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Tomlin The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team lost a tightly contested game to Eastern Mennonite 67-55 on Saturday at the ninth annual Rock the Ribbon Roundball Shootout on Saturday at Rockbridge County High School.

The Parry McCluer High School boys basketball team earned a 67-56 home win over Pioneer District rival Covington on Tuesday of last week in Buena Vista.

Making clutch shots in the final stretch, the Rockbridge County High School boys basketball team earned a 63-60 road win in overtime over Valley District rival Harrisonburg on Tuesday of last week.

The Rockbridge County High School girls basketball team suffered a pair of losses last week, falling 48-33 at home against Valley District rival Harrisonburg last Tuesday before Fort Defiance trounced the visiting Wildcats 52-13 on Thursday.

C ontinuing t o s how i mprovement, the Parry Mc-Cluer High wrestling team placed ninth of 18 teams at the Highlander Invitational on Saturday at Glenvar High School in Salem. The Fighting Blues, who were missing two grapplers, had three wrestlers who earned medals by placing in the top six.

A huge first quarter propelled the Parry McCluer High School girls basketball team to a 62-29 road win over Pioneer District rival Covington on Tuesday of last week.

VMI Inducts 10 Into Sports Hall Of Fame

The Lex Lax Lightning youth lacrosse program will hold Stick Saturdays at Maury River Middle School for the next three Saturdays: Feb. 4, 11 and 18. This is a free opportunity to learn stick skills and play lacrosse with friends.

Southern Virginia University announced the hiring of Joe DuPaix as its next head football coach on Jan. 17.

Evelyn Ayers, 540-463-2727

Did you know that people who have close relationships at home, work, or in their community tend to be healthier and live longer? One reason, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), is that we’re more successful at meeting our health goals when we work on them with others.

Carolyn Terrell, (540) 649-3828/[email protected] Happy birthday wishes are being sent to Winfred Ramsey, Jerald Newman, Gwen Kimble, Vickie Wilt, Shelia Cash, Gwin Berry, Dale Fitzgerald, Addison Horn, and her father, Justin Horn, Thad Painter, Elizabeth Walker, Brian Ellwood, Shirley Steele Walker and Nona Allen.

Music Flows Every Week At BV Center

Rachel Clark, (630) 607-9938 [email protected]

The following people were indicted by a Buena Vista grand jury on Jan. 25: Olanda Eugene Adkins Jr., 20, for larceny of a firearm on Sept. 18.

Lexington

Twin River Outfitters is making plans to open a primitive campground this spring in the Gilmore Mills area along the James River near Natural Bridge.

Rockbridge County is moving forward with hiring three additional emergency medical services responders after getting the green light from the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 23. The EMS workers are to begin answering calls April 1.

A new chain sub shop is coming to Rockbridge, and a popular local food venture is moving from the county into Lexington.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with medical expenses for a BMX racer from Maryland who was seriously injured in a wreck at the USA BMX Blue Ridge National Race at the Virginia Horse Center last Friday.