Thanks to Chris Graham of the Augusta Free Press, Kate Gordon and her Home Run became the most read story in my writing ✍ career!
https://augustafreepress.com/news/jerry-carter-a-magical-day-in-okc-for-jmu-softball/
James Madison University managed to upset Missouri in the Super Regional tournament to advance to the College World Series in Oklahoma City for the first time in school history. The Dukes were the rare unseeded team to make it to the Big Party and their reward was getting to face quite possibly the best Oklahoma team in their historical dynasty.
Turns out that Kate’s Mom and Dad 👨 were there as well that day, along with Big Daddy and his daughter. The solo Home Run in extra innings led JMU to the shocking upset of the Sooners and a story was written in the parking lot later that night.
Chris Graham and Kate Gordon combined to allow me to ink a story of a Lifetime.
The fact that I was in Oklahoma City to begin with, is a story all to itself. I was just passing thru as our Son Chris needed some help with the purchase of his initial tractor trailer. He drove our car 🚗 to Tidewater, Virginia to pick-up the truck 🚚 and I needed to fly into Norfolk to retrieve the car.
Why not have some fun with it, right ? I flew to Norfolk by way of Oklahoma City, picked up the car and drove back to Laurel Fork afterwards. Watching and announcing Kate’s at bats across her four years as a Lady Panther had been truly enjoyable and my thought was this, how often is a player that I have a connection to going to play the game on the games Biggest Stage ?
A.S.P.N on The Hill 