Published: January 13, 2009 11:49 pm      

Bland County pulls away from Green Wave

Girls basketball roundup

ROCKY GAP, Va. — Laurel Hankins scored 19 points and Kirby Mustard tossed in 10, leading Bland County to a 51-35 Mountain Empire District win over Narrows on Tuesday night at Rocky Gap High School.

Morgan Buckland led the Green Wave (10-3, 0-1) with 14 points. Narrows travels Friday to Galax.

Kristin Dunn added eight points and eight rebounds, while Morgan Brizendine pulled down seven boards for the Bears (11-2, 2-0), which will host Richlands on Thursday.



at Rocky Gap High School

NARROWS (10-3, 0-1)

Guynn 7, Snidow 6, Davis 2, Morgan Buckland 14, McCroskey 2, Spencer 4.

BLAND COUNTY (11-2, 2-0)

Laurel Hankins 19, Magyar 8, Duncan 3, Kirby Mustard 10, Brizendine 3, Dunn 8.

Narrows..................................10 7 12 6 — 35

Bland County........................17 16 8 10 — 51

3-point goals: NR 0; BC 6 (Mustard 2, Magyar 2, Hankins 2). JV—BC won.



Summers Co. 100, James Monroe 30

HINTON — Leslie Mack hit five 3s to finish with 27 points, connecting on 10-of-12 field goals to lead the Bobcats to a 70-point win over the Mavericks.

Hallie Gunnoe scored 17 points and grabbed six rebounds, and Hanna Gunnoe added 1o points for top-ranked Summers County (11-0), which hosts Shady Spring on Friday.

James Monroe was paced by Jade McDaniel with 10 points.



JAMES MONROE (5-4)

Karsyn Boothe 2, Traci Wills 2, Devon Amos 2, Melissa Johnson 6, Jade McDaniel 10, Hannah Pritt 1, Whitney Skelton 4, Taylor Canterbury 3.

SUMMERS COUNTY (11-0)

Morgan Gore 2, Leslie Mack 27, Hallie Gunnoe 17, Emily Blevins 8, Hanna Gunnoe 11, Ashley Brown 6, Candace Brown 14, Kirsten Trantham 4, Kim Cox 4, Brooke Edwards 2, Lauren Estes 3, Kelsey Lively 2.

James Monroe......................2 6 6 16 — 30

Summers County..............29 27 26 18 — 100

3-point goals: JM 3 (McDaniel 2, Canterbury 1); SC 5 (Mack 5). JV—SC 68-47.



Meadow Bridge 46, Montcalm 40

MEADOW BRIDGE — Krislyn Bogart scored 15 points and Tara Havens added 13 points and five rebounds, but the Generals dropped a Monday decision to the Wildcats.

Tanyette Bragg and Kelly Forren led Meadow Bridge with 12 points apiece. Lindsey Hamblin had 11 boards for Montcalm, while Niki Perry have rebounds and Kayla Pennington dished out five assists.

Montcalm (3-3) will host Bluefield next Monday.



MONTCALM (3-3)

Krislyn Bogart 15, Perry 2, Tara Havens 13, Hamblin 8, Hodges 2.

MEADOW BRIDGE (6-5)

Tanyette Bragg 12, Forren 12, Kristen Redden 11, Church 7, White 4.

Montcalm.................................9 6 18 7 — 40

Meadow Bridge.....................10 10 8 18 — 46

3-point goals: MT 2 (Havens 2); MB 3 (Forren 2, Church 1).



PikeView 71, Wyoming East 42

NEW RICHMOND — Leah Cook canned four 3s on her way to 17 points, leading the Panthers past the Warriors.

Rachel Weatherly added 16 points, five assists and five steals for PikeView (6-2), while Amber Dickerson contributed 10 points and six boards.

Senetha Clay led Wyoming East (5-3) with 17 points, while Jodi Canada added 11.

PikeView, which hosts Nicholas County on Thursday, also received five points and 14 boards by Kimmie Thomas, and 11 points and five steals from Kaitlyn Gillespie.



PIKEVIEW (6-2)

Sabrina Sloan 2, Rachel Weatherly 16, Danielle Compton 6, Kaitlyn Gillespie 11, Leah Cook 17, Miranda Norman 4, Amber Dickerson 10, Kimmie Thomas 5.

WYOMING EAST (5-3)

Jodi Canada 11, Michelle Tunstalle 3, Senetha Clay 17, Nikki Daniels 5, Brittany Bailey 2, Tori Dranham 2, Keri Jackson 2.

PikeView..............................19 22 15 15 — 71

Wyoming East.....................12 14 8 8 — 42

3-point goals: PV 6 (Cook 4, Gillespie 1, Weatherly 1); WE 3 (Canada 2, Clay 10). JV—PV won.



Tazewell 71,

Marion 51

MARION, Va. — Kelsey Sutherland scored 34 points to lead Tazewell to a 71-51 win over Marion Tuesday night at Marion High School.

Brittney Muncy added 24 points for the Bulldogs.

Tazewell (4-8, 1-4) hosts Graham Friday night.





Mercer Christian 57

Teays Valley Chr. 35

PRINCETON — Balanced scoring helped the Lady Cavaliers to a 22-point home win Tuesday night. Danielle Preservati had 15 points and 12 rebounds; Morgan Hobbs also scored 15; and Casey Cannon added 14 points, nine rebounds and three assists.

Elizabeth Yoder scored 23 for the visitors from the Kanawha Valley.

The Lady Cavaliers play Thursday night at Mountain Mission near Grundy, Va.



At Mercer Christian Academy

TEAYS VALLEY

Kristin Adkins 9, Elizabeth Yoder 23, Chyanne Petitte 3.

MERCER CHRISTIAN

Morgan Hobbs 15, Danielle Preservati 15, Casey Cannon 14, Shannon Stephens 4, Leslee Easter 2, Ariel Harry 2, Leigh Sexton 2, Kendria Perkins 2.

Teays Valley (n.a.)............10 6 8 11 — 35

Mercer Chr (6-1)...............12 21 10 14 — 57

3-point goals – TV 3 (Yoder 2, Petitte 1); MCA none.