Volleyball
Indians shut out Cavs
Mazzie Fontaine’s 15 digs, five aces and nine kills led the way for the Rural Retreat Indians in a 25-19, 25-11, 25-13 Hogoheegee District victory over Holston.
Alice Martin (nine kills), Ada Childress (seven kills) and Alexa Vineyard (six kills) were also in on the hit parade, while Emery Sage distributed 35 assists.
Lucy Howard’s 16 digs and Bailee Singleton’s seven kills were tops for Holston.
Warriors topple Rural Retreat
Rilynn Copeland starred from the service line as Chilhowie recorded a 25-23, 25-10, 25-3 Hogoheegee District win over Rural Retreat.
She had 10 straight service points in the second set and 15 straight (with five aces) in the third set. She also finished the match with seven digs.
Hailey Shortt (11 digs), Rylee Hill (10 kills, three blocks), Raegan Jones (seven kills) and Maddie Williams (six kills) were standouts as well for the Warriors.
Cross County
Local runners compete at Tazewell Invitational
BOYS
Team Scores
Galax 35, Wise County Central 42, Tazewell 47
Individual Results
1. Ty Arney (Wise County Central), 18:58; 2. Jason Mayer (Giles), 19:11.89; 3. Ethan Baker (Tazewell), 20:02.70; 4. Micah Osborne (Trailblazers Home School), 20:26.33; 5. Kainan Fuller (Holston), 20:31.28; 6. Connor Branham (John Battle), 20:32.76; 7. Tim Jordan (Galax), 20:33.82; 8. Seth Nunley (Tazewell), 20:35.67; 9. Gradyn Gibson (Rural Retreat), 21:19.94; 10. Jeremy Wells (Wise County Central), 21:21.31; 11. Owen Helmondollar (Narrows), 21:27.87; 12. Daniel Moncibais (John Battle), 21:34.02; 13. Wesley Jones (Graham), 21:47.95; 14. Jackson Helton (Holston), 21:50.61; 15. Angel Miramontes-Rubio (Galax), 21:56.40.
GIRLS
Team Scores
John Battle 37, Wise County Central 38, Tazewell 74, Galax 109, Holston 116
Individual Results
1. Reese Bunker (Giles), 20:53.72; 2. Cadence Fletcher (Wise County Central), 22:34.16; 3. Gabrielle Perkins (John Battle), 23:06.44; 4. Fionna Niece (Wise County Central), 23:24.19; 5. Charlee French (Tazewell), 23:45.02; 6. Maggie Mizelle (John Battle), 24:41.59; 7. Emily Baker (Tazewell), 24:45.77; 8. Rheagan Sullivan (Wise County Central), 24:47.93; 9. Maddison Jones (John Battle), 25:14.85; 10. Keara Justice (Abingdon), 25:27.14; 11. Seleniah Baumgardner (Holston), 25:43.33; 12. Haylea Watson (John Battle), 25:44.39; 13. Leyla Love (Galax), 25:46.64; 14. Wren Patrick (Rural Retreat), 25:50.51; 15. Willow Weaver (Marion), 26:05.40.
Golf
Auburn wins 1C tournament
In a rarity, the George Wythe Maroons will be shut out of the VHSL Class 1 state golf tournament.
GW finished fourth in the team standings and did not have an individual state qualifier during Monday’s Region 1C tourney.
Auburn sophomore Liam Smith shot a 5-over 77 to win the Region 1C golf individual championship Monday at Great Oaks Country Club in Floyd.
Smith won by one stroke over Daegan Wolfe of Fort Chiswell. He also led the Eagles to the team title as they finished with 317 strokes, beating runner-up Fort Chiswell by 20.
The Auburn Eagles (317) and Fort Chiswell Pioneers (337) took the top spots with Auburn having four of the top five players on the individual leaderboard.
George Wythe had a score of 395 as juniors James Crockett (89) and Trevor McMillan (96) had the top scores for the Maroons.
Region 1C Tournament
Monday
Great Oaks Country Club (Riner)
Team Scores
Auburn 317, Fort Chiswell 337, Giles 350, George Wythe 395, Bath County 402, Eastern Montgomery 457
Individual Results
Auburn – L. Smith 77, C. Elswick 79, C. Fleet 80, G. Wimmer 81, B. Pettus 81, B. Board 85.
Fort Chiswell – D. Wolfe 78, Owen Jackson 85, J. Ayers 85, Ty Crockett 89, J. Jackson 95, B. Moore 98
Giles – C. Tickle 82, A. Stinnett 85, B. Hogan 91, A. Frazier 92, Q. Farrell 94, C. Moye 95
George Wythe – James Crockett 89, Trevor McMillan 96, Trevor Musick 103, Landon Havens 107, Cannon Thomas 108, Brian Walters 121,
Bath County – A. Stauffer 97, A. Long 98, D. Whitmore 100, M. Keys 107, Z. Foster 115, A. Aldridge 141
Eastern Montgomery – R. Conner 106, G. Lawson 107, G. Smith 118, H. Neuhs 126, N. Ollis 128, E. Harrison 131
