Hanging out with the Lady πŸ‘© Blue Devils at The Greenbriar Resort but hoping for the Best back on The Hill as the Cavaliers are set to host the Northside Vikings 🏈🏈. Both set to start at 7pm

Even snuck in a Howard Mayo practice photo πŸ“·!

Sitting in a ball room that has been converted into a Basketball πŸ€ Arena with 1,100 cozy seats.

When the chase of the November schedule πŸ“… came to life last month, this is the one that we had circled with a Sharpe. Yes, there was Paris, France πŸ‡«πŸ‡· and two in Las Vegas, but the palace known as America’s Resort is a special, special place ! We were fortunate enough to celebrate our 30th Anniversary here just over a decade ago and we look for reasons to make the drive πŸš— through the Alleghany Highlands to get here.

Meanwhile, back on The Hill, Carroll County High School 🏫 is hosting a quarterfinal playoff game !

Seth Greer brings his team on to Tommy Thompson Field with a sterling 8-2 mark and Northside sits at 6-4. This is the #4-#5 match-up and the winner πŸ† moves on to face the #1 – Magna Vista unless they are upset by #8 Abingdon.

What Greer and Company have accomplished in a very short period of time has been nothing short of spectacular ! The fresh air of the success wavers across the entire County !!

Let’s play ▢️ Ball x 2 !!

Back Home 🏑 :

We up 6-0. Scored on opening drove and then recovered onside. Mid 1st !!!! Per Allen Worrell

Rick Nester : 6-0, end of 1st

Here, Duke 15, WVU 11

Still 6-0. Northside did not run a play in the 1st quarter. We have 4th and Goal at the 15. – Allen Worrell

Media TO in 2nd – Duke, 19-13 (7:37)

14-0 with 3:40 to go in first half – Coach Nester

Sam McGrady scores on 8 yard run. Easter runs in the 2. We are up 14-0 with 3:42 left in half. NS has ran 3 plays – Allen

Hall’s 43-yard TD pass to Tucker brings Northside within 14-7 o…f Carroll County with 2:33 left in 1st half. – Allen

Halftime score, Duke 23-20…

Carroll County 14-7 @ the Half

Carroll rushed for 215 yards first half. NS ran 6 plays. Despite that, it’s a 14-7 game at intermission -Allen…

Isaiah Logan’s 35-yard TD catch ties Northside up with Carroll County at 14 with 10:05 left in 3rd.

  Klay Dalton’s 6-yard TD run puts Carroll County back in front of Northside 21-14 with 5:40 left in 3rd quarter.

Youseff Elalfy’s 58-yard TD on a fullback counter trap puts Carroll in front of Northside 27-21 with 3:17 to play.

We win 27-21 !!!!!

On to next week !!

The 3rd quarter played by WVU might have been as impressive of a 10 minute stretch that I’ve seen in person.

They tell me that a single Photograph can be worth 1,000 words, this one screams about the size of Floyd County Middle School Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball as week 3 of the season concluded Thursday night on The Hill…

Captains Meeting – Photo πŸ“· Credit : Beth Bouldin.

  Floyd County came to town Thursday night and both the Boys and Girls teams raced out to lightning 🌩 fast starts and never looked back. The Cavalier teams will now look to catch their breath after playing 11 times in the opening 3 weeks.

Kris Richardson and his Girls opened the double header against the visiting πŸƒπŸƒπŸƒ squad and Coach takes us inside the night πŸŒ™.

” Tough loss again tonight. We could have given up after they jumped up 12-0. We hung tough the rest of the 1st half and never gave up. Second half jitters got to us late in the 3rd quarter. After multiple turnovers, they started to pull away. I’m proud of their resilience. I keep starting different lineups to see if we can get a spark.

   We will keep fighting and hopefully learn from our mistakes. It also hurts that Zari Cushman has missed all 3 games this week with concussion symptoms. Praying for a speedy recovery for her.”

The final score was 39-16 (20-5 at the half) and the bonus quarter went to Carroll County by a score of 9-4.

Tuesday evening is the next time that CCMS will return to action 🎬 as the Cavaliers head over to Patrick County to face the Cougars.

Beth Bouldin Photos

Boys πŸ‘¦ Game : Darian Brown coaches 15 hard nosed future Cavaliers and they play with a great deal of energy for all 24 minutes across a game. Gritty, determined,passionate, defensive minded are all ways one could describe the 6-5 Cavaliers. What the team lacks in size, they simply out hustle their opponent, but they struggled Thursday night versus the mass of the Buffaloes.

54-19 was the final score as Floyd County netted 27 points in each of the halves. The fifth quarter played to a 9-9 ,draw to end the evening.

I’m still hoping πŸ™ to add some more information on the Boys game and get the thoughts of Coach Brown later today.

Coach Brown checks in with his thoughts on the night πŸŒ™,

”  Those guys were big! I’m a tall guy and never did I think I would be looking up to players while coaching middle school. Their starting 5 was bigger than our varsity but our guys didn’t back down. We battled the whole game and that’s what I’m most proud of. I think they ran away with it when the Harman kid drained 3 threes in the third. It’s moments like those that we have to get better at preventing.

We are going to bounce back next week and try to go 3-0 through another tough week of games.”

Thank You Coaches !

Welcome πŸ™ to Friday Night Lights πŸŒ™, Post season addition as The Hill is set to host a 🏈🏈🏈 playoff game at Tommy Thompson Field !

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
The Schedule πŸ“…

  The Cavaliers just completed an impressive 8-2 season that earned Seth Greer and Company a home playoff game against #5 seeded Northside Vikings.

Northside finished the regular season at 6-4 and the winner tonight will advance to play the winner of #8 Abingdon and #1 seed, Magna Vista

All five of our College Basketball players have the night off but its the calm before the storm as they’re will be six games over the weekend !

Duke University Women’s Basketball πŸ€ team will travel over to America’s Resort as The Greenbriar is set to host a collegiate Basketball game!

A talented 3-0 WVU team will be waiting for the Blue Devils tonight.

Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 68:19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

Coach Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day will appear here shortly

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Note πŸ“ – still looking for the Box Score from SWCC – GTCC Men’s Basketball πŸ€ last night πŸŒ™