Dylan Kinzer 8, Zayne Worley 11, Aleks Layne 8, Michael Young 8, Trevor Shorter 4, Ethan Lane 3, Hunter Allen 2, Logan Miller 2

Victory Baptist........................5  12  9  5  —  31

Pipestem Christian...............22  17  9  5  —  63

3-point goals: VB 5 (Radford 3, Richmond 2); PS 5 (Worley 2, Peyton 2, Lane 1).





Girls

Mount View 32, Shady Spring 28

WELCH — Ashley Belfiore scored 15 points and Mount View won a defensive struggle against the Tigers.

Kaylee Dickerson scored eight points for Shady Spring, while McKenzie Severt and Kayla Hager each added seven.

Mount View, which travels to a girls-boys doubleheader on Friday at Van, also received five points from Jordan Younger.



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SHADY SPRING (n/r)

McKenzie Severt 7, Kayla Hager 7, Kaylee Dickerson 8, Lindsey Thompson 6.

MOUNT VIEW (7-2)    

Ashley Belfiore 15, Shyrell Johnson 4, Shyanne Saunders 3, Shamecca Perkins 1, Jordan Younger 5, Gezelle Brown 4.

Shady Spring..........................5  4  8  11  —  28

Mount View..............................6  5  14  7 —  32

3-point goals: SS 0; MV 1 (Saunders 1).



Summers Co. 61, Nicholas County 56

SUMMERSVILLE — Candace Brown scored 46 points and the Bobcats rebounded from their first loss since 2008 with a win over the Grizzlies.

Summers County (10-1) saw its 105-game win streak snapped with a loss on Saturday at Scott, but the now-No. 2 Bobcats were able to get the win, with Brown finishing with a triple-double, adding 10 rebounds and 10 steals.

Shealyn Shaffer led the Grizzlies with 33 points, while McKenzie Martin added 10.

Summers County will host Princeton on Friday night.



SUMMERS COUNTY (10-1)

Haley Shrewsbury 6, Tyra Wynes 6, Candace Brown 46, Brandy Morrison 6.

NICHOLAS COUNTY (n/r)

Lauren Young 9, McKenzie Martin 10, Whitney Robinson 1, Kristen McGirl 3, Shealyn Shaffer 33.

Summers County.............13  15  17  16  —  61

Nicholas County...............12  18  8  18    — 56

2-point goals: SC 0; NC 2 (Martin 1, McGirl 1). JV—SC won.





PikeView 59,

James Monroe 39

LINDSIDE — Hope Nester scored 19 points, Jennifer Taylor added 15 and Danielle Compton scored 14 to lead the Panthers past the Mavericks.

Kelsie Gillespie paced James Monroe (3-7), which travels today to Independence.

Compton added 13 rebounds for PikeView, while Holly Mack had four. Lauren White recorded five steals and Nester added four.

PikeView will host Wyoming East today, and make-up a game with Bluefield at home on Friday.



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PIKEVIEW

Laura Hill 4, Hope Nester 19, Haley Sabin 3, Danielle COmpton 14, Jennifer Taylor 15, Courtney White 2, Lauren White 2.

JAMES MONROE

Taylor Canterbury 3, Melissa Johnston 9, Kelsie Mann 12, Kelsie Gillespie 3, Jordan Page 4, Hannah Pritt 2, Kelsey Christian 2, Carter Shiftlit 1, Lauren Brockmore 2.

PikeView............................16  12  17  14  —  59

James Monroe....................9  10    7  13  —  39

3 pt field goals: PV 1 (Nester); JM 1 (Canterbury). JV—JM 44-36.