By Homer McHomerson
The Hill – Carroll County Junior Varsity was playing their third game in three nights so the question heading into the James River game had to be about how much fuel was left in the tank ?
Colton Gravely( 15 points) and friends answered that question quickly as the Cavaliers scored the games first 15 points and coasted to a 43-29 Three Rivers District victory over visiting James River.
Give credit to the Knights as they tried to dig their way out of the hole against the Cavaliers second team but never pulled closer than 35-23.
Coach Jason Stockner loved the fact that his team hit the ground running 🏃♂️.
FROM COACH STOCKNER :
” I’m very proud of how hard the guys played from the tip tonight. It was the third game in three days and to come out and play with the energy they played with tonight is very satisfying as a coach. Also the bench played very well. Didn’t get many shots to fall in the first half but that didn’t affect their effort on the defensive end. Then in the second half, they made some shots and we put the game away a lot more comfortable than the previous game.”
Hayden Jackson scored four the 15 first quarter points to accompany the five from Gravely and finished up with 8 points on the night. Everyone dressed for the game spent quality time on the floor and eight of them dented the score book.
Chanson Rakes dropped in a pair of 3-pointers to account for his six points. Dane Leonard contributed five points.
Assistant Coach Ryan Largen shared his thoughts on the teams effort.
Hey Jerry,
I wanted to reach out to say that I was proud of our guys tonight. They started out with good energy. We took care of the basketball offensively and got stops defensively that got us off to a great start. I thought we played more of how we are capable of playing! We were able to get all of our guys minutes on the floor tonight and finish a hard stretch of 3 games in 3 nights, which isn’t an easy task. I am proud of our guys!
We limited our turnovers and looked to share the ball well tonight also!
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The team finished 2-1 over their three game stretch 👏 and will head into next week on a two game winning streak.
James River 0 9 14 6 – 29
Carroll County 15 6 14 8 – 43
Cavs scoring tonight(43)
Colton Gravely 15, Hayden Jackson 8, Chanson Rakes 6, Dane Leonard 5, Blake Reed 3, Landon Kinder 2, Jayden Jones 2, Trace Reavis 2,
Attendance – Plenty of proud parents & Grandparents
- Ethan Richardson was holding the 🎤🎙🎤🎙 for the Player Introductions !
- Please go back a few posts 📫 to find the Family Photos 📷 from tonight
A.S.P.N on The Hill 