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Alan Cantrell retrospective
Alan Cantrell’s decision to retire as coach of the varsity girls’ basketball program at Floyd County High School after this season is truly the end of an era. Cantrell brought state championships home in both boys’ and girls’ basketball program FCHS. The animated, emotional Cantrell is a sports photographer’s dream. A photo retrospective of my [...]
Back-to-back wins for the Lady Buffs
Floyd County High School’s girls’ varsity basketball squad scored back-to-back wins Thursday and Friday nights in the county’s Tip Off tournament, edging William Fleming 51-49 the first night and then outlasting Hidden Valley 57-46 in the tournament finale Friday. Senior Brittany Bourne led the scoring in the final game with 17 points while Carmen Bolt [...]
A win and a loss
Floyd County High School girls Junior Varsity basketball team (above) opened the home season Friday night with a hard-fought win over Bassett but the Varstiy (below) lost by 10 points after blowing out Christiansburg in the season opener.
Full contact basketball
Floyd County High School’s 8th grade girls’ basketball team opened their home season Wednesday night with a 53-8 drubbing of Radford. That’s right: 53-8. They did the old-fashioned way, playing the aggressive, no-holds-barred game that has become the trademark of girls’ basketball at FCHS. Looks like varsity coach Alan Cantrell has some exciting prospects coming [...]
A big win for the Buffaloes
Floyd County High School’s Buffaloes scored a big win at home Friday night with a 27-12 thumping of Eastern Montgomery, thanks to excellent performances from players like running back Dorian Harris (right). The Buffs need to win their next two games to stay in contention for the district playoffs. More photos and details in next [...]
The agony of defeat
The faces tell the story. The Floyd County Lady Buffaloes fell to Radford 58-54 in the Three Rivers District final Friday night at Christiansburg High School. Radford came out swinging, scoring first and taking the lead before the Lady Buffs fought back and lead by 9 points at the half and, at one point in [...]