Marion Harris and Corey Williams are the veteran leaders of the ongoing team effort to bring Carroll County High School and Youth Soccer to the next level.
It’s common knowledge that Carroll County has been behind the curve in regards to Soccer but the gap is getting smaller by the day. Forrest Johnson and Adrienne Harris McGuire are driving 🚗 the Soccer Bus 🚌 from their positions as Head Coachespecially but both will tell you that there are plenty of empty seats on the Cavalier Soccer Express.
Corey and Marion crossed paths today at the youth Soccer clinic that McGuire was hosting on the South side of the Boulevard.
Above is the older group and below is the younger players.
Marion estimates that Corey and him have teamed up on fifty some camps like the one today. That’s a whole lot of planting seeds in the ground over the years.
Soccer had a good day today and it came on the heels of one of its stars 🌟 celebrating her Senior Day up at Bluefield University. But Soccer has a greater Hill to climb in regards to becoming a mainstream sport at the local level. Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Miss Ashlyn Newman.
Any day that Soccer ⚽️ is in the spotlight is a good day ! Here’s to many, many more!
Our All-Time scoring leader in Carroll County High School Soccer ⚽️ just celebrated her Senior Day up at Bluefield.
If you are like me, you are asking wasn’t it just a couple of years ago that the younger of the Newman Sisters was lighting up the scoreboard at Tommy Thompson Field ?
Soccer ⚽️ is a Fall sport in College where its a Spring sport in High School. Then you add in that our former Lady Cavalier graduated 🎓 High School around the same time she earned her initial degree in College, it helps making sense of the fact it feels like a blur.
Ashlyn Newman is going places in her life and it should be a great journey before its all over !
Adrienne Harris McGuire and her Lady Cavaliers 👩 Soccer program set aside their morning today in an effort to introduce the sport that the rest of the World 🌎 calls Football to area youngsters.
Marion Harris shares the view from inside the Camp and took the time to share some of the progress made today !
It’s fitting that the camp would take place within 48 hours of a ground breaking victory for Carroll County up at Radford High School. Both Coach McGuire and her Boys counterpart, Forrest Johnson, understand the uphill climb they face in regards to getting their programs on the same level as the Bobcats and Glenvar Highlanders.
Little Cavs !
The progress that has been made on both sides of the Pitch at Tommy Thompson Field 👏 has been impressive and its happening due to the commitment of the entire Soccer community. The bigger challenge is that Soccer is still an untapped game here but we are closing the gap, day by day.
Marion enjoyed catching up with some of his former players that he coached back in the day!Carroll County High School Soccer ⚽️
Adrienne Harris McGuire and Company will set up shop on the Southside of the Boulevard later this morning 🌄 in hopes of continuing their efforts to introduce the game of Soccer ⚽️ to our youth.
Rick and Donna Nester will be hosting a fun trip today as Softball wraps up a portion of its off-season workout program. Promises to be a fun day for the group that calls Cavalier Park home.
Three opportunities to say Thank You 🙏, beginning with both Marion Harris and Kevin Burress for letting me know that the Facebook post 📫 had been created.
The third one goes to the writer who created the post ! For most of my life, the slogan has been ” Duke, UVA and where I stay !” Carroll County has been home now for five years and I have been holding a 🎤🎙🎤 for almost fifty years now. Anytime that I can add something to an event by lending my voice to it, I am happy to do it !
Cindy Edwards, Kayla Nester, Nikki Heflin, Shelia Harris, Kim Weddle, Brittany Kinney and Kelly Holderfield were an absolute pleasure to work with over the past few months !
Hanging out with Trace Reavis in Harrisonburg and with Shawn Montgomery / Cross Country runners 🏃♂️ has been a joy as well. We still have a Cross Country Regional meet and hopefully a road Volleyball 🏐 match before the calendar 📅 officially flips from Fall to Winter.
Rossie Gravley has certainly hit the ground running 🏃♂️ in her efforts with our Cheerleaders !! Very focused young Lady that falls into the category of Driven. I am a BIG FAN of Driven and I am hoping that the bond between the Cheerleaders and Football team can carry over into the Gymnasium this winter.
Looking back at a previous conversation about the goals, here is a thought process from Mrs. Gravley:
We want to regenerate that pipeline from sandlot cheer, through middle school, in preparation for JV and Varsity level cheer. That starts with relationships and communication.
” I’m so grateful to have the support of our Rec Department Director, Kurt Thiele, and communication with Middle School Cheer Coach Nicole Lam. We’ve got to create those relationships early and work together so these girls develop in a progressive and positive way. They are doing a great job.”
That leaves us the magical part of the Fall as some history was made last Friday night as Carroll County defeated Radford for the first time ever as Carroll County High School!! Allen Worrell mentioned that back before he was born ( I was three) that Hillsville High School tamed the Bobcats in 1966.
6-2 with two more to play might lead to a deeper post season run for Seth Greer and his team but for the time being, enjoy the defeat of the Bobcats.
The 🎤🎙🎤 is put away until next Spring but the willingness to share others good news will march on…
Being that its only 2:30, Brother Osborne hasn’t sent in his Bible Verse of the Day yet but when he does, it will be right here.
Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 