One of the lighter ways to create a list is to borrow from David Letterman and do it in a Top Ten style, going from 10 down to 1. Let’s give that a shot because there a more than a few things taking place next month.

Drum Roll please….. The Top 10 Reasons to join us at High Noon on September 13th, 2025. [ Going to use 12 though]

#12 – Purchasing Food from the Concession Stand throughout the day will be helping out Travis Leath and one of our Travel Softball teams!

#11 – Children were always going to be Free Guests but with the Adults who want to attend all they have to do is answer one question. Donna Nester and Dave Quesenberry will be asking the question and it should provide an opening laugh.

#10 – Velvet Creed Leonard will be in The House 🏠 capturing all of the fun! Why should others care about this ? This young Lady 👩 does as much for this community as anyone else out there and this time it involves her Kiddo and her friends.

#9 – Dakota Walls Racing 🏎 will be there and the Carroll County High School Sophomore will make his Car 🚗 available for two of the biggest Photo Ops of the Day. Cross over Support is the Best Kind!

#8 – Miss Tiffanie Moore ( Class of 2015) will be on hand to toss out our Ceremonial First Pitch. This will take place after the pageantry and before the Home Run Derby.

#7 – The Alumni Game itself which will conclude our Day of Fun. Welcoming back every former Lady Cavalier that is willing to lace up to cleats on more time

#6 – September 13th will be the final day of gathering information for the upcoming Book 📖. The festivities taking place that day will be the send off story in the book. After 9/13, the focus shifts from gathering information to creating a time line.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Now for the Top Five reasons why you should attend :

#5 – The Day comes with a theme song 🎵 and its ” Girls Just Wanna Have Fun “and thanks to Kevin Burress joining me in a dose of self-deprecating humor we will have a ” Live ” version of this to kick of the show.

#4 – Ron Cochran and I, along with two local  artists 🎨 have been working on a design for a new Top that could be used for any team that represents Carroll County High School. It will be in display, with the help of 15 Models and will include a Red Carpet !

#3 – We are celebrating the 10 year Anniversary of the 2015 State Championship team that made so much of the Cavalier Park you see today, possible. We aren’t sure how many of the Players and Coaches will be able to attend but we will certainly acknowledge them all !

#2 – The Casey Burcham Home Run Derby

As I have been chasing details about the History of Cavalier Park and everything that helped create the Jewel of the Facility that we call Home 🏡, I realized that the decision made by Mr B to allow the Lady Cavaliers to be co-tenants in The Castle 🏰 on The Hill sits at top of any list that exists.

Yes, the design of the Family 👪 Feud Home Run Derby was to get Burcham involved with our Big Day! We would even welcome 🙏 him wearing his favorite Duke University T-Shirt 👕.

Now, for my #1 reason why you should want to attend our Gala….

We are going to give our new Superintendent a warm Cavalier Park Welcome to the Family. In the grand scheme of things, this Man 👨 is tasked with a tremendous responsibility for which we should all Pray 🙏 or at least hope for his unprecedented SUCCESS!

Mr Alvin Davidson will be on hand ✋ to introduce him and Principal Chuck Thompson will present 🎁 him with a Gift from the Softball community.

If any of you find this interesting, PLEASE share the word and add September 13th to your calendar 📅.

Almost forgot, our Friend that I like to call 📞 : Outdoor ( Cav ) Man will make an appearance as well !