Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, February 9, 1993 TAG: 9302090181
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: INDEPENDENCE LENGTH: Medium
PIONEERS NOTCH UPSET
Steve Widner had 23 points and Jody Burnett added 20 as Fort Chiswell surprised Grayson County 77-72 in a Mountain Empire District boys' basketball game Monday night.Burnett had 11 points in the third quarter, when the Pioneers outscored Grayson County 19-8 to take control. B.W. Hill added 15 points for Fort Chiswell.
Grayson County, which fell into a tie for first place in the district with Galax, got 20 points from Mitch Hawks. Shane Griffith and Gibson Satterwhite added 11 points each for the Blue Devils (12-4 overall, 11-2 district). FORT CHISWELL (77)
Hill 15, Chumbley 7, Burnett 20, Widner 23, Hughes 1, Carico 3, Hanks 1, Lovvell 2, McHome 4. GRAYSON COUNTY (72)
Roberts 4, Griffith 11, Robinson 2, Weatherman 6, Brown 9, Boyer 9, Hawks 20, Satterwhite 11. Fort Chiswell 1991930-77 Grayson County 1518831-72 Three-point goals: Hill, Widner 3, Carico, Griffith, Brown, Hawks. JV: 52-39, Grayson County. Tazewell81 Radford67
TAZEWELL - The Bulldogs built a 14-point lead during the second quarter then fought off several Bobcats rallies to win the non-district game.
Tazewell (10-6) hit 11 of 18 free throws; Radford (6-11) was 14-for-21.
Radford's Chris Smith led all scorers with 29 points, and Matt Linkous added 11.
Mike Hairston's 18 points led Tazewell, Derek Jones added 15, Eric Clifton put in 13 and Mike Kidd had 10. RADFORD (67)
Brown 2, C. Hairston 8, G. Jones 7, Smith 29, Underwood 4, Linkous 11, Spears 6. TAZEWELL (81)
Kidd 10, Strong 7, Cochran 4, Clifton 13, Jones 15, Hairston 18, Patterson 7, Snapp 2, Phipps 5. Radford 8201920-67 Tazewell 16212123-81 Three-point goals: Kidd 2, D. Jones 2, M. Hairston 2, Phipps, Clifton, G. Jones, Smith, Linkous. JV: Tazewell won. Gateway Christian74 Mercer (W.Va.)69
MERCER, W.Va. - The Crusaders (10-1) got 24 points from Sam Moore, 23 from David Arthur and 17 from point guard Brad Ewing in defeating host Mercer.
Arthur and Moore helped control the inside play for Gateway Christian, which trailed by four points during the third quarter and rallied to win. Gateway Christian's biggest lead was eight points.
Matthew Miller led Mercer with 30 points. GATEWAY CHRISTIAN (74)
Gordon 5, Ewing 17, Arthur 23, S. Brookman 5, Moore 24. MERCER (W.Va.) (69)
Bolton 5, Miller 30, Young 19, East 4, Archer 7, Crigger 4. Gateway Christian 16202018-74 Mercer (W.Va.) 13211718-69 Three-point goals: Ewing, Young 2, Archer, Crigger. JV: 52-22, Gateway Christian.