There was a certain buzz about The Hill yesterday afternoon as the School 🏫 is reopening the doors 🚪 ahead of the new School year.

Practices were taking place in various spots and folks were getting prepared through the Open House taking place.

If yesterday was busy then today should be nothing short of down right exciting for everyone involved. The festivities are set to begin at 4:00pm and run through 7:00pm in and around the Football stadium.

The amount of planning that goes into an event like this one is amazing 👏 to say the least. Let’s not forget the number of people it will take to step in after the fact to restore everything back to its place.

Our teachers and our Administration are locked 🔒 in and ready to lead our youth for the next 10 months. Tonight is designed for everyone involved to have a little fun ahead of Thursday morning 🌄 when the doors open for business.

Yes, there will be some parking issues for folks but a plan has been put in place to try to make getting in and out as easy as possible. Please note 📝 the VFW Shuttle Bus 🚌 option that will be running every 15 minutes.

If you can make it down and cross paths with a Teacher, please offer up some words of encouragement 🙏. If you happen to see 👀 one of our Administration out and about, Please do the same.

In the World 🌎 of High School faculty there are zero Nike shoe contracts to be signed. Nobody you see tonight is getting an appearance fee or pulling in seven figures, unless you count the decimal point.

The Men and Women that lead our Children do so because they want to be a Role Model, not because they want to be Millionaires or be casted on Dancing with the Stars 🌟.

Come into the Town today and have yourself some FUN ! And if you see someone who you know helped create the moment, please 🙏 offer them some encouragement !

Per the norm, if anyone wants to share a photo 📷 or two after the fact, please do.

Have yourself a Blessed Day !

We encourage folks to go back one story and read about both the JV & Varsity Tryouts but we will sign off for the day with a few pictures 📷 of the Junior Varsity side which was taking place in the new Gymnasium.

Coach Petty had some Top Shelf assistance in Nikki Heflin and Skylar Petty.

Today ( Day 365 ) included a dozen stories about the coming and goings on The Hill. We had some Volleyball 🏐, plenty of coverage from Sunday afternoon, Meeting an Easter daughter, chatting with Ron Cochran, singing (poorly) to Crystal Worrell on her anniversary.

Wrapping the year long journey with some Junior Varsity 💙 Love is fitting as can be !

One never knows what the next chapter will hold but this 365 Day Trek was a once-in-a-lifetime adventure !

5:00 pm on the dot is when the first whistle blew for the first-time in the actual 2024 – 2025 season. These young ladies have been playing nonstop since the final point was recorded up at Lord Botetourt but today is the first day of our official Volleyball 🏐 season.

Trenton Miller is in the building assisting Coach Edwards with the Varsity 12 and we are having a potential 13th watching 👀 from the sidelines while awaiting a physical.

Jason Petty is in the brand new Gym and working with a group of 24 will present an interesting dynamic. The number is one sense is tremendous while it also creates a challenge for everyone to get equal looks.

This years team will be more dependent upon floor coverage and sound defense than years past. The Lady 👩 Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 program will be smaller by comparison to the past few years after a towering Senior Class has left The Hill.

In their place comes a group of hard working well rounded Student Athletes.

Aza Petty, Laiken Burnett, Callie Harris, Brooke Webb, Corrie Delp, Addie Greene, Raylee Goins and Arizona Thompson start the list of participants. We will be adding more names as the practice continues.

Alyssa Lawson, Faith Nicholson, Maddie Hyatt and Ali Wright are all part of the group. Maleah Neely is bouncing back and forth between the groups and tells me that Nikki Heflin and Skylar Petty are assisting Coach Petty.

We are officially underway with another season of CCHS Volleyball 🏐 with Coach Edwards !

Plenty of wall 2 wall coverage to follow as the team rounds into shape for the season.