CCHS has four Cavaliers  ( pictured above) that have already 👊 punched their tickets 🎟 to a State Tournament. Today a large number of fellow students will give it their best shot to add to that total and we will do our best to shine a light on their efforts !

The sites involved include Staunton River High School, Christiansburg Aquatic Center and Carroll County High School

As the clock ⏰ strikes 6am now, we start with the journey about to begin for West Long and his Wrestling Cavaliers.

The level of dedication that it takes to Wrestle at the High School level is pretty much overwhelming at first glance. The team is getting ready to head up to the School 🏫 for the 7am sharp departure time.

Some of the group will get to have breakfast while others will have to ” make weight”. Next step in the process will be a lengthy Bus 🚌 ride up to Staunton River High School.

Once there, each Student Athlete will begin the process of hitting the calibrated scales ⚖ in order to qualify for the event. With a dozen schools competing and 14 classifications per team, this takes a bit.

Once everyone clears that hurdle they will begin the wait part of the day. The actual Wrestling doesn’t begin until Noon so in six hours from now, the initial matches will begin. Three periods of two minutes is the high end of time each grapler is looking at and each competitor is guaranteed two matches.

Quick Math tells me that 12 minutes of action 🎬 is all that everyone is guaranteed and that’s if they don’t get pinned before the end of that. Don’t forget that they get to ride home once the meet is over but at least then they can eat food !

West Long is a focused young Man 👨 with a vision that is laser focused to say the least. He’s easy to pull for and today is the Day that his group has waited for all season.

There’s no reason for a member of Cav Nation to give up their entire day to drive up to the meet in hopes of cheering on our Student Athletes compete in a sport that most cannot relate to easily. But there is a reason to know that they are doing this for themselves, their families, their teammates, their School 🏫 and Community!

We will keep this Post 📫 open throughout the day and add to it as information becomes available.

The #10 runs 🏃‍♂️ deep in the Harris family 👪.

Glad to see 👀 that the Emory and Henry website has been updated so we can add a School 🏫 photo 📷 to updates on the Wasps season !

Raylee Goins  scored a game high 11 points, including icing the game by going a perfect four of four from the free throw line down the stretch, leading the Lady Cavaliers to a 41-29 victory over Glenvar Friday night.

CC Mitchell joined Goins in double figures with 10 points, giving Carroll County a pair reaching the mark and Laynie-Jo Leonard was next up with eight points.

Glenvar HS –      6  6  11  6 –   29

Carroll County  10 3  15 13 – 41

The team won the game as a team, recovering from a tough second quarter in which Carroll County scored just three points despite getting great looks at the basket across the seven minutes.

Later on the challenge for veteran Coach Howard Mayo was keeping his players on the floor due to foul trouble.

” I loved how we were dealing with adversity in regards to foul trouble,” said Mayo. ” We had different people stepping up in roles that they were unaccustomed to and found success.”

Both Goins and Callie Harris were trying to avoid picking up their fifth foul. Harris picked up her final foul with 4:13 remaining and she earned a nod from her Coach once she left the game for the final time.

” When Callie came over to the bench it would have been easy for her to drop her head and sulk over her fate,” added Mayo. ” Instead she remained completely engaged and cheered on her teammates until the end of the game.”

Both Natalie Burress and Kenzey McMillian added five points each while Kenzie Young accounting for the final two points. Harris and Madison Coleman both played key 🔑 roles throughout with their defense and hustle from start to finish.

Glenvar, still searching for its initial victory on the season was showing great improvement. The Highlanders led the game in the second half and pulled into a tie at 18-18. Facing the challenge, Carroll County answered in a big way as Goins and Burress drilled back to back 3-pointers. The lead became six points and the Lady Cavaliers never looked back.

Goins picked up her fourth foul at 6:55 but after a brief rest, returned to the game. Not only did the Goins avoid the fifth foul, she calmly pushed the lead beyond the possibility of a comeback.

” Once we gain more confidence in shooting from behind the arc,” noted Mayo with a smile. ” Once that happens we will become a very different team out there.”

Once again, the Junior Varsity team was forced to take the night off as Glenvar chose to not field a squad this year. Add those two games to Martinsville ( two games) and now Radford has elected to not complete their season, the team is now down to a single game on Monday night at Christiansburg.