The Day before Thanksgiving will be a busy one in the Land of the Cavaliers as five teams will be doing their thing.

Coach Anthony Barnes will get the festivities started as his team will be practicing in the Gymnasium from 7am – 9am.

Coach Jason Stockner and his JV team will follow suit from 9am until 11am

9:30 is the listed start time for Coach Kayla Nester’s JV Girls 👧 to begin their scrimmages up in Wytheville.

Next up will be Coach Marc Motley and the Varsity Girls 👧 getting their day underway at 10:00 am.

Later today Wrestling Coach West Long will be in the Gymnasium on the Hill at 6pm with the public invited to attend.

When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again ! Welcome 🙏 to the Middle School 🏫! Leaky roof at the High School Gym

Turns out we are playing our Hoops a few miles down the road at the Middle School 🏫. Report to follow !

5:30 scheduled tip….

Varsity waiting their turn..

Cavs take the first quarter 15-11

My unofficial JV roster…

Cavs 17-16 (H)

Cavaliers open the 3rd with a 6-0 run 🏃‍♂️ with Dane Leonard scoring four points.

Coach Barnes hard at work during the JV game !

33-20 after 3rd…. Hayden Jackson with 13 points to lead the Cavs

6:20 – (F) – JV Wins 40-24

Our unofficial score page & Roster. All 12 Cavaliers played and 7 scored.

6:40 pm – Tip

12-2 lead early !

14-8 end 1st

Score back to 0-0 for the second half.

Cavs 9-5, 14-10, 20-12, 20-13( TO 1:17)

Cavs roll in the third 31-14

7:52 pm – 2nd half score 41-27

Overall 79 – 47

13 Three Balls, 7 by Bryce

Back in Laurel Fork to find a few Korean pictures 📷 from Greg Talley

Greetings from Elliston, Virginia as our JV & Varsity Boys 👦 Basketball 🏀 teams are preparing for a second scrimmage!

Last night 🌙 it was the Girls 👧 teams playing in our Gymnasium and tomorrow night 🌙 it will be the Wrestling team on the Hill but tonight is all about Boys 👦 Hoops.

Quick recap from last night 🌙 – Kayla Young led a stifling JV defensive effort in Kayla Nester’s 50-18 victory over visiting Eastside High School 🏫. Young finished with an unofficial game high 20 points and Raylee Goins added 9 with Ashlyn Martin and Kenzie McMillan both adding 6.

Defensively all nine of the Lady 👩 Cavaliers smothered the visiting Spartans, holding them to 5,4,6 and 3 points in the seven minute quarters.

In the Varsity game a pair of teams that both made it to the Siegal Center at the end of last season tangled for 32 minutes and then played an additional eight minutes for good measure. Carroll County finished registration with a 77-55 victory over the Class 1 State runner up.

Elon bound Alyssa Ervin netted an unofficial 41 points and was joined in double figures by Katie Lam. Lam connected on four three pointers to finish with 12 on the night 🌙.

Marion Harris was still in the building for the extra eight minutes and reported that the visitors won the bonus frame 7-2.

A number of underclassmen made their Varsity debut, including Callie Harris, Laiken Burnett, Bailey Allen, Corrie Delp, Savannah Swecker and Casey Young. Amie Delp was also on the bench but not dressed out due to an injury.

Our Bus 🚌 will be arriving shortly and we will be heading inside !

Fun note 📝 – for the second time in the three year run 🏃‍♂️ the streak has reached 100 Days !

5:00 pm – Game Time for the Junior Varsity Girls 👧 Basketball 🏀 program vs Eastside

Photo 📷 credit to Kevin Burress..

Varsity over the shoulder of the Junior Varsity.

JV takes the first quarter 12-5

22-9 @ the Break !

The very definition of unofficial scoring, if anyone sees a misque please 🙏 point it out.

Will be adding more as the evening progresses.

End of 3rd quarter –

2023-2024 Lady 👩 Cavaliers

Varsity starts at 6:13

Cavs score 20 in the opening 8 minutes – 6 of the 10 players scored led by Alyssa Ervin with 9.

31-18 halfway through the second quarter. Eastside scores 6 unanswered before the Cavaliers right the ship 🚢 (31-24)

6:46 – Halftime – 35/26 Cavs

Marion Harris is checked in with some first half photos 📷

6:56 – Start of the 3rd quarter…

TO – CCHS, 38-32 (5:24)

54-40 Cavaliers (0:53.7)

Eastside was the Class 1 State Runner Up last season, falling to Rappahannock County in the Finals.

Final minute – 75-54…

We have reached the end of regulation but they might be playing a little more after the fact.

Highly unofficial scoring….

Fun evening in the Gymnasium !