Kentucky just scratched out a tying run in the top of the fourth inning with a two out rally. We starred with twelve teams, and now there is just the final Four.
More 2 follow….
Kentucky takes its first lead, 2-1, and is now just 6 outs from playing for the trophy 🏆.
4:51 – que the celebration in Owensboro, Kentucky!
The break is over, and now we have Florida as the visiting team and North Carolina as the 🏡🏠🏡 team.
Scoreless after first inning…
Anna-Lynn Clark might be a name to remember, seven strikeouts already, and it’s only the 3rd inning. NC 1-0. Eight K’s after 3rd!!!
A large number of bang – bang calls 📞 in the nightcap…
North Carolina 4-0in the bottom of the fourth inning, pending another challenge. Make that 3-0….back to 4-0 after fourth.
Florida and Washington look to advance to the Saturday semi-final round down in Greenville, NC.
Both Kentucky and North Carolina have made the Final Four, so today, we find out their opponents.
Florida defeated Washington in the opener, and it wasn’t a close game, but the kiddos from Snohomish have won two straight games in the consolation bracket to remain alive.
Toms Brook NJ versus Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 in game two.
The natural temperature 🌡is in the low 90s, and the fell like temperature 🌡is in triple digits.
Washington goes down in order in the top of the first inning. Florida is coming to bat…
Florida (Southeast) loaded the bases in the bottom of the 1st, but Snohomish escapes….
Watching 👀 the game with Coach Knight and his 684 high school victories & my bride 👰♂, Linda. Back in the day, she was the second best player on an incredibly well coached church ⛪️ league team. So, Coach has earned three rings 💍 while at Page County High School. I only won one as a coach, I did take that ring 💍 and put it on the finger of my left fielder, and 41 years later, she is still here !
Scoreless as we head to the third inning…
4:13 – Lightning 🌩 delay, Florida leading 1-0.
Getting ready to resume play shortly after 70+ minutes…..
First Pitch, Take 2 at 5:25 pm
Four runs 🏃♂️in the bottom of the fourth gives FLA a 5-0 lead and six outs away from advancing.
Washington (PNW) is down to their last three outs, down 5-0.
6:19 – Florida closes out the shutout with their second double play of the game.
Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina ➕️ either New Jersey or Puerto Rico 🇵🇷…
7:07 – New Jersey ( Mid-Atlantic ) and Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 ( Latin America ) are set to play now for the last semi-final spot.
86°, feels like 94°
Very different first innings but still 0-0.
Toms River plates 🍽 3… then add a bingle to make it 4-0.
Just because two people run in different circles doesn’t prevent one from having the utmost respect for the effect that the other is having on a community.
While I don’t cross paths with Coach Greer a great deal, know that if I was trying to create a mythological place called The Hill, Seth Greer is our King 🤴!
Does that make him Hank ? Now, if you don’t watch King of the Hill, that reference won’t make a great deal of sense, but it’s a true statement.
Our 🏈🏈🏈🏈 program was to borrow from Jackson Browne, ” Running on Empty,” a few years ago. There is an expression in sports about a coach inheriting a cupboard that was empty, but in this case, I’m not sure that the cupboard was still there.
Greer created a climate, circled the wagons, and produced results that many people had given up on. He surrounded himself with quality staff, and this produced hard-nosed 👃 football players.
We had a season where we snuck into the playoffs as the #8 seed and went to the 🦁 Lion’s den in Abingdon. Then we followed up with another season that included a home playoff game ( and victory ) ➕️ a strong showing in the next round.
While many a successful coach can have blinders on to everything that is not his or her program, Greer is the opposite of that. The efforts of our Head Football coach are rather impressive, but the rest of his day has touched many, many Cavaliers along the way.
The next man up mentality will be put to the test again this season, but that is the beauty of the program. Strength and determination don’t graduate.
August 28th is opening night at Tommy Thompson Field, and it should be quite a show !
Thank you, Coach Greer, for everything you do, not just for our football players but for every Cavalier whose life you touch.
Coach Edwards will be holding her meeting tonight.Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :
2 Corinthians 4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day will appear here shortly.Final 3 days of the Softball World Series is set to get underway shortly.Tomorrow Night 🌙 for AAU Girls Basketball 🏀
The road less traveled ! 