On this week’s Triangle in Two podcast with Coach Travis Carr, reporter Matt Reed asks Coach Carr about the upcoming game Friday night against rival Colonial Heights.

Matt Reed: Hello Royals and welcome to this week’s Triangle In Two podcast. I’m Matt Reed and I am here with Coach Carr where we ask him three questions in under two minutes.

Question number one: Your varsity basketball squad beat their rival Thomas Dale in a close 55-52 victory. What contributed to this victory?

Coach: Well first of all Matty, hello to you and all of the Royal fans out there. It’s Wednesday. I know it is a long week. You know we don’t have any games until Friday. It used to be exam week. Things have changed and it feels a little weird not having half days and exams this week. But you know we are going to move forward. Last Friday was a big game and a big win. It was a close battle and both teams played well and played some great defense. Luckily we had a stop there at the end. They had a shot at the end to tie it. But our defense stepped up at the end and we got the close victory.

Matt: With the team defeating Highland Springs and Thomas Dale, how do you plan on continuing this winning streak?

Coach Carr: True. Last week was a big week for us. We had three games and we wanted to win all three but we did get two wins out of it. Highland Springs being a big one and of course against our rival Thomas Dale. We are going to take that as a springboard to this week even though we only have one game, we are going to use it. Hopefully we can go over there with a great student section. They usually have a great student section and it is fun to see them battling throughout the game.

Matt: With the season coming to an end, how do you plan on making a push towards the playoffs?

Coach Carr: The season is coming quickly to an end. And it always goes like that – it goes fast. And here at the end we have a bunch of games because of the snow. And next week we actually have four games in four days. We play Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. That is going to be a tough test for us. We are built for it – we have been working out during the summer and off season. So we should be prepared.

Matt: Thanks coach and good luck tomorrow against Colonial Heights.

Coach Carr: Thank you Matty and the game is on Friday.