Volleyball 🏐 comes in All shapes and sizes, played at so many different levels across the Globe 🌎. My wife played the game during her time in College and I played some way back in the day.

I have been blessed to spend the last 20+ years or so around two Coaches that have spent their Adult lives around the game, trying to teach the game they love to our youth.

Page County High’s Alan Knight and Carroll County High’s Cindy Edwards.

Not Alan and Cindy…..not yet anyway!

Naturally, these two know each other because the HS Volleyball Coaching legend tree 🌳 is a small one. While there’s a great deal of mutual respect for each other and its fun for me when we are all together, they’re styles are vastly different. But make no mistake about the fact that they both set the bar High when it comes to what they expect from their players.

Naturally, both of them know Rose 🌹, another Legand in the Business.

Coach Knight is a few years older than me and it turns out Coach Edwards and I are the same age, hence the attempt at humor with the different Schools together.

Anyone can punch 👊 in some words about Caring ❤ for someone. Please know that tomorrow morning 🌄 I will drop Linda off at Raleigh – Durham Airport as she will be flying out for Business and then to check on her Mother 👩 in Missouri.

Once Lin is all set, I will then punch Alleghany High School 🏫 into my GPS.

Why ? Nobody that’s going to make the drive 🚗 to the Highlands tomorrow wants to go up there on a Monday night 🌙 but its the Three Rivers District Championship semi-final and we earned a seat 💺 at the table.

#DukeFans

Christina Petty will have a Bag 🎒 of Lolly Pops and the McDonald’s Drive 🚗 Thru will be open afterwards.

When you don’t want to make the drive from Laurel Fork, why make it from RDU ? It’s unconditional Support for a long time Coach and that ➕ two tootsie pops 💙 will do it !

Coach Edwards, we 💘 U

The First Family 👪 of the efforts in Carroll County would be the three Daughters that call Shelia and Marion Harris Mom 👩 and Dad 👨. The trio of Adrienne, Natalie and Callie have always been fun to support and write ✍ about. They are each well rounded, respectful and ultra competitive.

Natalie is attending College over at Emory & Henry and this year (Jan Brady) went in search of a new Athletic challenge. Fearless young Lady 👩 chose LaCrosse…

So, when you find yourself watching 👀 some of a NCAA Women’s LaCrosse ( Duke, Elon, UNC, Queens, East Carolina and one other program) Tournament, it’s easy to quickly think about the Middle Daughter. I am not sure it Natalie ever looked at her Parents and said Marsha, Marsha, Marsha – why is it all about Marsha as she grew up in the shadows of her Big Sis…. but Callie is trying hard to chase both of the down and I wouldn’t bet against her!

Thank You Marion and Shelia Harris, for everything you two do for Carroll County and for raising ❤ three wonderful children !!

Playing NAIA College Volleyball 🏐 is just a small part of the World 🌎 which Cordy excells.

Still hoping to share some of her work here through photos 📷 but even without the pics, one can still point to her as a Carroll County success story!