While the weather has grounded the High School 🏫. Cavaliers this week the trio of former players currently playing in College continue their seasons.

Alyssa Ervin (Freshman – Elon) recorded 15 minutes of playing time Friday night as the Phoenix hosted Hampton. Six points on three of four shooting ➕ one assist, one rebound and one steal was the line score for the 5’11 Ervin.

  The 15 minutes of playing time in a contested game might be the most relevant number on the sheet as Ervin continues to work her way onto the court. Elon (8-6) will return to action 🎬 next Friday (1/17) when they host Stony Brook

Elijah Cox (Sophomore – Rsndolph) was in action last night as well.

The Wildcats rallied after falling behind 11-0 but fell short at the end, 89-82 at home. Cox appeared in the box score but did not score.

  The team returns to action next Wednesday on the road at Bridgewater College.

Katie Lam ( Freshman – Roanoke College) last played Wednesday night as the team evened its ODAC record at 2-2 with a victory over Virginia Wesleyan.

  The team is slated to play ▶️ later today in Winchester, Virginia at Shenandoah University.

Last Saturday afternoon Carroll County High School Boys 👦 Basketball 🏀 defeated a tough Cave Spring team to improve to a perfect 10-0 on the season.

Led by unselfish offense and harassing defense, Head Coach Anthony Barnes was leading a team that was playing with confidence. The question was about who would be the team that could possibly derail the Hype Train 🚂 (Thanks, Dr.Pepper).

  Sadly, Coach Barnes finally met his match as his Cavaliers went 0-4 this week. The team had no answer against a familiar foe – Mother Nature. The team had three games on the schedule on Monday, Tuesday and Friday (@ Glenvar) ➕ they took a second run at hosting Galax on Thursday.

   The sudden backlog of games to be made up between now and mid- February is the kind of things that will add grey hair to the head of CCHS Athletic Director, Kevin DeHaven. Especially when you realize that the Varsity Boys 👦 is just one of several teams that compete in the Winter season.

  There’s no different answer as to when the Senior Six will get to resume their version of their ” Last Dance ” but I’m sure they are hoping to not face Mother Nature again in the coming weeks. See, Mom has Game and doesn’t mess around.

  The games with Alleghany and Glenvar are district contests and will be a priority to reschedule. The Home and Home versus Galax is just good clean fun that we hope will still happen 🙏

Don’t forget that the JV team hasn’t played in forever and they would like to play too !

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Head Coach West Long – by my thought process has the toughest job on The Hill when it comes to running 🏃‍♂️ a program. This thought process is what pushes me to try my best to assist his efforts whenever possible.

  After a big assist from Coach Rick Nester in getting life back in its proper order after our extended absence, I went searching for Coach West and almost didn’t recognize his new look.

  The latest obstacle for Coach and his program is the Weather forecast. The team was set to compete on The Hill five times this season with the Crown 👑 jewel being a Tournament on Saturday morning.

  Long has already lost two of the five home dates 📅 and a third one is in danger but the good news is/was that the Big Event still had a Green Light for Saturday. I was / am looking forward to trying to help out with the proceedings but now both of us are reduced to watching 👀 the weather play out.

  The official call 📞 of Yes or No is set to be made at 10:00 Friday morning. While the scheduling has created road blocks this winter, the program has made MAJOR strides on two fronts.

  Carroll Wrestling Club is the current name for the monumental part of building a strong program 💪. Having it in place is a Huge success and the fact that there are now five Lady 👩 Cavalier Wrestlers is equally newsworthy for Long & Company.

  We are in Year 2 of an 18 year plan and its exciting that visible progress has been made and Long knows that the journey has just begun as far as the Big Picture goes. Long also credits the folks at Abingdon High School 🏫 and Radford High School for positive assistance in getting the ball rolling.

  Saturday morning 🌄, Coach Long and his staff, his Wrestlers and myself hope to be in the Gymnasium hosting a CCHS Wrestling event. All we need is a little help from Mother Nature…