December 30, 2008

Mustard cans seven 3s to lead Bland County past the Bulldogs

Staff reports

TAZEWELL, Va. — Kirby Mustard was 7-for-7 from 3-point range and finished with 25 points, leading the Bears to a 71-47 win over Tazewell on Tuesday night.

Laurel Hankins added 19 points for Bland County, which travels to Northwood on Tuesday. Hankins and Kristin Dunn each had five rebounds.

Katelyn Mitchell led Tazewell with 11 points, seven rebounds and six steals. Brittney Muncy added nine points, seven boards and two blocked shots, while Cara Cecil pulled down six rebounds.

Tazewell (2-5) travels Friday to Richlands.

at Tazewell Middle School

BLAND COUNTY (n/r)

Laurel Hankins 19, Dillow 2, A.Duncan 6, Williams 2, Kirby Mustard 25, E.Duncan 3, Brizendine 7, Looney 7, Dunn 7.

TAZEWELL (2-5)

Barton 3, Kelsey Sutherland 10, Muncy 9, Vencill 2, Katelyn Mitchell 11, Cecil 4, Thorpe 8.

Bland County......................15 16 19 21 — 71

Tazewell................................5 11 15 16 — 47

3-point goals: BC 9 (Mustard 7, Hankins 1, E.Duncan 1); TZ 3 (Mitchell 3). JV—BC 30-25.

Iaeger 59,

Matewan 11

GILBERT — Ashley Gibson scored 12 points, Samantha Matney tossed in 11 and Danielle McClanahan added 10 points, five rebounds and two steals in the Mollette-Murphy Classic consolation game win for the Cubs.

Ieager (3-4), which travels Friday to Mount Hope, also received six steals from Bethany Justus and four by Danielle Owens.

Rachel Clark led Matewan with four points.

Gilbert won the title game 51-38 over Williamson.

IAEGER (3-4)

Danielle Owens 4, Dakota Roberts 8, Ashley Gibson 12, Ali Carlan 4, Bethany Justus 4, Samantha Matney 11, Natasha Collins 6, Danielle McClanahan 10.

MATEWAN (n/r)

Rachel Clark 4, Paige Deerfield 2, Miranda Lester 3, Jean Brady 2.

Iaeger.................................13 16 14 16 — 59

Matewan..............................4 1 0 6 — 11

3-point goals: IG 5 (Roberts 2, Matney 2, Gibson 1); MT 0.

Summers Co. 100, Independence 19

HINTON — Lauren Estes and Candace Brown scored 16 points apiece, as No. 1 Summers County rolled to a win over the Patriots.

Summers County, which also received 12 points and six assists from Hallie Gunnoe and 10 rebounds from Brown, led 33-0 after the first quarter and 52-0 at halftime.

Allissa Ward led Independence with 11 points.

Hannah Gunnoe tossed in 10 points for the Bobcats (7-0), while Emily Blevins added nine.

INDEPENDENCE (n/r)

Brittany Shumate 2, Kayla Epling 3, Kayla Saunders 3, Allissa Ward 11.

SUMMERS COUNTY (7-0)

Morgan Gore 6, Leslie Mack 6, Hallie Gunnoe 12, Emily Blevins 9, Hannah Gunnoe 10, Ashley Brown 8, Candace Brown 16, Keri Hudson 3, Albany Reed 2, Kim Cox 8, Brooke Edwards 2, Lauren Estes 16, Kelsey Lively 2.

Independence.....................0 0 8 11 — 19

Summers County..............33 19 29 19 — 100

3-point goals: IN 4 (Ward 3, Epling 1); SC 2 (Mack 1, Blevins 1). JV—SC 85-12.

Prep Boys

Montcalm 51,

Iaeger 45

IAEGER — Donald White hit four 3s and finished with 17 points, leading Montcalm to the John Sparks Tournament championship over the Cubs.

David Kolb added 13 points and five rebounds for Montcalm, while Steven McClanahan had eight points, six boards and four assists.

Jabe Meadows added five boards for the Generals (3-4), which travel next Tuesday to Mount Hope for a 5:30 game.

Iaeger (2-3) was led by J.L. Reed with 13 points, seven boards, three assists and two steals. Jared Roberts scored 11 points and added six boards, while Cody Jackson had six points and and seven rebounds. Landon Hurley also had three assists.

Despite the loss, Iaeger head coach Don Smith was pleased with the four teams that participated in the tournament.

“The tournament was well-attended and I want to think everybody that participated and everybody that was here,” said Smith, whose Cubs struggled shooting, hitting just 18-54 from the field and 7-17 from the free throw line.

Iaeger will host Man on Friday.

MONTCALM (3-4)

Donald White 17, Jabe Meadows 9, Steven McClanahan 8, Jacob Shrewsbury 2, David Kolb 13, Jacob Horne 2.

IAEGER (2-3)

Jared Roberts 11, Cody Jackson 6, Landon Hurley 7, Lawrence Morgan 8, J.L. Reed 13.

Montcalm..............................11 7 17 16 — 51

Iaeger....................................10 11 16 8 — 45

3--point goals: MT 6 (White 4, Kolb 2); IG 2 (Roberts 1, Hurley 1).

Big Creek 71, Beckley Christian 43

IAEGER — Cody Underwood and Aaron Rutherford each connected on a trio of 3-pointers, leading the Owls to a win in the consolation game of the John Sparks Tournament.

Underwood finished with 18 points, while Rutherford tossed in 13. Austin Johnson added nine for the Owls (2-4), which travel Friday to Hurley.

Luke Wright led Greater Beckley Christian with 11 points.

BECKLEY CHRISTIAN (n/a)

Dane Lehman 8, Emmanuel Bockarie 8, Ryan Motcey 4, Luke Wright 11, Phillip Cook 3, Preston Kendrick 9.

BIG CREEK (2-4)

Vendell Williams 7, Austin Johnson 9, Cody Underwood 18, Roger Hale 4, Brandon Johnson 5, Shawn Rowe 6, Justin Kidwell 1, Devon Johnson 3, John Bailey 1, Aaron Rutherford 13, Shane Hicks 1, Leshon Benton 4.

Beckley Christian................12 14 10 7 — 43

Big Creek.............................18 12 16 26 — 71

3-point goals: BC 1 (Wright 1); BC 7 (Rutherwood 3, Underwood 3, B.Johnson 1).

James Monroe 73, Giles 59

LINDSIDE — Tyler Frankin had 15 points, leading five Mavericks in double figures in the win over the Spartans.

John Ballengee and Taylor Robertson scored 14 points apiece, while Brian Belcher tossed in 11. The Mavericks (2-4), which also received 14 rebounds from Franklin, will host Summers County on Tuesday.

Giles was paced by Andy Randel with 20 points and Codey Williams with 15.

GILES (n/a)

Travis Robertson 3, Jarrod Alls 5, Chris Myers 2, Caleb Tilley 4, Andy Randel 20, Codey Williams 15, Wes Conley 8, Greg Ray 2.

JAMES MONROE (2-4)

Tyler Frankin 15, Layton Hefner 9, Taylor Robertson 14, Brian Belcher 11, Travis Martin 10, John Ballengee 14.

Giles.......................................11 9 11 28 — 59

James Monroe........................9 12 35 17 — 73

Wyoming East 64, Bridgeport 50

NEW RICHMOND — Gentry Shrewsbury scored 19 points to lead the No. 1 ranked Warriors to a 5-0 mark with a win in the Family Health Care Classic.

Andrew Bishop added 11 points for Wyoming East, which travels Friday to Independence.

Jerome Axton led Bridgeport with 21 points.

Robert C. Byrd won the other game on Tuesday, defeating Westside 66-63. Byr was led by Brett Ervin with 20 points, while Eric Bailey paced the Renegades with 25.

BRIDGEPORT (1-5)

Johnson 7, Jerome Axton 21, Stout 2, Carey 6, Tonkery 8, Robey 1, Irwin 2, Kornbreath 3.

WYOMING EAST (5-0)

Muscari 7, Bookout 6, Gentry Shrewsbury 19, McKracken 3, Fuller 8, Webb 2, Andrew Bishop 11, Fralin 2, Schofield 6.

Bridgeport...............................5 6 18 21 — 50

Wyoming East.......................18 16 15 15 — 64

3-point goals: BP 1 (Johnson 1); WE 4 (Bookout 2, Muscari 1, McKracken 1).

Monday's Games

James Monroe 63, Independence 31

LINDSIDE — Kara Terry scored 16 points and Devon Amos added 13, leading James Monroe to a 63-31 win over Independence on Monday night.

Karsyn Boothe added nine points for the Mavericks, while Whitney Skelton added eight. James Monroe (4-3), which also received 15 rebounds from Amos, will host Allegheny on Jan. 9.

Allissa Ward paced the Patriots with nine points.

INDEPENDENCE (n/r)

Kayla Eppling 7, Brittany Shumate 4, Kayla Saunders 6, Jacinda Ward 2, Allissa Ward 9, Jessica Russell 3.

JAMES MONROE (4-3)

Karsyn Boothe 9, Morgan Wickline 4, Kara Terry 16, Tracy Wills 6, Devon Amos 13, Melissa Johnston 4, Jade McDaniel 3, Whitney Skelton 8.

3-point goals: IHS 3 (Ward 2, Russell 1); JM none.

Independence...................9 8 6 8 — 31

James Monroe.................22 16 13 12 — 63

Prep Boys

Iaeger 48,

Big Creek 44

IAEGER — Phillip Hopkins’ foul shots broke a 44-44 tie with 12 seconds left on Monday, and J.L. Reed stole Big Creek’s in-bounds pass and scored the final layup as the Iaeger Cubs beat the Owls in the first round of the John Sparks Memorial Tournament.

Reed had 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists and a pair of steals for Iaeger. Cody Jackson cleared 11 rebounds. Lawrence Morgan had nine rebounds and two assists. Jared Roberts and Landon Hurley each had two steals, and Hopkins provided two assists.

Big Creek shot 16-for-47 from the floor and 6-for-20 at the foul line, with 15 turnovers.

A portion of the funds from the tournament go to the John Sparks Memorial Grant to a Iaeger graduating senior.

Big Creek plays at Hurley on Friday.

BIG CREEK (1-4)

Austin Johnson 15, Cody Underwood 12, Roger Hale 4, Brandon Johnson 4, Shawn Rowe 6, Devon Johnson 3.

IAEGER (2-2)

J.L. Reed 18, Lawrence Morgan 11, Cody Jackson 9, Landon Hurley 5, Phillip Hopkins 5.

3-point goals: BC 6 (A.Johnson 3, Underwood 2, D.Johnson 1); IHS 5 (Reed 3, Hurley 1, Hopkins 1).

Big Creek............................5 9 17 13 — 44

Iaeger...................................7 8 15 18 — 48

Wyoming East 60, R.C. Byrd 48

NEW RICHMOND — The Warriors raised their record to 4-0 Monday in the first round of their Family Healthcare Classic in Wyoming County. Gentry Shrewsbury paced all scorers with 25 points; Evan Muscari hit three treys and scored 15 points. Brett Ervin had 20 for Robert C. Byrd.

Westside beat Bridgeport 54-50 in Monday’s other game. Eric Bailey led the Renegades (3-1) with 14 points, while Jerome Axto tossed in 26 for Bridgeport (1-4).

Wyoming East plays Friday at Independence.

ROBERT C. BYRD (1-3)

Denny 8, Secret 3, Abston 2, Morrison 3, Moore 2, Coffman 4, Brett Ervin 20, Hill 6.

WYOMING EAST (4-0)

Evan Muscari 15, Bookout 2, Gentry Shrewbury 25, Smith 8, McKracken 6, Fuller 4.

3-point goals RCB 3 (Secret 1, Ervin 2); WE 6 (Muscari 3, McKracken 2, Fuller 1).

Robert C. Byrd...............18 11 10 9 — 48

Wyoming East...............17 19 8 16 — 60