Fort Chiswell’s Christina Shockley fired in 17 points and pulled down 16 rebounds to help lead the Lady Pioneers to an 80-47 win over the Galax Maroon Tide in a Mountain Empire District girls’ basketball game played Wednesday night in Galax.

The Rural Retreat Invitational Wrestling Tournament had 10 schools competing for individual and team standing at Rural Retreat High School on Saturday Feb. 2.
Hogoheegee District schools George Wythe, Fort Chiswell, and Chilhowie joined Rural Retreat to add to their individual and team records. Non-district teams came from Galax, Grayson, Castlewood, Lebanon and Tazewell. Six teams brought B team wrestlers, resulting in up to 12 wrestlers per weight class.

By KRISTEN HARMON WILLIAMS/Correspondent

Dedicated, loyal, hard working, the desire to succeed and to help others in life are great compliments.
These words are very fitting to Rural Retreat High School’s Quinton Hensley and David Harrison. This duo has made RRHS proud in many ways as they have shined in the classroom and in several sports over the years.

The Holston Cavaliers held off a late rally by Rural Retreat to take a 61-54 victory over the Indians in a Hogoheegee District boys’ basketball game played Friday night at RRHS.
The Indians led throughout most of the first quarter, but the Cavaliers took control of the game with solid second and third quarters to build up a 12-point lead going into the final period.
Rural Retreat made a moderate run over the last couple of minutes of the game to make a bid for its first win of the season, but Holston was able to convert three of its five attempts from the free throw line and kept up its defensive pressure to get the win.

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. 

Boys’ Basketball League
Here are results from games played in the Wytheville Parks and Recreation Department’s Boys’ Basketball League on Jan. 31.

Fort Chiswell and Narrows game regularly scheduled for Friday night was moved to Saturday night due to the ice storm that hit the area on Thursday night and Friday morning.
The Pioneers won the contest 72-69, but they had an uphill battle after trailing 27-14 after the first period of play.

The Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneer basketball team started out slow in the first four minutes but rebounded and came on strong to take a 56-38 road win at Narrows on Saturday.
Katasha Davis and Lindsay Dowdy put the Lady Green Wave in front early as they hit a trio of jumpers, but Kendra Vaughan hit a pair of free throws and Christina Shockley hit from the paint to keep FC close. Andi Guynn and Lauren Albert hit hoops for the Lady Green Wave and FC Coach Kristen Williams called time out.

Points plus performance equals success for George Wythe junior

McKensey Heath wins NAGA 2007 jiu-jitsu title