Just now made it back to the Cows 🐄 out here in Laurel Fork after a non-stop ✋ day in the Big City that I choose to call The Hill.

Marion Harris, Kevin Burress, Ron Cochran, Stephen Puckett, Plucky Sidekick Broyles and his Assistant are some of the characters that make up today’s stories. Notice that Rick Nester is NOT on the list, because he has a very demanding BOSS that keeps him hopping.

Starting with Kevin Burress, my partner in All Things Cavalier Park, and the tasks he will handle at our Event on September 13th. The key 🔑 to being the Executive Producer of an event or show is making sure that you accomplish two things.

First – included EVERYONE that wants to partake and Second – never ask someone to do something that takes them out of their comfort zone.

Thankfully, Burress is somebody who has a wide comfort zone ! It’s one of the reasons why we were meant to work together anytime we can. Plus our ability to serve others without ego, the example being teaming up as equal partners.

I am over the moon 🌙 excited about the musical 🎼 experience that will kick off the Day. So anytime another person is willing to step out of their comfort zone, you owe it to them to do the same.

So when you see Burress 👀 and myself  don a wig to play the role of Solid Gold Back-up Dancers during this, know that my Partner and Friend agreed willingly. Later in the day, David Broyles gave us the name, Solid Goal Dancers and I told him that he needed to join us !

Burress means a great deal to the young ladies at Cavalier Park, having Coached many of them along the way. This will make everything he does mean even more to the group because it will all come from the Heart ❤. His beautiful Bride 👰 will love helping him choose his Wig, I’m sure.

  Kevin Burress, this is your mission, make a day special for everyone who chooses to come to Cavalier Park. That is, if you choose to except it….

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Yesterday afternoon we shared a fun photo of the Varsity Volleyball team and we knew that Laiken Burnett was not at practice. What we didn’t realize that Alyssa Lawson had stepped away.

We are so grateful 🙏 that Mom mentioned that to Marion so we could immediately correct it. Now, if we could find a photo of Alyssa and Laiken together…

If we do something that you like, please tell a neighbor.

If we make an error or oversight, PLEASE tell us!

  Friday Night Lights is a magical time of the year and I don’t believe that anything can bring a Community together more than High School Football.

  In my mind, I can hear Allen Iverson saying ” Practice, Practice, we’re talking about Practice”, but Coach Seth Greer and his dedicated staff of Coaches have been working with our Student Athletes all Summer. They are finally getting to put their pads on and board a Bus 🚌 to play against an opponent for the first time this season.

For some of the younger ones, it will be for the first time ever in regards to High School. The number of proud Dad’s that are thinking, ” That’s My Boy ” and the number of Moms who are torn between proud and worried.

  Yes, it would be easy to dismiss the relevance of the day by saying that its just a Junior Varsity scrimmage but its so much more than that, especially to the Boys who grew up dreaming about playing High School football one day !

Allen Worrell at The Carroll News is fired up and ready for Football 🏈🏈🏈 season as well. As soon as he catches his breath from the two special sections he is working on, he will be on the Trail, the Trail that officially begins tonight !

#GoCavs

Thursday was a busy, busy day for our efforts here in Carroll County but if a busy day is a productive day, its nothing but a thing.

  Junior Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Softball, hanging out with Wrestling Coach West Long, mapping out our September 13th festivities, conversing with Allen Worrell made it a Good Day.

Getting to exchange messages with Mr. Brad Nester took a Good Day and made it a Great Day ! Getting to share some positivity with Cheyenne was pretty awesome as well!

Very excited about hearing / reading the thought process from Sydney’s Dad 👨!!!

Hopefully some folks found a reason to smile today, thanks to everyone who helped create the material!

I like my chances of tomorrow being a Good One as it will include crossing paths with Kevin Burress !

When you live in a World 🌎 where the number one goal is equality, you cannot play favorites. With that said, if there is one Coach who I always fine time to visit with, its Mr West Long. Long is committed to the Long Run and now I am hearing Don Henley and Glen Frey singing that very song 🎵…

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=skC2GToR1uY&pp=0gcJCf8Ao7VqN5tD

West Long wrestled at Carroll County High School and did so with a great amount of success. If you find yourself in the Cavalier Wrestling room you will notice his name on the board more than once.

Thursday afternoon provided an opportunity to catch up with Long and a few of his current Wrestlers. Good news is that our mutual friend, Allen Worrell will have a story coming out shortly in The Carroll News. In the case of High School Wrestling, any awareness about said program is welcomed.

Long is as passionate about what he is chasing as anyone I’ve met. When we can both slow 🐌 down long enough to compare notes it comes back to one thing, getting people into the Gym to see his Boys and now sanctioned Girls team is full of dedicated Student Athletes.

Long is doing all of this while raising an adorable little girl. One fun way to promote could be to have a night where if a fan comes in with a story about playing Basketball with his Father-in-law, they get in free and if the story includes an elbow, a free bag of popcorn 🍿.

The Girls program is part of the Virginia High School League and adds more reasons to come out to the Gymnasium to watch his grapplers compete.

Allen will have all of the sponsorship information that Long has put together ahead of his 2025-2026 season.

Long knows the challenge he is facing but there is no backing down in his mind. Samuel Collins gave him his first State Wrestler in Year 2 and four young Lady Cavaliers finished up by competing up in Richmond.

Long is determined to achieve his goals and has some Top – Shelf people on his Band Wagon already but there is still plenty of room for more !

West Long is a Man on a Mission and his squads will be appearing in a Gymnasium soon !