Abilene Christian University ✝️ is in the house 🏠 to challenge the Trailblazers tonight at 7pm MT.
Doors 🚪 opened at 6 local time so we were able to watch the first half of Duke hosting Florida State in Cameron Indoor Stadium
Lady 👩 Devils lead 33-29 at the break after trailing 20 – 17 after the first 10:00
Utah Tech sits 1/2 game out of first place of the WAC entering the game.
Not everything at the College level is transferable to High School but I think this one is. It’s an eight fold and one covers two weeks of both the Men and the Women!
Side 2 is the roster off four opponents.Six slots for Sponsors !Photos 📷 both coaching Staffs and headshots of each player.
On the flip side….
A fella can dream, right ??
Lin with the Opening Jump
More 2 follow….
Duke opened the 3rd on a 20-4 run 🏃♂️ and lead 55-40 with 10:00 to play ▶️
ACU 31-29 at 5:24 left in 1st Half
47 – 38 UT after an 18-7 to close out the opening half.
Duke followed its 20-4 start to the 3rd with a 19-4 run 🏃♂️ to open the fourth!!
Jasmine and Toby played pretty evenly but HUGE advantage the rest of the rosters !
Duke has now clinched at least a share of the regular season crown 👑 at 16-1. The regular season ends on Sunday…
We are 1000% pulling for two consecutive missed free throws here in the second half!!!
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
Middle of the 5th and the Utes still protecting their 4-0 lead (11:11 MT)
SUU has held their own since the bottom of the 1st, now Top 6, still 4-0.
Thunderbirds hit a solo bomb 💣 that landed in the top of one of the Palm 🌴 Trees ! 4-1
Mid 6th, 4-1 and the temperature 🌡is rising. 64 on its way to 80.
11:43 – off to the 7th inning….
Thunderbirds have been down to their last strike three times and each time they extended the game with a single! UU goes to the bullpen. Anither base knock and RBI…we got ourselves a ballgame.
Another pitching change….
Game 1 of 13 is in the Books 📚! Utah 4-9-0 over SUU 3-7- 0 ( 2 hour, 01 minutes)
11:59
1st Pitch, Take #2 – temp 70°, time 12:38 MT
The Utes bats remain hot 🔥 and they lead the Wildcats 7-1 in the fourth inning
Sitting behind the left field fence for Game 2 and just had a 2-run Homer land just over my shoulder…9-1 now and I should have caught that one.
Headed to Top 5 (1:55), Utes leading 9-1
2:01 pm – Utah Tech players are in the Hpuse
Mid 5th, same score. Quick observation, the Utes looked a foot taller than the T-Birds 🐦 and the same is true for the Wildcat players when they stand next to the Utes.
2:11 – 9/10/1, 1/4/0 is your 5-inning final under the 8-run Mercy Rule.
3:00 – Game 3 start time, final one of the day. Four each on both Friday and Saturday then two on Sunday.
Game 3 – Utah Tech vs Weber State
1st Pitch – 3:00 MTUtah Tech Home Run Ball !
Wildcats are having themselves quite the inning here in the top of the second! Five Cats have crossed the dish….make that 8 as a 3-run bomb 💣 lands at our feet.
The conversation of the Day is happening with the Mother 👩 of the Wildcats Head Coach ! Neat, Neat Lady with plenty of insight into the game !
45 minutes in, we have played 2 innings and its Wildcats 9, Trailblazers 1…..
Weber State added four more in the top of the fifth, now 14 – 1. Wild part is that the Trailblazers run ruled the Wildcats just last week.
Weber State…091 04 – 14 15 0
Utah Tech ……100 01 – 2 3 2
Fun Fact, Coaches Mom graduated in the same year as I did, way back in 1981…
Daughter / Coach played four years of Softball up in Provo for the Cougars of Brigham Young University.
4:39 – bottom of the 5th, final at bat baring a crazy comeback.
4:44 – Final, 14-2
Almost 7 hours of Softball !!
How talented was the Wildcats Coach back in the Day at BYU ?
Pretty Darn talented !!!!
Why does any of this matter ? I consider myself an Ambassador to the game of Softball and if I can move the needle for the Sport with anything that I write ✍, it will be written !!!!
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!
A.S.P.N on The Hill 