We need to start with a tough day on The Diamond 💎 and a long list of Thank You 🙏 notes 📝 to folks back 🏡🏠🏡

The old Hee Haw song 🎵, ” If it weren’t for Bad Luck, I have to Luck at All ” is a perfect fit for our Golden Bears Baseball 🐻 team today. The season opening tournament down in Tennessee had been moved back three times and when we did finally get to cross the chalk today it was against the #6 team in the Country that already played four times this season.

We certainly took our lumps today but that doesn’t mean that our players mean any less to me then when the day started. We will look to get back up on that horse 🐎 with another doubleheader tomorrow and hope for better results !

Today was a return to action 🎬 for a large number of Cavaliers as four Basketball teams, two Swim 🏊‍♂️ teams and a group of intellectual Kiddos competed for our benefit.

Before I get to the stories that I can now create, I need to say Thank You 🙏 to everyone who was helping me tonight. I am pretty sure that the number of people trying hard to help was outnumbering the folks reading at the time.

Our Athletic Director, Kevin DeHaven supplied updates on the Swim 🏊‍♂️ Regional meet.

Kristy Jones was front and center on the 🧠 Academics meet !

Anthony Barnes has checked in with enough information about the Varsity Boys game that we can create a Gamer.

Bill Gallimore, Rick Nester and Samantha Lark – Smith checked in from The Hill where the Boys 👦 played.

Travis Osborne reached out but that was just to say Happy Anniversary to Lin and I. Yes, I spent five hours of our Anniversary trying hard to track down information about six events so that we can say ” We See You ” to the Athletes and Coaches..

Now come Round 2… how much time gets spent on each story and how best can you get it read ?

Do we just want to read about our success stories or do we care about all of our efforts……. Million Dollar 💵 ???, that one is….

The stories are not going to write themselves so its time to get started.

Welcome 🙏 Back Cavalier Basketball 🏀 🙌 as we play four tonight !!! Boys on The Hill, Girls in the Land of J.J.

This link will take you to the collection of the Basketball games 🏀 until the others are ready.

Welcome 🙏 Back Cavalier Basketball 🏀 🙌 as we play four tonight !!! Boys on The Hill, Girls in the Land of J.J.

We are just moments away from opening Jump Balls in two locations and we will be here until the end of the night 🌙.

Christiansburg invades The Hill while the Ladies travel to the Star 🌟 City !!!

Junior Varsity Boys chasing Christiansburg early while the Lady 👩 Cavaliers lead Cave Spring at the Half, 16-11.

Switching back to The Hill, its 35 – 11 at the break in favor of the visitors.

It’s been a minimum of 17 days since each of these Cavaliers have played a competitive basketball game versus an opponent. Great to be back put there.

Blue Demons start the third quarter on a 13-2 run and now lead 48 – 13. Cavs have had some good looks that just wouldn’t fall.

It would appear that the Demons bench is deep, as in maybe 15+ players.

End of 3rd quarter score – Blue Demons 55-19 after CCHS scored three late baskets.

3rd quarter for the Girls 👧 ends at 24 -18 in favor of the Lady Cavaliers. We won 🏆 the quarter 8-7.

Great to see 👀 this young Lady back on the floor !!!

4 : 39 / 6 :39 – JV Girls close out the victory, 31 – 24!!!!

The opening three minutes of the Boys Varsity game simply could not have gone any better. Cavs lead 9-0 with four different players scoring the points.

Sadly, our Network JV feed ended and the Varsity won’t engage. On hold for a minute or two.

The Varsity Lady 👩 Cavaliers are struggling early with their offense, trailing 5-0 at 4 :06 as Coach Mayo calls 📞 a TO.

End of 1st in Girls Varsity game, down 13-0 as CS challenged every pass and every shot.

Varsity Boys leading at the Half, 35 -34

Varsity Girls trail 18-7 with 3:24 left in 2nd

We got us a Barn Burner on The Hill. 8:00 left to play, Boys trail by 3.

Varsity Girls 👧 trailing 45 – 15 with 5:00 to play ▶️

9-2 spurt to close it out. Lady Cavaliers fall 47 – 24

Three hours of watching 👀 hoops and we will wait and see what any of the coaches are interested in sharing and go from there.

The Morning 🌄 Brew for February 9th comes with a little extra flavor and is stuffed full of goodies !

While the decision to wait one more day to reopen our School 🏫 was made yesterday afternoon, Mr DeHaven has confirmed that ALL of the sporting events are set to take place ! Day 17 of Weather Watch will include games !!

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget will appear here shortly.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

First Pitch of our 18th season of Golden Bears 🐻 Baseball ⚾️ is set to begin in just over 90 minutes !!+

While we have already celebrated with a quirky trip to seven College campuses in one day, February 9th does officially make it 41 years since that day in Lindley Park Baptist Church ⛪down in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Later today we will set aside time to create stories about all of the Cavalier events where we receive information!

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Going to close out the second week of Snow Out 2026 with kind words for two cornerstones of The Hill ! I just read that one of them had a great day in Roanoke and I’m hoping that the other celebrated with his Family 👪.

Tip of the Cap…

Vickey Ritchie took three teams of Special Olympics Basketball 🏀 up to Roanoke College and our hard working Athletic Director, Kevin DeHaven celebrated his Birthday 🎂.

We face so many challenges each and everyday. Our corner of the World 🌎 is a better place because of both Vickey Ritchie and Kevin DeHaven ♥.