Cavaliers – Pioneers, Take 2!!! Trying hard to gather enough knowledge about the doubleheader tonight to get Barnes and Company a proper game story ! Running πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Blog

Old Friend, Greg Talley checks in 1st..

Cavs jv win 28 – 21 !!!

Thanks Greg !

That should mean that we have tip-off around the top of the hour for Varsity !

Fort 8-2 early.

Next to check in is Samantha Lark-Smith

First 8:00 minutes not to our liking but its still really early !

Cavs chipping away 31-22 4 minutes left till half !!!

45 – 28 Fort at the break. Strategy has been double up Isaiah Easter every time he touches the ball.

20-17 Fort in the second quarter….

Cavs back within 8 47-39, Barnes coaching them up !

Fort on a 8-0 run now 55 – 39

64 – 44 Fort after 3rd (19-16, Fort)

Cavs making a run 68-53 fort!!!

75-60 fort
1:43 to go

23-19 Cavaliers in the 4th

What happens next is after Coach Barnes gets back home 🏑 he will add some thoughts and then with the scorebook we will create a game story !

Thank You Greg Talley, Thank You Samantha Lark – Smith….

More tomorrow !!!

The back half of our Saved by the Bell πŸ”” doubleheader has Elijah Cox and Randolph playing down in Greensboro !

Elijah Cox has been busy during the opening 10 minutes ! 4 points and 4 rebounds already in the books πŸ“š but the Wildcats are trailibg 19-12 with 6:16 to play in the first half.

More 2 Follow….

7 points, 5 rebounds and its tied at 22-22 !

19 of the 20 minutes played..7 points and 6 rebounds…Wildcats trail 27-25..

2nd half is underway now in Greensboro !

7 points, 9 rebounds but down 10 at Under 12 to play ▢️.

Lead/ deficit down to four and Cox with 9 & 9 !!!

Under 8:00 TO, 41-45 and Elijah flirting with a double – double.

11 rebounds now, 5:00 to play, down 4

Under 4:00, down 55-49

9 points & 12 rebounds while playing 39+ of 40 minutes !!!

When the Carroll County High – Fort Chiswell Boys πŸ‘¦Basketball πŸ€ game turned into an Instant Classic, it wasn’t on anyone’s Bingo Card that the rematch would be the next game played ! Tonight its The Fort & The Hill Part 2 so buckle up…

Photo πŸ“· Credit : Samantha Lark Smith

Fort Chiswell : After our 96-95 victory back on December 3rd, Anthony Barnes had some games on the slate to tend to before taking our team up US – 52 to invade the Fort. But Mother Nature had other plans and now its time for Round 2.

This time around the home court advantage belongs to the 3-1 Pioneers but hopefully πŸ™ enough folks will make the short drive across the County line to give our team a fighting chance.

There’s no way that the back end can live up to the first go-around, right ? Don’t bet against it as the Cavaliers will be hungry from not having played a game in almost two full weeks !

Take the Highway or take the scenic route, but either way, bring your energy !!

In a life full of challenges, one Big one is not being from somewhere.. Today’s steps πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈare going to be home grown !

We are getting ready to roll into our sixth year in the Village that we call home, Olde Mill. We love life in Olde Mill and often refer to it as our little Hamlet β™₯.

Olde Mill is a suburb of Laurel Fork and just like back on Waltons Mountain β›°, when we need to head to the Big City, its West to Hillsville or South to Mount Airy.

It’s okay that year six will begin without ” being ” from Carroll County. It’s simply a life long obstacle that traces back 62 years to my Father πŸ‘¨ being stationed in Lemoore, California. Little town with a Naval Base located just outside of Fresno.

Dad was sent to Virginia ( Tidewater) for the first time by my third Birthday πŸŽ‚, so the ties to California were pretty limited and since then its been a lifetime full of new locations. The first handful get pinned on the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Navy ( 11 schools 🏫 in 12 years), the next handful can be put towards trying hard to find ways to feed our Kids by going wherever there was an opportunity for work.

Category three falls under what I call having an expiration date on my forehead. My tendency is to wear folks out with my never being in a casual manner. There’s always an opportunity to make someone smile and lift their spirits with a random act of kindness πŸ’–.

Just a thought or two for some of the folks that have stumbled across our site over the past week. The idea πŸ’‘ is to create a “Safe ” place to visit and catch up on all of the wonderful events taking place in and around a place I like to call “The Hill “

With all of that said, let’s loop back to Carroll County by acknowledging that our Friend, Marion Harris had his first day of School 🏫 yesterday. Big Day for him but let’s switch to the Kiddo that I call Half Pint.

Here’s the list of things that Callie Harris has accomplished in the last 72+ hours. Getting her Dad ready for School has to be on the list but from there :

Played in the Fellowship of Christian ✝️ Athletes All-Star 🌟 game under the guidance of Cindy Edwards.

Performed on Saturday night πŸŒ™ under the guidance  of Patricia Lineberry
On Sunday, performed in a Church β›ͺ play
On Monday night, scored a career High of 21 points to lead the Howard Mayo coached Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers to a victory !

Gotta get back to my steps πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ but that was a fun recap of a neat young Lady and her 72 hours !!

Our Half Pint !