Author: Around the Valley in 60 Days

Trying to find Positive in a World 🌎 that needs more of it!

Bryce Smoot has a new address, a new coach, and teammates but he is still the young man we all watched 👀 grow up on The Hill !

The Roster :

Name Position Classification Height #


Amarri Wilcher Combo Guard Sophomore 6’1 3


Travell Almond Combo Guard Sophomore 6’3 2


Robert McKinney Shooting Guard Sophomore 5’10 1


Jalen Deloatch Point Guard Sophomore 6’3 11


Antron Gray Point Guard Freshman 6’0 22


Jahmarion Walton Forward Freshman 6’5 4


Bryce Smoot Shooting Guard Sophomore 5’10 10


Jeremy Allen Shooting Guard Freshman 5’11 13


Christian Jordan Combo Guard Freshman 6’1 0


Nicolas Carter Forward Freshman 6’3 14


Xavier Holmes Combo Guard Freshman 6’4 5


Brandon Gibbons Forward Freshman 6’5 23


Steven Stinson Forward Sophomore 6’6 32

While the challenge is greater than with both Elijah Cox and Alyssa Ervin, we will do our very best to keep up with Bryce Smoot during basketball season !

The basketball program at the Community College in Suffolk is relatively new, and the game by game information is not as easily accessible. But with that said, the effort will be put forth to keep up with the All-Time scoring leader in Boys Basketball 🏀 history.

Saved by the Bell 🔔

Men’s Basketball Schedule 2026-2027

ScheduleDateDayTimeOpponentLocation

10/24/2026SaturdayTBAScrimmage-Bryant & Stratton CCNorfolk, VA

10/31/2026Friday5:00 p.m.@ Montgomery College Tip Off-Montgomery CCMontgomery, MD

11/01/2026Saturday12:00 p.m.@ Montgomery College Tip Off-Montgomery CCMontgomery, MD

11/04/2026Wednesday6:00 p.m.@ Louisburg Community CollegeLouisburg, NC

11/08/2026Sunday1:00 p.m.Frederick Community CollegeHome

11/11/2026Wednesday7:00 p.m.Choosen One Prep School – CanceledHome

11/14/2026Saturday2:00 p.m.@ Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, MD

11/15/2026Sunday1:00 p.m.@ Delaware County Community CollegeCetonsville, MD

11/18/2026Wednesday6:00 p.m.@ Richard Bland Community CollegePetersburg, VA

11/21/2026Saturday2:00 p.m.Chesapeake CollegeHome

12/02/2026Wednesday6:00 p.m.@ Patrick Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, VA

12/05/2026Saturday2:00 p.m.@ Forsyth Tech Community CollegeWinston-Salem, NC

12/12/2026Saturday6:00 p.m.Apprentice Classic vs MACUNewport News, VA

12/13/2026Sunday6:00 p.m.Apprentice Classic vs Bucks County CCNewport News, VA12/17/2026ThursdayTBATidewater Community CollegeHome

12/19/2026SaturdayTBAMonroe Community CollegeHome

01/10/2027Sunday1:00 p.m.Johnson Community CollegeHome

01/13/2027Wednesday7:00 p.m.@ Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeNewport News, VA

01/15/2027SaturdayTBA@ MLK Classic-MACUNewport News, VA

01/16/2027SundayTBA@ MLK Classic-SCCCCNewport News, VA

01/22/2027Friday7:00 p.m.@ Oxford-Emory Community CollegeOxford, GA

01/24/2027Sunday12:00 p.m.@ Oxford-Emory Community CollegeOxford, GA

01/27/2027Wednesday6:00 p.m.Patrick Henry Community CollegeHome

02/03/2027Wednesday7:00 p.m.Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHome

02/06/2027Saturday1:00 p.m.Sandhills Community CollegeHome

02/07/2027Monday12:00 p.m.@ Tidewater Community CollegePortsmouth, VA

02/11/2027Thursday6:30 p.m.@ Johnson Community CollegeSmithfield, NC

02/13/2027Saturday1:00 p.m.@ Sandhills Community CollegePinehurst, NC

02/14/2027Sunday3:00 p.m.@ Fayetteville Tech Community CollegeFayetteville, NC

Two closest visits to The Hill !

We were able to find the final score from yesterday afternoon. Camp fell short against Frederick CC – box from FCC site.

Welcome 🙏 to Grey Cup week as we look forward to a trek to Calgary for the Canadian Football League’s Super Bowl 🏈 game !

While I have never been a fan of the term ” Bucket 🪣 List,” there is still one item left I want to check off the list and will do so this Sunday !

I’ve been watching CFL ball since Dad was stationed in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, in the late 1960s. I have even been to a handful of the current stadiums 🏟 but never to the Championship game.

The two best teams in the league this season punched their tickets 🎟 on Saturday afternoon, meaning that the game should be an entertaining one.

The Edmonton Elks were the one CFL team that changed their name in the politically correct manner as the franchise was long known as the Eskimos.

East versus West in its purest form. Big city, French speaking versus the wild, wild west ( 3,500+ kilometers separate the cities ).

Calgary is the host city this year and is home to the Stampede and the village where they hosted the Olympics back in the day (1980s). Banff is just over the mountains from the city

Elks versus Birds 🐦

Only 6 more days !!!

Sunday afternoon on The Hill Vickey Ritchie and Friends gathered to chase inclusion & score some baskets 🧺!!

” Eighteen participating in the scrimmage at the end of “Thanksgiving’s a-comin’”basketball for CCSO today, but first they did an excellent star drill. Now for a break till Nov 22nd! So proud of these players.”

Thank you, Coach Ritchie, and I’m looking forward to seeing 👀 everyone on the 22nd !

Ryan McCafferty takes us inside the lines during his initial season with Carroll County High School 🏫 football 🏈🏈🏈

https://rmccafferty98.substack.com/p/carroll-county-footballs-special?r=8k2p6p&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Ryan McCafferty is in his first year at The Carroll News, and he has seen some stuff !

Here is another opportunity to see 👀 things through his eyes !