Carroll County Girls JV hosted a Soccer ⚽️ team with a player you might see on Television 📺 down the road Wednesday night, falling 4-1-0 in make believe scoring, 5-0 in real life.

Amelia Holbrook wears #7 for Abingdon and is listed in the teams program as an eighth grade Midfielder. The restrictions in place that keep 8th graders from playing Varsity is the reason Holbrook plays for JV Coach James Anger instead of Varsity Coach  Jordan Blackson.

The great news for Carroll County JV is they went toe to toe with every other Falcons player. Campbell Stokely scored the lone goal other than Holbrook in the 5-0 decision on Wednesday night at Tommy Thompson Field.

Head Coach Brittany Kinney also saw the progress her squad had made since a 7-0 setback in the season opener down in Washington County.

” I thought we did a great job attacking the goal. We got on their side of the field way more this time, which is huge improvement, ” said Kinney.

The program is in its first year back after a dormant period and has hit the ground running 🏃‍♂️ since the start of the season.

” At halftime, I told the girls that we had a huge improvement because when we played at Abingdon it was 0-6 tonight it was only 0-3,” added Kinney. ” Baya did a great job holding and challenging Abingdon’s number 7 Holbrook).

Our midfield work super hard all night. Vanessa also pushed, challenged, and attacked the goal.

When we played at Abingdon, it was our first game and we’ve grown so much since then! I’m proud of their efforts.

We are back to practice tomorrow and ready to work and prepare for James River.

We are wrapping up our season and they are continuing to show up and show out.”

The game versus James River on Friday night was a last minute schedule change and will cap off a week in which 10 Soccer ⚽️ matches will be held at Tommy Thompson Field.

Both Boys teams are set to play Floyd County Thursday night on Youth Jersey night.

Friday night will begin with James River and Carroll County JV and be followed by Glenvar and Carroll County Varsity.

Coach Kinney took a moment to share her thoughts on the previous match against Galax.

” We played super great against Galax. I felt we could have been a little more aggressive on attacking and finishing. Overall though, a win is a win. 

We had great crosses for shots. Sherlyn had a beautiful shot off of a defensive error from a corner shot. Ithaca also had a beautiful drive in for her very first goal!!

Our thoughts and prayers are with Juliana. She suffered a season ending injury within the last 20 seconds.”