CCMS 8th grade girls won this evening against the Scott Memorial Middle School 11-6.

It was super cold but they did great!

Thank You Ma’am and Congratulations 👏 to the younger Lady 👩 Cavaliers !

For those of you who might use the Parkway as a means to get to and from, please 🙏 note that the road, East of US-52 is still in rough shape as of this morning 🌄.

The wind storm that blew through the area has a multitude of large trees 🌳 and branches down. Enough of them that the gate blocking the road is hidden in the photo 📷, above.

Spotswood High School 🏫 held high flying Northside to just 26 points over the first three quarters and was able to push its lead out to 20 points in the second half.

  Northside HS matched its 26 points in a crazy attempt to make a game of it but it proved to be too little, too late.

64-52 final,  Spotswood.

Anthony Barnes says Hopewell will be too much for Spotswood in the Championship game next Saturday so that should be a fun one !

Region 3D is still alive on the Girls side as Lord Botetourt completed the Hat 👒 Trick by defeating Spotswood for a third time this season.

   Tonight at 7:45 pm Carroll County High School Boys Basketball 🏀 will take the floor at Pulaski County High School to play Cave Spring for a second time this season. The teams first met almost two months ago on another neutral court over at Floyd County.

CCHS moved their mark to 10-0 that day with a 15 point victory over a solid well coached team. This time will be different because the winner 🏆 advances to the State Tournament and the other will make arrangements to return their jerseys.

Six Seniors and Six Juniors combine to fill out the roster of the 22-1 club. Tonight is the Regional Semi-final between our #2 Cavs and #3 Cave Spring. It will be game two on the night as #1 Northside opens play against #5 Hidden Valley.

Four starters and two reserves will be cap their time on The Hill by reaching the Hoops Promise Land tonight. One more victory guarantees two more opportunities to wear the uniform for Head Coach Anthony Barnes.

The team has already moved past the disappointment of watching Davis Reitzel crumble to the floor last season during the District tournament. The injury led to the loss that knocked the #1 seed Cavaliers out of the post season in the opening game. A few weeks later the Class 3 State crown 👑 stayed within the Region as Northside celebrated at the end of the season.

  Two years ago the question was how will the team fair without 6’5 Elijah Cox after the team fell at Tunstall. Last year it was Davis Reitzel that played his last game against Abingdon. Both of those teams had other Seniors but those were the Big Two.

This season has been different as its been a TEAM effort on both ends of the floor. Five players taking turns leading the way, a balanced attack that exists because of unselfish attitudes.

  One more victory over a familiar opponent and the team gets to travel back to the Land of Fazollis, also known as Dublin, Virginia. Not only do they get a shot at a third Regional banner but it also guarantees a game next Tuesday night.

Barnes has referred to the season as The Last Dance 💃from the beginning. Here’s hoping that the Cavaliers will avoid returning their uniforms for a while yet.

Win or Lose tonight, its been a fun experience to ride on the Cavalier Express the past few months. If you are going to head up Highway 100 later, please remember to bring your Pride !

Star Aquatics senior and junior swimmers from Reeves with coach Austin Wood.

   The pool was fast today and results were good.When looking at individual results, keep in mind that this meet featured hundreds of swimmers with teams traveling from near and far.     

We crossed paths at this meet with some of our VHSL competitors who swim with Virginia Gators.

This meet is a prelim/ finals for the older swimmers.

  Everyone swims in the morning and the top 24 fastest swimmers plus 8 more top times from ages 13-14 swim again in finals in the evening.

   Bradley Dalton: 17th 400 IM (PR); 81st 50 Free (PR); 39th 100 Breaststroke (PR); 43rd 100 Fly

   Will Dalton: 57th 500 Free (PR); 145th 50 Free (PR); 72nd 100Fly (PR); 103rd 200 Free (PR)Notable that Will dropped 26 seconds on his 200 Free.

Galax Swimmers
Thomas Fant: 139th 50 Free; 64th 100 BreastVivian Fant: 156th 50 Free; 75th 100 Fly; 133rd 200 Free

  Sophia Chavez: 47th 50 Free; 54th 100 Breaststroke (PR); 42nd 100 Fly (PR)

  Briar Sessions: 23rd 500 Free; 62nd 50 Free; 25th 100 Fly; 27th 200 Free

Briar was the only swimmer from the group to make finals tonight. He swam in finals for 100 Fly.

  Briar is a bit of a specialist in Fly, having made appearances at age group champs in Fly events.

Both Daltons, Sessions, and Chavez all swam in 200 Free Relays today as well.    

The Daltons finished 17th and 21st in relays. Sessions relay was 10th. Chavez swam on the 11th place womens team.

There’s one more day of swimming tomorrow, but we are sitting it out in favor of Christmas festivities.

Thank You Mrs. Dalton for shining a light on so many !