Greg Talley is the head of Table #5 and I’m looking forward to writing ✍ that piece but today Mr. T made the Ball Coach smile 😃

Greg Talley is the Man 👨 ! Coach says he misses the Hair and that Donna was the Best thing to ever happen to him. 💘

Marion Harris shares the same three core values that I do, Faith, Family 👪 and Friends. He has been a HUGE part of our efforts for a while now and someone I am proud to have as part of our team. His wife and Daughters are part of the package 📦 and all four of them enjoy giving Marion good natured grief and when get the opportunity to hang out with them I do my best to defend his honor. Mrs Harris is the brains 🧠 of the operation but My Main Man Marion is the Heart and Soul.

 His efforts to make our Community a better place never stops ✋. His devotion to the game of Soccer ⚽️ doesn’t just end with cheering on his Daughters as he spends countless hours trying hard to keep the Sport moving forward. He refs games and takes some of the local players to Referee School so they to can join in on the quest to Advance the Sport locally. I had the privilege of spending the day around Marion in what I have to believe is his favorite combination of Faith & Soccer, the Fellowship of Christian ✝️ Athletes Soccer Fest down in Abingdon.

 Back to the three Daughters that they have raised. Adrienne Harris is another person that has been saddled with a OneofUs.Care nickname as I call her “Our Future “. Such a wonderful example of someone who leaves a Community to get an education and then races back to said Community in hopes of moving the needle for our youth.

Natalie Harris is fearless and it was no surprise that she followed in her Big Sisters footprints by going down to Emory and Henry. Her plan once she graduates 🎓 is to come back 🏡 as well.

 The youngest one, Callie Harris has some big shoes 👞 to fill and she’s off to a terrific start.

 Back to Marion, his latest endeavor involves live streaming the Varsity Girls 👧 Basketball 🏀 games and putting them on Facebook for people to see 👀 for free. I feel honored to have our tripod play a small role in the process !

 Marion has also led me to Trenton Miller, Ben Tickle and Russell Smoot among others. He arranged our meeting with Vickie Ritchie for the first time and takes on the role of surfing 🏄‍♂️ Social Media in hopes of finding stories that fit inside our efforts.

Marion Harris takes his role as our Social Media Director very serious. He might be gunning for a Corner Office with all of his efforts 🤔

At the Banquet in March, Marion will be the one to present Mr. Tickle before three other folks share their thoughts on this gem 💎 of a Man 👨.

 It is also our hope that he will be willing to live stream the event for the folks that can’t attend.

Table #2 belongs to My Main Man Marion ! On the train 🚆 for as long as Anyone !!

The Hill will remain quiet for the most part tonight as two of our teams head South to the Pool in Abingdon and two will head up I-81 to Buchanan

The swim 🏊‍♂️ teams have been trying hard to play catch up as this will be their third meet in four days. Already looking forward to hearing all about it.

 The Girls 👧 Basketball programs will have another busy week as they are playing four times in the next six days. Alyssa Ervin enters the week 38 points away from tying the School All-Time scoring record that is currently held by Erin Gibson. The passing of the torch 🔦 figures to take place Wednesday night on The Hill but one cannot rule out it taking place tonight against the Knights.

Both of the teams have been playing red hot Basketball 🏀 as of late and hopefully that will continue this evening up North.

 We are in the final hours of the Ethan Richardson( Mission Trip) Telethon and if you haven’t read that story please 🙏 check it out as its been a Heart Warming ♥ few days!

 

Nathan Jones, Look what you did ! The story that led to Ethan Richardson performing the National Anthem tonight on The Hill

Marion Harris will be the focus here in a bit as we follow up the piece from yesterday on Kevin Burress as Table Master #1 at our upcoming Banquet.

If you are going to traveling up or down I-81 today, Godspeed on your journey 🙏.

 We have another week in front of us, here’s to making the Best of it !

 

Carroll Combined 1st Place – 170

Carroll Men’s 1st Place – 104 

Carroll Women’s 2nd Place – 66

Relay Results:

Men’s 200 Medley: 1st (Ogle, Dalton, Edwards, DeHaven)

Men’s 200 Free: 1st (Willis, Cruz, Wheatley, Hart)

Women’s 200 Free: 2nd (Dalton, Amstutz, Manning, Forsyth)

Men’s 400 Free: 1st (Dalton, Ogle, Edwards, DeHaven)

Women’s 400 Free: 1st (Smith, Forsyth, Barr, Wheatley)

Individual Results:

200 Free: Bradley Dalton 1st

200 IM: Will Dalton 2nd (EX)

50 Free: MEN: Wyatt Ogle 2nd; Elijah Willis 3rd; Avery Hart 5th; Garrison Wheatley 6th; Jarib Cruz 7th. WOMEN: Karmen Smith 1st; Maggie Manning 2nd; Allison Amstutz 3rd; Savannah Dalton 5th; Nahi Cruz 7th; Paige Ogle 1st (EX)

100 Fly: Ethan Edwards 1st

100 Free: MEN: Elijah Willis 2nd; Avery Hart 3rd; Will Dalton 3rd (EX). WOMEN: Katelyn Wheatley 3rd; Karmen Smith 4th; Amelia Forsyth 5th; Nahi Cruz 7th

500 Free: MEN: Bradley Dalton 1st. WOMEN: Bailey Shupe 1st

100 Back: MEN: Wyatt Ogle 1st; Ethan Edwards 2nd; Camden DeHaven 3rd; Jarib Cruz 5th. WOMEN: Savannah Dalton 4th; Allison Amstutz 5th

100 Breaststroke: MEN: Camden DeHaven 2nd; WOMEN: Katelyn Wheatley 4th; Bailey Shupe 5th; Maggie Manning 7th; Paige Ogle 3rd (EX)

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Shannon H. Dalton

Carroll County High School

Thank You Ma’am !