The Hill – The events from yesterday at Bill Worrell Field are still fresh in everyone’s mind and one fun topic to look closely at is what are some of the things that made it so special ?

In my mind the day long event transcended Sports and moved closer to a News story. In my four years here in Carroll County it was the largest gathering I’ve witnessed where everyone was on the same side.

Naturally there have been larger crowds at numerous events that I have covered but this one was different, way different. Let’s take a look 👀 inside the numbers (Sports term)…..

The difference that has to be listed first is everyone in the Park yesterday afternoon was on the same team, the same side! Getting that many folks in the same place with just one singular thought process was a Blessing into itself.

For a day it wasn’t about Democrat vs Republican, Wealthy vs Poor, Virginia / Virginia Tech or about Caitlin Vs Angle and finally it wasn’t about young versus old. It was about Cavalier Proud.

We didn’t need to jeer an opponent or taunt an athlete that wears the other schools colors to enjoy the moment. Plain and simple, it was Top Shelf Feel Good from start to finish.

Everything I do is designed to shine a bright and positive light on the Community we all share. There are so many wonderful 👏 things taking place in our little corner of the World 🌎 that it is impossible to mention it all but this one sparkled from start to finish.

Velvet Creed Leonard took the time to try and capture so much of the festivities and we will be sharing her favorites 💓 later this week.

Casey’s Mother 👩 was as proud as any parent could be yesterday afternoon as she soaked in the glorious day and shared a touching thought when she said ” I just wish Casey’s Father could be here to share in this with him”.

The one thing that someone who is a relative newcomer to Bill Worrell Park can not capture, no matter how high his opinion is of his writing skills are, is tell the story about what the day meant to someone who has spent his life around the Park that honors Bill Worrell.

If I only knew a young Man 👨 that dabbled in writing ✍ and has a bit of a connection to Bill Worrell, the story would be a tear 😢 flowing read from start to finish. I will stop ✋ short of begging Craig Worrell to put pen 🖊 to paper 📃 one time for me but that’s a story that I would read over and over!

Casey & Combs are off to a rocket 🚀 start because the first thing they did was embrace our History. That in itself would make Delilah Brady and her hard working group proud !

Barbara Mandrel once had a hit song 🎵 titled ” I was Country before Country was Cool ” and later Ted Turner leaned into her song by saying ” I was Cable before Cable was Cool”.

Along those same lines, Coach Edwards and I go back aways. It would be fun to say that we grew up and went to different schools 🏫 together (insert laughter ) but we built our relationship together well before anything else in Carroll County took place.

Coach Edwards is getting ready to start another season of CCHS Volleyball 🏐 and I would tell you exactly what number is but Coach hides the identity of that number well.

There are some that might think she is concerned about showing her age but I lean towards the thought that she truly can’t remember. Each year her focus is on being the best leader of her program possible 💜.

The list of reasons that Edwards and her program are near and dear to Linda and I begin with the fact the Volleyball 🏐 is Lin’s favorite sport. She played some at the small College level a lifetime ago and loves 💘 the game to this day.

Reason #2 is I live in a World 🌎 were I love the underdogs. This is the main reason I am such a huge fan of the Duke University Football program. The gridiron 🏈 version of the Blue Devils is one of the ultimate underdogs in our Country.

This ties 👔 back to Volleyball 🏐 because its the Girls 👧 sport that plays opposite Varsity 🏈. In a effort to chase equality for each High School 🏫 program, VB in the fall is the leader of the pack when it comes to underdogs. Different from Duke Football, Coach Edwards has a long history of success on The Hill.

Coach Edwards is closing in on a monumental # in the World 🌎 that is High School sports – 500 victories in a single sport.

It’s a safe bet that a volleyball player that attends today’s Junior Varsity and Varsity tryouts will be on the court the night 🌙 that the milestone victory takes place.

If there’s a third and fourth reason that Volleyball season is extra special it would be Mama Petty and Trenton Miller. These are two special people that I rarely see outside of a VB match.

Coach and I go way back and later today we will take a look at her latest groups of Volleyball players. Junior Varsity tryouts begin at 4pm and Varsity starts at 5pm!