Cavaliers sweep Golden Wave

GRUNDY –– Carroll County rallied from an eight-point deficit in the final four minutes to overtake Grundy 70-65 in a Southwest District boys’ game Saturday afternoon.

Grundy’s Jordan Ellis sank two foul shots for a 61-53 Golden Wave lead before James Lanning’s 3-pointer sparked a 17-4 Cavalier run to the final horn.

Tyler Reavis’ layup gave Carroll County the lead for good, 64-62, with 1:15 to play. Reavis led all scorers with 25 points, Lucas Marshall scored a career-high 14 and Lanning chipped in 12.

Derek Hess had 25 points to lead Grundy and Joseph Stephens scored 17.

Carroll County 11 26 11 22––70

Grundy 15 19 19 12––64

Carroll County (2-9, 1-2)

Reavis 25, L.Marshall 14, Lanning 12, Thompson 3, Jackson 4, Fink 4, Frazier 3, Atwood 2.

Grundy (4-2, 0-1)

Hess 25, Kelly 8, Boyd 4, Justus 2, Rife 5, Stephens 17, Mutter 2, Ellis 2.

Three-point field goals – Carroll County 5 (Reavis 3, Lanning 2), Grundy 3 (Hess 2, Stephens).

JV – Carroll County won.

Chilhowie 56, Grayson County 46

Seth McKinney led three Warriors in double figures as Chilhowie avenged an earlier defeat with a nondistrict win Monday in Chilhowie.

Grayson County (7-4) took a 25-24 halftime lead before being outscored 32-21 in the second half. Andrew Russell and Tuff Williams each scored 11 points for Chilhowie (4-7).

Eric Harvey scored a game-high 18 points for the Blue Devils and Tyler Rutherford tossed in 10.

Grayson County 14 11 11 10––46

Chilhowie 10 14 15 17––56

Grayson County (7-4)

Rutherford 10, P.Bowen 7, Eller 2, Harvey 18, B.Bowen 5, Blizzard 4.

Chilhowie (4-7)

Pote 2, Sturgill 8, Russell 11, Williams 11, Blevins 2, Smith 5, McKinney 17.

Three-point field goals – Grayson County 2 (Rutherford 2), Chilhowie 4 (Sturgill 2, Russell, Williams)

JV – Chilhowie 40-38.

GIRLS

Carroll County 56, Grundy 31

The Cavaliers remained unbeaten in SWD play by scoring the game’s first 23 points and rolling to the win Saturday in Grundy.

The Golden Wave trailed 19-0 after the first period and 33-11 at halftime.

Kayla Goins led three Cavaliers in double figures with 13 points. Kelsey Goad scored 11 and Kaitlan Viars contributed 10. No player reached double digits for the Golden Wave.

Carroll County 19 14 13 10––56

Grundy 0 11 10 10––31

Carroll County (4-3, 3-0)

Dalton 7, Goins 13, Goad 11, Cornell 1, Dickens 9, Ayers 3, Martin 9, Viars 10.

Grundy (2-4, 1-1)

H.Stiltner 4, K.Bowman 8, H.Bowman 4, Rife 1, Riley 8, Bush 2, A.Stiltner 2, Lester 2.

Three-point field goals – Carroll County 6 (Dickens 3, Goad, Goins, Ayers), Grundy 2 (Riley 2)

JV – Grundy won.