We are getting ready for a Wall to Wall Basketball πŸ€ kinda day with Middle School Wrestling 🏫 and Travel Soccer sprinkled in. Three College games and Alumni Games on The Hill, monitoring from Duke – UVA πŸˆπŸˆπŸˆ.

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
Official Schedule πŸ“…
Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse of the Day !

Colossians 3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

Travel Soccer ⚽️ in Winston – Salem
Our Venue
Huge Day for both Anthony Barnes and Howard Mayo today on The Hill !!!

Saved by the Bell πŸ””: The Cavalier College Years will see πŸ‘€ Elijah Cox, Katie Lam and the Smoot Brothers all in action 🎬 today ! Three games to keep an eye πŸ‘ πŸ‘€ on as the day progresses.

Randolph College (Cox ) 2pm at  🏑

Roanoke College (Lam ) 6pm at 🏑

Southwest Virginia CC (Smoots) 3pm at 🏑

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Closing with a Thank You πŸ™ to Allen Worrell, Rick Nester and Vickey Ritchie for their efforts last night πŸŒ™ in regards to keeping our readers in the know with the thrilling 27-21 victory by the 🏈🏈🏈 Cavaliers !!!

Hanging out with the Lady πŸ‘© Blue Devils at The Greenbriar Resort but hoping for the Best back on The Hill as the Cavaliers are set to host the Northside Vikings 🏈🏈. Both set to start at 7pm

Even snuck in a Howard Mayo practice photo πŸ“·!

Sitting in a ball room that has been converted into a Basketball πŸ€ Arena with 1,100 cozy seats.

When the chase of the November schedule πŸ“… came to life last month, this is the one that we had circled with a Sharpe. Yes, there was Paris, France πŸ‡«πŸ‡· and two in Las Vegas, but the palace known as America’s Resort is a special, special place ! We were fortunate enough to celebrate our 30th Anniversary here just over a decade ago and we look for reasons to make the drive πŸš— through the Alleghany Highlands to get here.

Meanwhile, back on The Hill, Carroll County High School 🏫 is hosting a quarterfinal playoff game !

Seth Greer brings his team on to Tommy Thompson Field with a sterling 8-2 mark and Northside sits at 6-4. This is the #4-#5 match-up and the winner πŸ† moves on to face the #1 – Magna Vista unless they are upset by #8 Abingdon.

What Greer and Company have accomplished in a very short period of time has been nothing short of spectacular ! The fresh air of the success wavers across the entire County !!

Let’s play ▢️ Ball x 2 !!

Back Home 🏑 :

We up 6-0. Scored on opening drove and then recovered onside. Mid 1st !!!! Per Allen Worrell

Rick Nester : 6-0, end of 1st

Here, Duke 15, WVU 11

Still 6-0. Northside did not run a play in the 1st quarter. We have 4th and Goal at the 15. – Allen Worrell

Media TO in 2nd – Duke, 19-13 (7:37)

14-0 with 3:40 to go in first half – Coach Nester

Sam McGrady scores on 8 yard run. Easter runs in the 2. We are up 14-0 with 3:42 left in half. NS has ran 3 plays – Allen

Hall’s 43-yard TD pass to Tucker brings Northside within 14-7 o…f Carroll County with 2:33 left in 1st half. – Allen

Halftime score, Duke 23-20…

Carroll County 14-7 @ the Half

Carroll rushed for 215 yards first half. NS ran 6 plays. Despite that, it’s a 14-7 game at intermission -Allen…

Isaiah Logan’s 35-yard TD catch ties Northside up with Carroll County at 14 with 10:05 left in 3rd.

  Klay Dalton’s 6-yard TD run puts Carroll County back in front of Northside 21-14 with 5:40 left in 3rd quarter.

Youseff Elalfy’s 58-yard TD on a fullback counter trap puts Carroll in front of Northside 27-21 with 3:17 to play.

We win 27-21 !!!!!

On to next week !!

The 3rd quarter played by WVU might have been as impressive of a 10 minute stretch that I’ve seen in person.

They tell me that a single Photograph can be worth 1,000 words, this one screams about the size of Floyd County Middle School Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball as week 3 of the season concluded Thursday night on The Hill…

Captains Meeting – Photo πŸ“· Credit : Beth Bouldin.

  Floyd County came to town Thursday night and both the Boys and Girls teams raced out to lightning 🌩 fast starts and never looked back. The Cavalier teams will now look to catch their breath after playing 11 times in the opening 3 weeks.

Kris Richardson and his Girls opened the double header against the visiting πŸƒπŸƒπŸƒ squad and Coach takes us inside the night πŸŒ™.

” Tough loss again tonight. We could have given up after they jumped up 12-0. We hung tough the rest of the 1st half and never gave up. Second half jitters got to us late in the 3rd quarter. After multiple turnovers, they started to pull away. I’m proud of their resilience. I keep starting different lineups to see if we can get a spark.

   We will keep fighting and hopefully learn from our mistakes. It also hurts that Zari Cushman has missed all 3 games this week with concussion symptoms. Praying for a speedy recovery for her.”

The final score was 39-16 (20-5 at the half) and the bonus quarter went to Carroll County by a score of 9-4.

Tuesday evening is the next time that CCMS will return to action 🎬 as the Cavaliers head over to Patrick County to face the Cougars.

Beth Bouldin Photos

Boys πŸ‘¦ Game : Darian Brown coaches 15 hard nosed future Cavaliers and they play with a great deal of energy for all 24 minutes across a game. Gritty, determined,passionate, defensive minded are all ways one could describe the 6-5 Cavaliers. What the team lacks in size, they simply out hustle their opponent, but they struggled Thursday night versus the mass of the Buffaloes.

54-19 was the final score as Floyd County netted 27 points in each of the halves. The fifth quarter played to a 9-9 ,draw to end the evening.

I’m still hoping πŸ™ to add some more information on the Boys game and get the thoughts of Coach Brown later today.

Coach Brown checks in with his thoughts on the night πŸŒ™,

”  Those guys were big! I’m a tall guy and never did I think I would be looking up to players while coaching middle school. Their starting 5 was bigger than our varsity but our guys didn’t back down. We battled the whole game and that’s what I’m most proud of. I think they ran away with it when the Harman kid drained 3 threes in the third. It’s moments like those that we have to get better at preventing.

We are going to bounce back next week and try to go 3-0 through another tough week of games.”

Thank You Coaches !