Kristy Jones with the Pics and Kevin DeHaven with the highlights as West Long coached up our Wrestlers today at the Regional tournament !!!

Region 3D wrestling results:
Alex Cruz finished 4th (qualified for the State Tournament


Trenton Newman finished 6th
Preston Farmer finished 5th

Both Preston and Trenton will be liste as Alternates in their weight classes.

Congratulations to ALL of our Wrestlers as the level of dedication it takes to make weight each time out is off the charts.

Alex Cruz will follow Samuel Collins (2025) in representing Carroll County High School 🏫 at the State Meet !!

Thank You Kristy, for all of your assistance !!!

Hope to add some more later !

Defense is King in the opening 10 minutes at Furman University as ETSU leads 11-6 after 1st.2nd quarter ” D ” belonged to the ‘Dins, up 23 -21 (H)….Nail 💅 Bighter, up 39-37 after 3rd. Bucs win it, 58-55…

Greenville – The offense is struggling against the always tough Buccaneers defense but its still early.

ETSU leads 11 – 6 after 1st.

More to follow….

Wofford hands UT-C its first conference play, 67 – 63…

East Tennessee State calls 📞 a TO with 7:21 to play. ‘ Dins leading 47 – 42…

Highly entertaining game that goes to the Buccaneers, 58 – 55 on a late 3 – pointer.

ETSU had a big week, winning at Wofford and now at Furman.

Story to follow later.

Saturday morning 🌄 Brew contains a mixed bag of Goodies and some strong, cold 🥶 wind.

The Wrestling for the Boys has been moved back to Noon and now at Staunton River in hopes of getting it in.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Three of our five College Basketball 🏀 players are set to be in action 🎬 today !

In order, Alyssa Ervin, Katie Lam and Elijah Cox will be looking to lace them up while the Smoot Brothers have a contest scheduled for Sunday.

Speaking of Sunday Hoops, Vickey Ritchie is set to take 3 Special Olympics Basketball teams to Roanoke College on Sunday !

Locally, our day should conclude with some Men’s Basketball 🏀 at Southern Utah University as Tarleton State comes to town.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Let’s call 📞 this one : Practice what you Preach! Welcome 🙏 to Southern Utah University versus Brigham Young University in Gymnastics!

When your rallying cry is we are all in this together and each person counts equally ❤, sometimes you have to lead by example.

Neither Lin or I have ever attended a College Gymnastics meet before tonight but during our 90 Day Stay we have supported both Southern Utah University and Utah Tech. Tonight that spills over to the balance beam !

All Thunderbirds matter !
6:30 Start Time !!

First Note 📝 – the young Man in the ticket 🎟 office stated that only Football outdraws Gymnastics. I smiled back in his direction but wasn’t sure if he was pulling my leg.

The answer is No, he was not….

BYU will start on the uneven bars and SUU on the Vault.

6:39 – underway ! The teams alternate athletes on their side of the Gym

6:50 – The teams now switch over to compete in the event that the other team just completed.

Team Name – Flippin Birds 🐦!!!

7:09 – first two events are in the Books 📚!

Next up – BYU  to the floor, SUU to the beam.

7:35 – time to switch events again. The atmosphere in here borders on undescribable – Mad Energy !!

6 Athletes per team compete in each event…

Each performance is judged right after with the scores posted on the Jumbo Tron

SUU is celebrating its third straight conference Championship as they unveiled the banner before hand ✋

8:04 – end of those two events.

Awaiting a scoring update…..

196,975 to 196.000 in favor of the Cougars.

8:17 – end of competition

Good Night