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Carroll County’s Logan Hodges (7) and Alex Horton (22) team up to sack Bassett quarterback Deshaun Valentine on Friday night. Cavs’ upset bid falls short on final play
Rarely can a silver lining be found in a loss as heart-breaking as Carroll County’s 17-14 season-opening setback Friday to Bassett. As devastating as Zach Atwood’s 25-yard field goal as time expi...
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Carroll County’s Sarah Singleton leaps to spike the ball Thursday in the Cavaliers’ three-game victory over Floyd County in Hillsville. Carroll netters off to 3-0 start
Carroll County’s volleyball team is 3-0 after sweeping Galax, Patrick County and Floyd in non-district contests. The Cavs opened the season Aug. 23 with a three-game road sweep of Galax. After bat...
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Bassett thunderstruck by Carroll JVs
Carroll County’s JV football team opened the season with a bang Thursday, literally as the Cavaliers were credited with a 20-16 win over Bassett as the game was called at the half due to lightning...
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Carroll's Grubb should be able to return in two to three weeks
Carroll County may have lost its opener to Bassett on Friday, but the Cavalier football team did receive some good news that day. Senior offensive lineman Hunter Grubb, originally feared lost for ...
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On Aug. 17, the Carroll County Athletic Department installed two new 25-second playclocks, one on each end of the field. Regionally, only the top programs in the state — schools such as Salem, Pulaski, Richlands and Graham — have 25-second playclocks. Carroll football program adds 25-second playclocks
Carroll County’s Tommy Thompson Field has gotten a significant upgrade that will benefit both the football program and the team’s fans. On Aug. 17, the Carroll County Athletic Department installed...
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Haynes finishes third in cross country meet
Three Carroll County runners finished in the top 11 Aug. 25 in a four-team cross country meet in Hillsville. Kendall Haynes led the way for the Cavaliers, finishing third overall on the two-mile ...
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Carroll County’s Austin Spence is tackled by a Pulaski defender Aug. 23 in the Cavaliers’ 14-0 victory. Blocking for Spence are Garrett Burcham (left), Matt Early (52), Jeremiah Mollett (69) and Sam Sumner (blocking Pulaski’s #55). Carroll 8th grade football team splits first two games
Dylan Stiltner and Winston Giles scored touchdowns Aug. 23 as Carroll County Intermediate School’s eighth-grade football team opened the season with a 14-0 victory at Pulaski. The Cavalier defense...
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Horton wins at Elk Creek
Hillsville’s Wayne Horton was one of the big winners at Elk Creek Dragway during the Aug. 13-14 weekend. The weekend’s events got underway Aug. 13 with the highly-anticipated 4 Wheeler- ATV Race....
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Carroll County’s Logan Hodges (7) scores a touchdown in the first quarter of the Cavaliers’ clash with Galax on Friday night. Cavaliers hang on to crash Tide
Things looked pretty bleak for Carroll County. The Cavaliers’ backs were against the wall, as visiting Galax was driving for a two-score lead midway through the third quarter of Friday night’s foo...
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Carico, Crockett win Blue Ridge Ladies’ golf tourney
The Blue Ridge Ladies’ Golf Association played its Member-Guest tournament on July 22 at Blue Ridge Country Club. Mary Jane Carico and Gail Grockett teamed to win first place in Division I. Second...
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Crooked Oak Moravian Church golf tournament set for Aug. 28
The 9th Annual Crooked Oak Moravian Church Golf Tournament, a 4-man’s captain’s choice, will be held Sat., Aug. 28 at Olde Mill Golf Course in Laurel Fork. The tournament begins with a shotgun st...
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Nester selected to N.C. all-state softball team
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For the third time, Carleigh Nester has been chosen as a 4A all-state softball selection in North Carolina. Carleigh is the granddaughter of Peggie and the late Waitman Nester of Laurel Fork, and ...
Carroll edges Rural Retreat in opening scrimmage
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County ran for nearly six yards per play and edged Rural Retreat 9-6 when it counted Saturday in the Cavaliers’ opening scrimmage in Hillsville. Things were pretty even most of the day pri...
Goad leads Carroll’s golf team in early going
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Carroll County’s Kris Goad has finished as medalist or runner-up in all four of the Cavaliers’ golf matches in 2010. Goad, a senior, shot a 4-under-par score of 68 at Holston Hills Country Club on...
Coe, Roper take top honors in 5K Run/Walk
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Travis Coe and Megan Roper were the top overall performers in the Kenneth Puckett Memorial 5K Run/Walk held Aug. 7 in Hillsville. Sponsored by the Carroll County Recreation Department and the Carr...
Carroll County Dance Center racks up numerous awards
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The Carroll County Dance Center Performance Company traveled to Savannah, Georgia to participate in the Dance Troupe Inc. National Dance Competition recently. Nineteen local dancers and their fa...
Football is back!
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State Qualifiers
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The Carroll County Nationals’ Ozone (11-12 year olds) team recently participated in the state tournament in Madison Heights. Carroll finished second in its district to qualify for the state tournam...
Grandson of Carroll resident to play football at East Carolina
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cody Keith, the grandson of Mrs. Charlotte Early and the late Dr. Joseph H. Early, Jr., has committed to play college football at East Carolina University. Keith, who was being ...
Little Mountain Archery Club to host 3D Jamboree on Aug. 15
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The Little Mountain Archery Club in Laurel Fork will host a 3D Jamboree on Sunday, Aug. 15. Registration begins at 10 a.m. The jamboree is open to everyone of all ages from pee-wee to adults. Any...
Girls basketball camp draws record crowd
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Carroll County’s varsity girls’ basketball program had one of its most successful seasons in 2010, winning 19 games, sweeping the Southwest District and earning a berth in the Group AA State Tourna...
Inaugural football camp a hit for all involved
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It’s hard to know what to expect when you try something for the first time. Considering that, the inaugural Carroll County Recreation Department Football Camp went off as smoothly as possible durin...
All-Star Game a preview of Goins' future
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Despite playing against an East team that featured seven Division I signees, Carroll County’s Kayla Goins nearly helped her West squad pull off an upset in the VHSCA girls’ basketball all-star game...
Numbers double at Carroll basketball camp
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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If camp size is an indicator, things are looking up for the Carroll County boys’ basketball program. A total of 50 campers showed up for the Carroll County Boys’ Basketball Camp during the week of...
Dixie Majors suffer pair of close losses
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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A week after claiming the District 5 championship, Carroll County’s Dixie Majors (15-18 year-olds) baseball team lost a pair of one-run heartbreakers in the Virginia State Tournament. Despite a fu...
Carroll Pre-Majors eliminated from state
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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After winning its first two games at the Virginia State Tournament in Amelia County, the season came to a close for Carroll County’s Dixie Pre-Majors (15-16 year-olds) baseball team with back-to-ba...
Sexton, 71, cards first hole-in-one
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A hole-in-one brightened the day for Sam Sexton of Route 100 in Hillsville recently. Sexton, 71, was playing in a senior golf scramble July 12 at Fountain Springs Golf Course in Peterstown, West ...
CWC swimmers place in Mount Airy meet
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Fifteen different Carroll Wellness Center swimmers placed in a Blue Ridge Swim League meet July 10 at the Reeves Community Center in Mount Airy, N.C. Facing stiff competition against Reeves and El...
Hale happy to remain head coach at Carroll
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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The collective sigh of relief that echoed across Carroll County on Thursday night could probably be heard all the way in Pulaski County. During a Thursday meeting, the Pulaski County School Board ...
Carroll Pre-Majors off to good start in state tourney
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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After two nights, Carroll County’s Dixie Pre-Majors are in the driver’s seat at the Virginia State Tournament in Amelia County. Carroll went 5-0 to win the 15-16-year-old baseball all-star state t...
Carroll County Volleyball Camp draws big turnout
by Allen Worrell, Sports Editor
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Staff Photos by Allen Worrell Nearly 70 participants took part in the Carroll County Volleyball Camp. Carroll County volleyball coach Cindy Edwards said she was very pleased with the turnout, whic...
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