It’s been nine days since Rookie Head Coach Adam Nester has been able to play a baseball game. His team sits at 15-1 with two games remaining on the calendar.

There will be no post season tournament this year, no #1 versus #2 showdown so the regular season Champs are the only Champs the District will have in 2024-2025.

Saturday afternoon and Tuesday evening are the final two contests remaining and the Cavaliers are sitting with a magic number of one. The Knights and the Bobcats are both set to visit Bill Worrell Field and CCHS owns a victory over both of the teams already. It’s worth noting that the battle with the Knights up in Buchanan was a nail 💅 bighter.

The unprecedented success under the guidance of previous Coach, Steve Combs left Nester with BIG shoes 👞 to fill. Combs closed out his reign with five straight crowns 👑 but the latest edition has not missed a beat. Mother Nature has proven to be the biggest challenge this Spring as the team has lost more games by not getting to play than they have on the actual Diamond.

Today at 4:00 pm is the slated time for the First Pitch !

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Coach Nester, his staff and the players on their latest team victory lap ! Congratulations to Head Varsity Coach, Casey Burcham for the Spring as a whole.

There was considerable doubt that Cavalier Park could hold anymore rain 🌧 yesterday afternoon as we were trying to host Magna Vista. We have our answer this morning and its time to declare that Mother Nature is one tough out.

Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven will work with the good folks up in Buchanan in hopes of getting this one back on the schedule early next week.

  The Baseball ⚾️ doubleheader at Bill Worrell Field is still on as of this minute and if that changes we will let you know.

Adam Nester has his lineup card ready for the game with James River High School 🏫.

Just over 90 minutes from start time.

Over the past few years its been nothing short of a Blast to team up with Head Coach Rick Nester in our efforts to give Cavalier Park a Church ⛪ Picnic type of environment.

A few years back, our Press Box team ( Kevin Burress, Tammy Tobler and new cast member, Macie Adkins added a nightly tribute to Veterans and Active Duty soldiers. We end the half inning with the show of respect by playing as much of Lee Greenwood’s Anthem.

Everyone has their own count of branches of the Services with the actual number being seven.

Army, Air Force, Air National Guard, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy and Space Force.

Our First Pitch will match the Seven with Seven. In a perfect world 🌎 we could have all seven branches. We came pretty close as we have four of them covered.

My own history with the Military runs very deep. My Father was career Navy, one of my Brothers was and I enlisted myself but the fact they couldn’t find a way to correct my injury, ended my stay. The third generation connection comes in the form of one of my three Sons being active duty in the Air Force.

Kevin Burress will be representing our Marine Corps. Our love for All-Things Military made this one an absolute No-Brainer. Naturally, we still needed the Blessings of Coach Nester to orchestrate the event.

Head Football Coach Seth Greer will represent our Navy with Justin Haga taking care of the Air Force.

Mark Thompson, Rick Carlson, Vickey Ritchie each spent time serving our Country in the Army. Current Carroll County High School Wrestling Coach West Long is the seventh Veteran to receive an invitation to participate.

The two most famous words in Carroll County this week are ” Weather Permitting” and this afternoon is no different. We plan on holding the First Pitch just before our 4:00 pm start time.

The scoreboard at Tommy Thompson Field read 2-0 in the favor of the visiting James River Knights but the outcome could only slightly lower the feeling of accomplishment for Head Coach Adrienne Harris and her group of Seniors.

The ceremony and the match were both on the cusp of being washed out when the team bus arrived from James River after the skies opened up once again at 4:00pm.

Credit needs to be given to Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven for getting the Pitch in the best possible playing condition. DeHaven and friends did their best to erase the eight puddles, including the one that was the size of a bath🛁tub in front of the East goal.

Covering the match itself first, the two teams played the opening 40 minutes to a nil-nil tie. JRHS dominated the opening minutes but keeper Alexis Sheffey kept the Knights off the scoreboard. The closing 10 minutes of the opening half favored the Lady Cavaliers but the visitors keeper, Kylee Aaron was equally impressive.

Just five minutes into the second half, Sophomore Sophia Martin launched a perfectly struck shot from 25 yards out that sailed over the outstretched arms of Sheffey for what would prove to be the match winning goal.

James River would duplicate their 2-0 victory from earlier this season when they scored against at 4:12 of the second half. Head Coach Adrienne Harris pulled out all the stops down the stretch, even pulling star defender Karmen Smith to the offensive side of the Pitch.

Back to the seven young Ladies that were celebrated both early and throughout the evening. The group was a mixed bag in regards to time within the program ranging from first year to eight years. Smith is the player that will be playing on a collegiate Pitch next season at Carolina University but the remainder of this group has their sites set pretty high once they leave The Hill.

James Madison University, Appalachian State University, Radford University, University of Virginia and Wytheville Community College will have a Lady Cavaliers feel to them this fall.

The night was full of emotions for first year Coach Adrienne Harris. In place of addressing the match, the question was about what this group of young Ladies have meant for her program.

“Thank you seniors for all the hard work and dedication you have put into this program, ” said Harris. ” We are so thankful for all 7 of you!! Thank you guys for welcoming me with open arms as your new head coach this year and for being an awesome group of leaders!! Good luck in this next chapter of life and I know you all are going to kill it and do great things in life!! Remember once a cavalier always a cavalier!! Come back and visit us!!”

Other highlights included a riveting performance of the National Anthem by Officer Chris Mabry and the Ceremony itself included verbiage from Dr Ben Tickle. The Carroll News sponsored the gate, providing Free Admission for all.

Three nights of regular season Soccer remain and all three will be Free of Charge. Monday night is a Boys Doubleheader beginning at 5:30. It’s Three Musketeers Night as we honor Principal Chuck Thompson, Track 👣 and Field Head Coach Shawn Montgomery ➕ Assistant Coach Jon Delp.

Tuesday night begins at 4:30 with the Girls Varsity playing first. It’s doubling up as our Ben Tickle Goodbye Party 🥳.

Wednesday night will be an extremely rare Varsity only doubleheader with Ches Helmick and Edward Jones covering the gate as both Senior squads taking the Pitch.