Lady Blues on a winning streak

Blues gain revenge with 25 point victory

Five games in five days takes a toll on Blues

Chris Rodriguez, a senior at Fort Chiswell High School, signed to receive a scholarship to play football at Concord College (W.Va.) during ceremonies held Wednesday afternoon at FCHS.

Brandon Atwell, a senior at George Wythe High School, signed a scholarship to play football at Ohio University, during ceremonies held Wednesday morning at GWHS.

The George Wythe Maroon boys’ varsity basketball team made a trip to the west end of the county on Monday night to face the Indians of Rural

The teams will take on the Eagles tonight (February 4.)

The match closed out the regular season for the Floyd County Buffaloes.

The Buffaloes win gave Floyd a sereis sweep with Glenvar.

BREAKING NEWS: Max Meadows Headstart and Wythe County Schools will close at noon.
SMYTH CO. SCHOOLS CLOSING AT 12:15 p.m. TODAY

Rats!  Another good festival idea is already taken.  Two weeks ago, I read about the 48th annual “Fangtastic” Waurika Rattlesnake Hunt in Waurika, Oklahoma.  These people know how to take a good idea and get some mileage out of it. 

In some ways, 2008 was not the very best of years. In the world of sports, however, last year contained its fair share of accomplishments, honors and achievements by teams and individuals throughout Wythe County.

BREAKING NEWS: Max Meadows Headstart and Wythe County Schools will close at noon.
SMYTH CO. SCHOOLS CLOSING AT 12:15 p.m. TODAY

It’s record-breaking time.
On Saturday, Region C champs (11-1) Holston High School Cavaliers will play Region D champs (10-2) J.I. Burton High School of Norton, Va., in the state semi-final game at Emory & Henry College.
Last week, the Cavaliers beat the Bath County Chargers in the Region C, Division 1 championship game, 30-7, for a second straight year. The Cavaliers earned their spot in last week’s game with a 27-0 playoff win against Rural Retreat.

The Radford Bobcats held off a fourth quarter comeback attempt by George Wythe to defeat the Maroons 33-28 in a Region C, Division 2 semifinal football game played Friday night at Pendleton Field.

Citing the inability to be competitive in regional and state competition has landed Graham High School in the Mountain Empire District starting with the 2011 school year.

The Bland County Bears kept pace with MED frontrunner Narrows in the race for the district girls’ championship by overcoming a major hurdle in their quest for 2009-10 supremacy

For the most part of the first half, Bland County Bears coach Jason Lambert must have thought he was having a bad dream.