The Hill – Carroll County Middle School Girls Basketball returned home fresh off a road victory on Wednesday and doubled down by defeating Radford Thursday night, 32-23.
” Looking more and more like the team I thought we were going to be this year,” said Head Coach Kris Richardson. “Confidence in each other and finally more confidence in themselves. We play Monday and Tuesday next week. Hopefully, we can continue on this high we are enjoying right now. “
Zari Cushman dropped 10 of her game high 21 points during the opening 6:00 and the team never looked back.
Briley McGhee scored seven of her eight points early on and Kierra Robinson added the final basket 🧺.
Next week will look like a quiet stretch for Carroll County as the team only has two games on the calendar 📅.
Junior Varsity Head Coach Halie Cushman shared her thoughts on the efforts she received from her group in their scrimmage…
From Coach :
All of our girls played great. It gave us a good look to see our strengths and areas of growth to start doing work in. I’m so proud of the girls and the energy they brought to the court 👏
Varsity Coach Howard Mayo checks ✔ in
” I think we can really see where we are getting better at handling the ball and attacking the basket. Our defense showed some good signs with our rotations. Hopefully we will continue to work hard and get better.”
Not sure who all we will here from tonight but we will gladly share everything that comes out way.
Back home in Hillsville for the last matchups of the week, the Cavaliers are hosting Radford tonight.
Lady Cavs will take the court first, then the gentleman. Tip-off in approximately 8 minutes.
Let’s get it done Cavaliers!! – Thanks Beth!
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Marion Harris is in the HS Gym for the Varsity team scrimmage with Narrows.
Narrows 10-7 after 1st
Beth from the MS
Scoring resets after each quarter of the scrimmage. Both offenses kicked in during the secondquarter !At Middle School 🏫, 💘 our Cheerleaders!Kris and Company are off to a great start !
22-12 at the half, Lady Cavs in the lead after an intense 2 quarters… – Thanks Beth !
Fun Night 🌙 of Women’s Hoops, Middle School, JuniorVarsity, Varsity and College level..Beth….
The opportunity for the Varsity Girls team is to play against an opponent other than themselves. The chance to improve, ahead of the regularseason.
Narrows takes the 3rd quarter, 15-5.
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32-23 final score with the Lady Cavs taking their second win of the week.
5th quarter was also a “W” for the Ladies, 11-3.
Boys take the court for warm-ups, tipping off in 2 minutes!
Play strong gentlemen! Go Cavs! 💙🩶🤍
Marion reports the fourth quarter at 12-8 in favor of the Lady 👩 Cavaliers.
Halftime on Main Street, 15-12 Radford with a narrow lead. Quite the high-speed first half for the Boys.
Keep the pace Cavaliers!
Coach Kira Lawson
5th quarter goes to Radford, 8-0.
27-25 win for the Cavaliers with a double sweep on Main Street!
What an explosive, suspenseful second half for the guys!! Way to go fellas!
Rest up ballers and prepare for next week’s single matchup at Rural Retreat. Lady Cavs will play at 5pm, immediately followed by the boys.
Awesome night Cavaliers! 💙🏀🩶🏀🤍
Thank You Beth !
End of 1st in Tampa, USF leads 23-16 after shooting 80% from the floor.
Marion Harris shares some thoughts from Girls JV Coach Cushman…
” All of our girls played great. It gave us a good look to see our strengths and areas of growth to start doing work in. I’m so proud of the girls and the energy they brought to the court 👏.”
Thank You Coach !
Five out of six, just missing MS Wrestling
‼️SCHEDULE CORRECTION‼️
There will be TWO games next week for the Middle School basketball teams.
First up: Monday, Nov 24 @HOME vs Christiansburg 4:30pm, boys play first
Second game day: Tuesday Nov 25 @Rural Retreat 5:00pm, girls play first
My apologies on the incomplete schedule information.
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Bulls leading 39-29 @ the half.
Duke is struggling from 3 (0-6), FG (37%) and FT (9/15-60%), hence the 10 point deficit. White out game for the Bulls = Free T-shirts 👕…
I think we can really see where we are getting better at handling the ball and attacking the basket. Our defense showed some good signs with our rotations. Hopefully we will continue to work hard and get better – from Howard Mayo 🙏
After 3rd, Bulls 63-46 over Duke (24-17 in the 3rd)….
Duke will fall to 3-3 with the next two games against Top 5 teams over the Thanksgiving holidays.Thank You to everyone who helped out along the way !!!
Morning 🌄 BrewWomen’s Basketball 🏀 at four levels ➕ some Wrestling and Boys 👦 Hoops…Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day :Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse 🙏 of the Day :
Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Plenty of new stories were written in the middle of the night 🌙 so please enjoy them…
Wytheville – Sam Johnson led the way for Head Coach Darian Brown and the Middle School Cavaliers by scoring a team high 13 points but the team could not overcome a balanced attack by the homestanding Scott Memorial Middle School.
SMMS scored 22 points in each of the halves and that proved to be just enough to escape with a 44-36 victory.
Five Cavaliers dented the scorebook on the night as Trenton Poe added eight points while Gibson Barr totaled seven. Grant Reed (5 points) and Caleb Hill (3 points ) rounded out the scoring for Carroll County
Beth Bouldin Photos
Carroll County (6-6) returns to the court for a third consecutive time this week when Radford comes to The Hill.
Hopefully, we can circle back and add some thoughts from Coach Brown 🙏 later today.
Game number six of her time as a Paladin of Ferrum University brought Alyssa Ervin as close to playing at 🏡 as mathematicaly as possible. Forty miles was all that separated the High School where Ervin scored 2,000+ points and the home of the RU Highlanders.
While I was watching on my computer 🖥 screen from Orlando, Florida, I wasn’t worried about capturing the action of the game itself. But to tell the story that I wanted to tell about the night 🌙, I was going to need some help and it came in the form of Vickey Ritchie and Marion Harris !
The outcome of the game was pretty much decided after Radford raced out to a 24-4 lead early in the second quarter but that wasn’t the story that I was chasing with this one. The story here was Ervin was coming home and the community was given an opportunity for a group HUG!
Brett Petty, Howard Mayo and Jeanie RitchieJon and Sarah DelpJeanie, Lauren Alley and Brandi Cochran MitchellThe Harris Family 👪❤Carroll County Girls Basketball 🏀Vickey Ritchie with the capture of the night as she not only has Ervin and her Coach Pierre Curtis but also a slew of Carroll County residents in the background..
Volleyball 🏐 Coach Cindy Edwards was in the house 🏠 to show her support as was Glenn Burnett and Family. Let’s not forget the Ervin family themselves, being they raised Alyssa and so willingly shared her with so many people.
Wednesday night 🌙 wasn’t about Basketball as much as it was showing appreciation for a talented young Lady that is starting down a path that will hopefully have three more years to it down in the area known as Upstate, South Carolina.
I will challenge anyone with a last name other than Ervin, that I’m the biggest fan of Miss Ervin. Being driven is a challenge and when you find others that are blessed / cursed with similar traits its a natural connection. The journey is just beginning in regards to wearing Purple and thanks to Marion and Vickey, we were able to capture 💜 a glimpse of the evening.
From a Basketball standpoint, Ervin finished up with 7 points and now has 67 on the season after six games. Quick math shows that’s an average of 11+ points a game.
But the bigger story was how many of the announced crowd of 1,293 drove home down Highway 100 as they headed back to The Hill.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 