Multi-tasking Football @ NCST – Carroll County and the ACC…Cavaliers “D” gets it Done in 14-0 road victory !!!!

CCHS 🏈 just doubled up their lead over James River from 7-0 to 14-0 as our Mr. Smoot pushed it in from 2 yards out (5:00-3rd).

Carroll County’s defense stuffed the Knights on three straight plays after punting the ball back over Midway through the 3rd and then the Knights had a mishandled punt attempt that ended with the punter going down on his own 2-yard line. 1 play later the lead moves to 14-0!

Meanwhile here at Carter-Finley Stadium 🏟 the Louisville Cardinals just scored their first points and now trail just 10-7, late in the 3rd.

CCHS 🏈 picks up 19 on 2&20 and then converted the 3rd down! 1 and 10 from midfield as the 3rd quarter winds down.

Louisville tacks on a Field Goal, knotted at 10-10

Carroll County looking to maintain control for one more quarter !

9:50pm – Clock ⏰ strikes 0:00 – Cavs Win and Defense collects a shut out over the Knights!!

10-10 here in Carter-Finley Stadium 🏟 and the Cards are in possession of the 🏈

Louisville connects on a 53 yard Field Goal and have their first lead with 5:32 left in the game.

U of L forces a Wolfpack punt – needs to run out 3:50 off the clock ⏰. Two first downs will end the game…

NCSU set to get the ball back with 2+ left, not really as a penalty is called that will keep the ball with Louisville……

Cards back to trying to kill the clock ⏰. Pack D do it again and Cards punt with 1:44 left. 83 yard FG – NCSU needs 30 yards.

Brenan Armstrong is hit while throwing a 1st down pass that U of L intercepts. 3 Victory formations and it will be over.

Louisville (5-0, 3-0) pitches a 13-0 shutout in the second half for a 13-10 victory in front of a Sold Out Crowd.

It’s Football 🏈🏈🏈 Friday so let’s kickoff with a look inside the Carroll County High School 🏫 game at James River before Louisville @ NC State and Notre Dame @ Duke

Before we get started about an exciting weekend down here on Tobacco Road let’s take a look at the Cavaliers vs Knights ahead of our folks making the trip up to Buchanan tonight.

Carroll County (1-4) at James River (3-2) is one of the games were the records don’t reflect what they should. Our Cavaliers team has dropped four straight contests after opening the season with a road win. But each of the four games hung in the balance all the way up to the Final horn!

Last week was a great example of CCHS pushing an opponent to their brink before ultimately falling 26-17 to Patrick County. The Cougars went a perfect 4 of 4 in the second half on 4th down conversions in scoring 20 points over the final two quarters.

One of the challenges that our Cavaliers team will face tonight figures to be a Big Crowd because if JRHS is anything its a tight knit Community that bleeds for their Knights. The number of fans that showed up for their Softball games throughout their run to the State Finals was beyond impressive.

Fun Question for the Day – Do the folks up there feel the same way about driving πŸš— to Carroll County as we do about driving to Buchanan ? Just wondering…..

Here’s hoping that our Cavaliers can get a Win tonight πŸ™ and they can build on it throughout the second half of their season !

I feel safe in saying that I will be the only one watching πŸ‘€ Carroll County vs James River from inside Carter-Finley Stadium 🏟 !

Go Cavs !

The Circus πŸŽͺ is in Town !

Wait long enough and anything can happen!

First things First –

Six hours until Kickoff !

If you are heading up to JRHS tonight – Godspeed on your journey and pictures πŸ“· from up there are Welcome πŸ™

More Goodies in the Mailbox πŸ“¬ from Last Night’s Volleyball 🏐 matches up in the Highlands !

Lady πŸ‘© Cavs

Lady πŸ‘© Cavs

Lady πŸ‘© Cavs

Matched was played in the Academy Gym

This one could be used for a Block poster

Lady πŸ‘© Cavs

T.O. capture

1 Cav, 2 Cav, 3 Cavs

The Birthday πŸŽ‚ Boy πŸ‘¦ πŸ’™

Dig

Dig 2

Such a Gift 🎁 to find so much artwork !

At the Net !

Ready for the Play !

Always fun to have the Volleyball 🏐 actually be part of the photo πŸ“·

A HUGE Thank You πŸ™ πŸ‘ for the sharing of the captures from last night πŸŒ™ !!!!!!!

Catching up on a Friday Morning πŸŒ„ in Durham, NC with some late night πŸŒ™ Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball πŸ€, Cavs Volleyball 🏐 and Cross Country notes πŸ“

Found somethings in the Mailbox πŸ“¬ after the drive πŸš— from Alleghany to Durham. Big weekend planned out here for the Iron Dukes as ESPN makes a historic visit to Durham during 🏈🏈🏈 season!

#11 – Notre Dame vs. #17 – Duke at 7:30pm on Saturday night πŸŒ™ (ABC Primetime). Exciting times spread across the next 48 hours….

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The photo πŸ“· up top came from our Tennis 🎾 Coach / Basketball πŸ€ Dad πŸ‘¨ – Mr. T

Coach Barnes surprised the Boys that came to open gym this evening with a scrimmage
With Fort Chiswell.
Varsity boys won 3 of the 4 contests .

Congratulations πŸ‘ to Coach Barnes & Company on their efforts !

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Back in Alleghany Cindy Edwards and our Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 team won πŸ†a highly spirited match over their host Alleghany Cougars.

CCHS (10-5, 5-2) dropped their opening set 25-23 before stringing together three straight sets of 25- 18, 25-23 & 25-15. The team will return home 🏑 to host Glenvar on Tuesday night πŸŒ™ on the Hill.

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Our Cross Country teams competed down in North Carolina Thursday and Coach Montgomery sent us all of the results for each of his teams. I posted them in the middle of the incredibly busy post πŸ“« that covered seven events last night but wanted to list them one more time –

The Varsity Boys πŸ‘¦ competed as a squad and placed in fourth out of a 9 team meet. Davis Reitzel led the way by placing 4th overall and now the complete list of ALL Carroll County runners πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

Results from Fisher River Park in Dobson. 

Ethan Edwards-19:32.68. 13th

Luke Watson.  21:08.98.      34th

Avery Hart.   21:33.76.          41st

Garrison Wheatley. 22:26.89.  53rd

Ethan Sechrist.     22:48.00.      56th

Elijah Willis.       22:49.86.         57th

Jarib Cruz.        22:50.26.           59th

Micah Gwynn.   22:58.1.             61st

Preston Farmer.  26:32.39.     77th

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Varsity Girls-out of 60
Amelia Forsyth. Β 25:53.46. Β  Β  19th

Nahirana Cruz.   28:40.67.     39th

Katelyn Wheatley 30:03.88.   48th

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Middle School Boys-out of 67 :

Wyatt Burian. Β  15:07.91. Β 32nd

Brandon Lowry. 19:20.59.     59th

Diego Banegas.  21:22.64.     64th

Congratulations πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ to All the competitors

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JV Volleyball 🏐 Coach celebrated his Birthday πŸŽ‚ πŸ’™ with his team in the Gymnasium last night.

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JV Football won 40-0 over James River on the Hill.

We were able to shine a light on 9 events — 3 Cross Country teams, 2 Fall Ball Softball Games, 2 Volleyball 🏐 matches, Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball πŸ€ and JV 🏈🏈🏈 last night and this was made possible by Greg Talley, Shawn Montgomery, Kevin Burress, Donna Nester and yours truly.

I encourage you to go backwards to the as it was happening Post πŸ“« to soak it in. So what if I went from Laurel Fork to Durham by way of Alleghany.

It’s only crazy if you don’t believe in what you’re looking 🀷 to accomplish!

One final reason to smile πŸ˜ƒ was as I was checking in to the Hotel 🏨 my phone buzzed one last time with this nugget from Seattle

The M’s were down to the last couple of outs in their season when the plated two for a Walk πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ Off ! Live to fight another Day !