Sports
Related Photos
-
Steve Keenan
-
Steve Keenan
Tools
High school roundup
In recent high school basketball games:
Valley 50, Oak Hill 34
Bre’onna Newkirk turned in a solid all-around performance for Valley as it won at home Thursday. Newkirk collected 14 points, nine rebounds and five blocks.
Also for Valley (8-4), Alexis Payne added 13 points and Bobbi Dyer contributed 10.
Kristen White scored 10 points to lead Oak Hill. Neaire Miller chipped in nine.
The Greyhounds led just 21-17 at halftime before putting some distance between themselves and the Red Devils in the final two quarters.
Fayetteville 50, Mount Hope 41
Jessica Brown scored 13 points and had eight steals to power host Fayetteville Thursday.
Teammate Beth Murphy had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds.
Precious Gray scored 14 points for Mount Hope. Brandie Gore supplied 11 and Talisa Smith nine.
Fayetteville (8-6) will visit Oak Hill at 5:45 p.m. today.
Oak Hill 64, Bluefield 61
The Red Devils boys improved to 11-1 with the three-point win Wednesday.
Kalif Wright and Jack Flournoy each tallied 26 points for Oak Hill. Other scorers were: DeAndré Leonard, 8; Thomas Booth, 1; and Kyle Colon, 3.
Craig Ponder’s 20 led the Beavers.
Meadow Bridge 54, Summers County 47
The Wildcats got out of the gates fast Tuesday, posting a 12-2 first-quarter advantage en route to the victory.
For Meadow Bridge (9-4), Tyler Bennett scored 20 points, and teammates Chris Gray and Tyler Vandall added 12 and 11 markers, respectively. Also providing offense were: Brandon Adkins, 4; Cody White, 4; and Zack Wingerd, 3.
John Luc McCrae’s 14 led Summers.
Oak Hill 45, Liberty 37
The Oak Hill girls hiked their record to 4-10 Tuesday by turning back the Raiders.
Neaire Miller’s 11-point effort paced a balanced Oak Hill scoring attack. Others in the scoring column were: Cassie Molchanoff, 2; Heather Stevens, 4; Cheyenne Selbe, 3; Kristen White, 8; Savannah Robertson, 4; Shakiyla Cosby, 3; Hailey Horn, 3; and Quartney Settle, 7.
Maygan Mullohan scored 19 for Liberty.
Shady Spring 67, Fayetteville 43
Fayetteville dipped to 7-5 with the loss to the Tigers.
Nich Carte scored 15 and Corey Goodman 11 for Fayetteville. Other scorers were: MichaelAngelo Hernandez, 4; Dylan Young, 9; Chris Hill, 2; and Charles Briscoe, 2.
Kevin Goodson had 18 for Shady.
- Sports
-
-
Devils state-bound for 4th straight year
The Oak Hill “trees” get the headlines, but it was DeAndré Leonard who was the key.
-
Pirates nip ‘Cats for state berth
It was eight years in the making.
But Fayetteville isn’t complaining. -
Midland thumps Iaeger 72-34
The number 13 had both a negative and positive connotation for Midland Trail Wednesday night. The positive won out.
-
St. Joseph rolls past MB
Meadow Bridge coach Steve Taylor is normally very animated during a game.
He stands most of the time. He yells, uses body language to convince shots to go in and even does an occasional 360-degree jump and spin.
But early in the third quarter Thursday night in the Wildcats’ 82-25 state quarterfinal loss to Class A No. 1 St. Joseph, Taylor sat down. -
Red Devils fall to East; face PikeView tonight
Wyoming East and Oak Hill are top-ranked teams that know each other well.
-
MB girls to tangle with No. 1 Saint Joseph
In their bid to upset heavily-favored Saint Joseph Central, members of the Meadow Bridge girls basketball team realize they must present a united front.
-
Tournament action
The high school basketball season has heated up recently as tournament games were staged at a variety of venues.
-
County rivalry to send one team to states
Based on regular season results, Fayetteville (10-7) is the favorite in Wednesday night’s Class A Region 3 co-final against Meadow Bridge (14-6) at Greenbrier West High School. Tip is set for 7 p.m.
-
Trail seeks first tourney berth since ‘97
Seeking its first boys state tournament berth since 1997, Midland Trail lines up against Iaeger at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Hico in a Class A Region 3 co-final.
-
Patriots down rival Pirates
Greg Crist admits it’s sometimes frustrating to take to the court against Fayetteville, a main rival for his Midland Trail team.
- More Sports Headlines
-
Devils state-bound for 4th straight year
