GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL
Class A Region 3
Valley 62, Tug Valley 58
NAUGATUCK — The Valley Greyhounds rode the huge night from senior all-stater Alexis Payne to knock off the Tug Valley Lady Panthers Thursday and advance to the state tournament next week. Payne poured in 33 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and had eight blocks in the Valley win.
Sophomore Abby Buchan continued her steady play, scoring 14 points for Valley.
Adreana Vance led Tug Valley with 24 points and Hannah Armstrong had 15 points. Senior Whitney Evans-Kirk scored 11 points before leaving the game late in the third quarter with an injury.
State tournament pairings will be announced later today.
Valley (13-7)
Kelsey Bird 2 0-0 5, Grayson Grubb 3 0-0 6, Abby Buchan 4 5-5 14, Alexis Payne 12 9-16 33, Alaysha Taylor 1 0-0 2, Chelsea Lively 0 2-2 2. Totals: 22 15-23 62.
Tug Valley (15-9)
Amber Linville 3 0-0 6, Whitney Evans-Kirk 4 0-0 11, Hannah Armstrong 5 5-7 15, Adreana Vance 8 6-9 24, Katie Robinson 1 0-0 2. Totals: 21 11-16 58.
V 20 13 10 19 — 62
TV 20 7 13 18 — 58
3-point goals — V: 2 (Bird, Buchan); TV: 5 (Evans-Kirk 3, Vance 2). Fouled out — none.
Tygarts Valley 45, Pocahontas County 40
DUNMORE — Senior Shanda Howell scored 20 points to lead Class A No. 9 Tygarts Valley to an upset victory over Class A No. 6 Pocahontas County and advance to the state tournament for the first time in 10 years.
Paige Pritt added 15 points for Tygarts Valley.
Freshman Melissa Murphy led the Lady Warriors with 12 points, while sophomore Bobbie McNabb added 19 points.
State tournament pairing will be announced later today.
Tygarts Valley (17-7)
Shanda Howell 6 7-8 20, Erin Murphy 2 0-0 4, Paige Pritt 5 4-5 15, Emily Pingley 1 0-1 2, Charity Lower 1 2-2 4. Totals: 15 13-16 45.
Pocahontas County (17-6)
Olivia Workman 3 0-2 7, Heather Snead 2 0-1 4, Melissa Murphy 5 2-3 12, Bobbie McNabb 2 5-5 10, Tristin Day 3 0-0 7. Totals: 15 7-11 40.
TV 12 11 10 12 — 45
PC 7 13 13 7 — 40
3-point goals — TV: 2 (Howell, Pritt); PC: 3 (Workman, McNabb, Day). Fouled out — none.
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High School Sports
ROUNDUP: Valley advances to states; Lady Warriors fall
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Special moments, players and coaches in state sports history
In celebration of West Virginia's 150th birthday, our sports staff decided to take a look at some of the athletes, coaches and venues that make sports in the Mountain State special.
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Class AAA All-State baseball list
As selected by a panel of the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
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GBC’s Mullins ready for last performance in the hoops spotlight
Ask anyone who has been around the Greater Beckley Christian program the last two years and they’ll all agree, Keith Mullins is a special young man.
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Hunter Greco wanted his senior season to end with him and his Woodrow Wilson teammates raising a state championship trophy.
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Replacing stars a big challenge for Culicerto
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Back to the gridiron
It’s in the air. Can you smell it?
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AA All-State team filled with local talent
When Drew D’Angelo and Wyatt Adkins transfered to Independence from Oak Hill, the Patriots didn’t just get more firepower for their offense.
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McGinnis named all-stater
The season had an all-too-familiar end for Valley — a loss in the Class A state semifinals.
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All-star events set for Charleston next weekend
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Bostick calls it a day at Woodrow Wilson
Bernie Bostick said he saw more of his Woodrow Wilson girls basketball team during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays the past 10 years than he did his own family.
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