FAIRVIEW — Kobe Payne and Cylas Yarbrough each scored 16 points, Colt Fletcher drained four 3’s en route to 15 points, and Fairview’s varsity boys surged past Randolph on Saturday afternoon for a 63-56 victory.

The Aggies found themselves trailing 38-30 early in the third quarter before turning the tables.

While the home team continued to make shots, it was its terrific defense that fueled a decisive 27-7 run over a key stretch of game time.

And though Randolph trimmed its deficit to six late, Fairview held the Raiders at bay at the free-throw line.

Justin Balik credited his team’s turnaround to improved play on the defensive end.

“I feel like we did bad job guarding in the first half,” said the first-year Fairview coach. “We’re super young, so guys are getting experience. But we don’t communicate all that well right now, and Randolph is super well-coached. And when you run really good action like they do and don’t communicate well defensively, you’re going to have a hard time. But we started talking a little bit more (in the second half), and we had some guys step up and guard. We didn’t do anything differently offensively — we just started getting stops defensively.”

Cade Yeager pitched in six points for the Aggies, who also received scoring contributions from Ethan Frasier (four), Landon Smith (three) and Antonio Gambrill (three).

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Saturday — January 14

Varsity Boys

Holly Pond 41, Fyffe 38

Kollin Brown: 14 points

Blake Rickard: 7 points

Carson Ryan: 5 points

Gunner McBee: 5 points

*Brown sank the game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer

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Varsity Girls

Holly Pond 54, Fyffe 40

Madison Butts: 14 points

Kamryn Tankersley: 9 points

Emma Earl: 8 points

Bai Widner: 7 points

Samantha Giles: 7 points