Floyd County jumps out to an early 5-0 lead and the Cavs take a TO in hopes of regrouping.

Large crowd continuing to get their 💰’s worth as most have stayed to see the night cap.

1st quarter in the books 📚! Cavs in search of a comeback with plenty of time left to mount one.

Cavs were able to trim the deficit to four at 23-19 but the visitors scored the final basket of the half to lead by 6 at the break. Balanced scoring as five Cavs have scored for Coach Barnes in the opening 16 minutes.

Cavs pull within 27-23 and Floyd calls a TO

In my third year of living here I might have found the answer as to whether Floyd County is our friendly neighbors or the team we love to play the most ?

Great atmosphere from the crowd is matching the intensity on the floor. Final 8:00 should be a fun ride.

FOURTH QUARTER :

5:31 left, Floyd 48-42

Cavs drop a tough one, 65-56. More later.

Floyd County has a 2-0 lead on the night 🌙, after sweeping the JV contests but our Varsity Girls will look to defend the Home Court

Tip will take place around 6:09pm

Good News, Bad News for Floyd County and their fans in the first 8:00 . Good News is the Buffaloes are not playing timid against the Cavaliers.

Bad News – I am not sure its going to help with the outcome. Most squads that have traveled to the Hill have played with a certain amount of timidness in their game but not the Buffalo team.

Cavs take the opening frame 25-9

37-12 with 90 seconds left in the opening half.

Cavs push the lead to 44-12 after Alyssa Ervin hit a Steph Curry length 3-pointer right before the horn.

Alyssa Ervin hit a milestone at the 2:03 mark that led to the Junior being awarded the game ball in an ever so brief ceremony. After taking the ball over to her family she promptly went right back to playing ball hawking defense (pictured above). 1,000 career points!

Cavs take the 3rd quarter 20-7 and now lead 64-19.

7:14 pm – Final Score – Cavaliers 78-30 !

4th Quarter highlighted by Katie Lam connecting on four 3-pointers and nine of the 10 Cavaliers scoring in the victory.

Under five minutes on the Clock ⏰ as we get ready for tip-off. Linda tells me that over at the High School gym they have the bleachers completely open with the expectation of a large crowd !

Nice weather for mid-January and its Floyd County night here on the Hill ! Buckle up and enjoy the next four hours of Cavaliers Basketball 🏀

FIRST QUARTER :

CCHS jumped out to a 4-0 lead but the first seven minutes ended with Floyd leading 10-6.

Delayed showing of the opening jump ball

17-11 Floyd after a Buffalo 3-pointer

Floyd came out of a Cavalier TO and went on a 14-2 run that turned a 14-11 contest in to a 28-13 lead for the visitors at the half.

Five Cavaliers scored in the first half with Dane Leonard leading the way with 5 points.

Both Marion Harris and Linda Carter are reporting scores from the High School where Floyd County leads at the half by a score of 16-9.

More on the Girls JV game after the 2nd half here at the Middle School.

3RD QUARTER :

43-22 FCHS with 1:44 remaining in the period.

Cavs continue to play hard and the offense is finding a grove but the Buffaloes continue to execute.

17-11 Floyd in the 3rd, 45-24 overall. The crowd is in playoff mode and the atmosphere should carry over to the High School later. Not an ounce of give in the Cavs.

4th QUARTER :

The Cavs open the final frame on a 14-7 run to pull within 52-38. 9 for 9 from the free throw line after Coach instructed his squad to go hard to the basket.

Cavaliers take the 4th quarter 19-17, finishing on a strong note !

Everyone can remember Dennys making a name for itself when it came out with its Grand Slam breakfast for $1.99, right ? Or maybe the Grand Slam brings back a fond memory from a baseball ⚾️ diamond or a softball field.

Tonight starting at 4:30 the CCHS will offer its version of a Grand Slam with a twist when it hosts our neighbors from the East – Floyd County.

Instead of splitting the games up 2 and 2 as was the case vs. Glenvar, three of the four contests tonight will be played at the High School 🏫.

At 4:30 the Boys JV will tip with the Buffaloes inside of the Middle School gym and at the same time the JV Girls will start their game at the High School.

Next up, around 6pm the Varsity Girls will take the court and shortly thereafter the Varsity Boys will cap off the triple header.

Our coverage will begin at the Middle School shortly before 4:30 and run through the end of the evening ! Come out tonight and support your Cavaliers with us.

Independence – Elijah Cox poured in 19 points to lead the offensive but it was 32 minutes of defense from Head Coach Anthony Barnes squad that allowed the visiting Cavaliers to roll to a Non-District victory 62-35 over Grayson County.

Carroll County is set to play four contests in a five day span this week and the Cavs defensive effort made sure that the busiest stretch of the season started off on a positive note.

Grayson County trimmed the deficit down to 32-20 when the Cavaliers put together a 17-3 spurt to put the game out of reach. Cox started the run by going three for three from the line after being fouled on a 3-pointer and then the Blue Devils committed a violation on the inbounds play. Davis Reitzel turned in the play of the night when the Sophomore grapped a rebound and sent it in all in one motion while displaying some serious hops. Reitzel then followed up his offense with the block of the night on the other end that led to a corner 3-pointer from Ethan Richardson off of a feed from Cox.

That 8-0 run turned into a 17-3 closeout of the third period when Barnes had his team run the clock down for a final shot which Cox drained from just inside the free throw line.

Both coaches made sure every member of their teams recorded ample floor minutes over the fourth quarter with Grayson’s bench outscoring CCHS 15-13. The fourth quarter turned out to be the only frame that the Blue Devils reached double figures.

Bryce Smoot (13 points) and Ethan Richardson (10 points) joined Cox in double figures. Jabin Talley finished with 9 points after connecting on a trio of 3-pointers while Reitzel finished with six points.

Mario Meza Campbell added a 3-pointer and Nathan Redd (2 points) rounded out the scoring for CCHS.

The defensive intensity and the unselfish offense proved to be an impressive one-two punch for the Cavaliers but there won’t be much time to celebrate as the team will return to action at home on Tuesday when they host neighboring Floyd County.

The contests versus Floyd will include all four of the squads with three games being played at the High School 🏫 and the fourth taking place around the corner at the Middle School. The action is slated for 4:30 / 6:00 & 7:30.