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Today's Sports

  • Grayson hangs on

    INDEPENDENCE –– The fact that Grayson County had wasted a six-run lead in a loss to Glenvar two years ago was pointed out in the Blue Devils’ dugout Monday. Whether or not the subject was broached in the Highlanders’ dugout can’t be confirmed, but it nearly came up on the scoreboard nonetheless.

    Grayson County whacked its way to a 6-1 lead and saw Glenvar pull to within a run before the Blue Devils escaped with a 6-5 nondistrict win at the GNB Baseball Complex.

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  • Tazewell outslugs Grayson

    INDEPENDENCE –– Grayson County and Tazewell combined for 27 runs on 30 hits Thursday and the Blue Devils were on the verge of overcoming a five-run deficit for the second time before the Bulldogs held on for a 14-13 win in a Conference 39 softball melee.

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  • Battle of the Badges to benefit...

    For years, Carroll County Special Olympics has held practice on Easter weekend. Many carrot relays, wheelbarrow races, and Easter bonnet relays have created much laughter. However, this Easter weekend, on Saturday the team will meet to support the very first Battle of the Badges.

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  • Carroll walks off with win

    HILLSVILLE –– Jeannie Utt’s drive into the right-centerfield gap could have been scored an error or it could have been scored a double, depending on the perspective of the official scorer. The play itself was a scorer, which was all that mattered to Carroll County.

    For the record, Utt was credited with a walk-off double when her deep gapper was misplayed, allowing Gracie Davidson to hustle home from second to cap a two-run rally that lifted the Cavaliers to a 3-2 win over Floyd County.

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  • Carroll powers past Galax

    All good things must come to an end. Some just take longer than others.

    Carroll County and Galax played baseball for three hours and nine minutes Friday, but the Cavaliers found it an enjoyable chunk of time as they used an overpowering finish to take a 14-2 win over the Maroon Tide in a nondistrict game at Felts Park.

    It was the season opener for both teams.

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  • Bulldogs oust Cavaliers

    SALEM –– The 230-mile journey from Suffolk to the Roanoke Valley couldn’t have been a piece of cake for the King’s Fork girls’ basketball team, but the Bulldogs made covering 90 feet of Salem Civic Center hardwood an even more arduous task for Carroll County.

    Trailing by seven points at halftime, King’s Fork ratcheted up the defensive pressure and ground out a 55-51 win over the Cavaliers Friday in the quarterfinal round of the Group 4A state tournament.

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  • Cavaliers gear up for state

     HILLSVILLE –– One of the more remarkable things about the current level of success enjoyed by the girls’ sports programs at Carroll County is that there is almost no crossover between the state championship softball team and the state tournament-bound basketball team. Just one member of that softball team also plays basketball, and its a good thing Gracie Davidson is around this week.

    She knows first-hand what it’s like to come up short in a region title game but win a state crown a week later.

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  • Cavs detoured in finals

    HILLSVILLE –– In choosing the right words for his team after its Region 4A West championship game loss to William Fleming, Carroll County head coach Marc Motley needed to look no farther than 45 feet to his left, where Colonels coach Champ Hubbard had paced the sidelines each of the last two Saturday nights in Carroll’s gym. The quotable Motley certainly could have summoned the proper thoughts on his own, but those of his adversary fit the situation perfectly.

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  • Carroll bucks Millbrook

    HILLSVILLE –– You couldn’t see it on his perpetually stoic face, but Rally Buck was getting nervous. By the end of the third quarter, though, the taxidermic, de facto mascot of the Carroll County High School student section was back to his glassy-eyed, party animal self.

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  • Loudoun cleared

    HILLSVILLE –– It may come as no surprise that the Carroll County girls’ basketball program is returning to a state tournament. But the way the region bracket fell into place this year, there was a mighty big difference between ‘not surprised’ and ‘rest assured.’

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