Rats!  Another good festival idea is already taken.  Two weeks ago, I read about the 48th annual “Fangtastic” Waurika Rattlesnake Hunt in Waurika, Oklahoma.  These people know how to take a good idea and get some mileage out of it. 

In some ways, 2008 was not the very best of years. In the world of sports, however, last year contained its fair share of accomplishments, honors and achievements by teams and individuals throughout Wythe County.

The Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers used a strong fourth quarter to defeat the George Wythe Lady Maroons 78-72 in a non-district girls’ basketball game played Friday night at the Fort.

Although George Wythe Tennis Coach Rob Shelton lost the top four players from last year’s team that won the district and finished runner-up in the region, he won’t get a lot of sympathy from too many other teams.

The George Wythe varsity softball team has played well during its early season games and Head Coach Bobby Bandrimer has relied on several returning players to provide the spark.

The George Wythe Maroons won their seventh consecutive Hogoheegee District boys’ basketball tournament by thumping Chilhowie 97-40 Friday night at Marion Senior High School.
The Maroons had already wrapped up a berth in the regionals by winning the regular season title with a 10-0 mark after dominating the other district teams. GW improved to 22-2 with the win and will host a first round game tonight at 7 p.m. against Patrick Henry.

A late basket by Chilhowie broke a tie score and gave the Lady Warriors a 55-53 win over the George Wythe Lady Maroons in the Hogoheegee District girls’ basketball championship game Friday night at Marion Senior High School.

The Hogoheegee District and Mountain Empire District boys’ and girls’ basketball tournaments continue throughout this week.
Both districts’ girls’ tourneys began Monday night. The Fort Chiswell and George Wythe girls’ teams both received byes to the semifinal round.

Chilhowie led throughout in beating George Wythe 59-44 Friday at Marion in a playoff between the teams that tied for first place in the Hogoheegee District girls’ basketball standings.
The Lady Warriors used aggressive defense to create turnovers and received four three-pointers from senior Emily Doane, who totaled a team-high 22 points.
Junior Ashley Buckhannon tallied a game-high 26 points for the Maroons, but the Warriors held GW post player Lacey Price to four points. Price had a big game when the Maroons beat the Warriors in their meeting at GW.

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