Our 19th season of Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball is right around the corner, and just like Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, we are looking for A Few Good Men !
The countdown clock, she be ticking away as first serve approaches for the Ferrum College Lady Panthers at Emory and Henry University ! Saved By the Bell 🔔 : The Cavalier College Years…
Check out the Individual Leaders list at the top of the page, and you will see 👀 our Half Pint on the Digs / Set line.
New Head Coach and first regular season road trip to it should be a good test for FC.
What a difference 24 hours can make – yesterday it was about making sure that 29 Lady Cavaliers felt they were a part of something special and two dozen Lady Cougars feel welcome.
Tonight, it’s just about one young lady and maybe her sister Jan !
First serve set for 6:00 pm….
This next photo 📸 is what we call a 2fer as it captures both the 8 member cheering section and the team !
Ferrum College needs a TO, trailing 20-17 in the first set. Very back and forth opener.
25-18 Wasps in the opening set.
Ferrum College evens it up with a 25-19 second set victory.
Callie was part of a big rally in set #3 as the Lady Panthers have erased a big deficit to tie 👔 things up at 15-15 !
TO at 21-21, another entertaining set.
Ferrum 23-21, second E & H TO
25 – 23 Lady Panthers ! [7:27]
Opening fourth set on a 7-2 spirt that forces an E & H TO. Snuck an ACE in there !
19-12 lead at TO, six points away
The calendar has flipped, so our site has a new name for September !!!
Larger than Life…
Let’s call 📞 this one : The one about Rafael Anglada, Greg Maddux, Peyton Spencer, and the Man in Peoria, Illinois.
To say that Greg Maddux is important to me in the world 🌎 of baseball ⚾️ would be quite the understatement. The jersey in the photos came from a kind soul that I met about a decade ago in Peoria, Illinois, while attending a minor league baseball game.
Maddux spent time with the club in 1985, back when he was just the too small little brother of Mike Maddux. I was deep in a conversation with someone who worked with the club, and I told him about my collection of Maddux jerseys, included every place that he pitched.
Fast forward, roughly 30 minutes later, our paths crossed again, and this time, he was bearing a gift 🎁. He took the time to match the jersey from that time period and made me a Greg Maddux Peoria Chiefs jersey. Talk about bringing joy to someone’s life….
Rafael is an amazing human being that I met one night down in Lakeland, Florida, and we share a common goal – being gatekeepers of the historic game of baseball. We exchange stories about the game when we can, and I know that he will appreciate this one.
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The link there is a stunning one that neither of us had ever seen before.
Last night at the volleyball match, I had my first opportunity to both meet and share a thought with our current Ace, Peyton Spencer. The young man passed the very important first test by acknowledging his love and respect for his family !
It was a fun moment, and I did my best to offer words of encouragement to him. That moment will remain his, but know that it immediately made me think about both Rafael and that day in Peoria !
If you have two minutes, the link is to one of 5,000 Maddux stories…
Let’s call 📞 this one : The one about the bravest man 👨 in the land, random act of kindness, singing and tweaking a new cheer system
Travis Osborne is a brave man 👨 and the crowd asks, how brave is he ? So brave that he interacts with me 365 days a year…..
The pics 📸 above are from the Junior Varsity match, and they came from the Osborne family. Thank you, Brother.
The cake 🎂 and card above was part of an incredibly special moment last night, that included a well performed 🎭 song by our Junior Varsity team. My birthday 🎂 is Thursday, and when asked last week what my big plans are, I responded with announcing some volleyball games.
Random acts 🎬 of kindness are always AWESOME
Our Lady Cavaliers in waiting played a highly competitive match last night against Pulaski County Junior Varsity. While they fell 2-0, they were in both sets and led the second one 13-5 before a strong run by the Lady Cougars.
After the match, I took a minute to share with the group the first of many thoughts about POSITIVE cheer options for the Varsity team.
On a play that ends with Ali Wright recording a kill, I would say, ALI folks would loudly add Ooop !
If Heidi Painter 🎨 finished a kill, that kill was painted by Heidi…
Faith Nicholson – you sing the line, you gotta have Faith….. just getting started…
Any big play, by any player :
Look what she did, Look what she did !!
Our athletic director, Kevin DeHaven, needs money 💰 and you know what is the best kind of cash 💸? Other people’s 💸.
The goal for us every night should be to make our guests feel as welcome as humanly possible. We want folks to drive to The Hill, plop down money at the ticket 🎟 table, and the concession stand. Then, after the match, maybe hit one of our drive thrus or gas ⛽️ station on the way out of town.
The crowd last night on the Dublin side are the same as us. They work for a living, then jump in their car and drive to watch their kiddos play a sport. We want them to feel safe in doing so in hopes they will return and possibly bring their neighbors next time.
We should cheer LOUDER than them, always, but remember that the goal is to cheer for our players, not against theirs.
There was energy in the building last night, from start to finish, and none of it was at the expense of Pulaski County.
Mr DeHaven works 💪 very hard for us and could use all the help we can provide. Some folks can write ✍️ a check, and that’s great, but most can move the needle 🪡 just by being aware of how important the visitors are to the bottom line.
Thank you, Travis, for the pics 📸.
Thank you for the Cake 🎂 , song and card.
Thank you for caring about Carroll County High School volleyball 🏐!!!
Apologies to Metropolis, but Greg Bolen is our Superman 🦸♂️ 