For the second night in a row Head Coach Kayla Nester prepared her team to face a squad that didn’t field a team last season and for the second night in a row her Lady Cavaliers took care of business.

Kayla Young led the team in scoring with 17 points as the Lady Cavaliers defeated the Cougars 56-21 on The Hill.

Carroll County jumped out to an early lead of 6-0 and 14-5 but the Cougars would go away just yet. AHS trimmed the lead to just 16-13 but the home team pulled away on the strength of a rare four point play. Laynie-Jo Leonard was fouled while making a basket but missed the and one. Young grabbed the rebound and converted to push the lead out to 20-13.

 The Cavaliers clamped down on defense in the second half, outscoring AHS 14-1 (3rd) and 16-5 (4th) to close out the victory.

 All 12 players recorded game time and nine players dented the score book 📖.

 CC Mitchell joined Young in double figures with 14 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter. Sadly, Mom 👩 was in the locker room with the Varsity squad and missed most of the fourth quarter.

 Raylee Goins was next with 7 points and Leonard netted six. Here are the score sheets showing the balance of the Cavaliers scoring.

The team will play for a third consecutive night when they head over to the Middle School.

Last night Shannon Dalton told us that Mrs. Reitzel waited for the end of basketball 🏀 practice yesterday and then drove her Son Davis up to Bland for the academic meet. That loop is just under an hour each way on a nice day and comes in at a 106 mile loop at the end of the day.

 Today I was in the Gymnasium when Mrs. Richardson scooped up her son Ethan so he could compete in the Swim 🏊‍♂️ meet tonight. That one clocked in at a loop of 3 hours / 168 miles.

 So we want to applaud both of the overachieving Student Athletes 👏 but we also applaud the Mother’s in these two equations !

 Mama Richardson and Mama Reitzel, you Go Girlfriend ! Above and beyond on both accounts.

Ladies and Gentlemen , I present to you, Paul James Marshall. Paul plays Varsity Basketball for Head Coach Anthony Barnes (pictured with him.)

Class – Junior

Parents – Susan and Charlie Marshall

Hometown – Walkertown, North Carolina

Dream Team to play College for : University of North Carolina.

Favorite part of playing Basketball 🏀 for Coach Barnes : Being part of a team that is also a Family 👪

Choosing 3 teammates to offer one sentence about what the enjoy about having Paul for a teammate. Paul chose Isaiah Easter and the Smoot Brothers.

Isaiah – Paul always has energy and is always supportive, never negative.

Bryce – Paul is a very trustworthy player and will always have your back.

Brayden – Paul is always positive and full of energy.

Assistant Coach Kris Richardson : Our most improved player by a wide margin, possibly twice as much as anyone else.

Head Coach Anthony Barnes : So very Coachable and continues to improve.

 We also have Landon Guy Puckett ready to go but I try to space the teammates out so we will see his tomorrow.

Thank You to Coach Barnes 🙏