We knew going in that Glenvar had only ended up on the wrong side of the scoreboard only once this season but we didn’t know their secret recipe. We certainly aren’t wondering that anymore.

Glenvar connected from deep a mind boggling 18 times with 9 different players recording at least one of those shots. Landen Rakes led the charge with 7 makes, finishing up with a game high 22 points.

First let’s take a look at the thoughts of Head Coach Jason Stockner :

” We got off to a good start. We were breaking their press and making our shots on the offensive end.

   Once we missed some shots and started turning the ball over we were hit with an avalanche of threes and couldn’t make enough twos to keep up. We did come out of halftime with a lot of energy and outscored them in the third quarter. Definitely need to defend three point shooters better.

    Looking forward to getting back on the court against James River on Friday.”

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  There’s no hiding from the final score but there were brightspots. Number one being that the Cavaliers never stopped playing.

  We can start with the 3rd quarter – coming out of the break down 52-30, CCHS battled back to take the period 15-14. Four different players scored during the stretch, led by Blake Reed with five of his 12 points and Colton Gravley added four of his team high 17 points.

Hayden Jackson poured in 9 points and Dane Leonard contributed 7 more with the remaining eight points coming from four Cavs adding one basket 🧺 each.

CCHS led 10-8 early but three consecutive 3’s erased the advantage quickly.

Whatever level of Basketball 🏀 you are playing, from Rec Ball through High School 🏫, when a team connects on 18 3-pointers you are going to be running up hill. The best news on the night 🌙 is it only counts as one loss.

Glenvar…..25  27. 14  18 – 84

Carroll…… 15  15  15   8  – 53

The Cavaliers will get right back up on the horse 🐎 Friday night when James River visits The Hill…

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Glenvar is in town and we are closing in on the opening Tap. Per the norm, there will be a running 🏃‍♂️ Blog during the games and later tonight we will produce to game stories.

Christy is back in town so I’m back to sitting behind the scorers table.

Check back early & often…..

End of 1st quarter – Glenvar 25, Cavs 15 after the Highlanders connect 7 times from behind the arc…

We have reached halftime with a score of 52-30. Glenvar has connected 13 times from deep, not sure of the percentage but its pretty high.

Cavaliers captured the 3rd quarter 15-14 but still trail 66-45 as the 3-pointer total made is now at 16.

6:43 – Final score, Glenvar 84, Carroll County 53.

7:10 pm is the estimated Tip for the Varsity game…

7:08 Tip

7:20 – End of 1st, Cavs trail 23-17

7:34 – End of a great 1st Half, Cavs leading 35-33 !!!!

7:56 – End of 3rd – Glenvar 49, Cavs 43

8:24 pm – Final Score, Highlanders 63, Cavaliers 60….

Stories to follow later…

The next 72 hours will present Anthony Barnes and his 15-0 (4-0) Cavaliers the opportunity to create some space between them and the other six teams in the Three Rivers District standings. Both second place Glenvar (5-1) and seventh place James River (0-5) come to town.

  At the end of the week Carroll County will have completed the first half of the District schedule and will either be sitting atop the standings or looking up at Glenvar as the Highlanders have already played Patrick County for the second time.

Both Glenvar and the Cavaliers defeated Floyd County (5-2) with the Highlanders winning 61-59 at home while CCHS prevailed 78-66 under the mounted Buffalo 🐃.

The most recent comparison is that both teams just made their annual trek down to Alleghany High School (3-2). The Cougars prevailed 58-55 over Glenvar eight days ago and on Monday night CCHS closed out a back and forth game with a 9-2 run 🏃‍♂️ in a 72-65 victory.

While it has been fun to watch the 15 straight wins to open the season, tonight has so much more riding on it, outside of victory #16. A home win tonight gives Carroll County a two game lead ➕ the tiebreaker against the entire league.

Friday night 🌙 should be a fun night as the Hall of Fame ceremony will take place between the Junior Varsity and Varsity games against James River. But if you are going to look at Friday night as dessert 🍨, then Wednesday night is about eating your vegetables.

  Come out to the Gym tonight and take in #1 versus #2 hoops. If you do, make sure that you are in your seat 💺 at 5:30 as your 10-4 Junior Varsity team laces them up first. They will be facing a tough 1 loss team and can use the support…

CCHS – 4 wins, 0 losses (-)

Glenvar 5/1 (tied for 1st)

Floyd County 5/2 (1/2 game back)

Alleghany 3/2

Radford 2/4

Patrick County 1/6

James River 0/5

  

  

Carroll had a 3-2 victory over Fort Chiswell tonight in our third match of the season.

All Around 45-35
English 35-70
Math 50-30
Science 83-25
Social Studies 46-65

Join us for Senior Night on Thursday at 5:45 pm in the auditorium before our home match against Grayson.

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Tonight was hard fought on a lot of fronts. All Around had a lot of obscure facts that kept answers at bay and scores low. Connor Beasley was able to secure the win in toss up. English was out to an early lead and played with much more confidence tonight.

Math took the lead and ran with it. Ethan Edwards had several personal points in toss up. Science played close for part of directed, but finally broke away and came close to their season goal of scoring 100 points.

     Heartbreak of the night came in Social Studies. The team was fresh off a win against Galax (who hadn’t lost in over two years), but fell tonight in a flurry of pirate and geography questions that went unanswered. Amid the comeback attempt, Jacob Roberts had his best personal night ever, nailing multiple toss ups.

Senior night is up next at our last home meet on Thursday. We’ll be hosting Grayson County in the auditorium at 6 pm, senior recognitions at 5:45 pm.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 and as always, Thank You 🙏 Mrs. Dalton !

Glenvar – Callie Harris and Raylee Goins led the way with 12 points each as Carroll County rolled past Three Rivers District foe Glenvar, 45-27. The victory comes at the end of an upward swing for the squad and Head Coach Howard Mayo.

”  The girls played well, especially in the 3rd quarter, I thought the 3rd quarter was out of the best quarter all year,” said Mayo. ” We were able to use the press to generate some easy baskets. We had 8 people score for the us tonight with this being the first time all year we had 2 double figure scorer. Hopefully we will continue to see growth through the rest of the year .”

  The teams stormed out of the gate from the opening jump, taking a 9-0 lead. The defense was playing with a laser focus and it led to holding the Highlanders off the board until 1:05 remained in the quarter.

Glenvar pushed back and closed out the first half within 15-14. Both teams went after the ball aggressively all night, leading to a large number of tieups. At the break it looked like this one was going to come down to the final possession.

All of that changed when the Lady Cavaliers stormed out of the lockeroom. By the time the dust settled Carroll County netted 24 points across eight minutes. It was equally important to note that they held the home team to just four points in the third quarter.

Harris and Goins both scored eight points after the break with Goins dropping two of the five made 3-pointers for Carroll County. Natalie Burress (eight points) added two from downtown and CC Mitchell accounting for the final trey.

There was a ninth Lady Cavalier in uniform Tuesday night as Aaliyah Hampton was wearing number 32 after being called up from the Junior Varsity team. Hampton played the final 4:57 and collected a defensive rebound.

Kenzie McMillian added four points and was joined in the scoring column by a trio of teammates with two points. Madison Coleman, Laynie-Jo Leonard and Kenzie Young each contributed to the victory.

Carroll County JV did not play Tuesday night as the Highlanders do not have a team this season.

Both Lady 👩 Cavalier squads will return to the I-81 North corridor Thursday night when they travel another 20 miles further to Buchanan for games at James River High School 🏫.

End of story for The Carroll News…

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I’m sure the ride back from Glenvar will be a fun ride for the faithful family 👪 members who made the trek up !!!