Emory & Henry – Natalie Harris and her E & H teammates finished up their back to back matches with another victory, this time fending off Edinboro in a back and forth affair.
The team improves to 3-5 overall and 2-0 since Harris returned to the lineup !
The Wasps will take a short break and then head down to the Cumberland Gap next Wednesday for a contest with Lincoln Memorial University.
Lighting the Lamp nine times had to be entertaining !
Thank You to Marion Harris for taking the time to share your quality time with one of your impressive young Ladies !
Godspeed on your journey back up I-81
Today was the very rare day where I played catch-up and it was possible to do that because it was a ” Rest Day “. Try telling my keypad that one.
Apologies to our email 📧 subscribers 🙏 because of the amount of stories in one day.
Time to truly rest on Rest Day because its back to West Virginia in the morning 🌄.
Head Coach Anthony Barnes and Middle School Coach Darian Brown
A few days ago the Three Rivers District announced their First Team and Second Team selections and some impressive looking graphics were seen bouncing around. It would have been easy enough to grab a copy of one of them, crop it and slap it on the page, then call it a day.
Sadly enough, taking the easy way out doesn’t benefit the program that Coach Anthony Barnes pours his heart and soul into.
My goal is to support any Coach on The Hill that cares about his or her Student Athletes. Barnes certainly ✔s that Box 📦.
What would it take to package something that would sparkle in the eyes 👀 of the readers and the future Cavaliers ?
Here’s what it would look like :
Ten questions total and I would ask both Mother ( Vickie Easter and Samantha Reed) to submit their favorite photo of their Son, at any age.
Here’s the 10 Questions, that we would ask and let the players answer ➕ ones for Coach Barnes.
Isaiah Easter – congratulations on being named First Team All – District. Do you have a favorite memory from your journey from an undersized Freshman who was called up at the end of the season until the end ?
Isaiah Easter – if you could go back in time and talk to yourself as an 8th grader about playing Basketball for Anthony Barnes, what would you say ?
Isaiah Easter – final question for you. If you were given five minutes with an AAU player or Middle School player about what it means to have Carroll County High School on your chest, what would you say to them ?
Anthony Barnes – you Coached Easter on Varsity now across four years, what part of his growing up has impressed you the most ?
Follow up for Coach – if your phone rang and it was a College coach inquiring about Easter, what would you say ?
Blake Reed – Congratulations on making the second team All – District.
Blake – what would you say was the biggest adjustment this year as you went from Junior Varsity to Varsity ?
Blake – you played this season as the Robin to Easter’s Batman, what did you take away from his leadership on and off the court ?
Final question Blake – do you believe that you have the confidence to be a team leader next year and if so, what do you see as the key 🔑 to doing so ?
Coach Barnes – each season you say goodbye to a group of Seniors that gave you everything they have. Tell us what was special about this group ?
Final question for Coach – if you had one thought process that you could stamp into the minds of the returning players, what would it be ?
Wow, it would be easy enough to just move forward from this season but Coach isn’t looking for the easy way out.
Whether we can create the moment or not will be seen soon enough. If not, we do have a slick graphic !
Yes, Coach Dodson wins Basketball games at an alarming rate. Yes, Dodson is currently tied with Page County Softball Coach and close friend of mine, Alan Knight, with seven State Championships.
Yes, Dodson is a Page County High School Alum so that gives the Duo of Panthers grads a combined 14 VHSL titles.
Yes, Dodson is so cool that he gets to hang out with people like Dennis ” Preacherman ” Zimmerman.
Yes, Dodson took the time to write ✍ the Book 📖 Foreword for our book about Carroll County Girls Basketball, immediately following our dismantling his Trailblazers.
All of that makes me Proud to know him but it all takes a back seat 💺 to the fact that the Man has dedicated his ENTIRE adult life to those who face challenges!!!
Chris Dodson is the Northern version of our Vickey Ritchie, every day and all day. Except Chris is as tall as Vickey Ritchie is small. A picture of those two side by side would be PRICELESS.
The World 🌎 needs more people like Vickey Ritchie and Chris Dodson and know that I feel blessed to now both of them !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 