BLUEFIELD, Va. — The scoring seesaw tilted both ways Monday night at Graham Middle School, but the last surge belonged to Virginia High, which used a 16-4 fourth quarter to defeat the Graham G-Girls 46-30.
Graham led by one point at the end of the first period and trailed 24-16 at halftime, but outscored the Bearcats 10-6 in the third quarter to stay within striking distance at 30-26.
Karly Mor-gan had nine points and eight rebounds for Graham (8-7) and Bethany Evans provided 10 boards Liz Workman had six points and three steals.
Teonna Austin led the Bearcats with 19 points.
The G-Girls JV team won the preliminary game 56-5.
Graham, 2-2 in Mountain Empire District action, is at home Wednesday to play Tazewell. The varsity game begins at about 7:30 p.m.


At Graham Middle School
VIRGINIA HIGH
Duff 2, Teonna Austin 19, Bryant 5, Butler 3, Nave 6, Jacobs 8, Whitlemore 3.
GRAHAM HIGH (8-7)
Karly Morgan 9, Gallinger 5, Workman 6, Spencer 2, Evans 3, Rasnick 1, Moretto 4.
Virginia High......7 17 6 16 — 46
Graham.............8 8 10 4 — 30
Three–point goals — VHS 2 (Bryant 1, Whitlemore 1); Graham, none.