Fort Chiswell – When playing basketball at the Junior Varsity level a team is prone to have nights 🌙 where the opponent is further along then they are and other nights were the match-up is in your favor. Carroll County traveled up US-52 and ran into a buzz saw in the Fort Chiswell Pioneers. FCHS moved to a perfect 4-0 on the season and have yet to be challenged by anyone to date.
Trailing 11-0 after one quarter and 25-6 at the break, Head Coach Jason Stockner took his squad into the lockeroom and focused on coming out strong in the second half.
Trailing by 19 points on the road to start the third quarter a team can easily give up on the game as a lost cause or they can play to win the second half. Carroll County continued to run their offense and tightened up their defense against a quicker opponent and their hard work paid off immediately. The Cavaliers started out the third quarter with a 10-6 spurt to trim the lead to 15 and eventually played their host to a 20-20 draw over the second half of the contest.
Playing on the road against an undefeated team minus one of your starters (Hayden Jackson recovering from injury) you look for games within the games to build for the future. Trace Reavis led the scoring for the Cavaliers with eight points and Dane Leonard chipped in seven as the team tried to dig out of an early 18-1 deficit.
Colton Gravely added 5 points while Blake Reed, Landon Kinder and Jayden Jones each finished with 2 points to round out the scoring for Carroll County.
The team will get one night off before traveling to Pulaski County for the back half of the home 🏡 and home 🏡 with the Cougars. The two teams played on the Hill earlier this season with the Cougars winning 46-25.
The fact that the younger Cavaliers played with their heads up after none of their early shots would fall is a very promising sign for the growth of the team!
A tip of the cap to the two fine men leading our youth !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 