Day: May 14, 2024

Some exciting news on a Rainy afternoon ! Coach Nester checks ✔ in with Fund Raising results.

The Carroll County Softball Team would like to thank everyone who supported our program through the Amazon gift card fundraiser.

The following are the winners: Trish Cox $150 Amazon card and Larry Tickle $100 Amazon gift card.

Coach Nester would like to Thank the JV and Varsity players and their parents for their participation in this fundraiser. The girls exceeded the goal by raising more than $3000.

Well done Ladies & Families !

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Trish Cox and Larry Tickle !

Monday night 🌙 our Tennis 🎾 teams faced off with the talented Bobcats and the outcomes were not what we were hoping for. Effort was there but both squads fell short against a mighty opponent.

Carroll County Tennis 🎾 Coaches, Greg Talley and Martin McKenzie.

Here’s the report from the Girls side of the net :

Girls Tennis fell last night against a very tough Radford squad 9-0.

Very proud of how the girls played through adversity.

Singles:Seed 1-Emma lost 8-0

Seed 2-Erika lost 8-0

Seed 3-Alexis lost 8-1

Seed 4-Khloe lost 8-4

Seed 5-Maiya lost 8-0

Seed 6-Tiffany lost 8-0

Doubles:Seed 1- Emma and Erika lost 8-1

Seed 2-Alexis and Khloe lost 8-3

Seed 3-Maiya and Tiffany lost 8-0

On the Boys 👦 side of things the Cavaliers fared a little better as Jabin Talley and Ethan Richardson both won their singles matches and then combined to win their doubles match.

The 3 points earned by the duo would prove to be the only three points the Cavaliers would score on the night 🌙.

Radford clearly plays Tennis 🎾 in the same manner that Glenvar plays Soccer ⚽️ which is at an incredibly high level for both the Boys 👦 and the Girls 👧.

Sometimes the final score cannot measure the strength of your opponent on a given night. It will be interesting to see how the Bobcats fare in the post season.

Thank you once again to our Tennis Father / Coaches for their efforts and for checking in.

Five teams are currently in the wait and see mode as Mother Nature proves she’s still a force to be reckoned with

As 11am approaches we have four diamond 💎 teams and our Girls 👧 Soccer ⚽️ team wondering if they can play this afternoon ?

  At a different time in the season the answer would be a quick no but the regular season is now down to just a few days so today the powers to be will give it every chance possible before pulling the plug on the five contests.

  Girls Soccer ⚽️ is already facing finishing the regular season two games down and would like to not have it become three.

  Softball can clinch the Three Rivers District championship with a victory over Radford today.

  We will continue to hope for the Best !

Carroll County stubs toe against Laken Greever and Pulaski County, fall 8-2

Carroll County softball edged Pulaski County early in the season up at Dublin but wasn’t as fortunate Monday night at Cavalier Park as the Cougars picked up key hits in five straight innings to earn an 8-2 Non-District victory.

CCHS (15-3) started out the game strong as Holly Miller picked up the first of her three base hits and eventually scored the games first run when Katherine Lindamood was issued a bases loaded walk. The Lady Cavaliers did plate one run in the rally but left the bases loaded as Laken Greever struck out the side.

Carroll County doubled up their lead in the bottom of the second inning when Miller reached on a single with two outs. The sophomore promptly stole second base and came around to score on a RBI single from Emma Leath.

Following the Leath single, Greever would settle down and limit the Lady Cavaliers to just three hits over the final five innings. The streak of consecutive batters retired reached 14 and was matched by the 14 strike outs.

Leath stranded three base runners over the first two innings but the Cougars played small ball to scratch out their first run in the top of the third inning. Sara Ritter singled for the first of her three base hits and was bunted to second before stealing third base. Greever helped her own cause with a RBI single to make the score 2-1.

Morgan Vest followed with a double to give the visitors two runners in scoring position before Leath stopped the potential big inning with a strike out and a foul out.

Vest and Ritter each finished the contest with three base hits for the Cougars while seven different players scored the eight runs and six different players collected the RBI’S.

The top four in the Lady Cavalier line-up finished 7 of 15, led by Miller with three hits and Leath with two singles but Greever held the rest of the order to 0-14 on the night.

Leath finished the night with seven strikeouts and now sits just three shy of tying the School record of 694 held by Sydney Nester. Four more in her next game will create a new mark of 695.

Despite the setback, Carroll County still controls its own destiny in regards to the Three Rivers District regular season championship. CCHS sits at 8-2 with home games with Radford (2-9) and James River (2-9) remaining while Patrick County is 8-3 with one game to play versus Floyd County (5-6).

Alleghany has dropped three straight and finished in a tie for third with Glenvar at 7-5.

Carroll County holds the tiebreaker with Patrick County after sweeping the season series which allows the Lady Cavaliers to host the District Championship game with one more victory.

Mother Nature might play a role in when the games are going to be played. The schedule as of now is to host Radford on Tuesday and James River on Thursday, weather permitting.

Carroll County Softball has planned a pre-game ceremony before the Radford contest to honor the four Seniors who are set to graduate 🎓 holding school records. Leath, pitching victories, Jabin Talley with Tennis victories, Ashlyn Newman with Soccer career goals and Alyssa Ervin with Basketball career points at 2,111.