Floyd County’s Lady Buffaloes basketball team led visiting Ridgeview by one point at the end of the first quarter in the Virginia High School state quarterfinal match on the Alan Cantrell Court last week.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s varsity basketball Buffaloes finished off their regular season home games with a hard-fought 49-41 win over the Radford Cougars Wednesday night of last week on the Alan Cantrell Court.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s Lady Buffaloes opened regional play Monday night on the Alan Cantrell Court and took an opening lead of 8-0 over Chatham, which only had seven players active for the game.
- Abby Whitt Editor
The Floyd County Buffaloes Indoor Track team is nearing its season’s end with one meet left before regionals and the state competition at Liberty University.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s varsity and JV teams beat Patrick County on the Alan Cantrell Court last Friday in a rescheduled game postponed because of earlier weather problems.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Franklin County’s Lady Eagles scored first in their match against Floyd County’s Lady Buffs on the Alan Cantrell Court last Thursday night, but the Lady Buffs lead by one point at the end of the first quarter, then by 20 at the half and never looked back in a 54-35 win.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
The Blacksburg Bruins brought their middle school, junior varsity and varsity basketball teams to the Alan Cantrell Court for a busy Friday of games.
Floyd County High School seniors who play on Buffaloes teams during the fall have been recognized alongside their families at halftime and before their games.
After receiving the opening kick from the visiting Glenvar Highlanders on Friday night, the Buffaloes seemed ready for a tough game, moving down the field with multiple first downs.
As a rambunctious crowd honored community members battling Breast Cancer, the Floyd County High School varsity football Buffaloes on Beale Field took control of a home match against the Carroll County Cavaliers with a first-quarter touchdown and extra point that gave them a lead they never lost.
The Floyd County High School golf team's run of state championships has ended. Or maybe just put on hold for a year.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s Lady Buffaloes varsity volleyball squad is off to slow start this season with seven losses and one victory.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
In Floyd County High football, the varsity squad is 0-4 after losing on the road to Grayson County in Independence 24-20 last Friday.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s football Buffaloes put its 0-2 losing streak on the line on Coach Beale Field last Friday against the Blacksburg Bruins, a team that had not won a game since 2019.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
After two shutouts to start the season, the FCHS varsity volleyball team faced Pulaski last week in a game that ended with a runoff for the win.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
The first home game of the Floyd County High School varsity football Buffaloes began with a long run in the first quarter by the Fort Chiswell Pioneers that put up the first six points.
- Roger Mannon For The Floyd Press
Floyd County running sports have had the longest sustained success of any Buffalo sports franchise.
- Doug Thompson For The Floyd Press
Floyd County High School’s varsity football Buffaloes started its season against Christiansburg on offense after receiving the kickoff, but that didn’t last long as a quick turnover forced by the Blue Demons put them in a lead of 14-0.
- Donald Trausneck SW Virginia Equine Reporter
Meghan Bush and her sister Hannah along with Paige Midkiff, all from Indian Valley, dominated the Cowboy Challenge and Ranch Show and the Carroll County Horse Show August 19-20, prelude to the 2023 Carroll County Agricultural Fair.
- Roger Mannon For The Floyd Press
Football is constantly changing. Players graduate and are replaced by fresh faces. Strategies change from season to season, even game to game.
- Roger Mannon For The Floyd Press
The ultimate for any high school athlete is a state championship. But three? In a row?
- JAY COHEN Associated Press
Shane van Gisbergen won his NASCAR Cup Series debut on a rainy Sunday in downtown Chicago, chasing down Justin Haley and Chase Elliott in a memorable finish to the series’ first street race. After passing Elliott, van Gisbergen dueled with Haley in the final laps before the three-time Superc…
- Abby Whitt — Editor
Deacon Thomas is officially one of the fastest amateur motocross racers in the country — the six-year-old came in second overall at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch over the weekend.