Glenvar – Callie Harris and Raylee Goins led the way with 12 points each as Carroll County rolled past Three Rivers District foe Glenvar, 45-27. The victory comes at the end of an upward swing for the squad and Head Coach Howard Mayo.

”  The girls played well, especially in the 3rd quarter, I thought the 3rd quarter was out of the best quarter all year,” said Mayo. ” We were able to use the press to generate some easy baskets. We had 8 people score for the us tonight with this being the first time all year we had 2 double figure scorer. Hopefully we will continue to see growth through the rest of the year .”

  The teams stormed out of the gate from the opening jump, taking a 9-0 lead. The defense was playing with a laser focus and it led to holding the Highlanders off the board until 1:05 remained in the quarter.

Glenvar pushed back and closed out the first half within 15-14. Both teams went after the ball aggressively all night, leading to a large number of tieups. At the break it looked like this one was going to come down to the final possession.

All of that changed when the Lady Cavaliers stormed out of the lockeroom. By the time the dust settled Carroll County netted 24 points across eight minutes. It was equally important to note that they held the home team to just four points in the third quarter.

Harris and Goins both scored eight points after the break with Goins dropping two of the five made 3-pointers for Carroll County. Natalie Burress (eight points) added two from downtown and CC Mitchell accounting for the final trey.

There was a ninth Lady Cavalier in uniform Tuesday night as Aaliyah Hampton was wearing number 32 after being called up from the Junior Varsity team. Hampton played the final 4:57 and collected a defensive rebound.

Kenzie McMillian added four points and was joined in the scoring column by a trio of teammates with two points. Madison Coleman, Laynie-Jo Leonard and Kenzie Young each contributed to the victory.

Carroll County JV did not play Tuesday night as the Highlanders do not have a team this season.

Both Lady 👩 Cavalier squads will return to the I-81 North corridor Thursday night when they travel another 20 miles further to Buchanan for games at James River High School 🏫.

End of story for The Carroll News…

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I’m sure the ride back from Glenvar will be a fun ride for the faithful family 👪 members who made the trek up !!!

  Carroll County opens the game with a 9-0 run 🏃‍♂️ and lead at the end of 1st, 9-4.

  Three different Cavs have scored with Callie Harris leading the way with four points.

Marion Harris  shares his capture of the jump ball.

More to follow :

5:00 (2) – CC 11-8, 3:00 CC up 11-10

Time out 1:10, Cavs 13-12

The Lady Cavaliers have led the entire game and take a one point lead into the break. Glenvar scored at the buzzer to pull within 15-14.

  Carroll County has a ninth player in uniform as Aaliyah Hampton has been called up from Junior Varsity. Glenvar doesn’t have a JV team this season so there’s just one game tonight.

Harris has three fouls and will need to avoid picking up a fourth early out of the break.

Cavaliers drop 24 points across eight minutes and now lead 39-18 heading to the fourth quarter !!!

FINAL – Lady 👩 Cavaliers 45, Glenvar 27 @ 7:17 pm

Note that February 3rd – Senior Night 🌙

Miss Leny Richter said her final Goodbyes at the Greensboro Airport, pictured above. Leny is headed back to her home in Germany 🇩🇪 after spending some time here as an exchange student.

While Leny was here she joined Head Coach Cindy Edwards as a member of her Lady 👩 Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 team. The bond between Richter and her teammates was a strong one as a whole, with the idea that Callie Harris could visit Europe 🇪🇺 in the near future a real possibility.

  Last night 🌙 I was in the Highlands with the Boys teams so I needed assistance with the two Girl’s games. Vickey Ritchie stepped up with the JV game and Marion Harris did the same with the Varsity.

  Thank You to both for their efforts ! Having looked at the season records of the teams at Magna Vista (both teams already in double figures with Wins), I expected it to be an uphill battle.

The quarter by quarter scores were part of the running 🏃‍♂️ Blog last night 🌙 and we still hope to add more from last night.

Here in a few hours, CCHS is scheduled to get back at it up in Glenvar. The schedule only shows a Varsity game at 6pm

If we get more information from last night 🌙 we will circle back and add it right here.

  The schedule also shows that both of our Academic teams are set to be in action tonight. This means that I will be exchanging messages later tonight with Mrs. Shannon Dalton!

It would appear that Glenvar does not have a JV Girls Basketball team this season. MaxPreps shows them at 0-0.

  Before heading up yesterday I mentioned that playing in what I call the Crackerbox Palace ( very small and loud Gym) is a test of being able to block out the Noise. Head Coach Anthony Barnes might have passed out ear plugs to his group in the huddle because our Cavaliers played with a calm about them that played a huge role in securing victory #15.

  Alleghany plays a physical brand of basketball 🏀 and when you add in that the school bleachers come right out to the gym floor, it can be intimidating. Last night was no exception but fortunately Barnes made sure our Cavaliers were prepared for the moment.

The Junior Varsity team ended up falling 51-48 in a game that had as many twists and turns as an episode of Matlock. Going back to the beginning, all five starters scored in the opening minutes. When Colton Gravley found the bottom of the net with a 3-pointer the Cavs were leading by a score of 14-4.

The Cougars answered with a run of their own  but Dane Leonard scored a basket 🧺 to end the quarter at 19-12. The contest slowly began to become more physical during the second quarter with AHS outscoring us 12-6, cutting our lead down to just 25-24.

The third quarter was a stretch to be proud of if you were in the visitors section. Our Cavs continued to focus on basketball and pushed the lead out to 36-30.

The Cougars answered with a 12-0 run 🏃‍♂️ that spanned the third and fourth quarters. It was during this time that the third official sustained an injury and the only options were go with just two or have one of the Varsity officials dress up early.

  The game was delayed for a few minutes and while I never comment on how a game was called, I will say that the flow of the game changed during the closeout minutes.

Going from up 10 to down six in a Gym on a Monday night 🌙 that is a long way from home, it would have been understandable for CCHS dug in. Leonard found Blake Reed for a much needed bucket, stopping the run and Hayden Jackson added the next four points. When Leonard scored on a follow to deficit was just 45-44 with 1:12 to go.

  The following play ▶️ was crucial in that it appeared the Cavs created a steal but the play was blown dead because of a kicked ball. Again, the Cavs kept playing and at this point Reed was in Beast Mode. There was forcing a jump ball, fighting for a defensive rebound and sinking two free throws to pull us within 46-48.

  On the inbounds play AHS threw a length of the court pass that led to three points and iced the game. Carroll County now stands at 10-4 on the season and will be playing Glenvar on The Hill Wednesday night 🌙 ahead of the Varsity showdown between the undefeated Cavs and the team in second place.

Here’s an idea 💡, try to come out early and grab your seat for the opener as Coach Stockner has these young men focused and playing Cavs basketball.

Speaking of Coach Stockner, here are his thoughts on the game last night 🌙…

”  What a game! Very exciting down the stretch if we could’ve made a couple more shots and a couple more defensive rebounds. I think we would’ve been the JV team leaving the gym tonight with the 11-3 record, instead we get a hard fought L.

   We got off to a great start but I need to make quicker adjustments once they started breaking our press. The guys battled for the entire game and made some excellent plays throughout! We just came up a few play short tonight.”