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Day: October 28, 2025
Quite the Night 🌙 on The Hill as Carroll County Middle School hosted opening games for the 2025 – 2026 season ! We open with the CCMS Cheerleaders, courtesy of Beth Bouldin…
There was high energy in the Gymnasium as both Kris Richardson and Darian Brown made their 2025 – 2026 Coaching debuts. Richardson and his Lady Cavaliers were being assisted by Steve Martin and Brown by Assistant Coach Garrett Reitzel.
The scoreboard will show that both of our younger Cavaliers fell short against Scott Memorial Middle School but one would not know it by the sound of excitement in the voice of Coach Richardson afterwards.
” I am on cloud ☁️ nine right now,” said Richardson. ” We took them to an AAU tournament down in Winston – Salem to get them some game experience and it showed tonight. We struggled a little early but once they gained a little confidence, we were able to close the gap.”
Scott Memorial had their way in the opening six minutes and when the horn sounded, Carroll County trailed 10-0. The second six let the visitors know that they were in a battle. The deficit reached 17-4 before the Lady Cavaliers started to climb back and by the end they came within two possessions of tying the contest.
It was a pleasure to finally meet Coach Brown and his wife tonight before I went out to Galax for a Special Olympics Basketball event. A number of people have spoke very highly of the personable young man and he lived up to their kind words!
The things that were different about tonight – knowing that I couldn’t stay past 6pm because of a previous commitment, the coverage for the Girls was abbreviated but know that Kris and his Lady Cavaliers will be covered like they are the SHOWTIME Lakers. Why ? Because that’s what friends do for each other.
At the same time, I hope to work with Coach Brown this season but like every other Coach, it will be his call.
More from tonight…
Running Blog during the game…
Welcome to Opening Night 🌙 and the Stars 🌟 are out here on The Hill !
Note – The Boys played a fifth quarter afterwards with Carroll County outscoring Scott Memorial 7-5
Should have known that it would have a Halloween 🎃 theme and the BONUS was the energy of our Hostess!! Seen here with Little Ritchie…
Thank You soooooo much for the folks at Power Up Oct in Galax !!!
9th year, I believe….
Gym opened back in 2019, by Josee…
Welcome to Opening Night 🌙 and the Stars 🌟 are out here on The Hill !
We are just minutes away from the opening Tip of Game #1 of the Kris Richardson Era of Girls Middle School 🏫 Basketball 🏀 !
Here for the evening !!!
End of 1st quarter – Visitors lead 10-0…
6:00 minutes per quarter
Approaching the halftime break…
5:33 – Carroll County played the second quarter to an 8-5 score, now 18-5
Highly competitive 3rd quarter, now 21-13, time to go to Special Olympics in Galax, will pick this back up…
Clarification on My Pep Talk to myself ! Thanks for those who were concerned about my limited Mental Health…
Lin and I are trying hard to check ✔ a bunch of Medical 🚑 boxes as we prepare to leave town, first to Paris, France 🇫🇷 and a few days later back out to Utah.
Trying hard to make sure that some things happen that are really important to some folks that are really important to me and we are trying to line everything up correctly.
Shawn Montgomery and his Cross Country runners 🏃♂️ will be splish splashing away over in Axton, now on Thursday afternoon after it was moved from Wednesday. It is only three runners competing but its our three runners and once you have met their Mothers 👩, it magnifies the situation.
Volleyball 🏐 at Abingdon is not until Monday at 6pm, which means Midnight in Paris. The match-up with the Falcons is not a kind one for Cindy Edwards and her Lady Cavaliers but one cannot skip that. I feel that I will be the only person watching the match from Europe 🇪🇺.
Not even sure what Vickey Ritchie has in store tonight but I can’t wait to stand by her side and find out !
Kris Richardson is ready to coach his first game with his latest group of Girls and his zest for what he does is contagious, to me anyway…
Trying hard to see 👀 if there’s a window of opportunity to catch Bryce and Brayden Smoot over at Southwest Virginia Community College……
It would be sooo easy to say “it’s just” in any of these situations but not when your entire platform is based on caring for others…
We had a great staff meeting and Yes, my group rolled their eyes 👀 at me but that happens when you’re hanging with creatures. Yes, the one on the top is Little Kevin Burress!!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 