Saturday has just flipped into Sunday as we arrive back in Beckley, West Virginia. Great time to load the pictures πŸ“Έ from Vickey Ritchie and our Special Olympics day of Track & Field

CCSO was β€œin the house” at Christiansburg High School today for Area 9 Special Olympics Spring Games Track and Field today with 12 athletes and 11 volunteers.  Lots of smiles, plenty of gutsy effort, and great sportsmanship abounded from all the teams there.  The team came back Carroll County with fistfuls of ribbons and great stories to tell!!!

Looking forward to seeing everyone later today and hearing about it all!

In case you missed it, Jeremy Puckett and our JV Boys πŸ‘¦ Soccer ⚽️ recently scored four goals against the Glenvar Highlanders!

Make no mistake about it, when it comes to soccer, here in Carroll County, we are chasing Glenvar High School. The Highlanders are our measuring stick.

Earlier this season, the varsity Girls πŸ‘§ Soccer team held Glenvar scoreless for 89 minutes of a match that remained scoreless until the closing seconds of the second overtime.

We live in a world 🌎 where the focus is on did we win or not ? I was st the 🎀 the night of the 1-0 setback, and there was electricity in the air at Tommy Thompson Field. It was days later when I heard about a 6-4 setback that our JV Boys had suffered up in Salem.

My first thought was, four goals by a Cavalier team against Glenvar, in the history of our school 🏫 on The Hill, have we ever had that level of success ?

If this was ESPN instead of ASPN, we would go to the vault and pull out the files to fact-check βœ”οΈ it. But it’s not, so we can’t, but what we can do is talk about the four goals.

Jonni Rosales scored two of those and assisted one, and Dane Huff scored, and Alex Esquivel scored the other off a Dane Huff assist !

Rosales twice put the biscuit in the basket 🧺 against the Big Dogs πŸ•, has that ever been done by a Cavalier ?

Huff added a score and a helper !

Yes, at the end of the match, we dropped a 6-4 contest. But kudos to our younger Cavaliers on the advancement !!!

You can catch both of our boys’ teams at home on Monday night !

About last night πŸŒ™ and our JV Softball victory over Radford… fresh from the Coconut πŸ₯₯ Telegraph


We knew that Carroll County Lady Cavaliers defeated Radford either 16-0 or 17-0 in five innings. Now, here is what we can add to it.

Ava Beamer pitched a 2 hit shut out with 7 strikeouts

Infield played great behind her with 8 infield outs…….Aspen Aldred snagged a couple of very nice plays at the corner of 3rd base.

Bats were hot when they got good pitches……multiple players with hits and RBI’s in the game…….Molly Montgomery and Ashlyn Smith both had long doubles……Bree Campbell and Kyra Moser put down some great bunts.

Lady Cavaliers Softball !!!

Today’s Baseball ⚾️ Dads πŸ‘¨ are trying to stay warn! Welcome πŸ™ to West Virginia Tech Baseball βšΎοΈ

Dr Gary Templeton is watching πŸ‘€his Son Gabe at the plate.

The first pitch temp was 51Β° but the wind chill was much less. Add in the solid drizzle.

The other two Dads are here to watch Maddex Sims (#5) and Cole Brown (#3).

Baseball ⚾️ is a unique game, and the ties are truly special.

The other Garry Templeton, one of my few baseball ⚾️ heroes.

Leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 3rd…

Fun story to tell later about the Templeton connection.

Tate Martino with our first pitch.

More to follow !!!

The Legendary Mrs Joe Goddard and young, Dr Goddard

We hang a four spot in the top of the seventh, now lead 6-3. Need 9 more outs.

4:50 pm – headed to the bottom of the 8th, still cold πŸ₯Ά, but still leading, 6-3!

Tate & Wayne

5:10 – leading now 6-4, heading to the ninth

5:24 – WWWWWW

Next Stop βœ‹οΈ Laurel Fork !!!!