Casey Burcham and his Varsity Baseball team are in a two team race 🏁 with Patrick County for the top spot in the Three Rivers District race. The two teams played a back and forth contest in Stuart a few weeks back and the rematch is set for next Tuesday night at Bill Worrell Field!

Boys and Girls Track and Field  are set to compete again this weekend at Christiansburg and then again on the 14th ahead of the post season. Corrie Delp has qualified for the State Tournament and both Shawn Montgomery & Jon Delp are hopeful that a few others might qualify to join her in Lynchburg on June 6th.

Head Coach Adam Nester has hit the ground running 🏃‍♂️ in his first season at the helm of the program. The team is searching for its sixth straight Three Rivers District crown 👑 and is positioned well to bring it home. The team has dropped just one game this season and it was in extra innings at Glenvar.

All four Soccer ⚽️ programs are top heavy in regards to Home matches down the stretch after starting the season with non-stop road tilts due to the improvements ongoing at Tommy Thompson Field.

  This week is a great example as there is some form of Soccer ⚽️ being played all five nights 🌙. Monday night was Senior night for the Boys team  and they are now gearing up for their Home and Home matches with neighboring Galax.

Adrienne Harris has her team sitting at 7-2-2 by winning every match they had the advantage against and tying Radford in a match for third place in the TRD. Glenvar and James River are going to battle it out for the top spot while the Bobcats and Lady Cavaliers tussle for the next spot.

Boys Head Coach Forrest Johnson has his Senior laden squad in its own chase for 3rd place, as Glenvar prepares itself for another run at a State Tournament crown. The advantage of having the deck stacked in regards to home games should play out in the Cavaliers favor

Junior Varsity Head Coaches Brittany Kinney and Jeremy Puckett have found success as of late in their efforts to prepare the next group of Cavaliers for the coming seasons.

The Boys team will face a pair of matches down the home stretch versus a talented Galax squad, beginning tonight.

Coach Kinney has led her group from ground zero after the School 🏫 only fielded a Varsity team for the past few years. A recent victory over Pulaski County showed a six goal swing from a game between the two teams st the beginning of the season.

Coach and team will get another opportunity to have a measuring stick type of game on Wednesday evening when the host Abingdon in a Junior Varsity only match. The Falcons were the original opponent for the team this season.

Eight teams down, four to go !

Varsity Softball is also set to play at the friendly confines of Cavalier Park in four of the final six contests. The team will first head to James River tonight before returning home to play four straight contests.

The team has held their own at home but has struggled away from The Hill. The record at home is 3-2 but a series of close calls on the road have left the team on the wrong side of the scoreboard

  The team will look to close out the regular season down the stretch in hopes of building for next season. Both Holly Miller and Faith Clontz should be healthy again with Carlie Beamer being the lone Lady Cavalier set to graduate 🎓.

On the Junior Varsity team, Alexis Dalton and Terry Warf have been coaching their hearts out as two thirds of their roster is still in Middle School. The very young team is set to finish up the season as road Warriors beginning with a doubleheader today up in Buchanan.

The team has made great strides along the way, with one of the highlights being a 9 run inning versus Tazewell that led to a thrilling 13-11 victory.

Wrapping up the session is the hard working teams coached by Martin McKenzie and Christy Shupe.

Looking forward to next Monday afternoon when I will get to team up with Coach McKenzie to hold a Senior Day ahead of their Home match.

Somethings to know about the challenge of playing Tennis 🎾 in the Three Rivers District in the Spring time. The first event that gets canceled or postponed is a tennis match because once the court is wet its no longer safe to compete.

It feels like a non-stop ✋ challenge to get the matches played each year and then you factor in that some of our neighbors excel at the sport adds to the degree of difficulty.

Both Coaches have been great on sharing results to this point and there should be a flurry of matches down the home stretch.

Senior Ethan Richardson recently surpassed Jabin Talley as the record holder for most victories earned from the #1 seeded doubles team.

The duo played three seasons together and were victorious 33 times. Richardson has now broken 40 wins as he and Maverick Baker have enjoyed a high level of success in the top spot.

  Two weeks remaining in the regular season and there’s plenty on the line for our Group of 12 !

Hopefully this breakdown will help you pick some spots where you can find some Cavaliers to cheer on !

Brittany Kinney and Adrienne Harris will be the only Coaches that get the opportunity to defend The Hill as five teams head up to Buchanan while two cut across US-58 to face Galax.

James River High School continues to play Varsity first and then Junior Varsity games when they host doubleheader games.

Alexis Dalton and the Junior Varsity Softball team will play a doubleheader themselves at the Elementary School beginning at 5:30.

  The one item to double ✔ is the Girls Soccer ⚽️ start times of 5:30 & 6:00 as the start times are too close together.

The Tennis 🎾 teams and Track & Field are the four teams not in action today.

The Softball JV doubleheader would appear to be in place of a home game for the Lady Cavaliers when James River comes to Cavalier Park for a Saturday afternoon contest later this month.

If that is the case, the younger Lady Cavaliers will only share Cavalier Park one of the final four times that Varsity plays at 🏡 this season.

Everything came up roses 🌹 for the Carroll County Boys Soccer ⚽️ program Monday night. The weather could have been a few degrees warmer but the Pitch and the fans stayed dry from start to finish as CCHS found the back of the net seven times across the 140 combined minutes while keeping James  firmly planted at Nil.

Jeremy Puckett and the Junior Varsity team opened the night 🌙 with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Knights. The Cavaliers opened the scoring with 4:58 remaining in the first half when Christian Solis Ruiz found Alex Silva with a touch pass and the Sophomore beat the keeper for the only goal in the opening 30 minutes.

James River pressed throughout the second half for the equalizer and the match was hanging in the balance until Joni Rosales found Luis Silva for an excuse me goal that rolled in past the keeper for a 2-0 lead.

  In the final minute of play Yerik Ruano Loayes finished off the scoring on a pass from Axel Valencia Martinez. Cavalier keeper Fernando Ruiz was credited with the shutout victory.

JV Head Coach Jeremy Puckett and his younger Son, Aden had to quickly go from the handshake line to the pagent line as older brother, Landon Puckett was one of 10 Seniors being honored in between games.

In order of presentation :

Christian Hernandez, Harper Parnell, Julian Magana, Samuel Collins, Mazzen Mansour, Thomas Payne, Giovanni and Oliver Lopez, Landon Puckett and Daniel Torres – Lopez were each greeted warmly   by the Cavalier faithful.

Carroll County dominated possession across the entire 80 minutes of play and managed to put the biscuit in the basket 🧺 twice each half.

The first Cavalier goal came at 27:06 remaining in the opening half and involved a pair of Seniors. Torres-Lopez connected with Landon Puckett for the opening score. Ten minutes and some change later, Puckett found Sophomore Hez Mejia on his way towards the goal and the 2-0 lead would last until the halftime break.

The Cavaliers third goal of the match came after CCHS was awarded a penalty kick after a Knight foul was committed inside the box. Oliver Lopez took the PK and at 32:22 the score flipped to 3-0.

Carroll County rounded out the scoring column at 27:34 when Giovanni Lopez teamed up with Torres – Lopez for the final goal. One lighter moment was created a few minutes later when Torres-Lopez and Keeper Christian Hernandez teamed up for an on the fly position swap. The entertaining couple of minutes looked a bit like one of the marketing events at many a College Baseball game where youngsters have to dress themselves in gear and then make a basket.

  Both players enjoyed their new roles and Torres – Lopez duplicated the ever so rare feat of making a save, scoring a goal and recording an assist in the same Soccer ⚽️ match. Ironically, it was Hernandez that accomplished the rare version of a Goalie Hat 👒 Trick earlier this season.

While the night was Pitch Perfect, the team will have little time to celebrate as they head over to Galax tomorrow before returning to Tommy Thompson Field on The Hill for another match on Thursday.

The contest on Thursday is youth night as any Youth Soccer ⚽️ player wearing his jersey gets into the match free of charge. RGC Realty and the Laurel Fork Coconut 🥥 Telegraph teamed up to provide FREE ADMISSION to all fans on Monday night.

  How perfect was the night ? The fourth bank of lights turned on and worked flawlessly !

Carroll County JV Boys Soccer ⚽️ lead 1-0 at the break. Starting back at 6:14…

Junior Varsity Boys 👦 Soccer ⚽️ wins 3-0!

Senior Night 🌙 Ceremony for 10 has been completed !!

7:20 – estimated First Touch for Varsity !

Varsity Boys 👦 Soccer ⚽️ leads 2-0 @ Halftime !

Final Score, Carroll County 4, James River 0…

Story to Follow !

The Seniors that will be lacing up their Soccer ⚽️ cleats tonight with a little extra purpose are joining together at all different levels of play and connection to the Cavaliers squad.

Twins, Giovanni and Oliver Lopez along with Landon Puckett have been ⚓ anchors for Head Coach Forrest Johnson all four years.

Goalie Christian Hernandez has been on the Varsity Pitch for three seasons now and the four at the top have done a tremendous job of leading my example for the newcomers as well as the underclassmen.

Harper Parnell, Julia Magana and Daniel Torres – Lopez are each finishing up a second season on the Varsity team. D-TL just completed a Hat 👒 Trick in his last time out on the Pitch at Tommy Thompson Field.

Samuel Collins, Mazen Mansour and Thomas Payne are each new to the Top Level of play as Cavaliers.

Now that we have introduced them with acknowledging the years of service on Varsity, we can focus on the one thing that they have in common – the desire to leave their mark on the game. Each of the 10 are trying hard to help Coach Johnson and his staff move the needle in regards to building a brand for Soccer ⚽️ in Carroll County, Virginia.

  5:30 pm tonight is the start time for the Junior Varsity game as Coach Jeremy Puckett works on producing the next act in regards to CCHS Soccer. After Game #1 is completed, we will celebrate with our 10 and then their teammates plan to join them in an attempt to defend The Hill.

The forecast looks forgiving if we get past the initial shower, so here’s hoping that we can send our Big 10 off in style and then ice 🧊 the night with a Victory !