Carroll County High School 🏫 came out of the lockeroom after halftime and played with a level of determination that allowed the team to outscore Alleghany 26-24 in route to a 54-45 setback.
Veteran Coach Howard Mayo has been around the game of Basketball too long to go in search of moral victories but its easy to compare the two games over the past six days with the Cougars.
Last Saturday afternoon CCHS made the trek to the Highlands. The Cougars rolled to a convincing 66-31 victory over the Lady Cavaliers.
Fast Forward to Friday night and three minutes into the game AHS was leading 11-2, making it easy to think, here we go again. Raylee Goins (8 points) hit a jumper to slow 🐌 the roll and CC Mitchell (9 points) connected on the first of three from behind the arc. At the end of the first quarter the deficit was down to 16-11.
Right before the break Alleghany hit a 3-pointer to push the lead back to 30-19 and once again it would have been easy for the Lady Cavaliers to drop their heads.
Mayo has no interest in moral victories but Coach was pleased by the effort he received.
” I really like the way we continue to grow and get better. I really like the way we continue to compete during the whole game,” said Mayo. “Alleghany went a run at the beginning of the 3rd quarter and got up 15 and we came back and cut it to 5 at the end of the 3rd quarter . We had a variety of players step up and make key offensive and defensive plays though out the game. We now need to find away to finish our comeback.”
Eight players dressed, eight players competed and all eight dented the scorebook. Callie Harris and Laynie-Jo Leonard each scored seven points with Harris cutting the lead down to 43-40 early in the fourth quarter. Kenzie Young fired up the crowd even more with a big block on the next trip down the floor.
Goins pulled the Cavaliers to within one possession with a 3-pointer at 3:25 left to play. The team huffed and puffed but just couldn’t blow the House down. Alleghany finally iced the game with the final four points, finishing the 54-45 score.
The Junior Varsity team completed the season sweep of the Cougars by scoring a season high 37 points in their 13 point victory. The team owned the first (13-1) and fourth (14-7) quarters. Aaliyah Hampton led the way with 13 points and Ashton Rodrigue added eight points.
Both teams return to The Hill Monday night when Magna Vista comes to town.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 