The Cavalier swimmers split their meet Tuesday night, handily defeating Giles and taking a loss by points to Glenvar.
Individual Results: Bradley Dalton – 1st in 200 and 500 Free Wyatt Ogle – 1st in 100 Free, 100 Back Ethan Richardson – 2nd in 50 and 100 Free Ethan Edwards – 2nd in 200 IM and 100 Fly Camden DeHaven – 2nd in 100 Breaststroke, 5th in 50 Free Britt Berrier – 5th in 100 Free, 8th in 50 Free Elijah Willis – 7th in 50 Free Andrew Taylor – 4th in 100 Breaststroke, 6th in 100 Free Garrison Wheatley – 6th in 100 Back, 10th in 50 Free Avery Hart – 5th in 100 Back, 12th in 50 Free Jarib Cruz – 13th in 50 Free Katelyn Wheatley – 2nd in 50 Free, 3rd in 500 Free Katie Graham – 2nd in 100 Free, 3rd in 200 Free Karmen Smith – 4th in 50 Free, 8th in 100 Free Bailey Shupe – 2nd in 200 IM, 3rd in 100 Breaststroke Savannah Dalton – 3rd in 100 Back, 11th in 50 Free Amelia Forsyth – 7th in 100 Free, 9th in 50 Free Paige Ogle – Exhibition – 2nd in 50 Free, 1st in 100 Breast (placements by times, scores don’t count for middle school swimmers)
Grayson County made a concerted effort to slow down the offense of the Cavaliers in their rematch Wednesday night and they might have found some level of success but they had no answers for the vaunted end to end defense that Head Coach Anthony Barnes has his squad playing in the early season. The score was 12-2 early, 32-12 at the break and finally landed at 62-33 for a final score.
How talented is this group ? So much that they scored the 62nd point after heading to the lockeroom.
Once again the starters took turns at scoring with the first quarter belonging to Bryce Smoot with 8 of his game high 19 points. Next up was Ethan Richardson scoring eight of his 10 points in the second quarter.
” The flow of the game was different, it was like we could not get going like we are used to in transition, 3 guys in double figures which is huge,need to excute better in offense sets”, said Barnes.
“I have told them don’t get satisfied with themselves or the team.”
Grayson County came into the contest knowing that they had to slow down the Cavaliers fast break and they accomplished it by clogging the passing lanes on almost every possession. The Cavaliers responded with both patience and effencey on that end of the floor. The team combined for seven 3-pointers (Bryce-4, Ethan 1, Davis 1, Paul Marshall 1) and played with a great deal of confidence for the entire 32 minutes.
“We are now becoming the hunted and we have got to keep ourselves focused, under control, and keep working as hard or harder,” Barnes added.
Davis Reitzel finished the night with 15 points, leading the way in the final frame with 6. As Barnes mentioned earlier, the team once again finished with three players in double figures followed closely by Isaiah Easter with eight points. Jabin Talley (4), Cody Reece (3) and Paul Marshall (3) rounded out the scoring on a night where Barnes was able to play his entire 12 player roster.
With an actual Game Story ready to appear in the Carroll News let’s take a look inside the 5-0 start of the Cavaliers.
Bryce Smoot has scored in double figures in all five contests and has scored 78 points (15.6ppg).
The team has been led in scoring by four different players.
The team has finished with three players reaching double figures in three straight games.
The leads heading into the fourth quarter so far have been 31, 22, 40, 26 and 25 points (144 points /28+ average per game).
Reitzel has scored 65 points for an average of 13.0
Richardson has scored 57 points (11.4ppg).
The team has finished with a player scoring 20+ points three times by THREE different players. Reitzel with 21 opening night, Bryce with 20 @ Grayson County and Richardson with 24 @ Pulaski County.
What does all of this information translate to – The Cavaliers are a total team package, play very unselfish offense and have the energy to play 94 feet of defense.
Having an abundance of scoring options eliminates any opponent from even thinking about double teaming anyone.
Brayden Smoot gives you a sixth starter and protects the backcourt from foul trouble and the continued strides in the game of Cody Reece provides the same for the front court.
The train 🚆 has left the station 🚉 and while we don’t know its final destination, we know that the first leg has been enjoyable to watch !
Last night 🌙 Linda was keeping our version of the score book and when the contest ended she had the Cavaliers scoring 62 points but the scoreboard was showing just 61. My wife is quite the perfectionist so she was quite upset with herself. I assured her that a quick trip to see Mr. Reitzel at the scorers table would fix everything.
Turns out that the answer was 62 after all so the point was added to the final score (62-33) after the fact. Davis Reitzel went to the free throw line in the fourth quarter to shoot two shots and the Senior calmly made both attempts but the second one was waved off because of a lane violation. It turns out that the first attempt never made it to the score board.
The only way the point would have made a difference is the rule that triggers a Running 🏃♂️ Clock ⏰ in the 4th quarter if a lead hits 30.
As the Great Paul Harvey would say – “Now you know the Rest of the Story”.
Next item up – Allen Worrell was in the building last night 🌙 so he will have a Gamer on The Carroll News so my effort on the game when lean more towards fun because there’s no need to have dualing stories out there.
Just remember that the 61 you saw last night 🌙 turned into 62.
The Hill – Carroll County defeated Grayson County 63-53 Wednesday night to even its mark on the season to 3-3. Blake Reed led the attack with a career high 19 points while adding both five steals and assists.
Reed was joined in double figures by Dane Leonard with 14 points and Colton Gravely finished with 13 points.
Gravely sparked the attack early, scoring 11 of his points in the first quarter. CCHS exploded for 22 points in that frame (22-9) and never looked back. The lead grew to 22 points by the end of the third quarter before the visitors closed out strong 💪, behind an 11-2 run to open the fourth quarter. The final margin was 10 points but the Cavaliers had already guaranteed the season sweep.
Hayden Jackson continues to rebound from his injury, adding seven points and Evan Conner was next with six points.
The comfortable lead allowed Coach Stockner to play all 13 members of his roster with eight of them scoring for the Cavaliers. Trace Reavis added two points along with Kyle Bunn and Landon Kinder both adding one point to reach 63.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 