Shannon Dalton is inside the ropes on this one for us, including the Photo 📷 above !

The joint is a jumping up in Christiansburg despite the heavy rain. Our Coaches and Swimmers 🏊‍♂️ are trying to punch 👊 their tickets 🎟 to the State meet..

Carroll County High School 🏫 does not have diving athletes but their are a number of Cavaliers that know their way around the Pool.

We hope to be able to stuff this Post 📫 with results as they become available to us.

Coach Ogle is as beloved as any one that guides are Student Athletes and we hope for Amazing success today for her program !

Results to follow…

Swim update:

Boys medley relay placed 1st at region meet! Ethan Edwards, Ethan Richardson, Bradley Dalton, Wyatt Ogle !!!!!

Bradley Dalton was first in his Individual Medley.

Ethan Edwards 2nd Fly. New PR

Ethan Richardson 2nd 100 Free. Season PR

Camden DeHaven and Britt Berrier survived 500 Free

Wyatt Ogle 2nd in backstroke. New PR

Bradley Dalton 3rd Breaststroke. New PR

Our boys 400 relay (Ethan R, Ethan Ed, Bradley D, Wyatt Ogle) won first place just now.

Wyatt Ogle placed 2nd in backstroke
Bradley Dalton placed 3rd in breaststroke!!!
We are also second in overall points right now in the region!🤞🤞

Quick update – what you are seeing 👀 here is a combination of Kevin DeHaven and Shannon Dalton feeding us Live Updates from Christiansburg.

Shannon is at the Aquatic Center while Mr DeHaven is hosting the Scholastic Bowl…

Region champions in 200 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay !!!!

It’s not very often that one School is competing in three Regional meets in one day but that’s where we are today.

Wrestling is on its way to Staunton River, Swimming 🏊‍♂️ is on their way to Christiansburg and here on The Hill we are hosting the Scholastic Bowl.

Our Academic correspondent, Mrs Shannon Dalton is on her way to Christiansburg with her Son and the Swim team. This is relevant because I was going to frame up whichever event she would not be at.

Hence, I will do my very best to write ✍ about what is going to take place here today and while I can pen 🖊 most stories with my eyes 👀 closed, this one will very much be learn as you go!

Ten teams were set to compete today but Magna Vista was forced to drop out as two of their five players have become ill.

The format is a carbon copy of Basketball with the opening round being play-in matches.

7 vs 10

8 vs 9

The second round will be the quarterfinals : 8/9 vs 1, 7/10 vs 2, 3 vs 6 & 4 vs 5.

Taking a look at the roster for Carroll County, there are 14 Cavaliers that compete on the team. Two of the team members are with the Swim 🏊‍♂️ team ( Ethan Edwards and Bradley Dalton) and one is with Coach Long ( Trenton Newman), leaving 11 available.

From that list, six are chosen to compete with four playing at all times. Players five and six are eligible to be subbed in when needed.

Everyone here has been incredibly helpful in helping me create the framework for this day long story.

Four different places inside of the School 🏫 will be used after the opening round. The Library, 111, 102 and 236.

Today is a big day on the Academics side of the building and we hope to do the day justice ⚖.

Please check back as often as you like !

Our scholastic bowl team beat Tunstall. I don’t have the score yet. They play Staunton River next.

Scholastic team beat Staunton River in second round. Now  play Hidden Valley.!

Region 3D scholastic bowl runners up! Congratulations!

Scholastic bowl region runners up! They qualify for the state tournament March 1st in Williamsburg!!!!

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.