Carroll County (13-10) faces a second straight when or go 🏡 moment tonight when they make the short trek up to Christiansburg (19-3).

Head Coach Cindy Edwards and her team earned the right to play tonight by sweeping William Byrd, 3-0 .at home on Saturday afternoon.

We know that the Cavaliers have finished up the home portion of their schedule now but still hope to continue its post season run 🏃‍♂️.

A victory tonight would allow the team to take on the #1 seed in the Region, assuming that Hidden Valley takes care of Cave Spring.

Wrestling Head Coach West Long has been busy for the entire off season and now its time to actually get to focus on the actual season.

Above is the Varsity schedule and below is the Middle School 🏫 Schedule.

Coach Long is easy to pull for as he and his staff try to bring a sense of Pride to the Carroll County Wrestling Room.

The team participated in a pre-season tournament over the weekend and Coach checked in with the results:

High School Division
Name – weight class – placed
Shawn Bernal – 120lb class – 2nd
Mathius Jones – 175lb – 2nd
James Mendez-Guzman – 190lb – 1st
Louis Marshall – 215lb – 1st place
Preston Farmer – HWT – 1st place
Greg Mendez-Guzman – HWT – 2nd place

Middle School Division
Hunter Lineberry – 125lb – 3rd
Jackson Eades – 150lb – 1st

This was a Good tournament to get back into the swing of things! These athletes have been busting their tail all off-season and it is paying off. There were not as many entries into the tournament this weekend, however it doesn’t matter if you have 1 opponent or 30 opponents in a day. We will always put in the work, show up, and compete to our fullest abilities! There are some Big things happening in the wrestling room at Carroll County.

“Always Forward, Never Outworked!”
Coach Long…

We will continue to attempt to assist Coach Long in his 15-year plan !

Alyssa Ervin and the Elon Phoenix are set to host High Point University in a Division 1 Women’s Basketball 🏀 game. It’s been a Hot 🔥 Minute since a Carroll County High School 🏫 graduate 🎓 laced them up for a College Basketball 🏀 game at the Top Level.

The four year ride that Ervin ( now pushing 6 feet tall) and the Lady 👩 Cavaliers took the community on is behind us now. Gone, but not forgotten might be the best way to say it. The level of success that Ervin will find going forward is yet to be determined but I’m proud to say that I’m pulling for her to find the level of success.

See, when are Driven to a point where people might be put off by your level of caring and passion, the natural thought process is to seek out others that are the same way. That’s the bond between the path that Ervin is on and my own.

Chasing something with everything you have can be a lonely journey. Tonight is Game 1 of Year 1 of that journey and because of the size of the stage, it will be easy enough to follow.

Tonight our #1 will be wearing #3 and while we won’t know the outcome for years to come, I wouldn’t bet against Ervin accomplishing her goals.

One of the things that will assist Ervin is the Love and Support of her Family 👪. There are going to be struggles along the way when you go from being the Big Fish 🐟 in the Little Pond versus the Little Fish in the incredibly large Ocean.

One of the most important things that someone can have is a circle of Support. There’s a big ole check ✔ in that box 📦 for Ervin, two generations worth and they will be there for her every step 🚶‍♂️of the journey.

Four Amazing seasons that included two State Championship Wins and two close calls look impressive 👏 on a resume. It opens doors 🚪to a place like Elon University and tonight a very talented and DRIVEN young Lady 👩 is going to walk through said door. Six ➕ hours until Tip Off…

Go Elon, Go Alyssa and don’t forget to take the time to enjoy the journey!