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Hurley
held
Council
to
single
digits
in
all
four
quarters
and
picked
up
a
Black
Diamond
District
win
over
the
Cobras,
45-22,
Friday
night
at
Council
Elementary
School.
In
non-district
action
Monday,
Ervinton
upset
Hurley,
53-46,
in
a
battle
of
Rebels
at
Hurley
High
School.
Eric
May
scored
the
first
eight
Hurley
points
and
the
Rebels
pulled
away
late
in
the
first
quarter
to
an
18-7
lead
Friday
at
Council.
Hurley
led
24-10
at
halftime
and
gradually
pulled
away
from
the
struggling
Cobras
in
the
second
half.
May
finished
with
a
game-high
17
points
in
the
low
scoring
contest.
Shane
Shelton
added
11
points
for
the
Rebels.
No
one
scored
in
double
figures
for
Council,
which
finished
with
its
lowest
point
total
since
a
100-22
defeat
at
the
hands
of
national
champion
Oak
Hill
Academy
in
a
tournament
in
Bristol
in
December
of
1998.
Justin
Fuller
led
the
Cobras
with
eight
points.
Ervinton
went
on
a
14-6
run
in
the
third
quarter
and
took
a
38-29
lead
into
the
fourth-quarter
Monday
night
at
Hurley
High
School.
Adam
Kiser
led
three
Ervinton
Rebels
in
double
figures
with
a
game-high
15
points.
Luke
Rasnick
and
Evan
McCowan
each
added
12
points
for
Ervinton.
May
scored
14
points
and
Socttie
Hurley
added
10
points
for
Hurley.
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Panthers
Remain
Unbeaten
in BDD
With
63-33 Win
Over
Visiting
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by
Lloyd
Combs
Sports
Reporter
Twin
Valley
stayed
unbeaten
in
the
BDD
with
a
surprisingly
easy,
63-33,
win
over
visiting
Hurley
last
Tuesday
(Jan.
16)
at
TVHS.
Twin
Valley’s
twin
posts,
Matthew
Baldwin
(18
points)
and
Josh
Smith
(13),
combined
for
31
points
and
16
rebounds.
The
6-foot-7
Baldwin
and
Smith,
a 6-3
freshman,
combined
to
score
the
first
15
points
for
Twin
Valley,
which
built
a
22-8
lead
in a
slow-paced
first
half
and
never
let
its
lead
get
below
that
14-point
margin.
“That’s
the
way
we
wanted
to
start
the
game,”
Twin
Valley
coach
Brian
Moore
said.
“We
wanted
to
take
advantage
of
our
size.
“We
knew
Eric
May
is a
defensive
force
(for
Hurley),
so
we
wanted
to
work
the
paint
early
and
get
the
paint
established,
and
it
worked
out
for
us.”
Hobbled
by a
sprained
ankle,
the
6-foot-6
May
was
held
to
13
points.
He
also
pulled
down
10
rebounds,
but
got
little
help
inside.
The
Rebels
looked
tentative
offensively,
turning
the
ball
over
19
times
and
shooting
just
28.8
percent
(13-45)
from
the
field.
“We
can’t
use
(May’s
injury)
as an
excuse,”
Hurley
coach
Mark
Cooper
said.
“We
were
passive,
we
didn’t
attack
the
basket.
We
didn’t
do
what
we
set
out
to
do.”
Twin
Valley
(10-3,
2-0)
settled
for a
24-10
lead
in a
slow-paced
first
half.
Baldwin,
Smith
and
Garrett
Horne
combined
to
lead
an
8-0
run
that
extended
the
Panther
advantage
to
38-17
in
the
third
quarter.
Virtually
every
Panther
contributed
to a
21-4
run
that
gave
Twin
Valley
its
largest
lead,
63-28,
late
in
the
game.
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Riverview
Middle School Wrestlers Win State Title
Hurley,
McClanahan Win Second Consecutive Title
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The
Riverview
Middle
School
wrestling
squad
took
on
the
entire
state
and
emerged
as
the
2007
Virginia
State
Middle
School
champions
in
tournament
action
January
3-5
at
the
Convocation
Center
at
Hampton
University
in
Hampton,
Va.
Jeremy
Hurley
and
Tanner
McClanahan
each
captured
their
second
consecutive
individual
middle
school
state
championships
for
the
Rising
Wave.
In
a
tournament
that
combined
Groups
A, AA
and
AAA,
as
well
as
private
schools
from
around
Virginia,
Grundy
sent
five
wrestlers
into
the
finals
and
had
nine
reach
the
semifinals.
The
tournament
was
expanded
to
include
two
elementary
school
divisions.
It
was
sponsored
by
the
Virginia
Challenge
organization
and
featured
over
700
wrestlers
from
around
the
state.
The
Riverview
squad
edged
AAA
Great
Bridge,
98-94,
to
earn
the
team
title.
Group
AA
power
Christiansburg
finished
third
with
91
team
points.
Tyler
McClanahan
(119
pounds),
Daniel
Lowe
(190)
and
Dalton
Cox (Hwt.)
all
reached
the
finals
and
took
second
for
the
Rising
Wave.
Other
Wave
place-winners
included
Sean
Vandyke
who
took
third
at 95
pounds
after
losing
the
championship
semifinals
to
Chesterfield’s
Austin
Hurst,
who
was
named
Outstanding
Wrestler
in
the
Lower
Weight
Classes.
Cody
Rife
lost
his
first
match
before
winning
seven
straight
matches
to
place
third
at
105
pounds.
Rife
avenged
his
first
round
loss
by
beating
the
same
wrestler
in
the
consolation
finals.
Dakota
Vance
placed
fourth
in a
tough
weight
class
at
90
pounds.
Justin
Blankenship
reached
the
semifinals
and
eventually
placed
fifth
at
165
pounds.
Justin
Street
also
reached
the
semis
and
placed
seventh
at 85
pounds.
Jeremy
Hurley
pinned
his
way
to
the
finals
at
112
pounds,
where
he
won a
10-4
decision
over
Henry
Carlson
of
Great
Bridge.
Tanner
McClanahan
won a
6-4
decision
over
Christiansburg’s
Tyler
Miles
to
win
the
crown
at
119
pounds.
Riverview
lost
three
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