3 was the magic number last night across the Three Rivers District as there were three matches played with each of the contests being a 3 game sweep. Don’t forget that each squad now has three matches remaining in the regular season.
It’s Volleyball 🏐 night 🌙 and the Cavilers have made one of the rare “short” drives by hoping on the bus and trekking the 38 miles Northeast to Radford High.
We have entered the final two weeks of the regular season and today has arguably been the coldest day in the area since the beginning of Spring. It’s time to head inside the Bobcat Den and cheer on the Cavs !
Good News , Bad News in regards to the tempature in the Gymnasium. It is warmer inside for sure but no one in the building would call it warm. The JV Match is set to get underway at 5:30pm.
5:33 – underway
5 straight points give CCHS a 6-2 lead
TO Radford, Cavilers lead 10-4!
Cavs 14-5
Cavs 20-10
TO – CCHS, lead trimmed to 22-14
5:52 – Cavilers capture Game 1 25-15
GAME #2
Radford, 6-4
Radford 10-8
Tied at 12-12
TO – Radford as CCHS takes the lead at 13-12
Cavs on a run, now lead 21-12
Lead pushed to 22-14 before string snapped
Another 25 – 15 victory, Sweep is complete!
20 minutes now on the clock ⏰
VARSITY Game #1
CCHS races out to a 7-0 lead and Radford calls a timeout.
9-0, 10-0 and 14-3
20-8, the Cavilers are On Fire 🔥
In a TO with the Cavilers up 23-9
Game #1 to CCHS!
Game #2
CCHS 7-2 lead
CCHS 10-5 (7:09pm)
Radford TO, Cavilers up 12-5
CCHS ahead 20-10
Game point, 24-13
Game 2 is in the Books 📚!, Cavilers up 2-0
GAME #3 –
CCHS 4-1
Radford TO, Cavs fell behind 1-0 before running off 6 straight ahead of the TO
13 – 3 has been trimmed to 13-7
17-11 as once again Radford tries to dig their way out of a HUGE early hole.
At the end of 2020 my Wife Linda and I moved to beautiful Laurel Fork located in the southwest part of equally beautiful Carroll County.
I immediately went in search for a way that we could give back to the residents of our new home but wasn’t sure what was going to be the answer as to just how to accomplish this.
The first thing that I pursued was trying to find a way to link up with Carroll County High School. Year one I set aside every Friday night 🌙 in the fall to follow the Cavilers Varsity football team.
Two things immediately jumped out to me with the first being just how far the teams had to travel over the 10 week schedule. The second one was just how competitive the team was every step of the way. The final record was 2-8 but six of the eight losses were by the slimmest of margins.
Outside of the games with Radford and Glenvar the Cavilers found themselves in a position to win the game when the clock ⏰ read 0:00. I used the MaxPreps app to share the results in live time with anyone who knows the app exists.
I had a starting point but it only involved one of the multitude of teams that wear the colors so there was plenty of work still to do.
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Hagen Giles is the General Manager of the Olde Mill Resort where we reside and Hagen is someone who I have a great deal of respect for so anytime we get to visit I listen closely to every word. Hagen was kind enough to listen to my vision and he was aware of my efforts with MaxPreps and the football team.
Hagen mentioned to me that how much the Parents and Grandparents could benefit from having the results and other information from the games because not everyone has the ability to travel around the region to keep up with everything.
Today is a great example in that the Junior Varsity match for the Volleyball 🏐 team gets underway in Radford at 5:30pm. A person would need to leave before 4pm to watch the match and support the team.
Someone would need to be off from work already, have a few gallons of gasoline ⛽ in the tank and then there’s the $7 cost for a ticket.
Now I have an idea 💡that I think could be a wonderful, wonderful tool 🔧 for everyone in the County community that has an interest in CCHS sports.
A number of issues immediately jump out such as trying to get the project started from ground zero. The goal is to have a site that has results from any / all Cavilers sports contest and the site would be free and available for all to enjoy. Coaches would have the opportunity to submit stats that can be shared in a manner that simply doesn’t currently exist at this point.
Then there is the effort of trying to convince skeptics that will wonder what I am going to get around to sell people. My efforts are part of a Bigger Picture that falls under a Non-profit organization but we can get deeper into that later as its getting closer to begin the trek up to Radford.
Glenvar and Carroll County moved their match scheduled for tonight was held last night 🌙 so that left a gap on the Calender for tonight so its Alleghany at Radford as a fill-in. CCHS has faced both schools one time already with the rematches slated for the next two weeks.
I could try and chalk this up to advance scouting but the reality is far from that. It’s just another chance to shine a positive light on some of our Three River District neighbors.
JV Match underway right on time and AHS has an early 15-12 lead.
AHS 23-12
Game #1 to the visitors
Bobcats lead 12-9 in Game 2
Alleghany completes the sweep
20 minutes on the clock ⏰
652pm – Game Time
AHS leads 10-7
Bobcats force a TO, now leading 16-11
Radford 23-20
Radford takes Game #1, 25-20
Game 2 – 10 All
AHS TO – trailing 21-13
25-15 in Game 2
Timeout AHS, Radford leads 13-8 in Game 3
25-10 is the final in Game #3
Your Cavilers will be here in Radford next Tuesday night 🌙
In the other District match on Thursday night James River captured its third straight match by defeating Floyd County. The schedule had the team play District matches on three consecutive nights and after starting league play at 0-3 they are now back to .500 at 3-3.
By comparison to James River and Alleghany its a short trip for CCHS to make the loop up to Glenvar but its still a healthy school bus ride for the two VB squads.
The action is set to get underway at 5:30pm and we will do our best to keep you in the know from start to finish. Four regular season matches will remain at the end of the evening for the Lady Cavilers.
JV Match underway at 5:38
Timeout Carroll County, trailing 7-2
2nd TO – Glenvar up 15-5
Game #1 goes to the Highlanders, 25-9
Game #2
Cavs take a 5-3 lead early!
Cavs remain up 11-9
CCHS leads 14-13
Cavs push lead to 17-13, Glenvar calls a TO
Remarkable bounce back from Game #1
CCHS TO – score tied at 17
CCHS 20-19
21-21
22-22
23 All
Timeout Cavilers, trailing 24-23
Such an impressive 👏 bounce back for Carroll County in Game 2.
Glenvar holds on for a 28-26 victory to close out the match. If there’s such a thing as a Moral victory in Sports we just witnessed one, after dropping a lopsided opening game the Lady Cavilers bounced back in a big way.
25 minutes on the clock ⏰ now as the Varsity squads have taken the court.
705pm – GameTime
Glenvar 6-2
Cavs TO, down 9-3
Glenvar leads 16-6
Cavs TO at 17-6
Glenvar 22-12
Game #2
Glenvar 6-1, Cavs timeout
Looking back at the Glenvar results for the season up to this point it turns out that not only have the Highlanders yet to face a Game 5 just Giles has managed to force a fourth game.
Glenvar up 15-5
Timeout CCHS, trailing 18-5
Cavilers string together a few points before falling 25-9 in Game 2 (7:43)
CCHS gets a much better start in Game 3, tied 7-7
CCHS TO, down 10-7
Just realized that the score can’t be updated on Max Preps because they still have the match being played tomorrow.
8 unanswered points for Glenvar makes it 15-7
20-10
24-13
25-14 is the final score at 8:04 pm.
CCHS put up a good effort but came up short versus the #1 ranked team in Class 2 for the State of Virginia.
Carroll County gets an extra day off now and returns to the court next Tuesday evening in Radford versus the Bobcats.
Highlight of the night 🌙 came in Game 2 of the JV Match.
Highlight #2 – is the matches with Glenvar are now in the rear view mirror.
Max Preps is working on the schedule correction and the scores will be posted once they can be.
12 and Under Rec League (Roanoke County) were playing football under the bright lights when I departed from the Gym.
I can only imagine just how cool 😎 the youngsters think playing on a turf field under the lights and in front of one of the prettier settings in the region.
Glenvar 30-8 over visiting Salem late in the 3rd quarter.
James River upsets the Ladder portion of the standings by upsetting Radford tonight at home in four games.
Both squads finish the first half of the district season at 2-3 with both of James River’s win coming in the last 48 hours.
Through the eyes of a Greater Fool 