Third-place games punched Region Tournament tickets and the GW Danville girls claimed a District Tournament title Thursday night.

The Tunstall Trojans will have to settle for a chance at third place in the Piedmont District, and a shot at the Region IV tournament after falling to the Bassett Bengals 98-67 on Thursday night

The George Washington girls danced off the court with a pair of trophies after their 71-43 victory against Franklin County on Thursday night in Danville - one for winning the regular-season Western Valley District championship, their 13th in 14 years, and one for dropping Franklin County for the district tournament title, as well.

Seamless execution on both sides of the court enabled Liberty Christian Academy’s girls basketball team to defeat cross-town rival Virginia Episcopal School for the third time, 57-43, in Thursday’s Blue Ridge Conference semifinal at home. 

The impending winter weather is causing some changes for tonight’s high school basketball tournament games.

Blacksburg’s win over Pulaski Co earned them a shot at the River Ridge Tournament Title on Friday night.

Virginia Episcopal School gutted its way to a 54-48 victory over visiting Hargrave in the first round of the Virginia Independent Conference boy’s basketball tournament Tuesday

Tunstall beat Patrick County 57-51 in the Piedmont District tournament play-in game on Tuesday

Top-seeded GW scored the first 10 points and cruised to a 68-51 victory against Patrick Henry in Western Valley District tournament semifinal action on Tuesday night

R.J. Myers came off the bench to score 14 points in the second half and key a Dan River run that helped the Wildcats beat Chatham 74-57 in the Dogwood District tournament quarterfinals on Tuesday night

Herb Daniels has never been tested nor diagnosed, but that doesn’t stop him from being a firm believer that he has an attention deficit disorder

Even shorthanded, and under the weather, Brookville’s girls basketball team is still tough to beat, as it demonstrated in Tuesday night’s 42-30 Seminole District tournament semifinal home win over Jefferson Forest

The Top two teams in both the River Ridge and Blue Ridge District Girls tournaments have advanced to Friday’s finals.

T.J. Edwards led Franklin County with 23 points

Leave it to Gretna coach Herb Daniels to find a bright spot on a night like Monday.  Opening the first round of the Dogwood District tournament at No. 2 Dan River, Daniels’ No. 7 Hawks took a beating - falling 91-48.

The Tunstall Trojans beat Martinsville 46-43 on Monday to advance to the second round of the Piedmont District tournament

Shamika Hubbard led William Campbell with nine points and eight steals

Franklin County ended visiting E.C. Glass’ season in the first round of the Western Valley District tournament

Jefferson Forest’s Ted Price scored 14 of his 20 points from the foul line in the Cavaliers’ 47-43 victory over Heritage

Chris Harmon led Liberty with 27 points, seven rebounds and four steals in the Minutemen’s victory over visiting Staunton River in the Seminole District tournament quarterfinals. 

Altavista used its quickness to open up a 36-14 halftime lead

No one should doubt the 6-foot-7 senior forward’s love for life or basketball as the Virginia Independent Conference and Virginia Independent School state tournaments approach

George Wythe again tops Group A, with G.W. Danville (Group AAA), Hidden Valley (Group AA), and Nelson Co. (Group A) coming in 2nd place in their respective groups

Floyd County tops Group A again, with six other local schools making the top 10 in their respective groups

The Hogoheegee and Mountain Empire boys’ and girls’ district basketball tournaments begin tonight with the girls tipping off

The Bassett Girls are the toast of the Piedmont District at a stellar 21-1 on the season.

GW (22-0, 10-0 WVD) is the No. 1 seed in the upcoming district tournament and will host its first game at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving a first-round bye

With one player sitting due to technical foul problems in previous games, and with another missing after a car accident the night before, time outs had become a precious commodity for Gretna coach Bob Locust.

GW, state runners up a year ago and the No. 2-ranked Class AAA team in Virginia by The Associated Press, has the chance to complete its second unbeaten regular season in three years when the Eagles host Franklin County tonight

George Wythe is ranked #1 in Group A, 11 total local boys teams ranked