Sitting in the Holmes Center after hosting a thrilling Field Hockey 🏑 game that we won in shoot outs…
Priceless moment as one of the App State player’s Mother 👩 and Cancer ♋ Survivor delivers the honorary First Serve !!!
As we did prior to our Field Hockey game a Moment of Silence was held to honor the Late Chancellor of ASU, Mr. Kenneth E. Peacock.
Even the Mascot is in full Pink Mode !
The tie to Breast Cancer Awareness is obvious and the Appalachian State University connection is also self evident but how about to our Coach back home 🏡, Cindy Edwards ?
Trust me when I say that not every community has a Coach that has dedicated his or her entire adult life to teaching the game of Volleyball to a Community and at times neighboring Communities. Now, let me contradict my own thought process by adding that I have been blessed to know two folks that fit that very description – Alan Knight of Page County and Cindy Edwards of Carroll County.
Pardon the Interpretation……. but time with the Mascot is Premo Time !!!
Just last week Alan & Cindy ended up in the same College Gymnasium up in Harrisonburg. Alan was in the building to be a line judge for the Match (something he does to give back to the game when he’s not doing Color commentary for ESPN+) while Cindy had a special purpose that evening as well.
See, one of Cindy’s former players currently plays for EMU, Ms Madison Stockner. Coach made the drive 🚗 up I-81 to show support for one of her former players. Cavalier Alums play Volleyball 🏐 other places as well – Ferrum, Emory & Henry here in Virginia and as far off as the Greater Chicago area.
Appy wins set #1, 25-17
Cindy coaches them when they’re too young to understand the game and stands by them well after they take the CCHS jersey off for the final time. Is it just me or does it sound a little like Moonlight Graham of Field of Dreams???
Twenty more minutes of watching 👀 College Volleyball 🏐 and then start the 2 hour drive 🚗 home 🏡 while trying hard to follow Cavalier Football 🏈🏈🏈.
Side note 📝 – App leads Set #2, 6-4
A.S.P.N on The Hill 