Kris Richardson never doubted his Middle School 🏫 Girls πŸ‘§ Basketball πŸ€ team, even at 1-11, then sure enough down the stretch it was only Mother Nature that could slow his Lady Cavaliers down !Latest victory came on Wednesday night at Fort Chiswell, 29-27…

There’s a reason why Kris Richardson is both a Friend and a Neighbor of mine. The two of us don’t have time for self-doubt in our lives so when we set out to make sure we provided coverage for his season, we knew we would never see Kris flinch.

Even on the night that the team saw its record drop to 1-11, Kris knew it was just a matter of time before his team would turn the corner.

Once the train πŸš† reached full steam ahead, it took an act from Mother Nature (pictured above ) to slow down the Richardson Express. A series of games fell from the schedule during the recent winter storms and unlike the High School teams, there’s simply no time built in to make up games.

Richardson was feeling fortunate enough that one of the postponed games was added back as the season has been extended one day and the team will travel up to Blacksburg Thursday night.

The latest victory lifted the squad to 6-12-4 with one to play.

‘ We earned a 29-27 win over Ft. Chiswell tonight,” said Richardson. ” After almost a 2 week layoff we barely squeaked by tonight. We had good effort for about a half. Fortunately, we got a lead and were able to hold on. They took the lead late but we showed resilience and fought back. Good enough for the win tonight but we have to play better tomorrow.”

Zari Cushman once again led the offense with 16 of the 29 points. Natalie Dalton added seven points. Briley McGhee( 4 points) and Kierra Robinson ( 2 points) both added clutch baskets 🧺 in the contest.

Beth Bouldin Photo πŸ“·

Tomorrow evening would be incorrect, now that its past Midnight back home 🏑 so we’ll say later today, the Battling Lady Cavaliers will wrap up their season on the road.

I need to give Beth Bouldin an extra Thank You πŸ™ for all of her assistance with providing coverage for the Girls team as her Son plays on the Boys team under Darian Brown. It’s a special person who would willingly take on extra responsibility in an already to busy World 🌎.

We are ready to start our Basketball πŸ€ Triple Header as the Lady πŸ‘© Trailblazers of Utah Tech host Chicago State here in St. George and back on The Hill we have Middle School 🏫 Hoops x 2 !!!

Let’s Go !

If you are new to one of our running πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ Blog posts πŸ“«, here’s what you are looking at – Beth Bouldin will be sending me notes πŸ“ and pictures πŸ“· from the Middle School 🏫 action and later on I use the information that this Kind Lady provides, sprinkle a bit of my own take and then check βœ” with Darian Brown and Kris Richardson in order to complete a game story.

  The key πŸ”‘ ingredient that hasn’t been listed yet is getting a copy of the scorebooks! The idea πŸ’‘ is to list as many names of players as possible in the story.

The Utah Tech game is tied in as what I call background noise as we continue to show support for the ” Local ” team.

Our Buffalo πŸƒ rocking the Christmas πŸŽ„ sweater…

It’s 2:15 here, so 4:15 back on The Hill…

Check back for more as often as you like, remembering that this is the final week on the schedule πŸ“… for our Middle School teams.

Trailblazers leading 14 – 12 after 1st quarter of action 🎬.

CCMS Basketball πŸ€ games at 5:30 & 6:30 @ The Fort…

Next 🏑 game = Free Admission !!!

35-26 @ Halftime…

Beth Bouldin is in the House 🏠.🏠

Just over 20 minutes til the Lady Cavs tip-off in Fort Chiswell. πŸ’™πŸ€ !!!

For those counting at home, the concourse here at Burns Arena is a 360 step πŸšΆβ€β™‚οΈ loop completed four times during the 15:00 intermission!!!

3rd Quarter Media TO – UT 50-36 over the Cougars…

End of 3rd, UT leading now 59 – 43…

Kris Richardson and Company should be ready for the opening jump back 🏑🏠🏑

Worth noting that if an opponent misses both free throws during the fourth quarter here, everyone gets a free Ice Cream 🍦 from Culver’s !!!!

69 – 55 Final

P.S. – One of the Cougars missed both free throws so FREE Ice Cream πŸ¦πŸ¨πŸ˜‹

Halftime score for the Lady’s game is 19-14, Cavaliers in the lead. !!!!

Thank You Beth !!
Acting like two people who just Won πŸ† the Lottery…..

29-27 final for the Lady’s game and the Lady Cavaliers come away with the win!

Next up : Boys πŸ‘¦ Middle School 🏫 Basketball πŸ€

5th quarter Lady’s game final was 2-2.

Way to hold on tonight Ladies!
πŸ’™πŸ€πŸ©Ά

Boys are out for warmups, tip-off in T-12 minutes!

Halftime score for the boy’s game tied up at 10-10.

Let’s Go Cavs!

Final in the Fort, Pioneers for the win at 32-23.

5th quarter also went to the Pioneers.

Great captures !!!

Tomorrow night πŸŒ™ will be the final game of the season for the Middle School 🏫 teams.

I have both scorebooks from tonight and will work up stories for the games and have them ready for tomorrow..

Let’s jump straight from the Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball πŸ€ gamer being written to the Morning πŸŒ„ Brew, which includes one more shot for our duo of Darian Brown and Kris Richardson to coach up our Middle School 🏫 teams βž• Wrestling x 2. Hoping to land some Swim πŸŠβ€β™‚οΈ results from a long day on Tuesday!

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
Along with Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day, I would also like to offer my condolences πŸ™ to Allen Worrell and his Family πŸ‘ͺ
Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse πŸ™ of the Day :

Romans 8:1Β There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Afternoon Basketball πŸ€ for the Lady Trailblazers at 2pm!

Today promises to be a positive one as weather permitting we will interact with both Kristy Jones and Beth Bouldin later!

Last night πŸŒ™ was made possible with help from Greg Talley and Samantha Lark – Smith!

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Update from our Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven : High School games are still on but the Middle School 🏫 games have been called off for today.

Thank You Sir for keeping πŸ™ us in the know !

From Beth Bouldin :

Hello! We have received word from Coach Brown that there will be no CCMS basketball games today due to Rural Retreat having to close schools for weather.

I do not know if the games will be rescheduled, I will let you know asap what that decision is announced.

Meanwhile, fingers crossed the Cavaliers will return to the court tomorrow night for a make-up game against Christiansburg. At home on Main Street, Hillsville, the boys will start off the evening at 4:30pm, with the Lady Cavs immediately after.

Let’s go Cavaliers! πŸ’™πŸ€

Final Update :

So, my apologies! I had a game penciled in on my calendar, but apparently that one is not happening. I completely missed the message about that.

So the CCMS Basketball teams will be back in action on Wednesday, playing at Fort Chiswell with the girls starting off at 5:30 PM.

So we have one more last chance to root, root, root for our Kiddos on Wednesday.

  Here shortly, its the Junior Varsity Girls πŸ‘§ taking the court…

Just like that, the final week of the Middle School 🏫 Basketball πŸ€ season is upon us ! Here’s hoping that we get the final two games in…

December 4th isn’t all that long ago as that was the night that Patrick County traveled to The Hill to challenge our Younger Cavaliers.

Three times since that night πŸŒ™, weather has blocked 🚫 the path to more CCMS Basketball. That brings us to tonight when we try once again to play games.

Monday and Wednesday are the dates on the calendar for games with tonight set to be the 🏑🏠🏑 finale.

Darian Brown led Cavaliers
Kris Richardson led Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers