Marty Gordon
Christiansburg High School is slowing putting together new winning ways including 12 games this past season.
Leading the charge was Katie Hoover, who averaged 16.7 points per game while hitting 34 three-pointers. For her effort, the Christiansburg junior is this year’s All-County/All-City girls’ basketball player of the year.
Nick Millirons was a reason Auburn appeared in another state championship game. For his effort, he is this year’s All-County/All-City boys’ player of the year. He averaged 16.1 points, 4.8 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game. He shot 40.7 percent from behind the three-point line and was the Mt. Empire District and Region C player of the year. His father and coach Terry Millirons is the AC/AC coach of the year.
The rest of the All-County/All-City boys’ group included:
Blacksburg’s Wade Bland is a sharpshooter, which could not be left off the list. He averaged 15 points and seven rebounds per game, hitting 51 percent from the field including 37 percent from behind the arc.
Eastern Montgomery’s Camden Sutphin was honored after being named as first team All-Pioneer District.
Radford’s Luke Woodard put up 10 points per game this season with 3.3 rebounds.
Auburn Senior Forward Coahan Gordon was also honored after averaging 15 points and seven rebounds per game. He was first team All-Mt. Empire and Region C while adding second team all-state.
Christiansburg High School was represented by Junior forward Kaleb Robinson who put in 15.2 points and seven rebounds per game. He was also named to the River Ridge District first-team.
Millirons was also named to the Class One first team announced late last week.
On the girls’ side of the court, Hoover leads a group that could dominate a lot of high school teams.
Eastern Montgomery sophomore Carli Christian led the team almost every game, averaging 17.8 points per game.
Blacksburg’s Riley Price joined the group after being named to the first team 4D all-region team. Others on the list included: Radford’s Kearson Carter and Eastern Montgomery’s Macie Akers who connected on 65 of 200 shots this past season.
The girls’ coach of the year is Christiansburg’s Jacob Underwood. In his second year at the helm of the program, Underwood tallied double-figured wins.
