The Wrestling tournament continues in Salem later today but yesterday afternoon the curtain came down on the Winter portion of the 2025 – 2026 Carroll County Sports year.
Alex Cruz and Head Coach West Long returned to The Hill after the third match of the day ended for our dedicated Wrestler.
Our hard working Athletic Director, Kevin DeHaven will celebrate the 48 hours of ” down time ” if you will by overseeing an AAU Basketball event on Campus today.
Speaking of Campus, Game Day Central will take place on the historic grounds of Marshall University. While it is still listed as doubleheaders on Saturday and Sunday, we will attempt to cram the four game series into an All You Can Play buffet today.
Built in 2024
Our Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years will be maxed out today as all five of our former players are set to see action 🎬 in three different settings.
In Salem, both Elijah Cox and Katie Lam are set to play as Cox will be part of the visiting team in the opener.
The Smoot Brothers will be playing down in North Carolina and even further down the road, Alyssa Ervin and Furman University will play in South Carolina.
Out in St George, Lin will have an opportunity to cheer on the Lady Trailblazers as a warm up act to her Duke versus Michigan tilt.
This handsome fella is getting his beauty sleep 💤 but his Bible Verse of the Day will appear here shortly !
Psalm 103:2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Tomorrow afternoon at Hillsville Elementary School 🏫 is the Main Event of the weekend. Come out and support our Special Olympics Basketball program as they get ready to take the floor at both Virginia Tech and VMI in the month of March !!!
The Harris family 👪 escorting Callie in the direction of Mr Mayo
Plenty more to follow !!
Carroll County JV Boys tightened up on their defense and have pulled within 20-14 at the break (5:30 Tip).
Girls are set to tip at 6:00..
Starting lineupOpening Jump Ball
JV Boys TO at 3:36 (3), trailing 27-18
Rowdee Payne at the FT LineCC Girls leading 8-7 after 1stGlenvar closed the 3rd on a 5-0 run 🏃♂️ after the Cavs had cut ✂️ it to four.
TO – 5:20 (4), Highlanders JV Boys leading 40-29.
Free Throw Line capture gets the shooter, the ball and the Cheerleaders !!!!Loving ❤ the Crowd !!!Great Ballgame as well !!!!
Carroll County JV Boys hustled right up to the final horn 🎷! Jathan Cox scored the final basket 🧺.
Both of our Junior Varsity teams have now completed their season 💙.
We switch over to the Girls Varsity 2nd half now.
Glenvar opens the 3rd with an 8-0 run and Coach Howard Mayo calls a TO at 4:29. Down 33-26
Our Cheerleaders finish up tonight as well !Mrs. Gravley can work a pen 🖊 and I would like to add a Thank You to her as well !
Down 9 at 2:53 (3)
End of 3rd, down 39 – 31 with 8:00 to play ▶️Mama Smoot cheering the efforts of kinfolk, Miss Hampton who has scored the first three points of the fourth quarter.
Glenvar TO at 5:57, Lady Cavs down just 5 at 39-34
Timeout with 4:27, tied at 41 !
Bill Gallimore checks in with the 1st quarter score in the Varsity Boys game.
Girls 👧 win an absolute 🔥 thriller, 48 – 46 !!!!!
Varsity Boys 👦 at HalftimeUp 40-35, 6:00 (3)Headed to OT at 8:15 pm ETTime to head inside Burns Arena for the Utah Tech Women’s Basketball game with a great deal to process.
Glenvar scored the final four points in the final seconds of overtime to secure the victory, 82 – 78.
Will stick a pin 📌 in the coverage for a minute with a message and pic from our Beth Bouldin
From Beth :
I worked concessions for the varsity girl’s game tonight, saw this on the way out and thought it was really sweet. Figured I’d share, in case you didn’t get one.
The excitement from the gym was pouring out in that last quarter and we heard the win in the concession room at the final buzzer.
Way to go ladies, it’s a great day to be a Cavalier!
What you have read so far is three hours of non-stop coverage with help from Vickey Ritchie, Bill Gallimore and Beth Bouldin. Three hours in and now we switch modes to what should the stories look like?????
22 minutes until Tip….
Proud Mother 👩checking in with five Photos 📷 from Glenvar
Thank You Mrs Easter !At the top of the Mountain ⛰ in Cedar City the flirted with getting two feet of desperately needed snow ❄. But it turns out the Lady T-Birds 🐦 are still playing Hoops!
Here in St George its all Mavericks after 1st quarter, 22-6.
Coach Mayo has checked in with his thoughts on the game tonight !!!
Lady 👩 Trailblazers wearing All – Pink tonight 💗
Utah Tech plays lights out after trailing 14-0. We are headed to the break with a 30-26 score in favor of University of Texas – Arlington!
Coach Barnes has checked in now as well !
Here’s a sample from Coach Anthony Barnes, who played without both Hayden Jackson and Colton Gravley again tonigot.
” We shot 48% from floor,55% 3pt,83% Ft, grabbed 33 rebounds, had 8 blocked shots !”
Media TO (4:44) 3rd, Utah Tech was down 14-0, now leads 37 – 36!!!!!!
End of the 3rd quarter here at Burns Arena and the Trailblazers lead 46-42. Resilient group of players !
Final score from the Mountain ⛰ Top !
TO at 5:38 (4), tied at 53-53! Great game between the bottom two teams in the WAC. Theme for the night 🌙.
Next to check ✔ in – Madison’s Mom
” You’re welcome! Such a bittersweet night! I’m going to miss watching my baby girl play with her teammates!”
Next up : Velvet Creed Leonard
TO here with 0:26.9 left and knotted at 58
Now, 0:01.5 and we have the Basketball 🏀…
1-12 in the league and down 14-0…..
9pm MTN Time
Next up – Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years
Tough first half for Elijah Cox and Randolph CollegeKatie Lam and Roanoke College with a fourth quarter rally for the Win !Tomorrow night 🌙 in Greenville, South Carolina its Alyssa Ervin and Furman University.Technical difficulties prevent us from sharing the results from the game tonight with the Smoot Brothers and their Flying Eagles team.This weekend we can cheer on the 8 swimmers 🏊♂️ and Alex Cruz as they represent CCHS at State !!
Marion Harris shares his moments
Two generations coached by a great coach!!! Only 32 years between their senior years
We are going to borrow from Scott Van Pelt and open with the Coolest thing that I saw today :
Natalie Burress and her Dad were Window Shopping 🛍 today at Bluefield !!
Morning 🌄 Brew
4 of the 10 are Carroll County High School versus Floyd County
The next four are Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years tilts :
All five of our College players on the same day !Two that I will be taking our Grandson to later today !Our Baseball team has a doubleheader down in Marion, North Carolina
Marion (Harris) has a different type of doubleheader today that involves Chorus and Basketball 🏀 for Callie.
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day will appear here shortly and later on for him its North Carolina Volleyball
1 John 3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
Our season opening Baseball ⚾️ trip to Tennessee has been moved from Friday and Saturday to Sunday and Monday as snow ❄ continues to make life difficult for many.
On the College level for Basketball we have three games that play a role in the night.
Alyssa Ervin and the Paladins host the only team to defeat them in conference play tonight when UT – Chattanooga comes to town. This game starts the second half of the SoCon schedule as March Madness is just around the corner.
Duke University at Louisville is a battle of unbeaten teams in the ACC. The KFC 🍗 Yum! Center should be a happening place at 7pm / 5pm.
After dueling Women’s Basketball showdowns, the night will conclude with a five mile drive 🚗 across town to see the Trailblazers Men host UT – Arlington.
Stay safe, stay warm and whenever possible, Stay kind !
Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌
We will wrap things up with a smile 😃 guaranteed to brighten your Day !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 