Staff reports
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
RICHLANDS, Va. —
Devon Johnson scored 32 points and Ben Brown canned 20, as Richlands avenged an earlier 22-point loss with a 70-69 win over Marion on Friday night at Richlands Middle School.
Richlands, which lost 71-49 at Marion on Jan. 4, outscored the Scarlet Hurricane 17-6 in the third quarter and then held on for their first Southwest District win of the season.
Brendon Alford paced Marion (7-7, 1-4) with 19 points, while Ethan Richardson canned 18.
Richlands (4-8, 1-3) will host Honaker today, with the four-game schedule beginning at 3 p.m.
at Richlands Middle School
MARION
Terance Cox 12, Blevins 4, Strefel 3, Klug 3, Ethan Richardson 18, Crook 8, Lincoln 2, Alford 19.
RICHLANDS (4-8)
A.J. Johnson 6, Ben Brown 20, Devon Johnson 32, Hunsaker 9, Deel 3.
Marion.....................................15 25 6 23 — 69
Richlands...............................15 19 17 19 — 70
3 pt fields: MAR (Cox 4, Klug 1, Richardson 4, Crook 1, Alfrod 1); RICH (A.J. Johnson 2, Brown 3, Deel 1). JV- Richlands won 39-36
Bluefield 70, Scott 53
MADISON — Bluefield’s first ‘real’ road game ended just like all the rest ... with a win.
The Beavers scored 32 first quarter points to take a 32-10 lead, and never looked back to roll past the Skyhawks.
Anthony Eades scored 27 points to led Bluefield while K.J. Manns added 17. Lykel Collier finished with 13 points.
Matt Dolon had a game-high 28 points for the Skyhawks. He was the lone player in double-figures for Scott.
Bluefield (11-0) hosts rival Graham on Monday night at Bluefield State.
at Scott High School
BLUEFIELD (11-0)
K.J. Manns 17, Harley Trimble 6, Lykel Collier 13, Michael Yost 7, Anthony Eades 27.
SCOTT (n/r)
Matt Dolon 28, Price 4, May 2, Tyler Jesse 2, Brown 6, Sigman 5, Kuhn 2, Lafauci 2, Brown 2
Bluefield..............................32 9 14 15 — 70
Scott....................................10 15 14 14 — 53
3 pt field goals: BLF 4 (Eades 3, Yost); SC 3 (Dylan 3). JV- Scott won 64-59
Grayson County 72, Graham 69
INDEPENDENCE, Va. — Ty Cannaday scored 28 points, including all four of Grayson County's 3-pointers, as the Blue Devils beat Graham.
Grayson County's Max Rodgers added 27 points and 11 boards.
Corey Coppola led the G-Men with 24 points, and Colby Hill had 10. Graham led 39-25 at the break, but were outscored 47-30 in the second half.
The G-Men will travel to Bluefield on Monday.
Graham..................................20 19 17 13 — 69
Grayson.................................11 14 24 23 — 72
GRAHAM (7-8, 2-3)
Hood 9, Sheets 8, Baker 4, Hill 10, Edwards 9, Proffit 5, Coppola 24.
GRAYSON COUNTY (9-7, 3-2)
Frost 2, Cannaday 28, Rudy 6, Williams 2, Rodgers 27, Wyatt 5, Bedsaul 2.
3-point-goals -- Graham 4 (Hood, Sheets, Hill, Edwards), Grayson County 4 (Cannaday 4). JV -- Graham won 38-35.
Fort Chiswell 81, Bland County 51
MAX MEADOWS, Va. — Six Pioneers scored in double figures as Fort Chiswell easily dumped the visiting Bears in Mountain Empire District play.
Cory Mabry led Fort Chiswell with 16 points, while Cory Gravley added 15, Nathaniel Worrell had 12, Brett Mabry and Coleman Thomas scored 11 and Daniel Hamm added 10.
Asher Dillow led all scorers with 25 points for Bland County while Darryl Clark added 12 points.
at The Fort
BLAND COUNTY (9-7, 1-4)
Dillow 25, Jon. Miller 1, Wright 3, Clark 12, J.R. Miller 4, Hankins 3, Goings 1, French 2.
FORT CHISWELL (12-4, 4-1)
Mooney 2, C. Mabry 16, Gravley 15, B. Mabry 11, Hamm 10, Perry 4, Thomas 11, Worrell 12.
Bland County........................13 10 18 10 — 51
Fort Chiswell.........................19 20 23 19 — 81
3-point-goals -- Bland County 7 (Dillow 3, Clark 2, Wright, Hankins), Fort Chiswell 4 (Worrell 2, B. Mabry, Hamm). JV -- Fort Chiswell won.
Hurley 77,
Council 43
COUNCIL, Va. — Tyler Cooper led three Rebels in double figures with 16 points, while brother Austin Cooper added 13.
Dustin Waynick chipped in 11 for Hurley (11-3, 5-0), which will host Haysi in Tuesday.
Council was led by Josh Viers with 14 points.
Hurley hosts Haysi on Tuesday.
at Council Elementary School
HURLEY (11-3, 5-0)
Wesley Peck 4, Austin Cooper 13, Thomas Allen 7, Dustin Waynick 11, Teddy Hensley 3, Nick Gibson 7, Tyler Cooper 16, Tyler Berglowe 5, Nathan Ramey 2, Dylan Justus 5, Austin Slone 4.
COUNCIL (4-12, 0-6)
Josh Viers 14, Cameron Presley 7, Billy Presley 7, Zach Tiller 9, Keeton Bostic 6
Hurley................................... 12 37 15 13 — 77
Council...................................8 9 18 8 — 43
3 pt field goals: HUR 6 (Hensley, Gibson, T. Cooper 3, Berglowe); COU 1 (Tiller).
Wyoming East 59, Oak Hill 55
OAK HILL — Marcus Schofield scored 21 points to lift the Warriors to an overtime victory over the Red Devils.
Luke Campbell added 13 points for Wyoming East, which hosts Woodrow Wilson tonight.
Jalen Jones led Oak Hill with 20 points.
at Oak Hill High School
WYOMING EAST (7-2)
Canada 6, Luke Campbell 13, Marcus Schofield 21, McKinney 6, Tunstalle 4, Hedinger 5, K. Smith 4.
OAK HILL (5-3)
Elam 5, Jalen Jones 20, Rondale Watson 19, Re 1, Kadrin Goodman 10.
Wyoming East..............11 12 14 11 11 — 59
Oak Hill...........................9 11 19 9 7 — 55
3 pt field goals: WE 5 (McKinney 2, Canada, Campbell, Tunstalle); OH 4 (Watson 3, Jones). JV- Wyoming East won.
New Life 64,
Mercer Christian 61
PRINCETON — It took two overtimes for New Life to escape with a three-point win over the Cavaliers.
New Life had just four players score, led by Josh Nuckols 28 points and 15 from Logan Cook.
Mercer Christian (4-10), which was outscored 19-16 in the two extra periods, was led by Jonathan Easter with 23 points — including four 3s — and 15 from James Beckner, who was 7-7 from the free throw line.
Caleb Janning tallied 12 points for the Cavaliers, who travel to Champions Academy in Richlands on Monday.
at Mercer Christain
NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN (5-3)
Josh Nuckols 28, Logan Cook 15, Sean Chasteen 10, Zach Walker 11.
MERCER CHRISTIAN (4-10)
Josiah Janning 7, Jonathan Easter 23, Kenny Shrewsbury 4, James Beckner 15, Caleb Janning 12.
New Life Christian........11 10 8 16 10 9 — 64
Mercer Christian...........19 7 10 9 10 6 — 61
3 pt field goals: NL 3 (Nuckols 3); MC 4 (Easter 4).
Pipestem 58,
Grace Christian 33
PIPESTEM — Aleks Lanes’ 23 points helped lift Pipestem Christian to a home victory.
The game was tied at 12 after one before Pipestem opened the game up with a 17-4 second quarter.
Dylan Kinzer chipped in with 14 points for Pipestem.
Aaron Weber had nine points for Grace.
at Pipestem Academy
GRACE (4-7)
Aaron Weber 9, Ethan Perry 2, Kris Atkins 8, Quinton Houck 7, Jon Brokke 3, Nathan Welch 4.
PIPESTEM (15-4)
Austin Peyton 9, Dylan Kinzer 14, Zayne Worley 8, Aleks Lane 23, Ethan Lane 2, Logan Miller 2.
Grace........................................12 4 9 8 — 33
Pipestem..................................12 17 22 7 — 58
3-poin goals: PC 3 (Peyton 1, Kinzer 2, Worley 1), GC 3 (Weber 2, Houck 1)
Mount View 78,
Van 60
VAN — Four Golden Knights finished in double figures on Thursday night as Mount View bounced back with a second straight win after a tough loss earlier in the week to Westside.
Teddy Hazzard had 19 points and Maurice Brown added 18. Jerry Saunders finished with 16 points while Tashaan Vineyard had 13.
Van’s Brandon Elswick led all scorers with 37 points.
Matt White chipped in 15 points.
