Fort drops GW
Rural Retreat’s Brody Childers scores against Chilhowie in the 2024 VHSL Region 1D baseball finals.
Trey Ward, Rural Retreat
Baseball
Fort drops GW
Brody Musser drove in 5 runs on three hits to lead Fort Chiswell past GW 12-5 on Tuesday in Wytheville. The Pioneers compiled 14 total hits as Isaac Haislip and Musser eah had three a piece while Mac Phillips, Brady Moore, and Cooper Davis ended the day with two each.
Owen Jackson earned the win for FC with one inning of work, striking out two, walking three, and giving up one earned run. Spencer Moser hurled three solid innings in middle relief surrendering only two hits, and one run while striking out seven. Cam Ward and Haislip closed out the final innings for the Fort.
Cade Bralley, Cam Skeens, and Ethan Bement each gathered two hits a piece for GW in the losing effort. Skeens took the loss on the mound for the home team.
With the win, the Pioneers stay undefeated at 7-0 on the year with West Stokes coming to town on Thursday.
Indians edge Marion
Leadoff batter Brody Childers set the pace with three hits as the Indians earned a 10-9 non-district win over Marion.
Dawson Williams, Carter Haga, Gradyn Gibson, Hunter Wells and Justin Walker all added two hits for Rural Retreat.
Zach Kell and Will Garrick each drove in two runs on two hits for Marion.
Cavs edge Maroons
It wasn’t officially Senior Night for Holston High School’s baseball team on Wednesday at Backer Park, but in a way it was.
Collin Widener drove in Creed Maness with a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cavaliers a 7-6 walk-off win over non-district adversary George Wythe.
Widener and Maness happen to be the only 12th-graders on Holston’s roster.
“My two seniors really stepped up when we needed them to,” said Holston coach Josh Ezzell.
Widener finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs and scored two runs, while Eli Tweed’s two hits and Isaac Little’s two RBIs were also key as the dudes from Damascus improved to 2-5.
Freshman Carson Rouse threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to notch his first varsity victory.
“Good, gritty performance by the guys tonight,” Ezzell said. “We’ve got new faces all over the place and some youth. I thought Carson Rouse came on in relief and did a good job keeping them off balance to keep us in it.”
Cade Bralley had a home run, double and scored three runs for George Wythe. Brayden Frazier added two RBIs.
George Wythe 031 101 00—6 5 2
Holston 113 100 01—7 8 4
E. Bement, C. Bement (4), Bralley (8) and Burks. Richardson, Mickens (6), Rouse (6) and Little. W – Rouse. L – Bralley. HR – Bralley (GW), 6th, none on.
Softball
Maroons outslug Fort Chiswell
The Maroons improved to 6-0 with a 16-hit outburst, beating Fort Chiswell 13-9.
Madalyn Morris and Jadelyn Faulkner led GW with three hits apiece.
GW overpowers Holston
The George Wythe Maroons prevailed in a slugfest that featured a combined 28 runs, 28 hits, 18 errors, 16 strikeouts and 11 walks. GW walked away with a non-district 16-12 win over Holston.
GW (7-0) trailed 12-7 after four innings before rallying for the road win.
Temperence Smith and Morgan Layne each had four hits in the win, while Madalyn Morris went 3-for-4 and Brooklyn Ross recorded three RBIs.
Chloe Rouse had two hits and three RBIs for Holston, while Katie Remine’s three hits, Laken Taylor’s two hits and the two RBIs from Ella Evans were also key.
George Wythe 113 225 2—16 19 11
Holston 301 800 0—12 9 7
Harris, E. Faulkner (4), Layne (6) and J. Faulkner. Rolen, Dutton (7) and Remine. W – E. Faulkner. L – Rolen. S – Layne. HR – none.
Track & Field
Food City Classic
At Abingdon High School
Individual Winners
BOYS
4x1600 Relay – University High, 19:18.17; 3,200 – Nathan Wallin (Wise County Central), 10:37.30; 1,000 SMR Relay – Happy Valley (Young, Stines, Swafford, Norman), 2:21.33; 4x800 Relay – Chilhowie (Kell, Cook, West, Collins), 9:08.72; 110 Hurdles – James Cable (Happy Valley), 15.91; 100 – Isaiah Jones (Virginia High), 11.47; 1,600 – Tanner Daniels (Harlan, Ky.), 4:35.34; 4x100 Relay – Virginia High (Mignott, Campbell, Estes, Jones), 44.30; 400 – Trey Ward (Rural Retreat), 51.34; 300 Hurdles – James Cable (Happy Valley), 42.60; 800 – Harrison Harker (University High), 2:02.78; 200 – Isaiah Jones (Virginia High), 23.49; 4x400 Relay – University High, 3:52.10; High Jump – Tyler Pierce (Marion), 5-8; Pole Vault – Ty Bailey (Happy Valley), 13-6; Long Jump – Isaiah Jones (Virginia High), 20-10; Triple Jump – Kameron Keen (Honaker), 39-11; Shot Put – Jacob Mooney (Marion), 52-8; Discus – Jacob Mooney (Marion), 165-4;
GIRLS
4x1600 Relay – University High, 23:32.33; 3,200 – Megan Blevins (Happy Valley), 16:16.72; 1,000 SMR Relay – Tazewell (Miller, Keene, Perkins, Woods-Abdullah), 2:50.84; 4x800 Relay – Grundy (Robinson, D. Armendariz, Ratliff, A. Armendariz), 11:56.13; 100 Hurdles – Katelynn Witt (Union), 16.02; 100 – Zyleigh Hayden (Holston), 12.81; 1,600 – Riley Spain (Union), 6:00.35; 4x100 Relay – Virginia High (Robinson, Scott, Moncrief, Whatley), 53.91; 400 – Raegan Jones (Chilhowie), 1:00.94; 300 Hurdles – Katelynn Witt (Union), 48.26; 800 – Ella Rasnake (Council), 2:31.48; 200 – Zyleigh Hayden (Holston), 26.17; 4x400 Relay – Abingdon, 4:48.41; High Jump – Madison Lester (Grundy), 4-10; Pole Vault – Muniba Irfan (Abingdon), 8-6; Long Jump – Emery Sage (Rural Retreat), 16-2 ¼; Triple Jump – Riley Chapman (Abingdon), 33-9 ½; Shot Put – Annsley “A.J.” Trivette (Abingdon), 42-7; Discus – Riley Chapman (Abingdon), 122-7.
