Volleyball, Volleyball and more Volleyball 🏐 tonight and a special shout out to Mrs Brittany Kinney’s Middle School team !

Here’s the Link to the running πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Volleyball 🏐 Blog as we chased the 3 teams that fall under the Cindy Edwards Volleyball umbrella πŸŒ‚ and the three former Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers players that were in action 🎬 tonight.

Let Volleyball 🏐 Night begin as we chase down six sets of results, from Middle School 🏫 thru 3 College campuses ! Now with all Finals…

Here is the place where we catch up with the recent efforts of the Middle School Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers…………

MS vs. Patrick County : 9/25/25. We played our best night of volleyball tonight. It honestly made me tear up during the first match because the girls have been working so hard for myself and Coach Kelly. We are a middle school team who can pass, set, hit pretty consistently. Yes we make errors, yes sometimes we are shooting it across the gym BUT they are doing these things and most teams we are playing aren’t doing that yet. We’ve been working a TON on serving. Laynee Burnett stood out during this match getting the most serves (8) & did NOT miss a serve! Mahala had 8 hit attempts with 3 kills. Briley also had 4 hit attempts with 1 kill. Match 2 we started out just as strong. Briley and Emma had the most serves (4). Zari had 10 hit attempts with 3 kills. Mahala had 6 attempts with 1 kill.

MS vs. Christiansburg: 9/29/25. We looked a little rocky on this Monday afternoon. We continue to find ourselves holding these girls to a higher standard because they continually impress us. Their growth this year has been AMAZING. Match 1: We didn’t serve or pass as well as we should have which made for a long match, but I am still proud of their efforts. Briley continues to shine and has worked really hard and grown a lot this season. She had the most serves this match (6). Briley and Peyton were the only two girls who didn’t miss a serve this match. Match 2: Mahala continues to lead with her volleyball knowledge and skills on the court. She got the most serves (7) in and the most aces this set. Lily shined bright match with her great passing and she got 2 hits. This is a huge improvement for her! Match 3: Blair shined bright with the most serves over (3).

MS vs. Pulaski: 9/30/25: Tonight was better volleyball! Our girls are working hard and we are proud of them. We need to learn that mistakes happen and that they are okay. We’ve gotta find our inner Taylor Swift and “shake it off”. lol. Pulaski is a tough team and we really struggled playing when we played at Pulaski, tonight wasn’t a walk in the park, but they did look much better. Kelly and I tell the girls all the time that when we are having fun we play so much better! Match 1: Out of 14 serves; we only had 3 errors. Briley, Laynee, and Emma didn’t have any serving errors. Briley had 16 ‘good’ assists which is exactly what we want from her! Mahala and Zari had 4 attempts and 1 kill. Match 2: Emma (4) and Mahala (3) led us in serving this match! This match we served 14 times and only had 2 errors! Tihana had 3 attempts and 1 kill.

MS vs. Pulaski: 9/30/25: MATCH 3… the most exciting of the night! We typically always get to play a ‘developmental set’ and it’s one of my favorite things about MS volleyball. We had the most energy during this game. I was SO proud of Blair, Kaebry, Chloe, Zari, Hadley, Alexis, and Tihanna! They played some really good volleyball. Their skills have grown so much from the beginning of the season. Blair had 8 serves. Zari had 6 serves. Kaebry and Tihanna had 2 aces! Alexis showed huge improvements tonight as Libero; she was stepping in and making plays that she typically wouldn’t have attempted. Zari continues to be a leader on and off the court. She is someone we can depend on… always! Zari came out to tryouts and I didn’t even realize she hadn’t played volleyball before. Her athleticism is amazing and we are so excited to have her! Her commitment to our team and willingness to get better every day is showing. She closed out our points tonight! They played well & played together as a team. They fought for every single point and they ended up winning that third set!

Keep up the great work Coach !!!

Let Volleyball 🏐 Night begin as we chase down six sets of results, from Middle School 🏫 thru 3 College campuses ! Now with all Finals…

4:30 is the first of 6 start times tonight as Carroll County Middle School 🏫 kicks off Volleyball 🏐 Palooza on September 30th, 2025 !

Carroll County Middle School

James River High School x 2

@ Ferrum

In Ashville, North Carolina

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Should be fun anyway….

Hoping that I will have some help from Travis Osborne and Marion Harris

First serve in 5 minutes….

First TO, Patrick County leads 7-1
Passing out Boo Ridge 5K bar scans at the door πŸšͺ !!

CCMS pulls within 14-5…16-7

2nd TO, down 19-7 but looking more confident on the floor.

End of 1st Set, 25-10 (4:51)

6:19 pm – arrived at Ferrum College after an issue with a Bear 🐻

JV Volleyball 🏐

Travis Osborne reports JV Fell 25-12, 25-22 up at James River High School 🏫.

Head Coach Nikki Heflin adds her thoughts :

“This game doesn’t define us. We’ll do what we need to improve. Our goal is to get better with every game, and we’ll take a step forward from this.”

Thank You Ma’am !

Favorite part about watching πŸ‘€ Volleyball 🏐 at Ferrum College is the male Athletes fill the Gymnasium in support !!!

Mount Olive Trojans

Time out – Trojans, Ferrum up 20-18

6:58 – Ferrum College wins set #1, 25-20

Mount Olive has 22 players dressed!

The crowd is doing their job and then some !

Set #2 – visitors up 15-9

7:26 – Visitors win 25-15, 1 each…

They’re underway in Ashville !

Mount Olive wins set #3, 25-19, leads 2-1

Marion Harris at James River with Varsity

Time out at Ferrum College as the Trojans are on a 5-0 run πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ and lead 12-8. 2nd TO, run now 12-2 as Mount Olive has found another gear βš™.

Montreat dropped its 1st set, 25-22

Mount Olive wins the fourth set 25-16 @ 8:15 pm.

Update from Ashville
More Later…
Up in Milwaukee, Judson sweeps !!
Varsity team competed hard but fell short against the Knights. One set was 26-24.

Varsity scores from tonight :
26-24
25-22
25-16 all in favor of James River
Marion phone died so he couldn’t text you – Thank You Shelia Harris. Godspeed on your journey back!

We now have the results from all six matches…

From Coach Brittany Kinney :

MS vs. Pulaski: 9/30/25: MATCH 3… the most exciting of the night! We typically always get to play a ‘developmental set’ and it’s one of my favorite things about MS volleyball. We had the most energy during this game. I was SO proud of Blair, Kaebry, Chloe, Zari, Hadley, Alexis, and Tihanna! They played some really good volleyball. Their skills have grown so much from the beginning of the season. Blair had 8 serves. Zari had 6 serves. Kaebry and Tihanna had 2 aces!

   Alexis showed huge improvements tonight as Libero; she was stepping in and making plays that she typically wouldn’t have attempted. Zari continues to be a leader on and off the court. She is someone we can depend on… always! Zari came out to tryouts and I didn’t even realize she hadn’t played volleyball before. Her athleticism is amazing and we are so excited to have her! Her commitment to our team and willingness to get better every day is showing. She closed out our points tonight! They played well & played together as a team. They fought for every single point and they ended up winning that third set!

Sarah Alderman stat line…

We have reached the end of September and we celebrate Coach Edwards Day with six Volleyball 🏐 matches in 5 Gymnasiums βž• our normal goodies !

Good Morning πŸ™
Kalee Bunn at 🏑
Bible verse of the Day

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Volleyball 🏐 is set to be played today at all four levels possible! Middle School, Junior Varsity, Varsity and College.

Carroll County High School will travel up to Buchanan as the Lady Cavaliers are set to challenge the Knights of James River for the first time this season.

  Varsity sits at 11-5 ,overall and 2-3 in the Three Rivers District. The match against JRHS will complete the first half of the league schedule and a victory will leave Cindy Edwards at .500 in the TRD heading down the home stretch.

Nikki Heflin and Sheila Harris have the Junior Varsity team on a two match winning streak heading into what is now the longest bus ride of the season. The improving by the day squad πŸ’ͺwill look to keep the ball rolling.

On The Hill, Brittany Kinney and her Middle School 🏫 squad is set to host Pulaski County.

Kalee Bunn

At 6:30 tonight the Ferrum College Volleyball Panthers 🏐 will play host to Mount Olive. Former Cavalier Kalee Bunn is wrapping up her Senior season as the team plays in its third straight home match.

While Miss Bunn is completing her College career, Sarah Alderman is just beginning hers down at Montreat College in North Carolina.

Cordellia Gardner is also in action 🎬 tonight as her squad plays at Mount Mary.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the location of Mount Mary University.

One more former Carroll County High School Volleyball player that is busy in College is Alyssa Ervin. Ervin is playing Basketball πŸ€ at Furman University and her team will be playing nearby in November when they play at Radford University.

Twelve more days until Boo Ridge 5K !

Five more Days until Girls πŸ‘§ Basketball πŸ€ Bingo !

We will do our very best to track πŸ‘£ down the results from all of the Volleyball games today !

We wrap up the morning πŸŒ„ with a Motovational Nugget from Coach Howard Mayo :

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

One more former Cindy Edwards player currently competing in College.
Recent Eastern Mennonite University graduate πŸŽ“ and former Volleyball 🏐 player – Madison Stockner