The Indiana Pacers showed resilience, securing wins in games where they trailed by more than 7 points late on. This is now the 3rd time this postseason.
The Blacksburg boys soccer team scored three goals in the final 19 minutes to erase a two-score deficit and beat Patrick Henry 3-2 to claim the River Ridge District regular-season championship.
Johnny Joyce notched the game-tying and go-ahead goals for the Bruins (15-1), while Craig Huxtable tallied his squad's first goal.
Jackson Farrar opened the scoring with a goal on an assist from Sam Dowdy for the Patriots (13-3-1), who built a 2-0 lead on an own goal with 20 minutes remaining.
Softball
Fort Chiswell 2, George Wythe 1
Blair Jackson hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Pioneers to an extra-innings victory over the Maroons in the third-place game of the Mountain Empire District tournament.
Jackson finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs at the plate and struck out 12 batters in the circle聽for Fort Chiswell (15-6).
Caroline Harris scored the lone run for George Wythe (7-13) on a bunt from Jadelyn Faulkner.
Track & Field
Bruzzo-Morrello wins distance double
Marion senior Domenico Bruzzo-Morello won both the 1,600-meter run (4 minutes, 54.16 seconds) and 3,200 (10:03.82) at the Southwest District championships at Virginia High School in Bristol.
Also for the Scarlet Hurricanes, Daniel Lee won the 110 hurdles (16.97) and Jacob Mooney won the discus (148 feet, 1 inch).
On the girls side, Ruby Hoerter won the 1,600 (6:31.41) and 3,200 (13:33.07), while Brooke Langston won both the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches) and long jump (16 feet, 2.25 inches).
