There is much more to follow…

Side Note 📝 – I had a terrific ➕️ 1 !!

Monty Southern gave a nice speech to the packed house 🏠.

Here are the 13 high schools that make up Region 3D.

Abingdon

Bassett

Carroll County

Cave Spring

Christiansburg

Hidden Valley

Lord Botetourt

Magna Vista

Northside

Pulaski County

Staunton River

Tunstall

William Byrd

You will notice that our six Three Rivers District neighbors are missing from the list. All six of those schools are together in Class 2C. This means that 12 of our potential 20 spring contests are played against schools in a lower class.

The VHSL operates on a scoring system in which a team earns points based in part on the classification of your opponents.

We have 12 teams that compete in the spring, but four of them are Junior Varsity. Track and Field, along with Tennis 🎾 has separated competition for individuals as well as teams.

Four teams, coached by Casey Burcham, Rick Nester, Forrest Johnson, and Adrienne Harris McGuire, are currently awaiting word on where they will land in the standings.

One change as of late is the Regional tournament now cuts ✂️ off at just eight teams. Gone are the 7 vs. 10 & 8 vs. 9 play in games.

Round 1 has 1 hosting 8, 2 hosting 7, 3 hosting 6, and 4 hosting 5. Five of the 13 teams in each sport will have their season end this week.

Our Mr. DeHaven has confirmed that none of our teams will host a postseason game / match this season, but the possibility of climbing the ladder 🪜 in the standings still very much exists.

Tuesday night and Wednesday night still matter a great deal, as does Thursday.

We finally got to resume our game against Patrick that got postponed back on April 1st due to storms. The game started 10 minutes in today so the first half was only 30 minutes. The girls started off quick with Savannah Swecker scoring around 1 minute into the game with the assist from Yeili Urbina. The girls kept the pressure up on the defense and goalie for the next 20 minutes with many chances coming just inches away from going in. Then Patrick broke through and scored after winning a penalty kick in the box to tie it up 1-1. With around 30 seconds left in the half Callie Harris drove down the side and crossed the ball into the box. Savannah ran onto it and scored a beautiful one touch volley. We went into the second half up 2-1.

In the second half, Callie found the back of the net from outside the 18 to put us up 3-1. The girls continued to put the pressure on. Our defense stepped up and did a great job shutting down Patrick’s offense in the second half. Alexis Sheffey had two amazing saves. One was in the first half in a 1 on 1 situation. The one in the second half, Alexis, came out on Patrick’s best attacking player and blocked the shot with her body in the air. This gave us a lot of momentum.

   Then Callie found Ithaca Vaught off of a cross in the box to put us up 4-1! Ithaca had a beautiful one-touch volley off of the cross for her first career varsity goal!! Then, with a couple minutes left in the game, Kristen Dalton had a quick start throw in to Callie, who buried it into the back of the net to make it 5-1.

Overall, the girls had a great game offensively and defensively. On the offensive side, we did a great job of getting dangerous crosses into the box and then finishing them. This is something that we have really been working on, and the girls did a great job of executing it during the game.

    This win is number 11 for the girls this season!! We have one more regular season game at home on Wednesday against James River!

Quick note – the Varsity Girls 👧 Soccer match at Floyd County is a forfeit win for our Lady Cavaliers.

James 4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

In regards to Mount Airy tonight, more will appear later on that.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌 !

Carroll County JV Softball team hosted Glenvar Monday night at Cavalier Park, and when the dust settled, our Lady Cavaliers owned a 12 – 4 Three Rivers District victory over the Highlanders.

Ava Beamer was in a pitchers showdown with Kherington Jewell from start to finish. Jewell won the strikeout battle 13 to 8, but Beamer had two things working in her favor on her way to the victory.

Better defense and team speed are what made the difference for Carroll County. Bree Campbell reached base in all four at bats, recording three bunt singles. The fourth time was by a way of a hit by pitch, and the speedy second baseman touched home plate three times !

Beamer scattered eight hits and issued just one walk across the seven innings. The righty did a great job keeping the Highlanders off balance, mixing her pitches. Everyone not named Jewell struggled with her offerings as her opposite number went 3 for 3 with two runs scored.

Beamer helped herself by reaching base all four times, including the first time when she reached base after a dropped third strike. The other three trips ended with base hits, and her curtosey runner, Miss Ailey Cochran, also touched home plate three times.

Glenvar High   000 103 0 – 4

Carroll County 023 133 X – 12

Fun takes on the night 🌙 :

Ava Beamer on who gets the credit for her advanced level of maturity : Certainly not my Dad….

Ashlynn Smith ( 3 runs scored ) took pride in once again being hit by a pitch.

Getting to meet the Father of my Junior Varsity press box 📦 partner, Kevin Lineberry, was a treat. Poor Kevin was getting grief from both directions as Dad mentioned that Kevin should add some ” Zing ” to his voice when he introduces his granddaughter.

Molly Montgomery was asked about whether or not her Dad was cool or not ? Quick answer was, ” He thinks that he is”

Mom was feeling brave at the moment, so we let Molly answer the same question about her other parental unit ???? Molly delivered once again – ” She thinks she is “

My apologies for my goof while introducing the Lady Cavaliers. Aleigha Beamer was our flex player and playing centerfield…my omission was quickly corrected, but it was a mistake just the same.

Holly Miller made the trip upstairs multiple times to announce the Parker twins. Holly will have her goodbye 👋 to Cavalier Park on Wednesday night.

Terry Warf and Alec Horton will wrap up their first season together on Wednesday evening against James River High School. 5:00 is the scheduled start time for the doubleheader as Varsity plays the Knights in game two !

This group of young Lady Cavaliers have been a fun group to work with and their parents as well !

I’m looking forward to Wednesday evening when we say our goodbyes.

Thank You to Brandi Cochran Mitchell for working the ticket 🎟 table and to the folks from the Future Business Leaders of America for working our Concession stand tonight !