The Rural Retreat Indians played host to the Bland County Bears Thursday night in a non-district match-up. When the final horn had sounded the Bears had chalked up a 52-32 victory.
Both teams started off slow, but Kyle Kennedy opened the scoring with a trey. Moments later, Shawn Robertson hit from the lane as BC led 5-0.

The Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers avenged an earlier loss by defeating the George Wythe Lady Maroons 77-74 in double overtime Friday night at the Fort.
Just the Friday before, the Lady Maroons took a 17-point (78-61) victory over FC in a contest played in the Dungeon.

The Rural Retreat wrestling team placed sixth in the Group A state meet last year. While that in itself would have to be considered a ultra-successful season, it wasn’t quite as good as the season before that. That shows how far the Indian wrestling program has come in recent years.

When Rural Retreat Head Coach Quinton Hensley went to his first girls’ basketball practice, he saw a lot of new faces and realized he would have a different cast this season.
Graduation hit Hensley and the Lady Indians hard as they lost four starters and two reserves.

Ropes, hoops, balls, clubs and ribbons will gracefully fly through the air today as competitors in the 2007 USA Gymnastics Rhythmic Group Championships take over the Wytheville Community Center.
Gymnasts from across the nation will be competing in a variety of skill levels in the event co-hosted by USA Gymnastics and Princeton Gymnastics and Dance Academy.
Kristina Sklioutovskaya and her husband, Manny Lopez, run the Princeton, W. Va., academy and Sklioutovskaya said they found out in October that their bid won to host the competition.
“It is the first time in history it will be in Virginia,” she said. “It’s a lot of preparation.”

The Buffs lost non-district games to Galax and Christiansburg.

Freeman’s has a line on success

There was a no parking law at Legion Field in Gate City on Saturday and Tyler Parks made sure that there were no violations.
Parks ran for 212 yards on 44 carries and two scores to lead the Blue Devils to a 21-14 win over the George Wythe Maroons in a Group A, Division 2 state semifinal football game.
George Wythe became a one-dimensional team as the Blue Devil defense took away the vaunted running game that had been spearheaded by Seth White and Larry McCoy all season.

The Fort Chiswell Lady Pioneers made the short bus ride to George Wythe Friday night for a non-district girls’ basketball contest.
In a whistle-filled game, the Lady Maroons came out on top 78-61. Ashley Buchanan had a game-high 31 points for GW while teammate Lacey Price added 30.

The Bath County Chargers stunned the home crowd at Community Stadium with a last minute touchdown to defeat the Rural Retreat Indians 18-12 in the Region C, Division 1 title football game played Friday night.
After trailing for most of the game, the Indians had tied the score at 12-12 after David Harrison scored his second touchdown early in the fourth quarter.