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Saturday, Jan. 7 -- The Parry McCluer High School girls basketball team led wire-to-wire in claiming a 47-24 victory over Rockbridge County in Buena Vista.
Victoria Hamilton tallied 19 points and eight rebounds and Anna Claytor added 16 points to lead the Fighting Blues (9-2) to a season sweep of the Wildcats (1-11). Parker Dameron paced RC with nine points. McKenzie Hines tallied eight markers, and Maddie Dahl pulled down 10 rebounds.
In the first meeting between the two schools in Lexington on Dec. 22, the Blues used a big second-half run to turn an 18-17 halftime lead into a 36-27 victory.
But Saturday's rematch was a one-sided affair. Fueled by a big early burst from Hamilton, who scored PM's first six points of the game, the Blues started the day with a 9-2 spurt. After PM ran off nine straight points early in the second period to stretch the lead to 18-4, the Wildcats wouldn't trim the margin below double digits the rest of the way.
RC struggled to take care of the basketball all night, committing 30 turnovers to the Blues' 17. And the 'Cats had no answer for Hamilton, who buried a trio of 3-pointers and scored all 19 of her points from the floor.
Both teams return to action with non-district home games. PM will play host to Nelson County on Tuesday, while RC welcomes in Riverheads on Wednesday. Junior varsity action begins at 5:30 p.m. at both locations.
For the full stories and photos from this week's action, please see our Jan. 11 newspaper.
