Abingdon didn’t slow down after ending the season for our Lady Cavaliers πŸ‘©… Class 3D as in Dominant own the Finals on Saturday afternoon !

Falcons made quick work of Kettle Run tonight and are now a step closer to reaching the State Championship game.

Representing our Region in style 😎

Speaking of representing in style, Christiansburg also took care of business tonight πŸ‘

Radford High School is also headed to the Salem Civic Center on Saturday afternoon !

Thank You Cody !!

Good News, Bad News on a Tuesday night. Cougar Alum, Beth Bouldin knows  her way around Patrick County High School but the Gymnasium is where Cell signals go to die. We will have coverage, just delayed a smidgen. Middle School 🏫 Hoops!

Here we Go !

Patrick County, home of the Cougars! The Lady Cavs are warming up in the Cougar Den and start us off tonight in just about 15 minutes. Boys will play following the ladies.

Let’s go Cavs!! πŸ’™πŸ©ΆπŸ€

16-9 at the half, Lady Cougars defending the den.

Great Pics !

More 2 Follow !!!

Lady Cougars with the win, but not without some Lady Cavalier bravado!

36-32 final score for regulation.
5th quarter goes to the Lady Cavaliers.

Boys in warmups to see if they can make some noise in the PC Den as the excitement continues!

Thanks Beth – 32 points for the Girls πŸ‘§ is a Big #!!

5th Quarter Pics

Boys πŸ‘¦ Basketball πŸ€

Halftime score

Halftime score 24-7, Cougars

Cavalier boys battling it out with an aggressive team from below the mountain.

Stay strong Cavs, the final buzzer hasn’t sounded yet!
Let’s go Blue!!!! πŸ’™πŸ©ΆπŸ€

18-17 in the 2nd Half

Final from the Cougar Den in Stuart 42-24, Cougars defend their den for the win.

On to tomorrow Blue!!

Let’s go Cavaliers!!!
πŸ’™πŸ©ΆπŸ€

Still more later….

It’s off to Scott Memorial Middle School tomorrow. Hopefully we will still add more pics, copies if the Books πŸ“š and thoughts from our Coaches…

Thank You Beth !!!

No 5th quarter for the Boys tonight

Both teams back at it tomorrow for Game 2 of 3 this week.

We’ll be away at Scott Memorial, Lady Cavs tip-off first at 5pm, followed by the boy’s game.

Rest and let’s go Cavs!
πŸ’™πŸ©ΆπŸ€

Using the Home 🏑 of Johnny Dawkins as a back drop, let’s take a look inside the dedication involved in Middle School 🏫 Basketball πŸ€

Dawkins, now as the UCF Men’s Basketball Coach and back in 1986 as a Blue Devil
The Men played last night πŸŒ™ as our ✈️ was landing but the Ladies are playing a School Day matinee.
Not a good capture of the opening jump but kept it because of how high the ball went.
Middle School Schedule πŸ“…

I will admit to the fact that when Kris Richardson sent me the upcoming schedule for the Boys πŸ‘¦ and Girls πŸ‘§ Middle School season, I did not perform a deep dive into the information.

Now as we enter week #4 and are preparing for Games #12 tonight, I want to take a minute to applaud EVERYONE involved in the process πŸ‘.

Once again, we are set to play games on three consecutive days. Where do we start in regards to our appreciation for this level of commitment???

The School 🏫 Administration has to be stop βœ‹ #1. If there are games being played, home or away, someone is on the clock ⏰. Ticket 🎟 takers, score keepers and Concession Stand workers will also fall in this category.

  The two coaching staffs – Darian Brown and Assistant Coach Reitzel for the Boys and Kris Richardson & Assistant Coach Alley for the Girls + Mr Martin. We need to add the Cheer Coach to the list here as well. I haven’t had the pleasure of meeting the Coach yet but hope to at some point.

Next up has to be the players and the Cheerleaders. Roughly 40-45 Student – Athletes have to be prepared to bring it, ALOT.

πŸ‘© and πŸ‘¨, when we discuss the Parents, you have to add that the start times are considerably earlier than most games so the after work rush is a bit more intense at this level. 4:30 & 5:30 can get a bit tricky…

Last two on the list has to be the Siblings and the Coaches spouses.

       We can only hope that they are understanding about how much time is being spent in a Gymnasium. Dinner schedules get upended and things can get frantic.

Mrs Brown and Mrs Richardson, God Bless both of you for sharing πŸ™ your Husbands with us.

Miss Bankhead of UCF beat the 1st quarter buzzer from beyond half court. That one might make it to the Sportscenter Top 10. The Elementary and Middle School fans erupted on that one !

So, going full circle πŸ”΅, if you wonder why Beth Bouldin and I will do our very best again tonight to capture some of this,  that’s a pretty long list of folks that believe that its Important.

End of 1st – Knights 16, Panthers 13…

Bankhead has made two more 3’s but from normal range.

Welcome πŸ™ to Tuesday, November 18th, where Middle School 🏫 once again has the stage to itself…

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
Wrestling is set to host !
Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse of the Day :

Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

Three of our four College Basketball teams are set to play on Wednesday. The exception being Roanoke College as they are off until the weekend.

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ