Franklin County has a local entry in the Girls 14 and under AAU National Championships being held in Salem this week.

Michael Hunter takes over the program.  He’s the second all-time leading scorer in Ferrum College’s history

  Lord Botetourt’s hardwood star is headed to Concord University in West Virginia.

Daniels said he visited VCU last weekend and also received interest from Marquette, Virginia Tech, North Carolina State, Marshall and Cincinnati

White is the first Dan River basketball player to be awarded the highest honor in the state.

Bush took over after Brenda King became too sick to coach

Each made it to state-level tournaments

The win completed an undefeated season for Ruffner.

After several winless seasons, which Daniels described as an 0-and-forever drought, it was about time that Gretna finally gained some respectability

The first team boys are all local players, while 4 out the 5 girls members are local

The title is the first in 60 years for the boys’ basketball team

Dan River & Eastern Montgomery boys win; Altavista boys & Narrows girls lose

Region B champion Altavista (16-10) certainly will have to bring its A game to Richmond today when it challenges Region A champion Colonial Beach at 1 p.m. in VCU’s Siegel Center.

William Fleming and Salem boys win.  Hidden Valley girls lose to Turner Ashby.

Cave Spring defeats Liberty, Lord Botetourt girls fall to Robert E. Lee

  WIlliam Fleming’s Boys and Hidden Valley’s Girls were just two of a slew of area teams punching their tickets to the State Final 4 in Richmond.

  A pair of Knights teams marched through their state quarterfinal competition to reach the State Semifinals.

  The Franklin County girls couldn’t overcome a hot start from Forest Park in playoff action Thursday night.

  Coach Billy Hicks gang took out top seeded Martinsville to advance to the Region Finals.

As Jefferson Forest boys basketball coach Paul Smith instructed his team on how to defend Broadway in the final 5.5 seconds of Tuesday night’s Region III, Division 4 quarterfinal, guard Brandon Harrison walked circles outside of the team huddle, hands on the back of his head, presumably trying to calm his racing nerves

The George Washington High boys basketball coach was visibly relieved after his team overcame a 10-point deficit with less than three minutes remaining in regulation and rallied for a 67-58 overtime victory over Mountain View

  The Titan Girls welcomed the return of Abby Redick and Coach Billy Hicks Knights bounced back from a District Tournament disappointment to grab wins Tuesday.

  The Cavaliers made it a clean sweep of the the District Tournament titles at Northside Friday night.

  River Ridge upsets and close calls in the Blue Ridge mark the beginning of District Tournament week in Southwest Virginia.

  For the second time this season the Patriots shocked the highly touted Colonels.

Ashley Buckhannon, a senior at George Wythe High School, has been a starter on the varsity basketball team since she was a freshman. 

  Cave Spring got a much needed home win to keep pace atop the River Ridge District.

The make-up date is February 10th

  Both Floyd County and Christiansburg got much needed wins in District Girls action.

In light of recent violence in the midtown/ downtown Lynchburg area, some community members have expressed hesitance in attending these games.