Middle School 🏫 Basketball 🏀 Night ! Let’s Play 2 versus The Fort on The Hill….

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End of the 1st… (Boys)Cavs 5, Pioneers 4…

Here for the Night 🌙

Great energy in the Building !!!

Beth Bouldin is here and we will have plenty of pictures 📷 before we are done.

TO – Fort at 1:03 of the 2nd… Cavs 19-9!!!

6:00 PM – Halftime, Cavs 19-9

End of 3rd, Cavs leading 25-16!! 6:18 pm

Final Score – Cavaliers 27, Pioneers 21

6:35 – Time for 8 minute Extra Quarter

6:44 – End of Bonus Quarter, 14:00 on the Girls 👧 warm-up clock ⏰

Bonus in the Night 🌙 Cap as the Head Coaches are Family 👪. Even better, Kris coached his nephew when he was a youngster !

Let’s go Lady Cavaliers!!
💙🏀🩶🏀🤍 – Thank You 🙏 Beth…

End of 1st, Tied up at 8…

Halftime score – Fort 13, Lady Cavaliers 11

22-15 deficit at the end of the 3rd….7:49

8:15 pm – Final Score, Fort 36, Lady Cavs 25.

Extra 8:00 underway…

Lady Cavaliers played tough “D” in the extra time and scored four points.

Next step, we will turn all of our notes and some of Beth’s pics and create a game story for both teams. Nap first, then write ✍

Looking back at the Middle School games earlier in the week, ahead of tonight’s contest #4. Cavs fell short at Christiansburg, but will look to get back on the track tonight…

Thank you to Beth Bouldin for the pictures from the game at Christiansburg.

Carroll County Middle School Basketball, for both the Boys and the Girls is a whirlwind eight week ride that the Coaches, Players and Parents hang on like a mechanical Bull at the County Fair.

Darian Brown and Kris Richardson both have plenty of Coaching experience, just not with theses particular basketball players. Players are learning about the game, Coaches are learning about the players and Parents are busy checking their calendars for the next game.

The most noticeable thing at this stage of the game is the difference in development from School to School.

In the games at Christiansburg, Coach Brown ran into an early buzzsaw and Coach Richardson ran into the same but at the end of his game.

Wednesday Morning 🌄 Brew comes by way of the Virginia Welcome Center

Darian Brown and Kris Richardson take center stage on The Hill tonight!

Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 5:11 – But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day – will appear here shortly.

You know that you are married to the right person when your Bride 👰 is willing to fly to Paris so I can watch the Duke Women play Basketball. Then she let’s me make it up to her by getting her Floor Seats for her teams game in Charlotte.

In our fifth decade together now and while life is in the back half, we still do a great job of give and take with each other!

Back in town for two Medical 🚑 appointments today, one each but the rare back 2 back Duke season openers was an adventure for sure…

The inaugural Dick Vitale Invitational was full of wonderful tributes..

If you are presented with an opportunity to interact with someone today – choose Kindness !

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌 !

Our time in London is coming to a close now and the next 9+ hours will be on a Flight ✈️ 🏡. Hopefully we made some people smile with our efforts because that’s what its all about…..

Marion – please text the stories to Cindy at a decent hour.

David Broyles – the ones I sent to you, I will happily answer any questions you may have after 2pm.

Why did the tired old guy cross the Pond ?

To get home 🏡 to the 🐄🐮🐄🐮🐄🐮s

Carroll County High School to Ferrum College : This time its just a Family 👪 Thing as Kalee Bunn is set to leave and Callie Harris is the next Lady Cavalier to head East

As Kalee Bunn celebrated her Senior Day last weekend at Ferrum College, one of her cousins was in the crowd and as it turns out, Callie Harris will be replacing her kingolk on the Lady Panthers Volleyball roster next year.

Bunn is closing out an impressive four year run on the Ferrum campus. The class of 2022 graduate has kept busy from start to finish, combining Volleyball, education and working an internship.

Head Coach Shelbylynn Adair has enjoyed Bunn being on roster and was quick to point out the level of a person she has been coaching.

” Kalee’s impact on Ferrum Volleyball extends far beyond any stat sheet. Kalee sets the standard for hard work and discipline,” said Adair. ” Kalee has excelled in the classroom, on the court and in the community. She embodies our motto, not self but others. We are grateful Kalee and wish her the best of luck as she pursues her degree in teaching.”

Harris is the next in line in two regards as she is the third and final daughter of Marion and Sheila Harris to continue both her education and Athletic career at the collegiate level. Both of her older Sisters, Adrienne Harris McGuire and Natalie Harris attended Emory and Henry.

The larger pipeline involves Carroll County High School Volleyball Coach Cindy Edwards and current Assistant Coach Kayla Nester. Nester enjoyed a high level of success and there are some Basketball banners hanging in the Gymnasium as proof.

Edwards was on the staff of Rick Nester back in 2015 and the duo had three players land on Ferrum Mountain from the State Championship team. Cheyenne Strickland, Emily Cook and Tiffanie Moore each made the most of their time wearing the Panthers colors.

Lady Cavaliers crossing the Blue Ridge Parkway to attend Ferrum College ✔

Harris Sisters attending College and playing sports ✔

Carroll County High School graduates attending Ferrum College and then entering the profession of education ✔

Ferrum Volleyball is set to finish up their home matches Wednesday night and close out the season with a handful of road trips

Note 📝 to David – I know that you can’t run all of the pictures in the Newspaper but I trust your judgment !