Day: November 5, 2025

” Breaking ” News from our HERO, Mr Greg Bolen as we take a Deep Dive into the accident that left our Mountain ⛰ of a Man with broken fingers.

The Lady on the left is the Mother – In – Law of Carroll County High School Wrestling Coach West Long. Others know her as Mrs. Greg Bolen.

When I first noticed that Greg was wearing a protective guard on his hand a few days ago, my first thought was what does the other guy look like ?

  Before we discuss the breaking of the digits, I will expand my incredible appreciation for Greg. Nothing but Love and Respect for anyone who teaches or anyone who wears a uniform to protect us. When you find someone who does both = Hero !!!!

  When Greg started to tell the  story, he opened with ” You should see the other five guys and the bulldozer.”

  Then the truth was revealed and I heard Steve Erkle from Family Matters saying ” Did I do that ?” It turns out that West Long not only has a pretty tough Father-in-law but I wouldn’t mess with his Mother-in-law either…

Carroll County Wrestling, coming soon to a Gymnasium near you !

Middle School 🏫 Basketball 🏀 Night ! Let’s Play 2 versus The Fort on The Hill….

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End of the 1st… (Boys)Cavs 5, Pioneers 4…

Here for the Night 🌙

Great energy in the Building !!!

Scorers Table Royalty

Beth Bouldin is here and we will have plenty of pictures 📷 before we are done.

TO – Fort at 1:03 of the 2nd… Cavs 19-9!!!

6:00 PM – Halftime, Cavs 19-9

Halftime…
We’ve Got Next

End of 3rd, Cavs leading 25-16!! 6:18 pm

Final Score – Cavaliers 27, Pioneers 21

6:35 – Time for 8 minute Extra Quarter

6:44 – End of Bonus Quarter, 14:00 on the Girls 👧 warm-up clock ⏰

Bonus in the Night 🌙 Cap as the Head Coaches are Family 👪. Even better, Kris coached his nephew when he was a youngster !

Let’s go Lady Cavaliers!!
💙🏀🩶🏀🤍 – Thank You 🙏 Beth…

End of 1st, Tied up at 8…

Halftime score – Fort 13, Lady Cavaliers 11

22-15 deficit at the end of the 3rd….7:49

8:15 pm – Final Score, Fort 36, Lady Cavs 25.

Extra 8:00 underway…

Lady Cavaliers played tough “D” in the extra time and scored four points.

Next step, we will turn all of our notes and some of Beth’s pics and create a game story for both teams. Nap first, then write ✍

Looking back at the Middle School  games earlier in the week, ahead of tonight’s contest #4. Cavs fell short at Christiansburg,  but will look to get back on the track tonight…

Thank you to Beth Bouldin for the pictures from the game at Christiansburg.

Carroll County Middle School Basketball, for both the Boys and the Girls is a whirlwind eight week ride that the Coaches, Players and Parents hang on like a mechanical Bull at the County Fair.

Darian Brown and Kris Richardson both have plenty of Coaching experience, just not with theses particular basketball players. Players are learning about the game, Coaches are learning about the players and Parents are busy checking their calendars for the next game.

The most noticeable thing at this stage of the game is the difference in development from School to School.

In the games at Christiansburg, Coach Brown ran into an early buzzsaw and Coach Richardson ran into the same but at the end of his game.

Wednesday Morning 🌄 Brew comes by way of the Virginia Welcome Center

Morning 🌄 Brew
Darian Brown and Kris Richardson take center stage on The Hill tonight!
Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 5:11 – But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day – will appear here shortly.

You know that you are married to the right person when your Bride 👰 is willing to fly to Paris so I can watch the Duke Women play Basketball. Then she let’s me make it up to her by getting her Floor Seats for her teams game in Charlotte.

In our fifth decade together now and while life is in the back half, we still do a great job of give and take with each other!

Back in town for two Medical 🚑 appointments today, one each but the rare back 2 back Duke season openers was an adventure for sure…

Slim had himself a night 🌙
Young Mr Boozer
The inaugural Dick Vitale Invitational was full of wonderful tributes..

If you are presented with an opportunity to interact with someone today – choose Kindness !

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌 !