Galax Maroon Tide Sports News

Galax won four of the singles matches and two of the three doubles, to claim a 6-3 Mountain Empire District win over visiting Bland County in boys tennis action Wednesday.

Mark Dixon, a former Miami Dolphin and UVA standout, has been named the new head football coach at Galax High School, after being chosen from a final list of three candidates.

Justin Hash scored a game-high 24 points, as he helped lead Galax to a 50-32 victory over Parry McCluer in the semifinals of the Region C, Division 1 boys tournament Friday night at George Wythe.

Galax is sending nine grapplers to today's semifinals, as they hold a 98 1/2 - 81 lead over second-place Glenvar, after the opening day of the Region C wrestling tournament being held at Parry McCluer High School in Buena Vista.

Despite having four players score in double-digits, Narrows still came up short, as they fell to 71-65 to Galax in a Mountain Empire District boys basketball contest Wednesday night in Galax.

Deion George and Devae Goins both recorded double-doubles, in helping lead Galax to an 81-57 win over Fort Chiswell in Mountain Empire District boys basketball action Wednesday night in Galax.

Despite nailing 10 three-pointers, Galax still came up short, as they fell to Grayson County 69-64 in Mountain Empire District boys basketball action Friday night in Galax. It was the district opener for both teams.

The Maroon Tide jumped out to an early lead and never let up, as they rolled to a lopsided 65-32 non-district girls basketball win over the Indians Monday night in Galax.

Galax scored more points in the first quarter, than the Craig County team did the entire game, as the Maroon Tide cruised to a lopsided 91-34 victory in non-district boys' basketball action Friday night in New Castle.