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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Rural Retreat couldn’t handle Northwood’s full-court pressure as the Panthers kept the Indians winless in boys’ basketball play Friday.
The game was close for a little over a quarter before the home team took advantage of turnovers and pulled away. Northwood went on to capture a 69-43 Hogoheegee District victory.
The Panthers honored their six seniors at their last regular-season game, and three of them responded with double-figure scoring nights. Chris Robinson led the way with 17 points, with Zach Roberts supplying 15 and StevenEarly Spence 11.

The George Wythe varsity basketball team has six seniors, five juniors and three sophomores on its roster and all 14 players scored as the Maroons traveled to Chilhowie Friday night and avenged last season’s loss by dominating the Warriors 97-56 in a showdown for the Hogoheegee District’s top spot. 

If there were any doubts about which team would win after the first quarter, they were dashed by halftime. The George Wythe Maroons led by 22 points at the half and then coasted to a 101-51 victory over the Northwood Panthers in a Hogoheegee District boys’ basketball game played Friday night at GWHS.