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Carroll County’s junior varsity girls’ basketball team hoists the Southwest District Tournament championship trophy Feb. 20 after beating Richlands in the title game in Hillsville. Carroll JV girls win SWD Tournament
While Carroll County’s girls’ junior varsity basketball team played well at times this season, consistency had been an issue during a 12-7 regular season. The Lady Cavaliers found the perfect time...
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Soccer sign-ups to be held March 11
Make-Up Soccer Sign-ups will be held Thursday, March 11 at the Southwestern Virginia Training Center from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at St. Paul Elementary School on Thursday, March 11 from 6:30 to 7:30 p...
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Carroll County Special Olympians perform for public, prepare for Feb. 28th tourney
On Valentine Sunday, hearts beat fast as athletes took the court at Carroll County Intermediate School for the 5th Annual Carroll County Special Olympics Basketball Classic to do an exhibition ope...
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Carroll County s Kayla Goins scored 32 points Thursday and hit the game-winning free throws with 1.8 seconds left as the Cavs topped Hidden Valey 58-56 in the Region IV semifinals at Magna Vista. The win also earned Carroll a ticket to the Group AA state tournament for the first time since 2005. Goins' free throws lifts Carroll past Hidden Valley and into state tourney
Thirteen years of hard work came down to 1.8 seconds for Kayla Goins on Thursday night. And with a berth in the Group AA State Tournament on the line, there was no way the Carroll County senior wa...
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Carroll County High School Principal Scott Watson presents the Southwest District Tournament championship to the Lady Cavaliers on Saturday following the team’s 53-43 win over Graham. Carroll tops Graham for SWD Tournament title
Lindsey Martin, Rachel Dalton and Kayla Goins combined for 38 points Saturday as Carroll County claimed the Southwest District Tournament championship 53-43 over Graham in Hillsville. Martin hit a...
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Carroll’s Lamb places eighth in state tournament
Carroll County juniors Jordan Lamb and Aaron Willard combined to win three matches in the Group AA Wrestling Tournament over the weekend at the Salem Civic Center. One week after placing fourth in...
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Carroll’s season ends at Richlands
After falling behind 2-0, Richlands never trailed again Feb. 16 in a 65-52 Southwest District Tournament quarterfinal victory over visiting Carroll County. Mac Martin, who led all scorers with 17 ...
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Carroll Rec Department staying ahead of the game, weather with new communications program
While the winter weather has put a freeze on most local sporting events for the past month, it hasn’t forced the Carroll County Recreation Department to call a time out. Thanks to the new alert sy...
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Carroll County’s Ryan Gravely fights through the Grundy defense for two of his 16 points Friday in the Cavs’ 69-62 Southwest District loss in Hillsville. Grundy sinks Cavs with free throws in final minute
John Kelly scored a game-high 25 points and Grundy made nine free throws in the final minute Friday to hold off Carroll County 69-62 in a Southwest District game in Hillsville. Despite trailing mo...
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Carroll County’s Audrey Dickens guards a Grundy ballhandler Friday during the Cavaliers’ 54-33 Southwest District victory in Hillsville. Carroll clinched its third straight regular season district title with the win. Carroll girls clinch SWD championship
Although the winter weather of 2010 cut the basketball season short by a couple of games, the white stuff still couldn’t derail another Southwest District championship season for Carroll County’s ...
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Carroll’s Willard, Lamb qualify for Group AA Wrestling Tournament
Carroll County juniors Aaron Willard and Jordan Lamb both will be heading to the Salem Civic Center this weekend to participate in the Group AA State Wrestling Tournament. Willard placed third in ...
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Carroll girls to host SWD Tournament
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With most teams in the Southwest District unnable to complete their basketball schedules because of so many winter postponements, brackets for the SWD Tournament were finally finalized Monday. By ...
JH Soccer Academy to host six-a-side soccer tournament March 6-7
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The JH Soccer Academy will host a six-a-side soccer tournament March 6-7 at Carroll County High School. The tournament was created to support JH Soccer Academy’s new soccer scholarship created for...
SWD changes will have big impact on Carroll
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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With Graham and Grundy both set to drop to Group A in 2011, the Southwest District will have a completely different in look in the near future. Whether that means the SWD will be a five-team distri...
Marion staves off Carroll rally in final minute
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County’s furious comeback attempt ran out of steam in the final minute Thursday as Marion held on for a 72-67 Southwest District victory in Hillsville. The Cavs, who trailed by as many as ...
Carroll sends eight wrestlers to Region IV Tournament
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Eight Carroll County wrestlers qualified for the upcoming Region IV Tournament thanks to top four finishes Thursday in the Southwest District Tournament at Grundy’s Riverview Elementary School. Ca...
Lady Cavs improve to 9-0 in SWD
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County won its fifth straight game Thursday and improved to 9-0 in the Southwest District with a 48-37 victory at Marion. Cydnie Cornell led an extremely balanced Cavalier effort with 10 p...
Rotella leads Carroll wrestlers in state middle school championships
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Eighth-grader Joey Rotella led a strong contingent of Carroll County wrestlers Jan. 23-24 in Hampton in the Virginia Challenge, the state championship for middle schoolers. Rotella, a student at C...
Carroll splits SWD match on “Senior Night”
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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While their wrestling careers have followed different paths, Carroll County seniors Mickey Quesenberry and Kile Wengerd have both played important roles in the Cavalier wrestling program. Both were...
Carroll boys earn first district win of season at Tazewell
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Good things happen when you keep working hard. That is a mantra often preached by coaches in all sports and one that was certainly is true for Carroll County on Jan. 27. The Cavaliers snapped a sev...
Lady Cavs spank Tazewell, Marion
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Lindsey Martin led three Lady Cavaliers in double figures Jan. 27 as Carroll County cruised to a 66-37 Southwest District victory at Tazewell. Tazewell (3-10, 1-5 SWD) jumped out to a quick 5-2 le...
Cavalier K-8 Wrestling Tourney to be held Saturday
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The Cavalier K-8 Wrestling Tournament will be held Sat., Jan. 30 at Carroll County High School. Entry fee is $15 per wrestler if pre-registered by Jan. 26. Cost is $20 at the door. Weigh-ins will...
Goins, Neely own the glass in Cavs’ win over Abingdon
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County’s Kayla Goins and Maleah Neely will probably never be called the Twin Towers, but the Cavalier duo sure played like it Friday in a 56-46 Southwest District win over visiting Abingdon...
Cavaliers unable to slow Abingdon in SWD clash
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County shot 50 percent from the floor and pumped in 67 points Friday night. But Abingdon was just a little better, shooting 52.7 percent from the floor en route to a 78-67 Southwest Distric...
Small stature doesn’t slow Puckett at UNCC
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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At 4-10 and about 90 pounds, Ashleigh Puckett is one of the smallest cheerleaders you’re likely to find. But that hasn’t slowed the 2009 Carroll County High School graduate, who is now a freshman c...
Five Cavs place in Big Blue
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Five Carroll County wrestlers placed in the top eight during the Jan. 22-23 Big Blue Invitational at Christiansburg High School. Aaron Willard, Jesse Pedrero, Andrew Naff, Mickey Quesenberry and J...
Cana AAU basketball team to host Basket Bingo Jan. 22
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A basket bingo will be held for the Cana Girls AAU Basketball team will be held Fri., Jan. 22 at St. Paul Cafeteria. Doors open at 6 p.m. Games begin at 7 p.m. A $30 combo includes 20 regular gam...
Cavs save best for last in key district victory
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Playing its first game in two weeks, Carroll County wasn’t sharp until it needed to be Jan. 13 in a 40-36 home win over Graham in a battle for first place in the Southwest District. While Carroll ...
Carroll boys fall at Graham, Richlands
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Brandon Noonkester scored a season-high 28 points Saturday, but it was not enough as unbeaten Richlands held on for a 75-62 Southwest District victory over visiting Carroll County. Gunner McGee le...
Carroll wrestlers fare well in Southwest District quad, Freedom Duals
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County won two of three matches in a Southwest District quad at Graham on Jan. 13, then followed that up with a 3-2 mark in the Freedom Duals over the weekend at Freedom High School in Sout...
Leonard snags big buck
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