After winning the opening round of the Coppinger Tournament in dramatic fashion, the Fort Chiswell varsity baseball team dropped its next two tourney games to AA Tazewell 13-1 and Oak Hill, W.Va., 8-2 before returning to Mountain Empire District competition.

The George Wythe Maroons traveled to Glade Spring Thursday night and defeated the Patrick Henry Rebels 7-6 in a nine inning Hogoheegee District baseball marathon.

After a scoreless first half, the George Wythe Lady Maroons scored twice in the second half to defeat the Rural Retreat Lady Indians 2-0 in a Hogoheegee District girls’ soccer game played Tuesday afternoon at GWHS.

I’m not exactly a sucker for advertising or pretty packaging.  Sometimes, though, something will catch my eye, something like a violet on sale in a shimmery wrapping or an especially informative bag of rice with its natural history written on the bag.

After serving the past 12 years as the George Wythe High School girls’ basketball coach and after 33 years of teaching, Arthur Johnson recently announced that he will retire at the end of this school year.

George Wythe High School senior Kelby Dove signed a scholarship last week to attend and play soccer at Bluefield College.

Lacey Price, a senior at George Wythe High School, signed a scholarship last week to play basketball at Virginia Intermont College.

The George Wythe Maroons varsity baseball team hosted the Bland County Bears last Monday afternoon and earned their first win of the season by a score of 15-2 in a non-district contest.

Donnie Pruitt, the winningest football coach in George Wythe High School history, is retiring.

At this time just three years ago, Cole Wilder was preparing for prom at George Wythe High School.
This week, he’s going to the Big Dance.