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TWIN VALLEY'S Garrett Horne (#24) shoots over Haysi defender Lance Compton (#40) for two of his game-high 20 points Friday night at Sandlick. The first-place Panthers took an early lead and went on to crush the Tigers, 78-46, in the BDD contest. 
(Staff photo/Mike Stiltner.)

Panthers Rout Haysi, Council in BDD

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
   One extra pass, one more high percentage shot for Twin Valley.
  The Panthers shared the basketball and it paid off handsomely in a 78-46 rout of Haysi in Black Diamond District play Friday night at Sandlick Elementary School.
  Earlier last week, Twin Valley had little trouble with Council, defeating the Cobras, 69-39, in BDD action Tuesday at Council Elementary School.
  Eight players assisted on at least one made field goal and six Panthers had two or more assists for Twin Valley (13-3, 5-0) in Friday‘s contest. Garrett Horne led the way with a game-high 20 points and six assists.
  “Our big emphasis (in practice) the last couple of days has been good ball movement,” Twin Valley coach Brian Moore said. “We’ve worked on things like trying to step to the ball a little bit faster, and the kids applied what we worked on pretty well.”
  The Panthers got 16 points from Josh Smith, a double-double from Baldwin (13 points, 10 rebounds) and 13 points from Hunter Simpson. Baldwin and Simpson each dished out five assists for Twin Valley, which got assists on six of its first seven buckets in a game-opening 15-6 run.
  A 14-0 run at the start of the second period led to a 29-10 Panther lead. Crisp ball movement led to a cool 58.5 percent (31-53) shooting night from the floor.
  “Give (Twin Valley) credit,” Haysi coach James Colley said. “They’re a good team. They shot a very high percentage and we didn’t.
  “Our guys hustled. We took a lot better care of the basketball than we did the last time we played them, but our shots weren’t falling.”

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Wave Matmen Tie for Third Place in Big Orange Classic
McCowan Claims Individual Crown

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
  A shorthanded Grundy squad had another good showing against a strong tournament field, finishing tied for third in the Big Orange Classic last weekend at William Byrd High School near Roanoke.
  Josh McCowan won the tournament title at 152 pounds and Ethan Owens also reached the finals for Grundy, which tied Brookville for third with 149.5 points each.
  Franklin County, which won the Agie Skeens tournament in Grundy in December, won the team crown with 224.5 points, 42.5 points ahead of second place Northside.
  Seven other wrestlers placed in the top six for Grundy, which has one regular sidelined by injury, junior Kaleb Smith, and was short a couple of other regulars for various reasons.

Josh McCowan
Big Orange Classic champion at 152 pounds

 

   “We’re missing some guys,” Grundy coach Travis Fiser said. “But a couple of guys stepped up. Some guys ran into some hard luck and had a tough weekend.”


  Three Grundy wrestlers placed third: Jon Dotson at 125 pounds, Jarrett Landis at 135 and senior Josh Ratliff at 215 pounds.
  Josh Lee was fourth at 189 and Billy Owens fifth at 103 pounds. Jerami Bartley was up, 6-3, in his semifinal match at 160 pounds when his knee locked up.
  Bartley lost that match by injury default and lost by forfeit in the consolations and wound up sixth.
  Heavyweight Andy Stiltner also placed sixth for the Golden Wave.
  “I thought it was a tough tournament,” Fiser said.
  “Some brackets looked like state. Heavyweight was pretty deep as far as talent. There were some good kids, a lot of fans. It was pretty loud. It was a good atmosphere.”

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