On a day that our Alyssa Ervin started and dropped a College high of 22 points, we salute the young Man πŸ‘¨ that ” discovered ” her back in the Day

Marion Harris, as the story goes, saw a little Girl looking for something to do  Harris suggested that she give Basketball πŸ€ a try. As they say in Hollywood, the rest is History !

For more on the Day that Miss Ervin had, please click on the link below.

This Just In : Alyssa Ervin is in the starting lineup today versus Mars Hill !

Now, getting back to the Day that Marion had on Saturday over in Southwest Virginia and then back on The Hill.

From Marion :

Yesterday was truly a great day for FCA All Star Senior Volleyball Games at Central Wise high school. Not only did we do one Senior All Star game, we did two! With nearly forty high school seniors from nearly twenty different high schools we did something we had never done.
It required much more work and coordination but with the help of many great coaches and volunteers God really blessed us. One of the highlights was our pregame devotions led by players themselves. They were amazing. Then the athleticism displayed on the court had the fans in awe. Talent and skill powerfully executed.

     Four All Star Senior teams brought lots of friends and families together for one last opportunity for faith, fellowship and fun!
Thanks to all who played a part in one amazing day!
From Gary Maggard
FCA Rep and organizer of the games

When Marion isn’t discovering talent or helping run FCA events, he stays busy raising three Daughters.

After Volleyball 🏐 yesterday, the youngest of the Harris Sisters had to rush back to The Hill for her part in an ensemble cast for a performance 🎭 under the guidance of Patricia Lineberry.

More from Marion :

” Our three seniors helped bring together players from five different high schools. Our ladies played their hearts out. Two of the three played out of position and did not miss a beat. Callie Half Pint Harris played right side and teamed up with a future teammate of hers from Bland County Tinley Worley. Tinley was the 1A Libero of the year for VHSL.

Β Β Β  The two of them will be a great combo in the fall!!! Callie continued to play at a high level throughout the whole match.
Brooke Webb also was out of position but did not blink an eye and played lights out!!! She was able to shut down the offense of the other team with some great blocks!!!

Β Β  Her play lead to the coaches from Abingdon and Central to pick her as MVP!!! The last senior we had playing was Laiken Burnett. This game meant a lot to all these players but with Laiken this was a chance for her to finish her career on the floor and not in street clothes. She broke her hand halfway through her senior year and was cleared last week to play. She played great and even shared her story with the gym after the game was over!!!

   And for our two coaches they had a blast bring five schools together to play a great game and to glorify our Lord and Savior on the court!! I also enjoyed reffing this game and just loved watching these great athletes play the game they love!!!!”

  We will let Marion catch his breath and then we will see πŸ‘€ if we have everything as it should be.

This Just In : Alyssa Ervin is in the starting lineup today versus Mars Hill !

#Paladins

Furman University Sophomore and former Lady πŸ‘© Cavalier, Alyssa Ervin was in the starting lineup today and she wasted no time in taking advantage of the new found opportunities !

Twenty one seconds into the contest Ervin drilled a straight away 3-pointer and at the 8:00 remaining mark she added an offensive rebound and put back basket 🧺! Two minutes played and the score became Ervin 5, Mars Hill 0.

Mars Hill is a D2 School and Furman should secure a comfortable victory over the visitors in a game where both teams start the day at 4-6.

The game is being televised by ESPN+ for those who have the service.

Furman University leads 22-2 late in the first quarter.
#ProudMom

End of 1st quarter : Furman 28 – 6

Check back for a full breakdown later in the day !

The highlights of the opening quarter :

Starting lineup βœ”

5 points scored βœ”

Offensive Rebound βœ”

Steal βœ”

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Halftime score, 50 -21

14 points scored, 5-9 floor with three of the four misses going in and out of the basket 🧺.

Second quarter stretch :

3:32 – 3-pointer from right wing

2:38 – Forced turnover

2:05 – 3-pointer from right side

1:54 – Blocked 🚫 a shot

0:38 – 3-pointer that rolled around the inside of the rim forever before finally rimming out.

3rd quarter went 41-5 and it happened with Furman flipping the lineup. Score now 91-26 with 10 minutes to play. Not sure how many minutes Ervin will see in the 4th but its already been quite a day !

Career high 19 points βž• strong πŸ’ͺ defensive effort !

Corner 3 Ball takes the number of points up to 22 !!!

Furman University hits 100+ and the starters are done.

Stat Line – 23 minutes, 22 points on 7-14 shooting (5-10 from Deep). 3 rebounds, an Assist, a Block and a handful of deflections

108 – 34 with 90 seconds to play…

Just now noticed that the Mars Hill jerseys say ” The Hill ” #Priceless

110-36(F)

Sunday, December 14th and the Morning πŸŒ„ Brew, which includes three of our five College Basketball πŸ€ players taking to the court…

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
Official School calendar πŸ“…
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Mars Hill 411

Still hoping to track down a few things from yesterday πŸ™ as Carroll County Students were involved with a number of ways in a number of places.

First Look at the Baseball ⚾️ schedule for season #18 of West Virginia Tech University Golden Bears 🐻!

Also, later today, a 44 year old Grandfather is set to play quarterback in the National Football League after not having played for five years!!!

Brave, Brave Soul !!

Less than 2 weeks remaining until Christmas πŸŽ„ now and its my understanding that we have more weather coming in back 🏑🏠🏑.

Thoughts and Prayers for all of the VDOT workers who are out there around the clock ⏰ trying to make the roads safer!

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Tomorrow afternoon Basketball πŸ€ will include Alyssa Ervin and Furman University βž• The Smoot Brothers but today its about the Women & Men of Utah Tech University!

Lin’s is a local Grocery store chain β›“ named after my Honey πŸ―πŸ’•.

Cal- πŸŽ… Barbara is the opponent for the Woman and I happen to be sitting next to a former resident of Santa Barbara ! Their nickname is Gauchos ( South American Cowboys)

Turns out that they were called the Road Runners in a previous life.

While we are awaiting the opening jump I would like to say Thank You πŸ™ to Kristy Jones for all if her assistance with the Morning πŸŒ„ Wrestling for Carroll County.

We still hope to hear πŸ‘‚ more from Marion Harris as our Lady πŸ‘© Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 Seniors are experiencing an Awesome Day over at the Fellowship of Christian ✝️ Athletes All-Star celebration.

Competition for the best capture of the Jump Ball ? Who’s you got ?

Hope everyone πŸ™ is enjoying there Saturday afternoon !!

22-15 in favor of the visitors after 1st quarter.

The two round robin games from this morning πŸŒ„ at Snow ❄ College.

Trailblazers hang tough in the second stanza, halftime score 36 – 32. UT takes it 17-14….

51-43 after 3rd, 15-11 in the 3rd quarter. UT hanging with a 8-1 team !

Back 2 Back 3-pointers and its a 4 point game, 55-51 (6:24)!!!!

πŸ‘” at 61 !!!!! Under 3:00

Delayed takeoff due to de-icing…
Final

Wednesday Night πŸŒ™ Hoops with Elijah Cox and his Wildcats teammatesΒ  host Virginia Southern University. Our Cavalier is in the starting lineup tonight !! Saved by the Bell πŸ””: The Cavalier College Years!

FloCollege has the game tonight and while not everyone has two extra hours to spare, I do and will do my best to describe the efforts from our oldest College Hoopster..

Wildcats trail 11-6 at 15:57, clock ⏰ stopped for injury..

Randolph enters the night πŸŒ™ at 3-5. Cox is in his Junior season and his second one in Lynchburg.

Three point swish from Cox ties πŸ‘” the game at 11-11. Cox enters the night averaging 10.0 points per game and has seen an increase in minutes played as of late.

For those who aren’t familiar with Randolph College, its a D3 program that is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and competes in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. The home Gymnasium is small, with a capacity of 400 but can get loud.

Wildcats leading 22-20 @ Media TO (9:59).

If you are a fan of offense, this is your kind of a game ! Both teams running πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ up and down, hoisting plenty of 3’s.

Here for the evening so feel free to check back in later.

At the break, Wildcats leading 38-37 and Cox has 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist across 14 minutes of play ▢️.

Back from the break at 6pm sharp, 8pm in Virginia.

Why is Cox such a relevant piece of the Anthony Barnes story ? No one knows how long Coach Barnes will remain at Carroll County High School or how many players will move on to play at the next level but Cox will always be the first to play under Barnes on The Hill and then move on to do the same at College.

Cox has needed to retool his game at the collegiate level because 6’5 is massive in High School 🏫 but not so much in College. Going from playing with your back to the basket 🧺 to playing on the wing has been a challenge but so far so good.

Under 12:00 Media TO, Wildcats leading 58-57. Just a heads-up about FloCollege – they leave their πŸŽ€πŸŽ™πŸŽ€ hot πŸ”₯ during the breaks so you will hear plenty of background conversation.

Cox just drained another 3-Ball at 10:00 to spark a mini run πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ, lead now 69-61

13-4 run πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ across 3 minutes = 71/61!!

Shout out to the Family πŸ‘ͺ

SVU hits consecutive 3’s, lead down to four and Wildcats call TO at 6:48

SVU extends its run πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ to 14-0 and Wildcats call πŸ“ž another TO at 5:06

Elijah picked up his 4th foul at 6:19 and didn’t return until 1:39. Cats down 86-82.

Entering game now has 0:53.3 left at the home team trails 90 -85. Cats 🐈 will need to foul down the stretch.

Southern Virginia University will head back up the road to B-Vista with a 95-87 victory over Randolph College.

Cox finished up with 25 minutes played, 8 points, 1 board and 1 assist πŸ‘