Page 6 CLINCH VALLE!YTIMES, St. Paul, VA, Thursday, February 28, 2008
Devils annex Cumberland Tournament title
by Jonathan Salyer quarter, pouring in 31 points points), Seth Justice (11 points,
The Castlewood Blue Devils while holding Coeburn to only eight rebounds), Ryan Meade
captured the Cumberland Dis- nine to take ademanding 57-25 (10 points, five assists, five
trict Tournament Title on Satur- halftime lead. The Blue Knights rebounds, four steals), Ethan
day, February 23, at Castlewood came back in the second half Collins (nine points, Ruben
High School. The Devils took and outscored the Devils in the Rasnick (nine pints) and Justin
care of long-time rival St. Paul third and fourth quarters to Smith (eight points) all played
in the semifinals on Friday by a bring the score closer. However, big roles in the win.
score of 56-24 Then on Satur- the Devils held on to the Andrew Adkins led Coeburn
St Paul gets tourney win day, the Devils were victorious winning margin, ending the with 23 points.
over their new district rival, the game with a 91-65 victory. SCORING:
by Allen Gregory just one more point the game was tied at 44. Blue Knights of Coeburn, by aThe Devils were veryba- Castlewood--Fisher 14, Col-
St. Paul advanced teD theremainder of the game. With just under a minute to score of 91-65. This marked the lanced in scoring, boasting five lins 9, C. Smith 15, J. Smith 8,
semi-final round of the,Cum- Following the free throws, play, the Deacons had the ball fourth time this year the Knights players in double figures. Chris Carter 12, Meade 10, Bush 1,
berland District Tourmament St. Paul caused a Twin Springs kinder their basket. They missed and Devils have met. They will Smith led Castlewood in scoring Rasnick 9, Justice 11, Fields 2.
wifla an exciting 45-44 cometurnover and Ryan Padgett got a three times and on the fourth meet again on Wednesday in the with 15. Patrick Fisher added Coeburn--Barker 3, Adkins
from behind victory over Twin put back to cut the Titan lead to attempt Padgett was fouled. He Opening Round of the Region D 154 points, seven rebounds and 23, Hall 13, Wright 2, Bright 4,
Springs on February 19. 43-38. missed the first free throws but tournament, six assists. Travis Carter (I 2 Pate 14, Riner 4, Mays 2.
There is an old saying and I At the4:04markofthegame hit the second for a 45-44 Castlewood56-St. Paui34 L dy D il aptu
have always believed thatt it is Padgett came up with a steal Deacon lead. That was just the The Deacons and Devils a ev s c re
fought neck and neck the entire
hard for ateam of equal abgilities near midcourt and drove for a third made free throw for thefirst quarter, with both teams Cb r l no- y titl
to get three wins over a te~am in layup. " Deacons in ten tries in the game. struggling to put the ball in the am e a toume e
a season. That proved to b~e true Following a Twin Springs On their next possession
on Tuesday evening at Castle- miss from in close, Daniel Twin Springs missed a mid- basket. The quarter ended with
the teams tied at 10. by Jonathan Salyer -Edwards 6, McDavid 12.
wood Williams came up with a big range jumper. The battle for the
bucket for the Deacons. The
Deacon deficit was down to one
with about 3:07 left in the game.
Over the next minute or so
each team appeared to feel the
pressure of the moment and
committed two turnovers and
missed shots.
With just over two minutes
to play, Padgett hit a layup to
give St. Paul the lead for the first
tie since early in the third period.
At that point the scoreboard read
St. Paul 44, Twin Springs 43.
The Titans' Kris Jordan took
a pass from Devon Matthews
and cut left toward the basket
and put up a left handed shot just
short of the basket. The shot
never got to the rim, as Jordan
was fouled. Jordan missed the
first but made the second and the
Twin Springs and St Paul
are pretty much equal on tallest
level and basketball skillss. The
Titans had taken close w/ins in
the two regular season gamles.
On Tuesday with abomt 5:05
left in the game, it looked as if
the Titans would prowe the
axiom wrong as they had a five
point 41-36 lead witlh the
momentum appearing to be in
their favor. It appeared to be
even more in their favor w&en at
the 5:05 mark, St. Paul's coach
received a technical foul giving
Twin Springs two free lthrows
and the ball.
Cody Hall made the tw o free
throws for a 43-36 lead,
After the free throwcs, St.
Paul got much tough{er on
defense. They allowed the Titans
by Allen Gregory
Aaron Williams amd his
classy band of Blue Devils
defeated St. Paul for thqe third
time this year.
The score was 56-34 in the
first game of the CumBerland
District semi-final roumd at
Castlewood on Friday, February
22.
In order for the Deacons to
stay close to Castlewood, the
Deacons have to contFol the
game's tempo and use th eir size
to offset the shooting abillity and
defensive quickness of thle Blue
Devils.
The Deacons were successful
in their efforts for about tihe first
14 or 15 minutes of the~ game.
Thereafter it was all Cast~lewood
as they rolled to a 22 point
victory.
rebound went out of bounds off
a Deacon player.
Williams blocked a close in
attempt by a Titan and St. Paul
came up with the ball.
With 15.8 seconds left
Matthews fouled out when he
fouled Corey Ellis. Ellis missed
the front end of a one and bonus
and the score remained St. Paul
45, Twin Springs 44.
Twin Springs took their last
shot inside the last 7 seconds
and it failed to draw iron and St.
Paul had the victory. '
SCORING: St. Paul--Ellis
4, Lawson 3, Phillips 9,
Williams 10, Hileman, Kilgore,
Padgett 19. Twin Springs--
Matthews 13, Chiswell, Jordan
7, Hall 16, Estep 8, Smith,
Campbell, Powers.
Castlewood thumps St. Paul 56-34
and was held to one point.
With about 2:38 left in the
second quarter, a Chris Smith
trey had given the Blue Devils a
tie at 17 each.
Following the C. Smith trey,
St. Paul's Corey Ellis missed
two free throws and a chance to
take the lead.
After that it was all Castle-
wood. St. Paul lost Tyler Phillips
to a foot injury and they com-
mitted five turnovers before the
end of the half.
Castlewood did not
immediately take advantage as
they had two turnovers and
missed a shot. However, Chris
Smith hit two freebies and a trey
at the buzzer to give Castlewood
a 22-17 lead at the half.
Phillips came back to play in
the second half but did not have
his normal range of movement
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Castlewood took control of
the game as the second half
began. Chris Smith got the
Devils started with a short
jumper then Patrick Fisher had a
put back and a layup which put
Castlewood up 28-17.
The Deacons got to within
eight at 30-22 on a Daniel
Williams basket and Bryce
Lawson old fashioned three.
The comeback did not last as
CHS got some easy baskets from
Fisher and reserves Seth Justice
and Justin Smith to go with
Deacon baskets from Williams
and Padgett.
That flurry of baskets near
the end of the third period put
CHS up 39-27 as the third
period ended.
It was all Castlewood in the
final period as they outscored
the Deacons 17-7 to end the
night with a 56-34 win.
The Deacons leading scorers
of the year Ryan Padgett and
Daniel Williams did not score in
the final period. Moreover the
Deacons turned the ball over six
times in the period and missed
eight shots.
The Deacons committed 28
turnovers in the game.
SCORING: St. Paul--Ellis
10, Lawson 5, Phillips 1,
Williams 8, Padgett 10, Dupuie,
Hileman, Trent, Bellamy, KiP
gore. Castlewood--Fisher 15, C.
Smith 21, Carter 6, Meade 2;
Bush 4, Collins, J> Smith 2,
Rasnick, Justice 4, Summers 2,
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The Devils got 10 points in
the second quarter from Chris
Smith to lead Castlewood to a
22-17 advantage at halftime.
The Devils were struggling to
get their potent outside shooting
going. They extended their lead
in the third quarter with a 17-10
margin to take a 39-27 advan-
tage into the final stanza.
The Devils continued their
increase in scoring, dropping in
17 points and taking the 56-34
victory,
Chris Smith led the Devils
with 21 points. Patrick Fisher
added 15 in the victory.
Corey Ellis and Ryan Padgett
led St. Paul with 10 points
apiece.
SCORING:
Castlewood--Fisher 15, C.
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St. Paul--Ellis 10, Lawson 5,
Phillips 1, Williams 8, Padgett
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Castlewood 91-Coeburn 65
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first quarter points to take a 26-
16 lead when the period ended.
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Deacons reach
region play
by Allen Gregory
Patrick Damron and his
gritty band of Deacons reached
the Region D small schools
play with a hard fought 46-43
win over Thomas Walker at
Castlewood on Saturday, Febru-
ary 23.
The Castlewood Lady DevilsCastlewood 65-Ervinton 54
captured the Cumberland Dis- The Lady Devils added the
trict Tournament Title on Satur- Tournament Championship to
day, February 23. The Lady
Devils turned back the Rebels of
Ervinton in the championship
game by a score of 65-54. The
Lady Devils reached the f'mals
by beating the Lady Eagles of
Rye Cove on Thursday, Februa-
ry 21, by a margin of 60-51
Castlewood 6ORye Cove 51
The Lady Devils played
through a tough-scoring first
quarter to lead 7-3 after one
period of play.
The Lady Eagles closed the
game in the second quarter,
outscoring the Lady Devils 15-
14 to make the score 21-18 at
halftime.
The girls from Rye Cove
continued their charge in the
third quarter, winning the
quarter by 22-15 and taking the
40-37 lead into the final stanza.
The Lady Devils really
turned up the pressure and
scored 23 points in the fourth,
while holding the Lady Eagles
to only 11, allowing Castlewood
to come away with the 60-51
victory and advance to the
championship game.
The fourth quarter was a
memorable one for the Lady
Devils. In the fourth, Lorren
Evans and Kayla Gordon both
broke the 1000 point barrier
from the free throw line.
Lorren Evans and Kayla
Gordon led the Lady Devils
with 24 points apiece.
Shelli McDavid was hi for
the Eagles with 12 points.
SCORING:
Castlewood--Evans 24,
their trophy case with the
victory over the Lady Rebels of
Ervinton. The Lady Devils had
already beaten the Lady Rebels
twice but both games were
hizhlv contested. The Lady
Devils jumped out early and
survived some late runs by the
Lady Rebels to take the victory.
The Lady Devils took an
early but slim lead after one
quarter of play, with a 14-12
score.
In the second quarter the
Lady Devils outscored the Lady
Rebels 20-13 behind 13 points
from Lorren Evans. Evans
connected on four shots from
behind the arc in the quarter.
The Lady Rebels fought back
in the third to trail by only five,
44-39, going into the final
period.
In the fourth, the Lady Devils
sealed the game from the charity
stripe, making 14 of 17 free
throws. Lorren Evans was
perfect in the quarter,
connecting on eight of eight free
throws.
Lorren Evans led the Lady
Devils with 31 points. Kayla
Gordon added 17 points and
five, steals. Nicole Counts (4
points, eight rebounds) and
Shaina Hall (four points, seven
rebounds) both played well in
the victory.
Kelly Rasnick led Ervinton
with 23 points.
SCORING:
Castlewood--Evans 31,
Counts 4, Addington 2, Gordon
17, Jessee 2, Wohlford 4, Hall
Counts 2 Addington 4, Gordon 4, Trent I.
24, Wohlford 5, Hall 1. Ervinton--Spangler 2, Mul-
Rye Cove--Gibson 6, Hood lins 8, A. Bond 4, McCoy 2,
11, Hutchins 10, Carter 6, Farmer 8, Rasnick 23, Hill 7.
The victory puts St. Paul in
region play against Haysi at "l "~ ~-P~ I
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The Deacon win over ca,o -,ol./
Thomas Walker was another
example of how hard it is for
teams of equal ability to win
three games from the other in a
year.
Thomas Walker had defeat-
ed St. Paul twice in regular
season play but could not get
the trifecta with a district
tourney win.
The game was close
throughout and the Pioneers had
a 36-33 lead near the 6:08 point
in the game when Rabble Giles
hit a turnaround jumper.
At that point St. Paul turned
up the defensive pressure and
found a little extra intensity and
worked their way to the
exciting win.
With just under six minutes
to play Ryan Padgett hit two
free throws to make the score
Thomas Walker 36, St. Paul 35.
Over the next several min-
utes each team seemed to feel
the pressure as they mishandled
the ball and missed an easy shot
or two.
Near the 4:35 point in the
game Padgett hit a bank shot for
St. Paul to put his team up 37-
36.
At that point Corey Ellis
came up with the first two late
game excellent defensive plays
that gave St. Paul a big, big lift.
Just under 4:35 left, Ellis stole
and inbounds pass and got the
ball to Padgett for a layup and a
three point 39-36 St. Paul lead.
Thomas Walker, stung by
the turn of events, stormed back
on two pointers by Hagen
Hensley and Dude Overton for
a 40-39 lead.
After missed shots by both
teams St. Paul turned the ball
over but Ellis made his second
important steal and hit one of
two free throws to tie the game
at 40.
With each valuing each
possession of the ball Thomas
Walker, on a basket by Hensley
and an Overton free throw, put
Thomas Walker up 43-30 with
about 2:41 to play.
St. Paul worked the ball
trying to get it inside to one of
their big men. Near the" 2:17
mark they finally got Daniel
Williams open and he hit a short
jumper from in front of the
basket to make the score
Thomas Walker 43, St. Paul 42.
With about 1:03 left in the
game and the Pioneers working
to get Hensley or Overton open
Tyler Phillips swiped 'a pass and
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