Lebanon Boys, Honaker Girls Win Saturday

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ROUNDUP: Lebanon Boys, Honaker Girls Win Saturday

 

By The Continuous News Desk

 

Published: January 11, 2009

 

Bristol Herald Courier

 

LEBANON, Va. – Cody Compton scored 19 points and Lebanon used a strong start in downing Russell County rival Honaker, 63-58, on Saturday night in a boys basketball game.

 

Lebanon (10-1) jumped out to a 17-2 lead after the first quarter and held on. It completed an eventful week for the Pioneers, who had wins over rivals Virginia High, Castlewood and Honaker in the span of six days.

 

Andrew Jessee added 16 points, Robert Smith compiled 10 points and Jerome Cobb blocked 12 shots.

 

Justin Hall led three Honaker players in double figures with 15 points.

 

LEBANON (63) - J. Cobb-9, Jones-10, Jessee-16, Brown-2, Bush-3, Compton-19, Smith-4

 

HONAKER (58) - Davis-14, Dye-7, Hall-15, Murphy-3, Brown-13, Vandyke-5, T. Brown-1

 

3-point goals - Honaker (9) - Davis-4, Brown-4, Hall; Lebanon (1) - Compton

 

JV game - Honaker won

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GIRLS

Honaker 35, Lebanon 22

Rachel Artrip scored 14 points and Honaker held off Lebanon in a low-scoring non-district matchup.

Honaker led 17-10 after the first quarter, but both offenses went cold over the final three quarters. Hannah Bostic added 10 points in the win.

Heather Cox led Lebanon with 10 points.

 

HONAKER (35) - Roman-1, Bostic-10, Hess-2, Ball-6, Artrip-14, Tiller-2

 

LEBANON (22) - Cook-2, A. Smith-5, K. Smith-1, Cox-10, Helbert-4

 

3-point goals - Honaker (2) - Artrip-2; Lebanon - none

 

JV game - Lebanon won

 

 

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