February 3, 2024
PREP FOOTBALL
Local standouts commit
George Wythe’s Tandom Smith and the Honaker tandem of Tyler Cole and Parker Bandy recently made known their college football commitm...
February 2, 2024
Boys
Honaker 68, Northwood 27
Aidan Lowe led three Tigers in double figures with 16 points in a Hogoheegee District home win over the Panthers.
Parker Bandy added 15 poi...
January 31, 2024
EMORY, Va. – Basketball is meant to be fun, but Honaker head coach Waylon Hart doesn’t want the other team to enjoy playing against his Tigers.
“Our philosophy is we want to ma...
January 31, 2024
EMORY, Va. – How does veteran coach Misty Miller keep the Honaker girls basketball team motivated when they are winning by such lopsided scores?
“We just want to keep working h...
January 25, 2024
HONAKER, Va. – Honaker senior basketball player Keyton Keene was in the spotlight Wednesday night at Baldwin Gym.
Before an overflow crowd, the 6-foot-8 post was facing the t...
January 24, 2024
RURAL RETREAT, Va. – Honaker girls basketball Misty Miller has a unique way of inspiring senior guard Tailor Nolley.
“I’ve always told Tailor that she can play like a boy,” Mil...
January 12, 2024
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Virginia High School League announces its 2023 Class 1 all-state football team. Galax senior running back Tedruhn Tucker is the Class 1 Offensive Pl...
January 11, 2024
Girls Basketball Honaker 71, Holston 22
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Honaker’s Tailor Nolley made things happen in a variety of ways.
The senior showcased her v...
January 7, 2024
Girls Basketball
Honaker 61, Rural Retreat 35
Alayna McNulty led four Tigers in double figures with 15 points and also had eight rebounds to lead Honaker to a Hogoheeg...
December 30, 2023
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Honaker 69, Wise Central 64
The boys basketball tournament is known as the Powell Valley National Bank H...
December 17, 2023
Mike Reece (10) goes up for a shot as Keyton Keene (11) tries for the block. | Photo Credit: Preston Ball Photography | For the Lebanon News
LEBANON — With three kids tra...
December 15, 2023
Band Director Shawn Matney and the Honaker High School Band | Photo Credit: Megan Compton
December 14, 2023
Each week News 5 in conjunction with Mountain Area Ford Dealers have showcased some of the finest student-athletes from each participating school named as Scholar Athletes of the ...
December 8, 2023
HONAKER, Va. — Congratulations to Honaker’s Peyton Musick, our News 5 Player of the Year! Andrew McClung has the story. Click Here to Watch
In the first week of the season...
December 3, 2023
Honaker 50, Virginia High 35 Kate Jessee scored 17 points and Taylor Nolley added 14 to lead the Tigers past Virginia High in the final game of the Ballard Lee Tip-Off.
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December 3, 2023
HONAKER, Va. – To say Galax High School got off to a poor start on Saturday afternoon wouldn’t be doing such words justice.
This opening statement in a state semifinal game –...
December 2, 2023
HONAKER, Va. – Honaker High School senior Malachi Lowe made plenty of memories in last week’s VHSL Region 1D finals and not just because of that key first-half sack or the recep...
November 30, 2023
When Todd Tiller was hired as Honaker High School’s head football coach in March 2022, it’s safe to say that many people were surprised by his career choice.
After all, he left...
November 30, 2023
HONAKER — The UVa-Wise Cavaliers landed a top basketball recruit. Reigning Lebanon News Player of the Year, Tailor Nolley recently signed in a ceremony at A.P. Baldwin Gymnasium t...
November 29, 2023
The Graham G-Men and Honaker Tigers will play state semifinal football games on Saturday, something most folks in the area saw coming back in August.
The two programs have inde...