Day: April 11, 2024

It’s time for Banquet #5 of 6 – Tonight we are on the Court of Cameron Indoor Stadium

Of the list of things that Linda and I believe in and support, Duke University lands pretty high on that list. We are proud to be Iron Duke members and love the fact that the foundation of this institution is Higher Education.

Growing up with family 👪 in the Buggs Island 🏝 Lake region, you learn at an early age that the Hospital 🏥 at Duke is the place where people travel to when their local Doctors can’t find the answers. Very fitting that two very prominent people from Carroll County are currently been seen here.

What you are looking at is a Jeremy Roach cupcake 🧁, his is made of Cookies and Cream.

Ryan Young (#15) is Chocolate Caramel Twix and the third Senior is Spencer Hubbard (#55) and his cupcake is Mint Chocolate Chip.

The Menu ….. Great note here, all food options were brought to each table, family 👪 dinner style.

59 tables with 10 chairs per = 590 seats plus folks have the option of purchasing a seat 💺 in the upper level if you want to just be a spectator.

Having experienced this night before I would like to give Coach Anthony Barnes as he follows a similar process in that each of his Assistant Coaches will participate in the presentation of the Awards

The floor is starting to fill up now and I feel fortunate to be sitting next to my Bride 👰 of right at 40 years.

Unlike the first four Banquets tonight I have zero adult responsibility. I will just be a guy 👦 taking notes 📝 about anything I see or hear that would play well in any future gatherings I try to map out.

In just over two weeks the first of its kind Banquet tour will conclude up in Charlottesville when our long time friend Alan Knight gets inducted into the Virginia High School League Hall of Fame.

The countdown to the Jeremy Roach cupcake 🧁 has begun !

The only thing that would have made the evening better is if our fellow Duke supporter, Kris Richardson could be here with us !

The evening is about to get underway so its a good time to stick a pin 📌 in it.

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If you see two grown Men outside today staring at the sky with a puzzled look on their faces….

It’s time for a Good News, Bad News jokes in regards to Mr. Greg Talley and Mr. Martin McKenzie.

First, the Good News – both of our Tennis 🎾 Coaches are still undefeated 👏 on the season !!!

Bad News is they are closing in on the middle of April now and they have both played just one match each.

I’m not liking their chances today much at all as Mother Nature continues to hender the process. While all the Spring Sports are struggling to stay on schedule nobody is as far behind as the Tennis 🎾 teams.

If you listen closely enough you can hear 👂 them chanting, “Let us Play, Let us Play “

Hang in there Coaches, it has to stop ✋🙏 at some point !

Carroll County Softball shows no rust in 6-0 victory at Grayson County

Photo Credit – Kelly Hawks

Carroll County Head Coach Rick Nester was smiling ear to ear after his Lady Cavaliers (7-0) remained perfect on the season after shutting out the host Blue Devils 6-0 Wednesday night in Independence.

” I actually used my time in between innings to let the team know just how proud of them I was,” said Nester. “We played team defense, taking care of business at every position.”

One play that Nester was pointing towards happened early on when first baseman Laiken Burnett charged to her right to field a ground ball and second baseman Emma Harman hustled over to take her throw at first base to record the out.

The team has fallen behind in regards to the schedule and have been reduced to playing roughly once a week for quite some time. They started this week with three games on the docket before yesterday with Floyd County became the latest contest to get pushed back.

The lack of opportunity to play live games has shown zero effect on the team at the plate or in the field. That was the case once again versus Grayson County as the team combined timely hitting with flawless defense behind a sparkling pitching performance from Senior Emma Leath.

Leath (7-0) once again tossed a complete game shutout, allowing just four hits and one walk while striking out seven. Nester added that only one ball was hit hard in seven innings and that his infield was up to every challenge.

The offense attack was also paced by Leath as she reached on a single four times in five at bats, scoring twice. Isabella Norman was one of a slew of hitters that went 2 of 4, driving in three runs, including a 2-run double that pushed the lead out to 6-0.

Holly Miller, Burnett and Harman each joined Norman in the two hit club as the team collected 14 hits on the night. The team scored three runs early and matched it with three runs late to erase any doubt about the outcome.

” The final score is just a little deceiving when you take into consideration how hard we hit the ball,” Nester added. ” It seemed that we were one hit away from pulling away in each inning.”

Carroll County is set to play at Patrick County on Friday evening but that came might be in jeopardy if the weather tomorrow delivers another stretch of prolonged rain. Mother Nature is the only thing slowing down the Lady Cavaliers..

Just a different look at the photo..

Allen will add a Box Score and here I will add a few pics sent along by Donna Nester.

While I didn’t get verification of the final score I do know that CCHS fell short in the Junior Varsity game.