Day: February 26, 2026

13 College Softball games in one location, spread across 4 Days leads one to ask, is this Heaven ? No, just the Campus of Utah Tech University ! Welcome 🙏 to the Beehive Classic 2026 !

Excited about this..

The State of Utah has seven D1 Colleges spread across the Beehive State. The next four days are going to be all about Softball at Karl Brooks Field.

Three games Thursday, four on both Friday and Saturday then it wraps up with two on Sunday…..

This will just be one ongoing post 📫 on this…

1st Pitch – 9:58, Game Time temp 55°

Play Ball !

Opening game has the Big 12’s Utah Utes as the home team and the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds as the visitors.

$7.00 gets you an All Day Pass with unlimited in and out !
Lin soaking in the Sun 🌞 and the action 🎬

Utah plates four in the bottom of the first inning. The Utah get four runs 🏃‍♂️ on six hits, each of which was a laser shot.

Really appreciate the 16 Palm 🌴 Trees that surround the outfield fence !

Guess who ended up with a Foul Ball !

The Ladies in Purple have arrived ! The Weber State Wildcats play ▶️ in Game 2 at 12:30 pm

Can’t help but think about both Rick Nester and Alan Knight are in the middle of tryouts back home.

End of 3rd, still 4-0

Anthony Barnes announces his End of the Season Basketball Banquet 🏀 information!

Each year, Carroll County High School 🏫 Boys Basketball Coach gathers his players and their Families for an afternoon of appreciation and fellowship.

This year will be no different….

Your invite(please share on your end also ) too Our end of the year Basketball Awards Banquet will be March 29th at First United Methodist Church of Hillsville from 3-5 pm.

      Seniors please bring your senior pictures for display. Parents and guest are invited.(please share with parents) A meal will be provided. (don’t eat alot of lunch )

Having a Banquet at the end of the season is the norm for High School and College Sports teams. There is something special about how Coach Barnes holds his, might be the Church ⛪, might be the agenda 📋 or it might just be a Family 👪 thing!

We have reached February 26th and we can celebrate the fact that March just sounds Warmer !

Morning 🌄 Brew

We currently have 12 teams being formed right now under the watchful eyes 👀 of dedicated Coaches ! 8 Varsity and 4 Junior Varsity teams that call our four outdoor facilities Home.

Exactly half of them have Tommy Thompson Field, two play at Bill Worrell Field, two play at Cavalier Park and the final pair at the Wilkerson Tennis 🎾 Courts.

Casey Burcham and Adam Nester run our Baseball program.

Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp run 🏃‍♂️ our Track and Field teams.

Forrest Johnson and Jeremy Puckett run the Boys Soccer program while Adrienne Harris McGuire and Brittany Kinney share the Pitch on the Girls side.

Rick Nester and Terry Warf have the two teams that call Cavalier Park 🏡. Mr Warf stepping in for Alexis Dalton.

That brings us to the Tennis 🎾 courts where last year Martin McKenzie and Christy Shupe led the Girls and Boys teams. Not sure yet of the official status of those two spots but hopefully will very soon.

Howard Mayo with his Motovational Nugget for the Day :
Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Colossians 3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Out here we have three things to keep an eye on today

Utah Tech is hosting Day #1 of a four day Softball tournament called the Beehive Classic. It begins at 10am each day and will include a Triple Header of action 🎬!

Once the Softball is over, Kira Lawson and Duke University Women’s Basketball will be hosting Florida State. The nightcap will take place inside Burns Arena as the Trailblazer Men continue their pursuit of the WAC regular season crown 👑.

Should be a healthy and active day out here and here’s hoping 🙏 that each of you have a Blessed 🙌 Day!

Weather for The Hill today