Northwood was the top team in a cross country meet held Wednesday afternoon at Rural Retreat Lake.
The Northwood girls’ team defeated Bland 27-49. The Northwood boys’ team also had the low score of 29 compared to Fort Chiswell with 69 and Bland County with 83. In addition to Rural Retreat, Fort Chiswell and Bland County, also competing in the meet were runners from Chilhowie.

The Scott Memorial Middle School Cross Country Club has participated in three cross country meets recently.
The first was a 1.5 mile run in the Shoney’s Run fer da Hills at South Holston Dam in Bristol, Tenn. on Sept. 1. The times and places for the race for boys (with 142 running) were:  Owen Morgan 9:35 (22nd), Coleman Dove 10:24 (47th), Michael Hancock 10:25 (49th), Alex Campbell 10:47 (68th), Austin Thomas 10:52 (65th), Rhodes Kline 11:21 (81st), Christopher Black 12:20 (107th), Trevor Williams 12:55 (115th) and Chuck Peterson 14:43 (136th).

Larry McCoy crashed over the goal line on the first play of overtime to propel the George Wythe Maroons to a 21-15 victory over the Floyd County Buffaloes Saturday night at FCHS.
The game was moved from Friday to Saturday night due to a day-long rain on Friday. The weather on Saturday was ideal for football (if not a little cool for fans) with temperatures in the 50s.
The action was hot and heavy on the field as two undefeated teams gave it all they had.

The Fort Chiswell Pioneer football team traveled to Saltville on Friday night as they battled the Northwood Panthers.
The Panthers celebrated their homecoming with a victory as they defeated the Pioneers 35-19.

The Rural Retreat Indians traveled to Salem Friday to take on the Glenvar Highlanders in a non-district contest. A wet field and almost constant rain did not have any ill effects on the Tribe as it defeated the Highlands 31-13.

The George Wythe Maroons survived a few defensive lapses to overcome the Radford Bobcats 19-16 in a non-district football game played Friday night at Pendleton Field at GWHS.
George Wythe Head Coach Donnie Pruitt seemed grateful to see his team go to 2-0 on the season despite it not playing an exceptional game. He said his team didn’t practice well this week and didn’t play well, either.

The Rural Retreat Indians and the Grayson County Blue Devils met at Community Stadium Friday night in a non-district game. Both teas entered the contest with 1 and 1 records, both coming off losses.  Wyatte Pickett’s 15 yard field goal with under 16 seconds sealed the win for RR. Justin Stoneman, David Harrison, David Harmon, Aaron Ryder and Pickett with the help of the “O” line led the Indian offense.

The Fort Chiswell boys’ team, led by Brian Hawley, was the top team in a cross country meet held Wednesday afternoon at Rural Retreat Lake.
It was just the second home meet hosted by the Rural Retreat cross country team. RRHS Cross Country Coach Marty Hadaway said he may try to host another meet at Rural Retreat Lake later on in the season if he can work out the schedule.

The Wytheville Community Center hosted its first Rock the Wall climbing competition on Aug. 11.
Here are the top three climbers in each age category.

Fort Chiswell Golf Press Report
Match at Galax on Thursday August 15th. 

The match was played at Blue Ridge Country Club in Galax at a par of 35 over 3133 yards.