Our Morning 🌄 Brew includes hand warmers as we prepare for ” The Storm “

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

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

2 Corinthians 9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

Saved by the Bell 🔔: had three but now has two….

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Carroll County shoots lights out on The Hill Tuesday night, defeating Martinsville 50 – 43 in Three Rivers District action 🎬

The Hill – Raylee Goins led the short handed Lady Cavaliers with 16 points as Carroll County( 3-8, 2-3 ) held off visiting Martinsville 50 – 43 Tuesday night.

Veteran Head Coach Howard Mayo has won more basketball games than most have even coached but not sure how many of his W’s came with just six available players in his huddle ?

Both Laynie-Jo Leonard and Madison Coleman joined the list of players who were unavailable for the District game, prompting Mayo to call up Hayden Heflin from the Junior Varsity squad to give him a little breathing room on the bench.

Goins continues to grow in her efforts on the offensive end. The Sophomore scored eight of her points in the second quarter, keeping Carroll County within reach of the Bulldogs (7-8). The guard mixed in shots from deep and perfection from the free throw line to lead the way and the improved shooting proved to be contagious.

Sophomore CC Mitchell connected from deep three times in the opening half and finished up with 15 points on the night. Her effort also included going 2 of 2 from the free throw line down the stretch.

The team has been showing a great deal of improvement over the past few games with the two main flaws being shooting percentage and protecting the Basketball. Mayo was quick to give credit to his group for their efforts.

” We had a very good game tonight and showed improvement on some of the areas we have been struggling with, ” said Mayo. “We were 10-12 from free throws line. We only had 14 turnovers. And we out rebound Martinsville by 3 rebounds. We are proud of each of the players on our team tonight and look forward to seeing if we can build on this Friday vs James River.”

Senior Callie Harris was the third Musketeer in the new found comfort on the offensive end. Her 13 points included the sixth made 3-pointer and going four of six from the free throw line.

Aaliyah Hampton added four points while manning the post along with Heflin and Kenzie Young. The defense and rebounding proved to be as important to the victory as the offense from the back court.

Bree Campbell – Zendejas accounted for the remaining basket 🧺 and now the team will look to make it two in a row on Friday night when they travel North to Buchanan to face James River High School. The contest versus the Knights was originally set to be a home game but was moved to make it part of a triple header as JRHS doesn’t have a Boys JV team this season.

The team connected from 1,2 and 3 while playing their normal tough defense and the scoring was balanced in both by the quarter and by the player. Friday night cannot get here fast enough !

Well we knew it was going to be a LONG travel day but it has had some pretty significant twists and turns. For a Night 🌙 Cap, here are our four Final scores and some pics from Samantha Lark – Smith and Vickie Easter as well.

Final Scores :

Varsity Boys lost 73 – 43

Varsity Girls won 50 – 43

Junior Varsity Boys lost 60 – 25

Junior Varsity Girls lost 44 – 28

Plenty more to follow, later today….

Thank You to Greg Talley 🙏, Marion Harris, the kind folks at the DFW Airport and both of the young Ladies mentioned above !

Will have some stories about the games once I hear from the Coaches!

‘Da Plane, Boss, ‘Da Plane has landed and we have our other two Final Scores

73-43 final from Martinsville. Boys 👦 fall

Today we will start our Basketball 🏀 support from the Dallas – Fort Worth Airport 🙌 as we play four games against Martinsville ➕ Swim 🏊‍♂️ if we are fortunate…

This should timeout to where we complete both Junior Varsity games before we leave at 6:52 pm EST.

The Varsity games will appear on the back end once we land in Greensboro. I would love to include the Swim 🏊‍♂️ resultsfrom tonight but that will depend upon getting some assistance.

The Girls 👧 are playing at Home which means the fellas are somewhere near Horse 🐎 Pasture, Virginia – almost to Martinsville. The storm of a Lifetime is brewing in the not to distant future so for the next few hours we will look to focus on Basketball as a nice diversion !

Entering the night 🌙 our JV teams stand at 7-3 & 4-9. Both Hailey Cushman and Ryan Phillips will continue their efforts here in roughly 60 minutes.

For the folks that help us on the Varsity side, please know that there will be a delayed response.