The Hill – After a quick stop at the Auxiliary Gym that led to a visit for both Anthony Barnes and Howard Mayo, we are now Courtside for two games between Carroll County Middle School and visiting Blacksburg.
End of the first six minutes – Blacksburg 4, Carroll County 3 (4:50)
More to follow…
26 – 5 after 3rd
End of regulation – Bears 🐻 28, Cavaliers 14. Teams will now play an exhibition quarter.
Extra Quarter ends in a 5-5 tie 👔
6pm
AXTON – Bassett High School hosted the annual Class 3D Regional Cross Country meet on Thursday and three Cavaliers represented Carroll County High School.
The weather was picture perfect and that is a rarity for the event. Two years ago in Bristol it was in the 30’s and Coach Montgomery remembera a time a few years back when it was in the 90’s in Axton.
Amelia Forsyth was the lone representative for the Lady Cavaliers as she has been for the past two seasons. While Cross Country runners compete on their own during the race, they have the preparation time with five of their teammate.
Forsyth has been competing for the past three seasons is aware that she has been flying solo and has made the mental adjustment.
” It’s disheartening at times but not as bad as it could be,” noted the Junior Forsyth. ” It’s really fun to support the Middle School runners because there are so many of them competing.”
Forsyth placed inside the Top 50 and was happy to finish the race after struggling to do so her previous trip over.
Senior Trenton Newman has been running track under the guidance of Montgomery in the past few Springs but the Senior is new to the sport of Cross Country. His Coach was highly impressed by how easily that Newman took to things, especially in regards to leadership.
” Trenton continued to improve his time from race to race, which is hard to do for an entire season,” said Montgomery. ” But where he really shined was the way he led the younger runners.”
Will Dalton is a Freshman and comes from a family with an aquatic family but his Mother, Shannon Dalton explains, he loves a new challenge.
” Will is always willing to try something new,” noted teacher and Mom, Shannon Dalton. ” If he sees an opportunity, he will pursue it with everything he has.”
Montgomery added that because of his busy schedule, Will has to practice on his own quite a bit.
” Will is doubling up with playing in the School band so he has to get his workout in around that,” added Montgomery. ” You have to have a great deal of discipline to self-practice.”
As the final page of the season is now in the books, Montgomery can focus on the future of the program. Forsyth will slide into the Senior leadership role and his Middle School teams have strength in numbers.
🏀 CCMS Game day! 🏀
@ home
Girls tipoff at 4:30pm,
Boys play immediately following
Both playing Blacksburg
Let’s go Cavs! 💙🩶🤍
Thank You Mrs Bouldin !
Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Today will begin for us at the Cross Country Regional meet over in Axton as Head Coach Shawn Montgomery takes his trio of dedicated runners 🏃♂️to their biggest meet.
Stop ✋#2 will be a quick hit at Carroll County High School 🏫 to check in with Anthony Barnes as he prepares for his season opener by practicing with Fort Chiswell.
Stop ✋ #3 – Carroll County Middle School for Kris Richardson and Darian Brown as both teams look to build on their seasons in Game #2
Also, Seth Greer and his Cavaliers will look to earn a seventh victory of the season when they host Martinsville. My guess its been a while since Carroll County secured win #7 in a season !
Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌 and Go Cavaliers !
There was high energy in the Gymnasium as both Kris Richardson and Darian Brown made their 2025 – 2026 Coaching debuts. Richardson and his Lady Cavaliers were being assisted by Steve Martin and Brown by Assistant Coach Garrett Reitzel.
The scoreboard will show that both of our younger Cavaliers fell short against Scott Memorial Middle School but one would not know it by the sound of excitement in the voice of Coach Richardson afterwards.
” I am on cloud ☁️ nine right now,” said Richardson. ” We took them to an AAU tournament down in Winston – Salem to get them some game experience and it showed tonight. We struggled a little early but once they gained a little confidence, we were able to close the gap.”
Scott Memorial had their way in the opening six minutes and when the horn sounded, Carroll County trailed 10-0. The second six let the visitors know that they were in a battle. The deficit reached 17-4 before the Lady Cavaliers started to climb back and by the end they came within two possessions of tying the contest.
It was a pleasure to finally meet Coach Brown and his wife tonight before I went out to Galax for a Special Olympics Basketball event. A number of people have spoke very highly of the personable young man and he lived up to their kind words!
The things that were different about tonight – knowing that I couldn’t stay past 6pm because of a previous commitment, the coverage for the Girls was abbreviated but know that Kris and his Lady Cavaliers will be covered like they are the SHOWTIME Lakers. Why ? Because that’s what friends do for each other.
At the same time, I hope to work with Coach Brown this season but like every other Coach, it will be his call.
More from tonight…
Running Blog during the game…
Welcome to Opening Night 🌙 and the Stars 🌟 are out here on The Hill !
Note – The Boys played a fifth quarter afterwards with Carroll County outscoring Scott Memorial 7-5
A.S.P.N on The Hill 