Sports

The Division II Con­ference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) unveiled the D2CCA Southeast Region Men’s Basketball All-Region Teams on Friday morn­ing. South Atlantic Con­ference Player of the Year Bradley Dean of U.Va.-Wise was named to the First Team, joined by D2CCA Southeast Region Player of the Year Frank Champion of North Georgia, KJ Jones II of Emmanuel, Tyshaun Crawford of Augusta and […]

Round six of the sea­son in the rivalry that is Gate City and Wise- Central added yet an­other exciting chapter to the ongoing story­line. With a trip to Rich­mond and the shot to play for the VHSL Class 2 state champion­ship on the line, it took until the final posses­sion in Monday’s state semifinal game at Vir­ginia High to determine […]

A Gate City High School alumnus and current NCAA Division I player at Elon Univer­sity was recently named the Colonial Athletic Association’s (CAA) Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The 2023 award was presented to Zac Er­vin, a 2019 graduate of Gate City High School and the son of Greg and Gayle Ervin, on March 4 during at pregame ceremony at the […]

U.Va.-Wise sophomore Bradley Dean was named South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and First Team All-SAC after averaging a conference- leading 20.7 points per game, while fifth-year Luke Lawson was named to Second Team All-SAC after ranking second in the conference with 1.9 blocks per game and averaging a solid 43.8-percent from beyond the arc. Freshmen Calen Lightford and […]

An estimated 93 miles separates George Wythe High School from Gate City High School. Maroons head coach Tony Dunford and company wouldn’t mind driving that far for ev­ery contest if his team shot the ball the way they did Friday night against Twin Springs in the VHSL Class 1 state quarterfinals. The Maroons knocked down 16 3-pointers enroute to a […]

A relative newcom­er to the Titan family found a sense of pride and community at her school as she brought with her an unrivaled love and skill for the game of basketball. After a chance meet­ing with a college coach through an Amateur Athletic Union basket­ball event, Kayli Dunn cemented her decision to join the Lady Bobcats at Lees-McRae College. […]

Gate City’s Lady Devils were rocked and loaded on Friday in the Class 2 girls state basketball tournament when they faced Glen­var. They took no prison­ers easily eliminating the Lady Highlands as the Devils proved them­selves to be champion contenders after they walked away with a 69- 32 win. The game was held at Virginia High School as a neutral […]

The Titans claimed the back-to-back title of Region D Champi­ons with a spectacu­lar defensive perfor­mance against a tough Honaker squad. Twin Springs played for the trophy without start­ing guard, Brady Castle and his playmaking ca­pabilities and smother­ing defense. The Titans earned the 45-38 victory over Honaker in a game that was moved to Lebanon High School. Originally slated to play […]

It was the fifth meet­ing between Gate City and Wise-Central in Saturday’s Region 2D finale at Virginia High with the winner to re­tain home court ad­vantage in this week’s Class 2 state quarterfi­nal game. The Lady Devils ex­ecuted their designed game plan to keep the Warriors out of their normal routine to earn the 70-60 victory and the Region 2D […]