The Hill – Carroll County High School played end to end defense from the opening whistle and used the energy to coast to an 84 – 53 victory over visiting Galax Thursday night.
Isaiah Easter led the charge with a game high 31 points, including one incredibly important basket 🧺 late in the third quarter when the Senior joined his Sister. Kaylee Easter in the 1,000 point club.
The game was stopped for a brief moment of acknowledgment and Velvet Leonard was on hand to capture the moment.
Carroll County (7-8) opened the game in a full court press and as the case has been all season, Cavalier defense leads to Cavalier offense. The team posted 49 points by the halftime break. Barnes was able to play his entire roster, minus Eli Lark who is recovering from the flu.
Colton Gravley added 18 point and was joined in double figures by Blake Reed ( 14 points ) with Will Motley just missing making it a quartet, finishing up with nine points.
Barnes took the time to reflect on the night 🌙 and how much it meant to his program.
” Man did we ever need that ! Great win against Galax ,A huge rival game, big crowd and big night for Isiah Easter getting his 1,000 in front of the Cavalier Nation and home crowd. Great TEAM effort and energy for 32 min, thought our press and pressure was the difference in the game (13 steals ). Great game off the bench for Colton Gravely 18pts,3 rebounds ,2 assits. Blake Reed chipped in 14pts, 5 rebounds and 4 steals. Kyle Bunn 4pts , 9 rebounds which is huge. “
Getting back to .500 tonight against the Knights would allow the Train 🚆 to build momentum going into the second half of the Three Rivers District season.
” I told them tonight we must control the boards, keep energy and effort high ,play TEAM ball and we would be fine and they did just that,” added Barnes. ” Will Motley off bench with 9 pts 3 Rebounds and assits. Super proud of Isiah Easter 31pts, 8 Rebounds, 4 steals and 4 assits. His work thru the years has definitely paid off for him and our program. I think its more special because of being on same team with Davis Reitzel, Bryce Smoot,
both 1000 point scorers and one the all time scorer (3,600 plus and counting). Great company for sure. Quick turnaround for CAVS, tip tomorrow away vs James River at 5:30 . LETS GO CAVS .”
Carroll County JV Boys posted a wild comeback in the fourth quarter to get back in their contest with Galax. The Maroon Tide held on for the 40 – 32 victory over our Cavaliers.
Weather permitting, the Varsity Boys and both Girls teams will take the long Bus 🚌 Ride up to Buchanan tonight for a rare triple header of action 🎬.
Galax 13 16 17. 7 – 53
CCHS 28 21. 18 17 – 84
Cavaliers (84) – Easter 31, Gravley 18, Reed 14, Motley 9, Hayden Jackson 4, Trace Reavis 4, Kyle Bunn 2, Landon Phillips 2, Kinder, Leagans (Lark – ill)
A.S.P.N on The Hill 