Welcome 🙏 to Saturday, where all Roads lead to Atlanta after as many stops ✋as I can squeeze in on the way to CLT

Stop ✋#2 is at Hillsville Elementary School 🏫 where another hard working Lady 👩 that I’ve never met is going through the last minute prep for her Big event today. Allyson Taylor, standing 🧍‍♂️ here next to Ethan Edwards.

Stop ✋ #1 was the office 🏢 to gather up some goodies we have for the Bingo event tonight.

I feel pretty good about the number of items that we were able to stuff inside of a bag 🎒 for Kayla Nester.

The two young Ladies at the wheel of this event today !

Allyson has been facing tough decisions about the event taking place today, after the devastating Storm turned so many people, places and things upside-down. Everyone who has been planning something are all facing tough decisions.

The final verdict was to move forward and let the Community as a whole and the Children in particular have some fun.

Pretty sure that the Adults that get to bring their Big Rigs out to show off will have some fun today as well.

Anna Nester, Amy Nester (Principal) and Mrs. Gardner.

Mrs. Nester is the kind Soul that opens to her building on Sundays for Special Olympics. We 💘 her for that.

Our Community on display !

Next Stop ✋ – Junior Varsity Volleyball 🏐….

Two neat Ladies accepting our donation to their Bingo efforts tonight !

12:25 – Gate City is in the Building !

Final Countdown has begun…

3:00 to Wopner !

First Serve – 1:05

👔 at 4, Trailing 10-6…

Gate City 16 -9, CC TO

CC 4 straight, within 19-15 , GC TO

GC 23-16 [TO CC], 23-20 [GC TO]

1:30 pm – Gate City 26, Carroll County 24…. Great opening set….

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Set #2 – Gate City 5-0, TO CC

14-4, 16-4, 17-4 [CC TO], 22-6, 25-7

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1:48 pm —- 1:51 – 30:00 put on clock ⏰

Four more of the 16 JV Players have been captured, just 2 more to go…

First Serve at 2:28 pm….

5-4 Carroll County (2:34) Ali Wright is on Fire 🔥 early… GC 9-8

👔 at 10… 2:38 pm

1 hour, 42 minutes out..

Won 1st set 25-16
Won 2nd set 25-21…From Marion Harris

Lost 3rd set 25-20

4:38 – LT #2, M

4:45 – Shuttle Bus

Marion hasn’t sent me an update in a few minutes, last one had Carroll County up 2-1, 23-19. Sure hoping its because we are celebrating and not because we are playing a 5th set.

Hey, Trenton Miller, I could have watched another 6 or 7 points……

Lady 👩 Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 3, Gate City Blue Devils 1…

Nikki Heflin scores the 15th of 16 Pics needed for our JV Project !!!

Mrs. Patti Goins with the JV Pics !

Boarding Door 🚪 is closed…. Next stop ✋ is the ATL !!!

So, that happened….All of my planning down to the minute, Pilot just came on and said that we can’t move until the Vice President and her Flight takes off…….

Just when I thought I had a chance to breathe easy….

Flight ✈️ time 6:37 – 7:12, 48 minutes to Kickoff…

What a great atmosphere here under the Lights!

GT 10, Duke 0 (2:26 -2nd)

App State Field Hockey 🏑 pushes the win streak to 5, now 8 days from a magical moment for their PA Guy 👦

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Head Coach Emily Dinsmore and our Lady 👩 Mountaineers on their 1-0 MAC road victory over Kent State on Friday afternoon.

Five straight victories by a combined score of 15-3 has the team sitting atop the conference standings at 4-0

Before and After….

App State will make a stop ✋ in Lynchburg on Sunday afternoon to play a non-conference tilt with the Liberty University Flames. The two teams played a scrimmage at The Rock during the pre-season and Sunday should be a great test for the team.

Looking ahead to next Sunday, barring an Upset, I will get to have the honor of announcing a sporting event that includes the current #1 ranked team in the Nation ! The University of North Carolina Tar Heels currently hold down the Top Spot so for the next eight days its absolutely GO HEELS!

October 13, 2024 is also going to be a significant day for our team as it will hopefully 🙏 mark the return to its Home complex that sits high up on the hill. Our games last weekend had to be moved to neighboring Schools due to the flooding.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 on the Big W up North and Best of Luck on Sunday ! Counting the days until we can all get back to Dr Jan C Watson Field…..