Using the block from the School calendar and a photo from the website where the match is being played starts the day.
Coverage for Golf is tricky for a number of reasons and the first one is the season starts before the school year does. The second one is that most folks are still adjusting to getting the start of school so by the time the dust settles, their season is half over.
My understanding is that we have three people teaming up to guide our Student Athletes and for that I want to applaud 👏 their efforts !
Later today I will reach out to Mr Jeremy Ogle for the first time and attach this post in hopes of explaining just how easy it would be to generate something for the Golfers each time they compete.
Using the Photo above, from last years team as an example, the one time taking of a team photo and then a head shot of each player so that when the results are available at the end of the day, a photo of the golfer 🏌️♂️would appear with their score next to it.
Fun moments…
The idea 💡 is to create pride within a given program without having to break the bank 🏦.
Having played High School Golf a long, long time ago, I can appreciate the challenge in getting the word out about what the team gets accomplished on a given day.
Twenty minutes in the parking lot of Olde Mill for the photos one time and then gaining access to the results at the end of the day makes this as simplistic as can be.
Trace Reavis was one of three Carroll County High School Student Athletes to place at States last season and now he’s back for his Senior year. Camden DeHaven and the rest of the team would be provided the same amount of coverage at the same time….
Best of Luck today on the links and hopefully we can write ✍ about it later.
When the idea first popped into my head I started to think about the Dream Teams like Emma and Travis Leath, Casey and Deana Burcham, Lauren Alley and Dad 👨 were just a few examples. Macie Adkins and Dad, or Mom, the possibilities make me smile 😃
Once Coach Nester signed off on the idea 💡this morning 🌄, Travis Leath had the misfortune of being on the phone with me so there was an arm to twist ! They are in and Coach Leath promised to go all Babe Ruth and call his shot by pointing to the fence with his Bat before his first cut.
The Softball community will never forget that Coach Burcham included our group when he rolled out the plans for The Castle 🏰 on The Hill. We would love for him to join his Bride 👰 in our attempt to make people smile 😃.
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Here’s the Fine Print……
Home run derby will start at 1:00. Participants may choose a family member to join them in the derby. 10 swings per team 5 each. Players can choose to participate as a team of two or individually.
Tunnels will available starting at 11:30, alumni game following home run derby.
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We also have a few extras planned for the Day, including having Dakota Walls and his Race 🏁 Car 🚗 available for a Photo 📷 shoot 🔫 with both the current players and the Alumni players !
Dakota is now a Sophomore at Carroll County High School 🏫, in addition to being responsible for both driving his Car and lining up Sponsors.
Somewhere, Volleyball 🏐 Coach Cindy Edwards will get a good laugh as this year Rick Nester will pop on the Helmet for the Photos. Rick wants to drive the car but thats between him and Dakota.
Mrs. Velvet Leonard will be snapping the shots so we know they will be Top Shelf !
Remember, there will be no cost to the day and plenty of Fun to be had at our Cavalier Park !
Please share this information with others, when possible 🙏
The goal every time I make time to sit down with someone interested in participating with me on this book, the hope is to steal three or four Nuggets from them. The goal isn’t to chase people down and plead with them to share their thoughts and feelings. It is to tell a story about an event that was created by 15 Lady Cavaliers and 15 Lady Panthers that changed their programs and their communities.
What started out as an Easter 🐣 egg 🥚 hunt turned into a dump truck of information. So much, that I feel Alvin Davidson will fill a chapter. For the readers in Page County, who don’t know Mr Davidson, his personality is very similar to that of Dennis Zimmerman.
When I mentioned to Alvin about hearing from some of the former players and offered him some examples of the topics I offered up, he was willing to answer one himself.
When was the first time that you believed that the 2015 team could capture the State championship ?
Alvin answered back : Speaking in regards to his daughter Gracie and her time line, in the 6th or 7th grade, if we could all get along.
Alvin understands that the most talented team doesn’t necessarily win, its about opportunities and chemistry as well.
My focus here is on relationships that were created pre 2015 and after 2015. How June 13, 2015 changed people’s lives. I understand that to some folks, it was just a game 10 years ago. Not looking to visit with anyone who doesn’t want to share his or her thoughts but everyone who does.
Two great examples are the Non-Worrell Brothers, Allen and Craig. Nothing but 💘 and respect for the pair and both have willingly opened up their coverage and it will be included. Both have been offered the opportunity to share their personal thoughts as well, while I hope they will, I will respect the fact they might now have anything that they want to add.
Two relationships that I will be focusing in on are the Mr Chuck Thompson and Rick Nester friendship that eventually led to Coach bringing home THE Trophy 🏆. The second one will be about two old people, one with a 🎤 and the other with a Junior Varsity scorebook teamed up to make some magic.
Travis Osborne and his daughter, Kevin Burress and Angel 😇 have been recorded so the invitation stands for any parent who wants to share what the Softball bond means to their Family 👪. In the same breath, there isn’t time or a need to chase people down for input.
I would love to hear from Travis and Emma Leath, Brad and Sydney Nester so they could line up with the pages that Tracy Moore penned about Tiff.
If you bump into Mr Davidson, ask him about Frank Comer and his not allowing the ‘ River ” contributed to the Carroll County 1-0 victory ??? Great insight with that one. Side Note 📝 – Thank him for his service on the School Board !
The story about Principal Chuck Thompson and Coach Rick Nester goes all the way back to when Tommy Thompson’s Son was a student at the School Rick Nester taught at. Insert jokes about students tying up their dinosaur 🦕 before coming inside.
If you are out there and have a thought or memory about the relationship with the game of Softball or what it meant to see 👀 history made, just reach out to me and let me know.
We are creating a memory here and if you have a positive thought that’s one less story that will be my words. The more the merrier is one way to say it and the other is INCLUSION is King 🤴
To borrow from the movie 🎥 Rainman, Addie’s Grandma is an excellent score keeper !
Yesterday afternoon Adam Nester was kind enough to share his thoughts about what June 13, 2015 meant to him and his Family 👪. It’s not everyday that you have a Daily Double of capturing the first State Championship in your Schools history and then slipping a ring on the finger of the love of your life.
Kayla Goins became Kayla Nester that day and ten years later she is as focused as a Woman can get. Three beautiful children and a career that includes so many things that it resembles Brandi Cochran Mitchell.
Thankfully, the Carroll County Power couple 💑 were meant for each other and watching 👀 them grow into their roles as residents of Laurel Fork brings community pride to my Heart ❤.
But in the writers room, what would the wedding day have looked like if the oldest daughter of Scotty and Patti Goins had been, say a Doctor or Hollywood star 🌟? That would be a fun re-write….
Adam and Kayla Nester were meant to be together and both Carroll County and Laurel Fork are better for it !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 