Bristol Herald Courier
Defending VHSL Class 2 girls basketball state champion Wise County Central opened the 2024-25 season like they ended the last one - triumphantly.
Senior guard Emmah McAmis went for 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, two steals and one block as the Warriors rolled to a 77-23 victory over Rye Cove in the first round of the Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off Classic.
Abbie Jordan (11 points, three steals), Kaelyn Dales (10 points, seven steals) and freshman Aubrey Moore (10 points, four assists, four steals) also played well.
Central led 21-7 after one quarter and 40-14 at halftime. The Warriors shot 52.6 percent from the field and held a 36-22 rebounding edge.
Rye Cove committed 33 turnovers and did not have a player score in double digits. Jalynn Rogers had eight points, three blocks and three steals.
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RYE COVE (23) - Goins 2, Harless 5, Shupe 0, Holland 6, Rogers 8, Lamb 0, Tester 0, Cress 0, Berry 2.
WISE COUNTY CENTRAL (77) - Dales 10, Jordan 11, Moore 10, Tompkins 6, McAmis 25, Mosier 3, Salyer 7, Jessee 0, Foster 5.
Rye Cove 7 7 9 0 -- 23
Wise Central 21 19 16 21 -- 77
3-point goals - RC 3 (Holland 2, Harless), Central 6 (Moore 2, Mosier, Salyer, Foster, Jordan).
Twin Springs 68, Patrick Henry 19
Addy Bays led the way with 23 points as the Twin Springs Titans opened the season by trouncing Patrick Henry.
Makenzie Gillenwater (17 points), Emma Ross (16 points) and Aubrey Meade (10 points) also scored in double digits.
Twin Springs led 31-2 after one quarter.
Sophomore Kinsley Counts scored 10 of Patrick Henry's 19 points.
PATRICK HENRY (19) - Miller 2, Street 0, Counts 10, Yarber 0, Bone 2, Reynolds 2, Wright 2, Garrison 1.
TWIN SPRINGS (68) - James 0, Cassell 0, Beckham 0, Davidson 2, Bays 23, Gillewnater 17, Lopez 0, Ross 16, Dean 0, Meade 10, Culbertson 0.
Patrick Henry 2 4 2 11 -- 19
Twin Springs 31 18 15 4 -- 68
3-point goals - PH, none. TS 8 (Bays 5, Meade 2, Ross)
Daniel Boone 61, Tennessee High 57
Lillie Walter led Daniel Boone with 17 points as the Trailblazers defeated Tennessee High in a back-and-forth game at Viking Hall.
Boone trailed 15-12 after one quarter, led 39-25 at halftime, led just 49-47 after three quarters and held on down the stretch.
THS (5-2) had its five-game winning streak snapped.
Jasmine Jones led the Bristolians with 17 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Addi Moore (15 points, seven rebounds, five assists, four steals) also played well.
DANIEL BOONE (61) - Wilson 9, Seymore 10, Newton 0, Leonard 0, Masters 6, Steadman 4, Flores 11, Walters 17.
TENNESSEE HIGH (57) - Foote 5, Moore 15, Linkous 2, Latham 0, Wolfenbarger 7, Granger 2, West 9, Jones 17.
Daniel Boone 12 27 10 12 -- 61
Tennessee High 15 10 22 10 -- 57
3-point goals - Boone 10 (Wilson 3, Masters 2, Steadman 2, Walters 2, Seymore), THS 7 (Moore 3, West 3, Foote).
Volunteer 61, Sullivan East 55
The season is young, but Volunteer and Sullivan East played a classic on Tuesday night in Bluff City as the Falcons prevailed in double overtime.
East (0-2) grabbed a 45-44 lead in regulation as freshman Emma Whitaker scored on a layup with 25 seconds left and a few moments later drew a charge from a Volunteer ballhandler.
However, East was called for a looseball foul with 0.7 seconds remaining and Volunteer's Chloe Anderson hit two free throws.
However, a lane violation negated the charity toss and the game headed into OT.
Whitaker hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 20 seconds left in the extra session to knot the score at 51. The Patriots were whistled for a blocking foul with 1.5 seconds left, but Volunteer missed both free throw attempts.
In the second OT, East led 55-54 before Volunteer closed the game on a 7-0 run.
Sophie Johnson's 17 points were tops for the Patriots, while Emma Whitaker (14 points) and Asia Cairns (11 points) also scored in double digits.
VOLUNTEER (61) - Morelock 0, Fleishour 0, Anderson 3, Bellamy 17, Byington 2, Dykes 0, Smith 6, Miller 2, McClaran 7, Mailloux 24.
SULLIVAN EAST (55) - Winchell 4, Whitaker 14, Cairns 11, Brewer 1, Johnson 17, Cross 0, Holly 8, Hall 0.
Volunteer 13 14 13 5 6 10 -- 61
Sullivan East 13 8 9 15 6 4 -- 55
3-point goals - Volunteer 2 (Mailloux 2), East 5 (Whitaker 3, Holly 2). JV game - Volunteer won, 37-31.
Graham 67, Bluefield (W.Va.) 13
Kristalyn Dowell wowed the crowd to the tune of 20 points as the Graham G-Girls opened the season by blasting the Bluefield Beavers.
Ella Dales (17 points) and Kandance Bowman (11 points) also played well in the win.
Harlan (Ky.) 65, Lee High 45
Kinley Huff had 19 points, six assists and four steals, but it wasn't nearly enough as the Lee High Generals lost in the opening game of the Powell Valley National Bank Tip-Off Classic.
Savanna Parsons added 11 points and six rebounds for Lee.
Harlan received 26 points from Kylie Noe.
LEE HIGH (45) - Parsons 11, Huff 19, Bishop 5, Garrett 3, Powers 2, Seals 0, Sage 0, Jones 0, Pennington 5, Hughes 0, Williams 0.
HARLAN (65) - Noe 26, P. Wynn 12, Rhymer 8, A. Wynn 11, Davis 0, Campbell 0, Googman 4, Fields 4.
Lee High 10 12 12 11 -- 45
Harlan 19 8 17 21 -- 65
3-point goals - Lee 9 (Huff 4, Parsons 3, Bishop, Garrett), Harlan 1 (Wynn).
West Ridge 72, Elizabethton 64
Carter Jones scored 27 points as West Ridge won.
Kyleigh Mitchell's 14 points and Addison Bunn's 11 points also led the way for the Wolves.
Rural Retreat 25, Marion 24
The Rural Retreat Indians edged Marion for a non-district victory.
Rural Retreat is 1-1.
Macy Osborne led Marion with 13 points.
Galax 50, Chilhowie 13
The Galax Maroon Tide had no trouble putting Chilhowie away.
BOYS
Tennessee High 82, Daniel Boone 38
Colin Brown had another quality night at the office with 26 points as the Tennessee High Vikings improved to 7-0.
Reed Miller (18 points) and Braden Howard (12 points) were also top scorers for THS. Zander Phillips added eight points.
Marion 61, Rural Retreat 22
Caden Burchett fired in 23 points - outscoring Rural Retreat's entire team by himself - as the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes opened the season with a blowout win.
Sophomores Ethan Hylton (12 points) and Hayden Hall (10 points) also played well in the win. Marion closed the first half on an 18-6 run and opened the second half with an 18-2 scoring surge.
Rural Retreat (0-2) did not have a scorer in double digits. Trever Shelton had eight points for the Indians.
RURAL RETREAT (22) - Snavely 7, Shelton 8, Carico 3, Williams 2, Allen 2.
MARION (61) - Hall 10, McKinney 7, Hylton 12, Pierce 2, Lee 2, Oakes 5, Burchett 23.
Rural Retreat 12 6 2 2 -- 22
Marion 18 18 18 7 -- 61
3-point goals - RR 2 (Carico, Snavely), Marion 3 (Hall 2, Oakes). JV game - Rural Retreat won.
Patrick Henry 70, Twin Springs 44
Cole Caywood (20 points) and Cade Caywood (18 points) led the way as the Patrick Henry Rebels topped Twin Springs for a season-opening win.
Nine different players scored for PH, which opened a 48-18 halftime lead.
Clay Ross led Twin Springs 15 points, while Jacoby Dunn finished with 10 points.
PATRICK HENRY (70) - Street 2, Hicks 2, Stewart 3, Roberts 2, Monahan 5, Gobble 9, Cannon 0, Barfield 9, Ca. Caywood 18, Co. Caywood 20.
TWIN SPRINGS (44) - Dunn 10, Ross 15, Weddle 0, Thomas 5, Berry 7, Viers 6, Pascual 0, Swisher 1.
Patrick Henry 24 24 8 14 -- 70
Twin Springs 11 7 16 10 -- 44
3-point goals - PH 2 (Monahan, Gobble), TS 4 (Dunn, Ross, Thomas, Berry).
Volunteer 74, Sullivan East 61
Owen Tullock scored 22 points as the Volunteer Falcons stopped Sullivan East.
The duo of Thomas Ridlehuber (18 points) and Eli Hubbard (17 points) were tops for East.
Elizabethton 59, West Ridge 48
The West Ridge Wolves fell to 6-2 with a road loss.
SWIMMING
At Tennessee High
Individual Winners
BOYS
200 Medley Relay - Tennessee High (Hutchinson, Sword, Williams, Jessee), 1:59.28; 200 Free - Branch Sword (Tennessee High), 2:17.24; 200 IM - Cayden Williams (Tennessee High), 2:13.82; 50 Free - Drew Niebauer (Providence Academy), 24.93; 100 Free - Simon Hutchinson (Tennessee High), 52.72; 500 Free - Cayden Williams (Tennessee High), 6:08.52; 200 Free Relay - Tennessee High (Simon Hutchinson, Ian Jessee, Jonathan Helms, Hank Scanlon), 1:50.12; 100 Back - Simon Hutchinson (Tennessee High), 1:07.55; 100 Breast - Jonathan Helms (Tennessee High), 1:19.25; 400 Free Relay - Tennessee High (Williams, Sword, Skarulis, Sah), 4:25.47.
GIRLS
200 Medley Relay - Tennessee High (Chappell, McConnell, Alsbrook, Smith), 2:18.44; 200 Free - Eden Alsbrook (Tennessee High), 2:15.10; 50 Free - Zoe Hale (Tennessee High), 27.81; 100 Fly - Hayden MacDonald (Providence Academy), 1:04.78; 100 Free - Piper Chappell (Tennessee High), 1:05.46; 500 Free - Eden Alsbrook (Tennessee High), 6:13.91; 200 Free Relay - Tennessee High (Mataya McConnell, Piper Chappell, Marissa Smith, Abby Canter), 2:04.36; 100 Back - Piper Chappell (Tennessee High), 1:17.96; 100 Breast - Hayden MacDonald (Providence Academy), 1:12.52; 400 Free Relay - Tennessee High (Clouse, Sah, DiBartolo, Vinining), 5:20.52.
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