Timberlake Christian School stayed close to North Cross throughout most of the game but could never overtake the visitors in a Virginia Independence Conference basketball game at TCS.

TCS fell behind by 10 points in the first period but came back to cut the margin to five at intermission. After North Cross pulled ahead by 11 in the third period, the Tornadoes again came back to cut the lead to six in the fourth quarter before running into foul trouble.

Travis Stickle led TCS scoring with 19 points, while Tommy Middleton had 16, Mike Kelley 14, and Marty Chandler 11.

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