Lindsey Thompson’s last season with the Floyd County High School Lady Buffaloes baksetball team is over. Results from an MRI show she has a torn ligament and torn menicus in the knee she injured last summer and she will undergo surgery for the second time in March. She played with those torn muscles Monday night in the team’s win over George Wythe.

Thompson (above), who scored more than 1,000 points during her high school years, is scheduled to play ball for the UNC Asheville next season and watched from the bench Thursday night as her team rallied and beat Grayson County 71-37 in the regional semi-finals in Buchanan.

"It’s a very big disappointment," she told The Roanoke Times.

I’ve watched Lindsey (who is not a relative) play many times during her high school career and have hundreds of photographs of the young star, who is Three Rivers District Player of the Year. The photo above is from last year’s state basketball tournament in Richmond.

Floyd County High School’s Lady Buffs basketball team crushed Grayson County 71-37 in the regional semi-final game at James River High School in Buchanan Thursday night.

They move on to the regional finals against Chilhowie Saturday at noon at Lord Botetourt High School.

See you there.

Floyd County High School senior Lindsey Thompson (center) plays through the pain of a re-injured knee during the Lady Buff’s defeat of George Wythe, 81-68 , in the first round of the Region C, Division 2 tournament Monday night at FCHS.

Thompson missed the first games of the system because of knee surgery and reinjured the knee last week in the team’s loss to Glenvar in the Three Rivers District Tournament and did not start Monday night. But in her sporadic appearances on court she scored 13 points. Others stepped up to the challenge for a game that was closer than the final score showed. Brittany Bourne and Molly Brown led with 17 points each, followed by Brittany Avancini with 15.

Floyd Couny faces Grayson County in the semi-final at James River High School on Thursday.

We saw the ambulances alongside Rte. 8 at around 11 p.m. Friday. At first, we thought it was an accident but it turned out the ambulances and a sheriff’s deputy’s car were at a driveway.

On Saturday morning, Bernie Coveney brought the news. John TwoPonies died at his home Friday night of an apparent heart attack.

A musician and songwriter who wandered from Texas to the West Coast to Nashville to Virginia, settling in Floyd County. According to his web site, he performed at local gigs and FloydFest and was working on a CD with bassist Chris Luster and Jeremy Herman (guitar and mandolin).

I only met John once, during his short-lived partnership with local computer techniciain Frank D’Amico. He came by the studio to talk about his plans for developing web sites and I chided him for trying to steal some of my current clients.  He grinned and admitted that he had tried but said "I couldn’t get anywhere. They sure are loyal to you."

His friends are loyal to him. John has gone through some hard times in recent years. His son was horribly burned  when a pan of hot grease overturned and doused him and friends rallied around John with a benefit concert. He repaid that kindness by performing at a benefit to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.

On Saturday, the talk at the "indoor yard sale" at the old Lazzardo’s space and at Cafe del Sol ranged from shock to sadness to hopes that he has gone on to a better place.

A strange thing happened to the Floyd County High School girls’ basketball team’s march to another Three Rivers District Championship Wednesday night.

They lost, 67-64, to Glenvar, a team they beat handily in the regular season.

Glenvar meets Radford tomorrow night for the district final. (Photo from the regular season game between Floyd and Glenvar)