ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. – In the school’s final basketball seasons, Alleghany High School had five Mountaineers be named to the All-Three Rivers District boys’ and girls’ teams.
After helping lead the Mountaineers boys basketball team to an 11-13 season, Chris Harden and Xzavier Hayslett were selected as members of the All-TRD second team. Meanwhile, Harden was named to the All-Regional Class 2, Region C second team. Harden led the team in scoring with 10.6 ppg (points per game), while Hayslett was second with 10.5 ppg.
The Lady Mountaineers had three selections. Macyn Cash was the only Mountaineer basketball player to be named to the first team All-TRD. Kendell Keene and Bryce Leitch were selected to the All-TRD second team. Cash, who led the team in scoring with 13.3 ppg, was also selected to the All-Region first team, while Keene was selected to the ball-TRD second team. Keene averaged 11.7 ppg, while Leitch scored 6.7 ppg.
The TRD boys’ basketball Player of the Year (POY) honors went to Radford’s Elijah Kelly, while his coach Rick Cormany and Floyd County’s Brian Hartman shared the Coach of the Year (COY) award.
Carroll County’s Alyssa Ervin was named the girls’ TRD POY, while her coach Marc Motley was the district COY.
Carroll County and Floyd County had the most overall members on the boys’ and girls’ All-TRD teams with eight each.
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Boys First Team
Carroll County – Elijah Cox
Floyd County – Gavin Herrington
Floyd County – Kaiden Swortzel
Glenvar – Brody Dawyot
James River – Ryan Steger
James River – Sam Bell
Radford – Elijah Kelly
Radford – Gavin Cormany
Boys Second Team
Alleghany – Chris Harden
Alleghany – Xzavier Hayslett
Carroll County – Bryce Smoot
Carroll County – Davis Reitzel
Floyd County – A.J. Cantrell
Floyd County – Ryan Swortzel
Glenvar – Gabe Ford
Radford – Parker Prioleau
POY – Elijah Kelly
COY – Floyd County’s Brian Harmon/Radford’s Rick Cormany
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Girls First Team
Alleghany – Macyn Cash
Carroll County – Alyssa Ervin
Carroll County – Jaelyn Hagee
Carroll County – Kalee Easter
Carroll County – Lauren Alley
Floyd County – Destiny Harmon
Floyd County – Kiley Hylton
Glenvar – Rhyan Harris
Girls Second Team
Alleghany – Bryce Leitch
Alleghany – Kendell Keene
Carroll County – Ashton Richardson
Floyd County – Carly Thompson
Floyd County – Leah Hamlin
James River – Caitlin Canada
James River – Lexi McCullough
James River – Sydnee Breeding
Radford – Lauren Owens
POY – Alyssa Ervin
COY – Carroll County’s Marc Motley
