By ANTHONY STEVENS
for the Daily Telegraph
SALTVILLE, Va. — It was somewhat of an upset in the girls contest as Honaker outlasted CRC regular season champ Twin Valley 58-55. The two teams have met four times this season, and now each team has won twice.
“We played awful in the first half,” Twin Valley coach Tommy Crigger said. “I switched up some things defensively in the second half and it worked to our advantage. We were able to get back in the game.”
After a basket by Madison Miller, Honaker had a 40-27 lead with 5:53 to play in the third quarter. Lakin Keen hit a 3 to spark a 13-0 Panther run, tying the game when Kara Goodman scored on a drive.
It was a roller coaster ride for each team from that point. Keen hit another 3 to tie it at 55 with just over two minutes to play. Megan Ray calmly sank a shot from the left corner to put Honaker (20-6) up.
Twin Valley missed a shot and Laken Robinette made 1-of-2 foul shots for the final margin. Twin Valley (19-7) had a couple of chances to tie but Megan Meade and Tara Deel had late steals for the Tigers.
Robinette (18 points) and Meade (12 points) led the Honaker offense. Goodman led the Panthers with an 18 point game and Lexy Vance contributed 13 points.
Regional girls play also begins on Monday. Honaker will travel to Radford and Twin Valley host Narrows.

HONAKER (20-6)
Deel 3 0-1 6, Ray 5 0-0 10, Shelton 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 1-4 4, Robinette 8 2-4 18, Music 1 2-2 4, Roman 0 0-0 0, Vandyke 1 0-0 2, Meade 4 4-5 12. Totals 24 9-16 58.
TWIN VALLEY (19-7)
Vance 5 3-4 13, Keen 3 0-0 9, Jackson 3 0-1 7, Goodman 7 0-0 18, O’Quinn 3 0-0 6, Lester 0 0-0 0, Meadows 1 0-0 2. Totals 22 3-5 55.
Honaker................18 14 13 13 — 58
Twin Valley...........13 9 20 13 — 55
3-point goals – Honaker 1 (Miller 1), Twin Valley 8 (Keen 3, Jackson 1, Goodman 4). Total fouls – Honaker 10, Twin Valley 13. Fouled out - none. Technicals – none. JV championship game – Haysi 32, Honaker 29.