Day: June 17, 2025

Coach Pollard left Duke University for Hoosville last week, naturally his Staff went with him,  ➕ some current players and some Blue Devils in waiting….

https://augustafreepress.com/news/uva-baseball-coach-chris-pollard-finalizes-his-new-coaching-staff/

Mississippi State University pilfered the University of Virginia Baseball program, then UVA did the same to Duke University and now we wait to see how Duke rebounds. Hopefully they can break the trend of hiring a current Head Coach that will trigger a complete rebuild.

  Mississippi State is in a better position now to challenge for a Natty. Virginia is in a better position to play on as Big of a stage that the Atlantic Coast Conference. Duke is the next domino in this process.

Pollard left Appalachian State University for the opportunity to work his magic on a bigger stage. Coach put Duke on the baseball map but it wasn’t a quick fix as it took the better part of a decade.

Carla Williams, Athletic Director at UVA, did her job and then some by replacing a Icon of the game with a proven commodity in Pollard. Now its time for her Duke counterpart to do the same.

Things like this happen all the time in College Football with the most recent Big Time example was when Nick Saban retired from Alabama. The Crimson Tide plucked their next Head Coach from the Washington Huskies. UW had just fell to Michigan in the National Championship game but was forced into a near complete rebuild by the time the final domino fell.

  Welcome 🙏 to the world 🌎 of Big Time College sports, it’s here to stay. But if you are a fan of College Baseball ⚾️, which I am, its a good thing to be on the front page of the Business section of the NCAA.

Next Stop ✋ Hooville ! Time for Mr Britt Berrier for play Baseball ⚾️ on The Grounds ! Live for the Day…. [Game Postponed ]

2:46 time / 183 miles

In a game that I have always called ” Rest Area Leap Frog 🐸”, I will add thoughts about today at each available Rest Area along the route.

Stop ✋#1 – Radford area(MM 108)…. Starting out with the Who, What, Where, Why , When line of questions….

Who : Britt Berrier just graduated 🎓 from Carroll County High School and is preparing to start college as a Student Athlete with the sport being Baseball. While at CCHS he played under the guidance of Kevin DeHaven and in his final season, Casey Burcham.

Where : Charlottesville, Virginia or as I call it, Hoosville. Our youngest of five graduated 🎓 from UVA so its near and dear to us.

When : Today, beginning at 3pm, with the first pitch set for 6pm. Weather permitting has to be added.

What : Virginia Baseball Coaches Association All-Star 🌟 game in which the top players from each of the six classes are invited to showcase their skills.

Why : in regards to this one, my quest is to gather up enough information throughout the day to create a story for Allen Worrell to run in The Carroll News. The story is about a young man 👨, who I don’t personally know, that wore our colors across four years and did so well enough that he was invited to UVA.

Ideally, we will get a quote from both of his head Coaches and maybe even Father and Son. It’s a Big Day for a Cavalier and the goal is to properly frame it up for him!

Much more to follow

Funny thing happened on the way to the second Rest Area….Coach Burcham received an email 📧 from the VBCA saying that the game has been postponed due to the Weather forecast and a decision will be made later in regards to rescheduling.

The Breakdown

Coach / Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven took the time to offer his thoughts on this impressive young Man.

” Britt is a very knowledge young man of the game of baseball. He notices players swings and knows what pitches will work for our pitchers. But more importantly he is a GREAT young man. He goes out of his way to make teammates, even the young ones feel as they are part of the team. I will miss him!”

Thank You to Allen Worrell 🙏 and The Carroll News for helping get the word out ! Eight folks are on board (20%) on Day #1…

The Link to the story is below :

https://www.thecarrollnews.com/townnews/sport/cchs-needs-help-funding-track-program-facilities/article_01e6953c-e5a3-4dcd-9bcb-d436505ec61e.html

As we search for our forty folks / business to join us, I am happy to report that we have had eight people step up on Day 1!

This will be a quick process that we are hoping to wrap up by the end of the month. Once again, thank you to Hagen Giles and Olde Mill Golf Resort for teaming up with us on this one !