EH31 2,518 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I was having this conversation with a guy last week. What are some unforgettable games that you got to witness? the first one that comes to mind for me was in early 2006 Pocahontas @ Big Creek. Pocahontas was leading comfortably the whole game until the last few minutes when Big Creek made a run to take the lead. With around 5 seconds left Pocahontas’s Mark Little went the length of the court to score the game tying basketball on a fadeaway. The game went in to overtime & Pocahontas ended up winning 101-100. Mark Little had a quadruple double with points, rebounds, assists & steals. He finished the game with 54 points. Little averaged 34 points per game that season, made the all state team & won BDT Player of the Year. cityofRaven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvtne216 278 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 The Graham-Gate City state semifinal game at Tazewell Middle School in 2018 is one that stands out to me. Mac McClung scored 42 points that night while Gate City punched its ticket to Richmond. I was on the call for NFHS that night. TMS was filled to the brim. EH31, 1inStripes and cityofRaven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixcat 2,919 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 How about a memorable 5-game series during the course of a season?!?!? Grayson County played Floyd County five times during the 1996-1997 season. Grayson lost to Floyd by a point in the old Marion Holiday Tournament in December. They played a home-and-home during the regular season where Floyd won both games by a combined 3 points. Floyd won 60-57 in the Region C Championship game at the Dedmon Center at Radford University. A week later in the state semifinal, Grayson jumped out early and kept the lead until late in the 4th quarter. Floyd was able to squeak out another win though 59-57. Floyd beat Grayson 5 times that season by a combined 9 points. Floyd finished the year unbeaten, winning the state championship over Surry. Alan Cantrell was quoted in the Roanoke Times saying something along the lines of, "if we are the best team in the state, it's a safe bet Grayson is second." I can vividly remember plays from those games. The Grayson coach at the time told the players they have no idea just how close they were to winning a state championship. That sentiment rings true all these years later. Grayson finished that season with 6 loses, 5 to the unbeaten eventual state champions. EH31 and cityofRaven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The U Bear 59 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 jj kelly john i burton games in the late 8os. danis simmons vs reece gravely. some great games and gyms were sold out. coaches were dave bently from wise and stan wilson at burton. EH31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swva_havok_fan 1,261 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Most recently the Dobyns-Bennett boys state semifinal and state title game from last years state tournament. State semifinal: Bartlett made a 3 at the horn in regulation to send it to overtime, Malachi Hale made a jumper from around the FT line at the horn to win it for D-B in OT. State championship: Bearden made a 3 at the horn in regulation to send it to OT, however D-B blew them out in OT once Bearden lost three starters to foul outs. D-B girls also had an improbable win last year as well that sticks out trailing Jefferson County by 12 with under a minute left in regulation yet somehow winning by one on a 3 at the buzzer. In the way back machine all of the Haysi-Council games back when both teams were outstanding in the late 90's early 00's were memorable, although the Tigers came out on the short end on pretty much all of them. EH31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oo- 146 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 11:34 AM, rvtne216 said: The Graham-Gate City state semifinal game at Tazewell Middle School in 2018 is one that stands out to me. Mac McClung scored 42 points that night while Gate City punched its ticket to Richmond. I was on the call for NFHS that night. TMS was filled to the brim. I still have a picture of the line for that game. 3 hours before tipoff and the line stretched all the way to the main road. It was unbelievable. 1 hour before tipoff there wasn't any seat available in the gym. rvtne216 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-oo- 146 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 I remember the Graham/Beaver game. Maybe around 2009-2010. Craig Ponder for Bluefield dropped about 40 or 50 I believe. I believe it went to double OT. Might be the last time, or close to it, Graham beat Bluefield in basketball. EH31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stantheman 52 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, -oo- said: I still have a picture of the line for that game. 3 hours before tipoff and the line stretched all the way to the main road. It was unbelievable. 1 hour before tipoff there wasn't any seat available in the gym. I can remember those lines, I stood in them in the 90's for the region D tourneys a bunch of times, Council and Twin Springs were top notch regional games back then, In the late 90's early 00's Council and Haysi had as good a rivalry as any!! Both were top 5 in the State and in the same district!!! I can still see Council Elem and Clincho Elem pack to the rafters!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidbeaver 90 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 I remember back in 1996 I believe, when Bluefield was ranked #1 in AA and Dupont was ranked either #1 or #2 in AAA in which that team consisted of future NBA player Jason "white chocolate "Williams and future NFL hall of famer Randy Moss. Bluefield completely destroyed them, beating them by 27 points. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 hour ago, rabidbeaver said: I remember back in 1996 I believe, when Bluefield was ranked #1 in AA and Dupont was ranked either #1 or #2 in AAA in which that team consisted of future NBA player Jason "white chocolate "Williams and future NFL hall of famer Randy Moss. Bluefield completely destroyed them, beating them by 27 points. Wasn't that game at Brushfork Armory? I remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidbeaver 90 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 3 hours ago, BandanaVTDavis4321 said: Wasn't that game at Brushfork Armory? I remember that. Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBHoops_18 206 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Bluefield vs Graham in 2009 I think it was at Graham middle was a classic. Went into a few overtimes if I recall. Bluefield had Craig Ponder at the time. David Marrs knocked down some clutch threes. Graham had a good squad then. Almost beat Cave Spring. That was a great game as well in Tazewell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvtne216 278 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 12:20 PM, -oo- said: I still have a picture of the line for that game. 3 hours before tipoff and the line stretched all the way to the main road. It was unbelievable. 1 hour before tipoff there wasn't any seat available in the gym. There was also a huge line for the Gate City and Radford game at the Dedmon Center for the state quarterfinal matchup in 2018. I drove over from VT and stood in line with my buddies to see that one. I would say that one or when VT played RU in 2015 would be one of the two attendance marks for the Dedmon Center Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird7 1,416 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 59 minutes ago, rvtne216 said: There was also a huge line for the Gate City and Radford game at the Dedmon Center for the state quarterfinal matchup in 2018. I drove over from VT and stood in line with my buddies to see that one. I would say that one or when VT played RU in 2015 would be one of the two attendance marks for the Dedmon Center I was there too...good lord that place was packed...I'm pretty sure they had more than they were suppose to have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Report Share Posted February 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Hokiebird7 said: I was there too...good lord that place was packed...I'm pretty sure they had more than they were suppose to have Same here. I was there for that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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