Day: August 26, 2025

Diamonds 💎 are a Girls Best Friend : Megan Gordon and her role in Lady Panthers Softball program is a small sample size of her efforts to make a difference for as many people as possible!

Link to a peak at part of the focus that is Megan Gordon.

https://www.vsba.org/board-of-directors/megan-gordon/

Megan Gordon is still hard at her dream of making Page County the best it can be. The Mother of Kate and Maddie Gordon, both former Lady Panthers Softball players that played four seasons in High School and then another four years of Division 1 ball.

Coach Alan Knight and Megan Gordon

Back at our second OneofUs.Care Banquet we were able to honor 🎖the efforts of Mrs  Gordon and the list of accomplishments was impressive back then and still continues to grow everyday.

Her daughters played back to back for Coach Knight and each Gordon girl has at least one Ring 💍 in their jewelry box. Like Assistant Coach Ralph Viafora, Mom stayed heavily involved with the program after she no longer had a child wearing the colors.

Lady Panthers

  We will be sharing as much of her story as we can in the book 📖. Having a reason to spend time with such a focused young Lady is priceless !

Plenty more to follow –

Let’s call 📞 this one the story about Photo 📷 Credits, Pitching in, Teamwork, learning how to say Mrs. McGuire and oh yeah, the Kid shot a 67!

The Photo above came from the camera of a young Lady 👩 that has been Adrienne Harris to me for five years. I am still getting used to her being Mrs. Adrienne McGuire. Our Girls Soccer Coach and her new husband happened to enjoy a round of Golf up there over the weekend. Her photo made its way to me by way of her Dad, Marion.

Let’s back up to 10:58 am today when our hard working Athletic Director, Kevin DeHaven sent a text message to Allen Worrell at the Carroll News and one minute later, one to me. It was an exciting message about the Golf ⛳ results from yesterday.

Over the next two hours, both Allen and I started digging into the meet that Radford hosted at The River Course. We worked through various sources to compile a story.

During the prep work. I did get to have a Messenger exchange with some Proud Parents, which made my day!

We scrambled to get the story out to the public and both versions of the amazing day is available for consumption.

Marion circled back to share my lighter take on the day through his Facebook page and Allen Worrell trimmed the story down, as he should. Then he shared the story through the Social media page of the Newspaper 📰.

Life is full of challenges without having people adding to it. Every now and then we get to roll up our sleeves and make a memory for a fellow Cavalier.

So, the official By Line should read : Kevin DeHaven, Adrienne Harris McGuire, Allen Worrell, OneofUs.Care and unnamed sources.

None of this happens if the tall lanky Senior carded a 67 and three of his fellow Cavaliers all landed in the 80’s. This combination led to a second place finish for the team and a fun couple of hours for some folks that needed a break from reality.

Except for Mrs. McGuire, who was busy teaching her Kindergarten class at Hillsville Elementary School 🏫..

Help Wanted : Always looking for ways to support Mr Shawn Montgomery and his Cross Country runners 🏃‍♂️

Every meet that the teams compete in Coach Montgomery will send me the name and results of EVERY runner for both the High School and the Middle School that day.

  What I’m trying to do is add Art to the Post 📫 because it brightens it up considerably.

  If you have a Runner 🏃‍♂️ and make it to a meet, I welcome any Photo you would like to share. Please include a solo Pic of your reason for being there !

  Thursday, Thursday, Thursday !!!

Diamonds 💎 are a Girls BestFriend : 50 Shades 😎of Baseball – making a trip to the ballpark fun !

For the serious Baseball ⚾️ fan, the game stands on its own. Cheering on your team, the strategy involved and Hot Dogs 🌭 can be all it takes to get a fan to grab their car keys, wallet and head to the Stadium. Baseball is Old School and appreciated by the masses.

  The part of the game that fascinates me is the marketing side of the business. Over the decades I have entered the turnstiles at over 300 different facilities to watch either a Softball or Baseball game and each time I’m looking for a reason to want to come back.

At the Major League level, the game stands on its own merit but the further one goes down the ladde from MLB, the harder the marketing department has to work. They have to compete with a 100 different things that a family 👪 can go do so there is a need to add additional features to the night.

Arizona (MLB) has a swimming pool in centerfield but it is designed for the folks with too much money. Las Vegas (AAA) has a swimming pool as well but it allows an individual to purchase a ticket.

Many parks now have small amusement parks behind their outfield fence while others depend upon live concerts and post-game fireworks. Mixing things up at the Concession stands is a must and some do it well.

  Going to highlight some of my favorite features from along the journey, including new scoreboards in Nashville and Sugarland, cool names that match their home towns and my favorite play on serving food.

When your team is named after a small dog 🐕, you have to sell food inside an actual Dog 🐕 Bowl 🥣, right ?

El Paso (AAA), Texas has it going on !!

Trace Reavis as Batman, Camden DeHaven as Robin but this time our Dynamic Golfing Duo had other Super Hero Friends as the Cavaliers team captures Runner – Up in Three Rivers District meet on Monday !

Pete Dye and The River Course at Virginia Tech University has brought many a golfer 🏌️‍♂️to their knees since they started play on  the easy on the eyes layout.

  Yesterday afternoon, Carroll County High School Senior Trace Reavis shot a blistering -5, 67 on the 7,000 yard course.

Reavis is finishing up a magnificent stay on The Hill over his four years, with an eye on returning to the State Tournament at seasons end. His Junior year concluded with a 10th place finish at Heritage Oaks in Harrisonburg.

Reavis finished as co-medalist with Floyd’s Isaiah Cantrell.

While the 67 alone makes it a great day for the Cavaliers, Reavis had plenty of help from his teammates.

Dynamic Duo being honored last season during a Home Volleyball match.

Camden DeHaven carded an eight over par 80 to place second for Carroll County and right behind him was fellow Cav, Fisher McMillian with an 81. The fourth score that counted came off the clubs of Adison McCraw (87).

While the individual achievements for Reavis have become the norm, the second place finish in the seven team District meet brings back memories of past glory days for the program.

The team will make a quick return to the links tomorrow when they return up Interstate 81 to challenge Glenvar High School at Hanging Rock Golf Course.

Team Results :

Floyd County 292

Carroll County 315

Radford 319

James River 328

Patrick County 339

Glenvar 341

Martinsville 364 ( replaced Alleghany)

Trace Reavis after his Top 10 finish at the State Tournament last fall.

Fun add on for the golfers reading this story. If you teed off at The River Course and played until you hit the ball 67 times, what hole would you make it to ?

Cavalier Golf ⛳ – We Ain’t Afraid of No River!! Well done team !!

That personal note 📝 lands below the final photo 📷 incase Allen Worrell runs the story…

● Radford High School hosted the meet.