The Mountain 7 District dominated the top honors on the Times News All-Southwest Virginia football team for 2019.
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After weathering a rain of 3-pointers early Saturday, the Gate City boys basketball team exited the Patriot Palace with a hard-fought 87-72 victory over Sullivan East.
Putting the pads on one more time means everything to seniors who love to play football. For Saturday afternoon’s FCA East-West All-Star game, that’s exactly what players from across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia did at the Stone Castle.
Freshman Caitlyn Ross tied her career highs Saturday with 25 points and seven rebounds to help guide the Cavaliers to a key 79-75 SAC win over Newberry.
Even the newcomers on Memphis’ freshman-laden basketball roster who didn’t play in a loss to Tennessee last year understood the importance of avenging that defeat.
The Virginia-Wise women and men split a South Atlantic Conference twin bill with Newberry on Saturday at the Prior Convention Center. The UVA Wise women never trailed in a 79-75 win, but the visiting Wolves pulled out a 73-67 victory in the men's
Mac McClung scored 26 points in 35:45 minutes on the court and Georgetown beat Syracuse 89-79 on Saturday afternoon.
Among the other winners on the hardwood Friday night were the boys of Sullivan South, Sullivan North, Science Hill, Ridgeview and J.I. Burton and the girls from Boone, Sullivan Central, Science Hill, Ridgeview, Twin Springs and Lee.
After the Union girls pulled away for a 62-44 victory over Eastside on Friday, Zack Moore’s Bears rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to beat the Spartans 56-52.
In girls action Friday, Dobyns-Bennett assumed early control and won its 10th game in 11 outings, taking care of Greeneville 51-44 in a nonconference affair.
Union and Eastside faced off Friday night in a varsity basketball varsity doubleheader in Big Stone Gap. After the Lady Bears put away the Lady Spartans 62-44, Union's boys rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to take a 56-52 win.
Down 37-36 early in the third quarter, David Crockett found a second gear. The Pioneers went on an 18-0 run over the final 5:13 of the period and went on to an impressive 67-47 Big 7 boys basketball win over Volunteer on Friday.
Greeneville paid a visit to Dobyns-Bennett's Buck Van Huss Dome on Friday night for a nonconference varsity basketball twin bill. The Lady Indians tipped off the night with a 51-44 win over the Lady Greene Devils, but Greeneville's boys secured the
Sullivan Central's basketball teams called on Three Rivers Conference foe Elizabethton on Friday night. The Lady Cougars kept their league record perfect with a 55-40 win, but the Central boys fell to the Cyclones 61-48.
