By LLOYD COMBS
BIRCHLEAF. Va. — One girls team and one boys team remain unbeaten in Black Diamond District play.
Haysi and Twin Valley split the honors Thursday at Sandlick Elementary School.
The Haysi boys and Twin Valley girls each took sole possession of first place in their respective standings with victories Thursday night.
The Tigers stopped the Panthers, 59-44, in the boys contest. In the girls game, the Lady Panthers handed Haysi a 62-52, defeat.
In the boys game Byron Bowman scored a game-high 25 points and Chris Fleming added a double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds to go with four assists.
Fleming also had two steals and two blocks, and played a part in a Haysi zone defense that was the difference in the game. The Tigers (8-7, 3-0) surrounded Twin Valley’s leading scorer, Josh Smith, with two and three defenders and held the senior post to 13 points, just four in the first half.
“Smith’s tough,” Fleming said. “We stayed in our spots and played defense. We had a good game plan and we executed it.”
Daniel Hobbs and Brandon Viers each scored 12 points for the Panthers (8-7, 2-2), but it wasn’t nearly enough. Smith got just four shots in the second half, while his teammates were a combined 5-of-29 from the floor after the break.
Bowman carried Haysi offensively in the first quarter, scoring 11 points, and added eight points in the fourth period. Fleming scored 12 points in the second quarter, as the Tigers took a 29-23 lead.
Jeremy Yates and Dakota Stanley combined for just eight points, but they hit back-to-back three-pointers to double Haysi’s third-quarter lead to 37-25. Twin Valley got no closer than six points again the rest of the way, at 50-44, after a free throw by Smith with 4:03 remaining.
TWIN VALLEY (44)
Smith 4 5-6 13, Hughes 2 0-0 4, Hobbs 6 0-0 12, Hubbard 1 0-0 3, Viers 4 1-3 12, Mullins 0 0-0 0, Prater 0 0-0 0, Cantrell 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 17 6-9 44.
HAYSI (59)
Fleming 7 0-0 16, Yates 1 0-0 3, Stanley 2 0-0 5, Bowman 9 3-4 25, O’Quinn 2 0-0 4, Edwards 3 0-0 6, Whitt 0 0-0 0, Swiney 0 0-0 0, Triplett 0 0-0 0, Childress 0 0-0 0, Newberry 0 0-0 0. Totals -- 24 3-4 59.
Twin Valley.....................11 12 11 10 — 44
Haysi..............................15 14 16 14 — 59
3-point goals-TV 4 (Viers 3, Hubbard), Haysi 8 (Bowman 4, Fleming 2, Stanley, Yates). Total fouls-TV 10, Hay 12. Fouled out-none.
Girls
Twin Valley 62, Haysi 52
In the girls game Katie Jo Lester scored 34 points, 20 in the second half, and pulled down 14 rebounds as Twin Valley (11-4, 4-0) completed a sweep through the first half of its BDD schedule.
“The good thing for us is, three of the first four district games were on the road,” Twin Valley coach Rick Goodman said. “Katie Jo didn’t shoot as well as she usually does, but she still had a good game.
“Emily McClanahan carried us in the first half. She hit some big shots.”
McClanahan scored 10 of her 13 points in the first half. Rachel Horn added 10 points for the Lady Panthers, who took the lead for good, at 30-26, with a 7-0 run at the end of the first half.
Traci Edwards scored 21 points, 10 in the third period, for Haysi (8-7, 2-1). Julie Spangler added 15 points and Holly Bowman scored 14 points for the Lady Tigers.
TWIN VALLEY (62)
Wagner 0 2-2 2, Rose 0 0-0 0, Horn 4 1-2 10, McClanahan 5 0-2 13, Lester 12 9-14 34, Keene 1 0-0 2, Goodman 0 1-2 1. Totals -- 22 13-22 62.
HAYSI (52)
M. Sutherland 1 0-2 2, S. Stiltner 0 0-1 0, Bowman 5 4-7 14, Edwards 8 0-0 21, Spangler 5 1-2 15, S. Sutherland 0 0-0 0, Stanley 0 0-0 0, Roark 0 0-2 0. Totals -- 19 5-14 52.
Twin Valley......................19 11 13 19 — 62
Haysi...............................15 11 8 18 — 52
3-point goals-TV 5 (McClanahan 3, Lester, Horn), Haysi 9 (Edwards 5, Spangler 4). Total fouls-TV 14, Hay 15. Fouled out-Goodman.
