We can now say Congratulations 👏 to the Smoot Family 👪 as Bryce can add All-State to his All-Region and All – District awards this season!
It was a stacked roster between the First and Second teams in Class 3, making the recognition POP even more for both Smoot and the program.
Head Coach Anthony Barnes has secured yet another first during his five year tenure on The Hill. Elijah Cox became his first Cavalier to sign a letter of intent to play College Basketball 🏀 and now we have an All-State player who happens to now hold the All-Time scoring record.
Don’t forget hosting a play-in game during Year 3, earning a #1 seed in year 4 and qualifying for the State Tournament in year 5.
The journey has been full of peaks with a couple of Valleys along the way. Barnes, Kris Richardson and the six 🎓 Seniors will have a treasure chest of memories to look back on down the road.
The next trek will begin before we know it as Isaiah Easter will slide into the roll of centerpiece and take on the challenge of answering the question that Davis Reitzel faced when Cox graduated. Then Bryce Smoot faced after Reitzel left for Virginia Tech University.
There is very little down time in the World 🌎 of High School 🏫 sports so before we know it everyone will be back at it in the Cavaliers Gymnasium trying hard to make the 2025-2026 starting lineup.
Head Coach of the Junior Varsity, Jason Stockner had a hard working unit this year with a number of interchangeable players and we will have five other returning players not named Easter chasing a roster spot. Tryouts should be must see 👀 TV 📺, if you will.
Bryce Smoot elevated his game from season to season and that was absolutely the case once again in his Senior season. The level of Basketball 🏀 IQ on display was the highlight of the season, with Bryce and the rest of the rotation.
Prior to the season there was more than one opposing Coach who believed that the best way to upset the Cavaliers was to try to make Bryce Smoot uncomfortable. He met the challenge every time out and then some. But he had help out there as this group won as a team.
The JV players and the returning group will now face the question of who can be the next Ethan Richardson, the next Cody Reece or play defense like Brayden Smoot ?
Coach Barnes dubbed the ride this year as ” The Last Dance 💃” and its only fitting that it ends with a Cavalier landing page the All-State team !
All that’s left for Bryce to accomplish on The Hill is to become as fast as his Twin Brother.
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to the group and kudos to Spotswood High School for winning the State Tournament after getting past our Cavs. Sadly, today’s society is full of naysayers that will point out that Carroll County lost its last two games. That is a fact but know that it took the last 3 State Champs 🏆 with a combined four Division 1 players leading the way to end the run 🏃♂️.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 