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Floyd suffers first loss
Buffalo kicker Gavin Jackson added an extra point after the Buffaloes' first touchdown.
A Buffalo runner gains ground.
Buffalo quarterback Noah Underwood passes for a score.
After starting the 2016 football season piling up 114 points while shutting out opponents in four games (two of them scrimmages), the Floyd County High School football varsity Buffalos lost to lost by one point, 28-27 to Grayson County High School Friday on Coach Beale Field.
The loss came when Grayson scored a two-point conversation in the fourth quarter and kept the Buffaloes away from the end zone for the game’s final 10 minutes.
The Buffs scored first just after kickoff with a touchdown and extra point, but Grayson scored in the first quarter while a missed extra point kick failed, leaving Floyd with a one-point lead (7-6). After a holding penalty wiped a touchdown, the Buffs scored and lead 14-6 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second half, Grayson scored 16 unanswered points with quarterback Parker Dowell running for 104 yards on 20 carries and went 4-for-9 for 101 yards passing. Floyd led 27-20 with 10:22 left in the game until Mason Carico of Grayson scored on a 29-yard run and Dowell ran in for the two-point conversion.
For the Buffs, quarterback Noah Underwood passed for touchdowns by Jack LeRoy and JP Dunford and was 7-of-10 in passing for 130 yards. He and Easton Webster scored running touchdowns, but a missed conversion cost limited a point. Aiden Bakely piled up 130 yards with 14 carries.
The loss puts the Buffaloes record at 2-1. They host Fort Chiswell on Coach Beale Field this coming Friday. Game time is 7:00 pm.
In another FCHS sport, the Girls Varsity Volleyball team lost 3-0 to Carroll County in Hillsville on Thursday of last week, putting the Lady Buffaloes at 2-6. Earlier in the week, they beat William Fleming 3-0 in Roanoke.
Princettia Sparkling Rouge poinsettia has red bracts with a pink splash pattern.
Princettia Sparkling Rouge poinsettia has red bracts with a pink splash pattern.
Graham joins Tri-Area Community Health
Jennifer Graham
Tri-Area Community Health is pleased to welcome Jennifer Graham, MEd, LPC, as the Behavioral Health Director.
She was previously with Mount Rogers Community Services for 21 years and held various positions serving both youth and adults. Beginning in 2005, she worked as a Qualified Mental Health Professional as a mental health skill builder, case manager, and Therapeutic Day Treatment counselor before returning to Lindsey Wilson College to earn an MEd in Counseling and Human Development and a Licensed Professional Counselor license in 2020.
Graham takes a compassionate, individualized approach to therapy, recognizing each person’s unique strengths, experiences, and capacity for growth. Her work focuses on helping clients develop resilience and effective ways of navigating life’s challenges. With a broad and integrative perspective, she draws from various therapeutic approaches to meet each person’s needs and support lasting well-being. She views the therapeutic relationship as a space where insight, connection, and meaningful change can emerge.
“We are thrilled to welcome Ms. Graham as our Behavioral Health Director,” said Dr. James Werth, Jr., CEO. “Her clinical expertise, dedication, and commitment to supporting mental health and well-being will be a valuable asset to our team and the individuals and families we have the privilege of serving."
“I’m excited to be joining Tri-Area Community Health and to have the opportunity to support the mental health and well-being of the people in our communities,” she said. “I hope to provide a safe, compassionate space where people feel heard and supported as they work through life’s challenges and move toward healing and personal growth.”
Veterans cemetery awarded expansion grant (copy)
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ National Cemetery Administration (NCA) announced that it has awarded a grant of up to $243,467 to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the expansion of Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Dublin.
The cemetery serves more than 108,000 veterans and their eligible family members in the region. The grant will fund the construction of the installation of survey grid monuments at an existing turfed area for 482 in-ground cremation gravesites, irrigation and the addition of the Space Force service branch emblem at the existing assembly area.
"These grants enable the states to better serve veterans and their families where they live" said VA Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs Sam Brown. "Because of this program, more than 94% of Veterans living in the United States have access to the burial benefits they have earned at a cemetery within 75 miles of where they live."
Since 1980, VA has awarded 525 grants totaling over $1 billion to establish, expand, improve, operate, or maintain 125 Veterans cemeteries.
In 2025, VA grant-funded cemeteries interred more than 44,705 veterans and eligible family members, which is approximately 25 percent of the 174,398 total annual interments in all national and VA grant-funded Veterans cemeteries.
For more information about the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery, contact Deputy Commissioner of Virgina State Veterans Cemeteries Steven Combs at 804-786-0294 or Steven.Combs@dvs.virginia.gov .
“The Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery does a magnificent job at honoring our revered veteran communities,” said U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith.
