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Lady Wave looking to advance in post-season play
The Clintwood Lady Greenwave was one run short of school history in 2009. The team was one run away from advancing in the Lonesome Pine District tournament for the first time in the program’s hist...
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Ervinton’s Kelly Rasnick pushing the ball inside during the Lady Rebels Group A Division 1 state quarterfinal game with the Bland County Lady Bears at the Salem Civic Center.<a href="/pages/submit_photo_reprint">Click Here</a> to order photo reprints Lady Rebels add new chapter to historic season
SALEM — The Ervinton Lady Rebels basketball team has been making history all season long. Saturday, they added another chapter to their history book. The Lady Rebels (24-4) jumped out to a 17-10...
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Del Kilgore is a legend in Haysi basketball history
by ALLISON MULLINS O'QUINN - Legends Columnist
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Eudy Belcher had plenty of playmates growing up, her brothers and sisters and her first cousins, the Kilgore children. John Belcher's sister Josephine (Josie) married Dock Kilgore and their proper...
Virginia bear kill increases, turkey kill up only slightly
by BILL ANDERSON - Outdoors Columnist
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Folks keep telling me that they see black bears and the hunter kill number keeps rising. Two have been bagged in Dickenson County in recent years. Both were large ones and one was by a lady. Bear...
Defense carries Lady Tigers through semifinals
by LLOYD COMBS - Sports Writer
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COUNCIL — Haysi's Sarah Stiltner is known for her rebounding, and teammate Holly Bowman is known for scoring 1,000 career points. As Twin Valley learned in the Black Diamond District semifinals, t...
Honaker prevails over Haysi in BDD semifinals
by LLOYD COMBS - Sports Writer
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COUNCIL — For three quarters it was a typical Haysi-Honaker basketball game: close. The fourth quarter, however, was quite different. The Honaker Tigers held the Haysi Tigers to six points in the...
Hurley boys, Honaker girls take playoff wins
by LLOYD COMBS - Sports Writer
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COUNCIL — With one week to go in the regular season four of five boys teams and three out of five girls teams had a shot at a Black Diamond District title. Four of them took another shot at the to...
Haysi, Coeburn clash greatest game of 1949-50 season
by ALLISON MULLINS O'QUINN - Legends Columnist
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Last week, we took a look at the members of Haysi girls basketball team who started the record streak of 78 games without a loss and the first season in the streak. An article in The Bristol Heral...
Lady Rebels, Coeburn girls advance to title game
by KEVIN MAYS - Associate Sports Editor
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EWING — What a difference a year, or maybe two, can make. The Coeburn Lady Blue Knights basketball team finished 9-11 last season and 1-21 two seasons ago. Thursday night, Coeburn (15-8) advanced...