Obviously, one can only see 👀 one thing live at a time, so to provide coverage for as many Cavalier activities as possible, we rely upon friends of our efforts.

Last night was a great example, Tammy Quesenberry was at Varsity Softball, Marion Harris at Varsity Girls Soccer, Forrest Johnson provided the information on his two games. Both baseball ⚾️ coaches submit recaps and hard-working 💪 Kevin DeHaven shares as much information about things as possible !

Last night, our JV Softball team faced its biggest challenge of the season, and for the first half of the contest, this group more than held its own!!

By the end of the game, the Knights pulled away with a big inning to give a slightly misleading 10-0 final score.

“They held their own for a long time, and I believe the other team wasn’t expecting it.”

Love ❤️ the help. I love ❤️ the quote, and thank you for your assistance in getting this out there !

Last night 🌙 six of our eight Cavalier teams made the long trek up I-81 to James River, but Jeremy Puckett and Forrest Johnson remained in town to host the Knights at Tommy Thompson Field.

Coach Johnson took the time to share the night 🌙 with our readers !

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James River at home recap:

-Jv picks up a 2-0 win! Goal #1 came from a Diego Banegas corner that was fumbled into the goal by the keeper. Goal #2 was scored on a corner by Carlos Avila-Rosales and assisted by Diego Banegas!

-Varsity won 3-1 in an exciting match. 2 goals were scored by Hez Mejia and both were assisted by Aiden Puckett. 1 Goal was scored by Hector Castro flying up the middle to slide it past the keeper!

Great games from our boys tonight. We hope to continue it away at Patrick County on Monday! ⚽️

Congratulations to both teams, and being that the Lady Cavaliers play at home three times next week, our Boys 👦 will once again become road warriors.

Brittany Kinney is a neat Lady and has a very challenging job at Carroll County High School. Our Junior Varsity Girls 👧 Soccer ⚽️ team didn’t exist two years ago and Middle School Girls Soccer existed in the form of co-ed only.

This leaves Coach Kinney in a unique position, trying hard to search The Hill far and wide for young students who might be willing to add Athlete to the student part. Folks who, more often than not, have no experience with the sport.

Last night, while I was announcing a college baseball game, Mr. DeHaven was up in Buchanan with six of our teams, and he was feeding me live updates.

JV baseball beat James River 6-0
JV softball lost 10-0
JV girls’ soccer is losing 5-0 at half
Don’t have a JV boys score for soccer

That message above made my heart sink just a bit. The kicking Kinney’s were down five, and it was only halftime.

Fast forward to later in the night, and I received the following message from Coach Kinney :

JV Score against James River 5-0.

We really struggled the first half. We are down to 12 due to injuries and absences.

However, at half time, Coach Karmen Smith helped our defense get readjusted. I told the girls to hold them at 5.

We came back out and had an excellent second half. We held James River to 0-0 during that 30 minutes.

I’m definitely proud of them for that.

So thankful for Karmen. She really helped a lot tonight.

Once again, my heart ❤️ is right !!!

Message #2 :

We’ve got three home games this week- not sure what your schedule is like but —-

4/27- JV and V play Patrick at home

4/28- JV only against Abingdon at home

4/29- JV and V play Galax at home

Brittany Kinney is the real deal and the perfect complement to high octane Adrienne Harris McGuire.

Jead Coach Casey Burcham and his talented team continue to pick up steam as we begin the home stretch of the season !

Thoughts from Coach Burcham :

” I thought Reid and Colby threw a great game. We had our best day offensively on the year. Lot of hard contact by a lot of different players.

Caleb Shaw hit a laser for a HR. Great team effort.”

Equal parts offensive juggernaut and not on my watch pitching as the duo that coached mentioned limited the Knights to just two base hits.

That type of team effort makes the long ride back from Buchanan just a bit more enjoyable !

Congratulations team !

Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers Surge Past James River Junior Varsity Knights Thanks To Big Fifth Inning


Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers defeated James River Junior Varsity Knights 6-0 on Friday thanks in part to four runs in the fifth inning. Hunter Gravley singled, scoring one run, Jathan Cox drew a walk, scoring one run, Jace Dolinger grounded out, scoring one run, and Will Motley hit a sacrifice fly, scoring one run.

Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers got on the board in the top of the third inning after Eli Busick singled to center field, and Hunter Gravley hit a sacrifice fly, each scoring one run.

Jayden Wright earned the win for Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers. The starting pitcher gave up four hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out five and walking two. Hudson Saunders took the loss for James River Junior Varsity Knights. The pitcher went four innings, surrendering six runs on six hits, striking out two and walking five.

Jayden Wright, Will Love, Hunter Gravley, Eli Busick, Mason Quesenberry, and Bryce Nicholson each collected one hit for Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers. Will Motley, Hunter Gravley, Eli Busick, and Jace Dolinger each drove in one run for Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers. Jayden Wright threw an immaculate inning in the fourth, striking out the side on nine pitches. Mason Quesenberry stole two bases. Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers turned one double play in the game.

Conner Hodges, Colton Payne, Camden Newman, and Noah Horne each collected one hit for James River Junior Varsity Knights. James River Junior Varsity Knights turned one double play in the game.

Carroll County Junior Varsity Cavaliers welcome Patrick County Junior Varsity Cougars on Tuesday for their next game.



Adam Nester
Assistant Baseball Coach
Physical Education/Drivers Education
Carroll County High School