Our Cross Country runners had themselves quite the day at the Regional meet outside of Bristol ! Four of six turned in their best time of the season !!!

Mason, Emmett, and Christian had PRs.

Amelia Forsyth finished her day with her best time of the season, and a trio of the five boys joined her with their best times ever!

    Kudos to Amelia for her dedication to the program over the years and the five on the Boys side all have some eligibility left !

October 28th is Shawn Montgomery Day on our site as Cross Country heads to Regionals, and we start with our Morning 🌄 Brew !

Make sure you check out the coverage from Ryan McCafferty and The Carroll News in addition to finding the results here later !
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :
Quite possibly my favorite !!!

Today is Day 6 of 11 ( in between the two VB matches) of trying hard to do everything that the doctor wants, so that makes it Hump Day twice over !

The goal for each day is a minimum of 10,000 steps and 125,000 total for the 11-day window 🪟. Trying hard to give the medication 💊 a fighting chance !

Have a Blessed Day 🙌😇🙏

Conference Carolinas Volleyball 🏐 Night on two different fronts as Francis Marion hosts University of South Carolina – Aiken and Ferrum College hosts Belmont Abbey !

After tonight’s match, Callie Half Pint Harris and Ferrum College will be down to just one more home match ( next Tuesday).

Meanwhile, down here in South Carolina, Francis Marion hosts a familiar foe as the Pacers of USC – A are from the Peach 🍑 Belt, where FMU hung out back in the day.

Both matches are set to start at 6 pm…

The Pacers bested the Patriots, 3-1, back on August 29th in a kickoff tournament in Hartsville, SC.

The conference tournament is set to begin on November 6th and conclude on November 15th.

More 2 follow…

Marion reports that Ferrum College will play a double header tonight as both the Varsity team and the developmental squad will see action 🎬 !

USC-A calls the initial TO, down 9-5.

2nd TO for Pacers, down 15 – 10

FMU uses a TO after lead down to 20 -17

FMU TO, down 23-22- terrific opening set so far. Concessions now open !

FMU rallies for a 26 – 24 [6:36 ]

SET #2 :

1st TO, FMU, down 7 – 3

Gym versus Gym, after 1st set, SC leading 50 – 45!

Up North, Belmont Abbey leads 16 – 12

Pacers TO, tied at 13 – 13

7:00 update :

Belmont Abbey wins 25 – 19 ( 44 points)

Here, FMU TO, down 18 – 13

USC-A pulls even by winning the second set down here, 25 – 15 (40 points )

90 – 89 in points, in favor of South Carolina, but the big edge comes in we will play at least four sets here. Go Ferrum !

SET #3 :

TO USC-A, down 20 – 13

Belmont Abbey wins 25 – 18 (43 points)

FMU wins, 25 – 16 (41 points )

Marion leads 132 – 131, but his match has ended. His suggestion is we revert to average….

SET #4 :

FMU leading 12 – 11…

Tie 👔 at 18 – 18 [7:52]

FMU TO, down 21 – 20….

FMU TO, down 23 – 20….

Pacers TO, lead down to 23 – 22

Patriots finish on a 7-2 run, win 27 – 25!

183 total points here,  45.75 average

Marion finished at 44.00, but he got to cheer on Half Pint while I got a frog 🐸????

She ain’t afraid of no net !
Good Night from Florence !

Final category :

Developmental match :

Belmont Abbey 29 – 27

Ferrum 25 – 18

Ferrum 19 – 17 = 135 points, even with a shortened game 3….Average of 45.0 ppg

Volleyball 🏐 is FUN