With standing room only at Fort Chiswell, the Lady Pioneers proved that the third time is the charm Friday night as they faced the Grayson County Lady Blue Devils.
During the regular season, GC squeaked by the Fort twice but in both games FC was minus a starting player. Friday night, FC was without the services of senior Brittany Pinnix but this time the Lady Pioneers prevailed 68-65 in a double overtime thriller.

Here are scores from games played in the Wytheville Parks and Recreation Department’s Boys’ Basketball League on Feb. 21.

George Wythe took the Hogoheegee District boys’ junior-varsity basketball title Monday night with a 46-33 win over Chilhowie at Patrick Henry.

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.

Boys’ Basketball League
Here are results from games played in the Wytheville Park and Recreation Department’s Boys’ Basketball League on Feb. 16.

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The Hogoheegee and Mountain Empire boys’ and girls’ district basketball tournaments begin next week.

Here are results from games played in the Wytheville Parks and Recreation Department on Feb. 7.
2nd & 3rd Grade League

Even though George Wythe was without the services of Devin Smith, who has the highest three point shooting percentage on the team, due to recovering from a cold, the Maroons teamed up to combine for a total of 10 three-pointers to crush the Rebels 95-46 Friday night in Glade Spring.