Published Dec 29, 2022
George Wythe & Radford Advance to Holiday Championship
Rodney Young  •  VirginiaPreps
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The second day of the First Community Bank Tournament held at Fort Chiswell High School saw the Radford Bobcats and George Wythe Maroons advance to the title game.

Radford cruised by Narrows 58-34 as Elijah Kelly scored 14 points, Luke Woodward 10, and Gavin Cormany nine. Narrows got seven points each from Levi Smith, Kolier Pruett, and Aidan McGlothlin. From start to finish, Radford led and they slowly stretched their lead as the contest progressed.

The other winner's bracket game saw the George Wythe Maroons wallop the Tazewell Bulldogs 78-29. Ty Campbell tallied 18 points, Brayden Rainey 11, and Treyvon Rainey 10. Rex Delp chipped in nine points.

For the Bulldogs, Brody Patterson had 11 and Carlin Stone added five points. Ultimately though, the Maroons press took the Dogs out of their offense.

The early games of the day featured the Carroll County Cavaliers taking down East Wilkes (NC) 61-46. Carroll got 20 points from big man Elijah Cox, 14 from Davis Reitzel, and 11 from Ethan Richardson. Braxton Long scored 17 points and Ledger Blackburn finished with seven in defeat for East Wilkes.

Pulaski County won a close one over Fort Chiswell, 59-55, as the Cougars got 12 points from junior Lane Nester. Jele Green also had 12 points in the win. Fort Chiswell placed two players in double figures as Nathan Norris led the Pioneers with 13 points and Logan Selfe ended up with 11.

The 7th place game features Fort Chiswell against East Wilkes. Pulaski County takes on Carroll County in the tourney's fifth place games. Those two teams have already faced each other twice with the Cavaliers of Carroll County winning both previous meetings.

Narrows goes up against Tazewell in the third place game. The Championship matches undefeated George Wythe against Radford.