Day: January 12, 2025

There’s an old saying that when Life hands you 🍋, you should make Lemonade. When Mother Nature keeps you from practicing Softball….

Head Coach Rick Nester reached into his bag 🎒 of creativity on Sunday afternoon, attempting to make a positive experience for as many of his Softball players as possible.

Warming up after the sledding !

  The best part of the afternoon was no snowman were injured in the making of the chest full of Memories.

At my best attempt of Math, we had eight Lady 👩 Cavaliers, eight Adults, three little ones and two 🐶🐶.

Raylee Goins is the bravest of the Brave but everyone seemed to enjoy their time in the suburbs of Laurel Fork. Coach Nester provided a ride back up the hill after each round of attempts.

Three Photos 📷 from Mrs Hostess, Donna Nester. ➕ some from Mrs Patti Goins

The group was just updated about CCHS being closed again tomorrow. We are all ready for life to return to normal and the games can go back to being played. As of now the Girls 👧 are set to travel over to Martinsville and the Boys 👦 up to James River.

  We will await official word on Mondays ballgames, which I’m sure will come tomorrow.

  Meanwhile, the Lady 👩 Cavaliers have headed back outside for Round 2 of Making Lemonade on a brutal Winter Day.

Adam and Kayla Nester

Scotty and Patti Goins

Rick and Donna Nester

➕ Two old people… = Adults

More to follow…

Saturday was about Three Ladies and One Fella…

  Let’s start out with the two that are closest to Home. Yesterday afternoon, Freshman Katie Lam and her Roanoke College Maroons traveled up I-81 to Winchester for a tilt at Shenandoah University.

Roanoke was unable to run with the Hornets, one of the teams sitting atop the Old Dominion Athletic Conference but the upside was Katie Lam connected on her one field goal attempt on the day.

  Division III basketball 🏀 has a different roster structure than DI and even D2. The rosters usually have up to fifteen players on them but the degree of separation in the rotation is much smaller. Minutes and opportunities can be limited after the starting five so its important to be ready when the Coach calls your number.

The team is off until Wednesday night when they head up to Exit 240 to face the Bridgewater Eagles.

Batting Second : Mother 👩 Nature

West Long was set to host a Wrestling tournament yesterday on The Hill. The event was set to be the crown 👑 jewel of the Home slate for the 2024-2025 season and there’s no clear path to rescheduling the event.

  Coach continues to work hard on the schedule and the challenges it has created. We look forward to sharing any updates on this, if any are there to be shared.

Hitting in the #3 Hole 🕳, my All-Time favorite Female Athlete – Kelsey Plum

Getting to watch Kelsey across her four year career at the University of Washington created a connection with the 5’6 gym rat that I doubt will ever be broken.

  Plum was drafted #1 overall by the San Antonio Stars 🌟 who moved to Las Vegas and became the Aces. For those of you that don’t follow Women’s Basketball to the same degree, it was Plum’s scoring record that Caitlin Clark broke two years ago.

  The move by the Aces doesn’t guarantee that Plum will remain with the only franchise she has ever played for but its an absolute step in the right direction !

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In the Cleanup Spot, we have Cooper Flagg

I do my best to not talk about Duke University Men’s Basketball on my sites or in person. Not that I don’t appreciate their efforts, its that they don’t fit my criteria for pulling for the Underdogs.

  Yesterday, Flagg dropped 42 points against Notre Dame and it turned out the team needed everyone of those points to fend off a determined Fighting Irish squad. Take a look back at the great players that have played in the Atlantic Coast Conference over the years and note that Flagg didn’t just break the Duke Freshman record, he broke the ACC mark as well. Kudos to Cooper…

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  There you have it – one former Lady 👩 Cavalier, one annoying 🥶🧊☃️ Mother (Nature), one Baller and a just turned 18 year old Kid from Maine…