Sports

RC Girls Unbeaten In Duals

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

The Rockbridge County High School girls swimming team defeated all four opponents in final home meet of the season on Friday night at Rockbridge Aquatics Center, while the RC boys beat two of four teams. The Parry Mc- Cluer swimmers continue to show improvement.The Lady Wildcats, who remained undefeated in dual meets this season, beat Alleghany 130-39, PM 140-11, Valley District rival Turner Ashby 109-61 and Wilson Memorial 141-20. The RC boys defeated Alleghany 107- 25 and PM 112-5, but lost narrowly to WM 76-75 and TA 80-74.

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RC Girls Trounce Liberty

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

The Rockbridge County High School girls basketball team cruised to a 53-26 win over Liberty (Bedford) on Saturday morning at the Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout.RC (4-4) raced to a 17-4 lead after the first quarter and stretched its lead to 41-10 at halftime. The Wildcats cooled down in the second half, getting all of their reserves into the game, but Liberty (0-8) never threatened to comeback.

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RC Avenges Early Setback

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

The Rockbridge County High School boys basketball team capped off the seventh annual Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout with a 61-43 win over Alleghany in the RC gym on Saturday night.Jailik Lynch led four Wildcats in double figures with 17 points, also adding six assists. Aaron Plogger notched 13 points, D.J. Lewis totaled 11 markers and nine rebounds, and Griff Ray posted 10 points and 11 boards for RC (6-5).

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Sharpshooting SD Downs PM

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

The Parry McCluer High School girls basketball team suffered a 53-36 loss to sharpshooting Stuarts Draft at the Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout on Saturday.The Fighting Blues (3-6) made strong runs to keep the game close in the first half. Both teams struggled to get going, with Draft (7-2) leading 4-1 after the first quarter, but picking up the tempo after that. The Cougars led 26-18 at halftime.

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PM Boys Rout Chatham

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team routed Chatham 59-32 at the Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout on Saturday afternoon.The Fighting Blues (7-3) got off to a fast start, leading 13-2 after the first quarter and 35-7 at halftime. Chatham picked up its offense in the second half, but the deficit was too large to overcome.

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Rock The Ribbon Rocks On

Published on Wed, 01/15/2020 - 2:00am

Returning for its seventh year, the annual Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout was again a successful fundraiser for the American Cancer Society at Rockbridge County High School.With 11 basketball games – three on Friday and eight on Saturday – the event, which is presented by Alcova Mortage, welcomed lots of fans to watch plenty of high-quality basketball. Numbers were still being added up for this year, but Rock the Ribbon had raised $63,000 for the ACS before last weekend, with the funds going toward cancer research and prevention.