Tapping into my favorite Indiana Jones scene where Harrison Ford stumbles across a pit full of snakes 🐍, I find myself facing the fear of having to play the Trojans over in Dry Fork tonight.

If you turn the calender back a few months one will see the path that Coach Cindy Edwards and her Volleyball 🏐 team followed. Complete the regular season, win a home game in Regional play and then head over to #2 Tunstall. The seedings of the Cavaliers are different for Volleyball 🏐 and Basketball 🏀 but the road to Dry Fork is exactly the same.

The atmosphere in the Gymnasium that night was as loud as any I’ve heard in a long time so there’s no reason to expect anything different from the home crowd tonight. The match that night went the distance (5 Sets) before the Cavaliers fell just short and had their remarkable season end..

Tonight will be the Cavaliers chance to extend their season and reach the Semi-final game to be played on Thursday night 🌙. Coach Barnes will have his team ready for the challenge, just as they have been all season long but the first four minutes of the contest will be crucial for the Cavs. The need to keep the Trojans within sight at the end of the first quarter is oh so important for this group to have a chance late in the game.

A team cannot win a game in the opening minutes but they can certainly create a hole too big to escape from. Know going in that the crowd will be against you and find a way to feed off of that fact.

Go across the Mountain ⛰ and play the Best game you can play tonight and also take the time to enjoy the moment !

The Girls Varsity Basketball team opens their defense of last years State Championship tonight at 6pm vs Staunton River High School 🏫. Sadly, part of their fanbase won’t be there to cheer them on as the Boys Basketball team will also be playing tonight at 6pm, 86 miles to the East.

I am not sure why the Regional games couldn’t be scheduled opposite each other to prevent this type of a scheduling conflict for parents, friends and other family members. Folks just shouldn’t have to choose one over the other on an important night.

At CCHS it gets even trickier for the Easter and the Richardson families as they have both a Son and a Daughter playing on the Varsity teams. Do you go with the fact that the Daughter’s are Seniors or do you flip a coin ?

You can let location decide – staying at Home versus making a trek to Dry Fork which includes a construction 🚧 zone at the ridge of Lovers Leap. Going to Dry Fork promises to be a late night 🌙 by the time you get back home 🏡.

The seeds for the game are the #1 – #8 in the Girls contest and #7 @ #2 on the Boys side. Do you let the competitive aspect of the game to decide 🤔 ???

The next option one could use in deciding is the probability that this could be the last game played in the careers of the 6 Ladies or 3 Men that are Seniors ????.

For some people it won’t be a hard decision at all while others are still choosing but whichever Gym you end up end, PLEASE cheer extra loudly to make up for your neighbors that want to be next to you but are in another location down the road.

Shame on you, Region D, shame on you….

Whether its Hillsville or Dry Fork we know thar its Go Cavs !!!

Christyan Stillwell (please go back a few days and find a bigger story on this young man) sat down with us to answer our two part Wrestling Question.

QUESTION #1 – What is your favorite part of Wrestling for CCHS ?

Christyan – It helps me stay focused on school and keeps me motivated.

QUESTION #2 – What advice would you give a fellow student that is showing an interest in coming out for the team ?

Christyan – Go ahead and do it, see if you like it.

Folks, I present Christyan Stillwell.

We were in the right place at the right time which allowed us to get our four questions in front of Freshman Isaiah Easter after his late season call up to the Varsity.

QUESTION #1 – What player out there do you feel most resembles your playing style ?

Isaiah –

Kyrie Irving because of his playing style.

QUESTION #2 – Is there someone out there that would give people a good comparison to your Coach Barnes ?

Isaiah –

UVA Coach – Tony Bennett because of his focus on Defense and Hustle.

QUESTION #3 – What is your favorite part about playing for CCHS ?

Isaiah – Playing sports is fun especially when you are playing with guys that have your back. We play as a team.

QUESTION #4 – If you are on a Podium about to accept an Award who makes your Thank You list ?

Isaiah – God and Family 👪, especially my Dad because he makes me put in the work.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present you Mr. Easter!

The night before our CCHS Girls Basketball 🏀 team opens its defense of last year’s State Championship game, we have a throwback photo from years ago. Thank You to Marion Harris for passing this along !