Welcome 🙏 to our first look inside our Wrestling program with Head Coach West Long now at the helm. Long is a former CCHS Wrestler and is excited about the future.

Fourteen is the number of graplers on the mat tonight. That number being as high as it is promises a great deal of Hope for the 2023-2024 season.

While all High School 🏫 athletics require a certain level of commitment most fall short of what it takes to be a High School Wrestler. I myself might have chuckled at that very statement prior to the end of last season.

It was during the Regional and then State Championship that I fully learned to appreciate just how much effort goes into making and maintaining ones Weight Class.

A nice turnout of Family 👪 and Friends have joined the team tonight after Coach Long extended the invite.

The team is set to wrestle at Home 🏡 next week – Wednesday at 6pm.

Coach has offered his opening remarks and folks continue to flow in to the building.

We will do our best to shine as bright of a spotlight on these young men as possible from start to finish this Winter.

Coach Long addressing the gathering.

Boys 👦 Varsity had some guests early this morning 🌄

Jackson Hull
Brady Dalton
Brogan Phillips – three former members of the Cavaliers Boys 👦 Basketball 🏀 program showed up in the Gymnasium today and joined the Varsity team during their 7-9 am practice. Sure sign of having a program instead of a team, when your alumni still enjoy being involved !

The Girls 👧 action 🎬 is underway up at George Wythe as both the Junior Varsity and Varsity are scrimaging a small group of schools,, including the host GWHS.

We will be adding notes 📝 and hopefully 🙏 photos 📷 from up North and later today we will be up in the Gym for the open practice the Wrestling team is having.

Please check back on this one as we will continue to add throughout the day.

Carroll County as the home team with Abingdon the visitors. End of 1st quarter. (Varsity) ABOVE

2 quarters of JV vs GWHS below

Varsity – 2nd quarter vs Abingdon

Abingdon takes the 3rd (V) 11-6

Coach Anthony Barnes will get the festivities started as his team will be practicing in the Gymnasium from 7am – 9am.

Coach Jason Stockner and his JV team will follow suit from 9am until 11am

9:30 is the listed start time for Coach Kayla Nester’s JV Girls 👧 to begin their scrimmages up in Wytheville.

Next up will be Coach Marc Motley and the Varsity Girls 👧 getting their day underway at 10:00 am.

Later today Wrestling Coach West Long will be in the Gymnasium on the Hill at 6pm with the public invited to attend.