Day: April 18, 2023

5 Games on 4 Diamonds 💎 in one evening – how hard can it really be ? (LIVE BLOG)

Buchanan – Its just a few minutes past 3pm up here on Highway 🛣 43 and borrowing a page from the MLB Network I will do my best to keep up with 5 ball games ⚾️ – 1 College Baseball game, 1 Varsity HS game, 1 Junior Varsity Baseball, 1 Varsity Softball and 1 Junior Varsity Softball game.

Being that I should actually be over in Bluefield today I will include the Golden Bears 🐻 in my coverage.

Here’s the Lineup :

3pm – West Virginia Tech @ Bluefield University

5pm – CCHS Varsity Baseball @ James River HS

5pm – CCHS Varsity Softball @ James River HS

5pm – James River JV Baseball @ Carroll County HS

7pm – CCHS JV Softball @ James River HS

Field Prep is well underway here at the Baseball diamond 💎 !

Two innings in the books over in Bluefield with the Rams 🐏 1, Golden Bears 🐻 0

Wind is blowing hard here, switching between left to right to Straight out the Baseball field.

Golden Bears 🐻 first two reach base in the top of the 3rd but come up empty. After 2 & 1/2, still 0-1.

JR players have made the short walk over from school 🏫.

Bluefield with 2-out rally in the 3rd, now 4-0.

401pm – Still waiting on a CCHS Bus 🚌

Lead-off single by Francisco Calderon goes by the boards in a scoreless Top of the 4th…

Knights are now in the batting cages.

Flag in Centerfield blowing straight out now.

412pm – Still looking for Bus

5-0 Rams 🐏 after 4 innings in Bluefield

424pm – We have a Carroll County Bus 🚌 sighting!

4:26 – Second CCHS Bus 🚌 !

Flag now blowing straight out ! Advantage offense.

Both Varsity games will start after 5pm

The never say die Golden Bears 🐻 have pulled within 6-4 in Bluefield !

5:19 – Lady 👩 Cavaliers now taking in & out

5:35 – Softball 1st Pitch

Sadly right after cutting the lead to 6-4 over in Bluefield the Rams 🐏 hung an eight spot to close out the Golden Bears 🐻 14-4.

Softball – Cavaliers 1-0 Middle 1st, Middle 2nd

Softball – 1/0 Top 4th, Baseball down 4-1

Softball 1-0, Bottom 5th

Softball 1-0, Middle 6th (6:42)

James River pushes across a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game.

1-1 Top 7th

Lady Cavaliers plate 2 runs in the Top of the 7th, lead 3-1 !!!!!!

Softball wins a thrilling game, 3-1

Back to Baseball where we trail 6-1

If you see any of the Nice Folks back home they have a Game recap to share with you !

7:39 – Baseball Varsity over, 6-2 James River

5 Softball Coaches in One Shot !

Baseball played to the Final swing !

JV Softball started as Varsity Baseball ended.

Hoping that Coach DeHaven can get us a JV Baseball Final once he’s back home.

JV Softball bats around in the Top of the Second and take a 5-0 lead.

It’s been reported that the JV Baseball team won by Mercy rule back home. We will look for confirmation on the Final.

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Middle of the 3rd – CCHS 8-0 !

Night has fallen….

8:26pm – Top 4th, 8-0

I am sitting amongst some dedicated CCHS parents!

13-0, Top 4th

People that are ready to start the drive 🚗 back to the Hill !!!

15-0 and we are playing the Top of the 5th ?

Just before the stroke of 9pm – 17 -0 (F)

Time to sign off from Buchanan…. School Bus 🚌 out at 9:10, shortly before me. Godspeed to All heading 🙏 back down I-81 & Highway 🛣 100

Unofficial #ers – 3 Cavalier Wins, 1 Cavalier Loss, 1 Golden Bears 🐻 Loss.

Coach DeHaven :

Lost 6-2 today. Britt Berrier had two hits. Maddox Lyons threw two and a third innings and struck out three.

JVS won 17-1 in 5 innings. Jacky Turman pitched three innings for the win and Slade Quesenberry pitched the last two in relief. Six different batters had hits and they walked a total of 9 times. James river’s team had 9 errors.

Lady 👩 Cavaliers Softball: 4 games, 3 Counties, 500 miles in just over 72 hours

When the Softball team leaves the School on the Hill today here shortly it will begin a whirlwind stretch for the team, the Parents and the Homer’s that will follow them around until Friday night / Saturday morning.

Stop #1 on the Loop takes place today at 5pm in Buchanan (just over 200 miles with the actual miles depending on the Food stop). CCHS (6-0) will face its toughest test to date when it plays James River (8-0,2-0) ahead of the JV game.

Stop #2 will be the short one as Wednesday will be at Home 🏡 with the JV hosting Auburn and the Varsity hosting Galax High School. So on both Wednesday and Thursday (practice only) the players, Coaches and Families only have the to and from twice over.

Stop #3 begins on Friday afternoon when the team Bus 🚌 leaves out shortly past Noon for the 5:00 Double Header at Alleghany High School 🏫 in Low Moor. 246 mile loop plus Food Stops with Game 2 beginning shortly after the end of Game 1.

Most teams have to make the trips North and Northwest each season but it gets more difficult when the two nights chase each other inside of the same week. I still remember Volleyball 🏐 Week in which the team made the Loops back2back.

Plenty of rest is suggested over the next 3 Days and 8 hours for our Road Warriors. When the dust settles the regular season will have crossed the halfway point but at least the longer nights will be behind us. Going to Radford, Floyd County and Pulaski County just doesn’t seem quite so bad when you compare it to Glenvar, James River and Alleghany !

#GoCavaliers