Month: April 2026

Tonight’s scoreboard for our Cavaliers !

Varsity Baseball ⚾️ picks up a huge win in the Star 🌟 City, 2-1 over Northside Vikings in extra innings !

Junior Varsity Baseball ⚾️ protected The Hill, defeating the visiting Vikings 19-1 in five innings !

Boys 👦 Tennis 🎾 battled until the end, falling just short at home, 5-4 to Galax.

Girls 👧 Tennis 🎾 fell at Galax 9-0 against a talented Maroon Tide squad.

Natalie Harris reached the end of her competitive playing days at Emory and Henry.

Three stories to follow, including a full blown gamer on the JV victory, more on the Burcham Bunch having a BIG night 🌙 and goodbye to Natalie Harris are all in the hopper !

Tonight is about Adam Nester and his Nester Nine, his family, and playing under the lights at Bill Worrell Field

Adam Nester is an assistant coach on the staff of Casey Burcham, and his number one responsibility is the top spot on the Junior Varsity Baseball ⚾️ coaching staff.

Like Coach Burcham, Adam is in his second season at his current job after the changes that took place after Mr Kevin DeHaven moved from the dugout to the administration side of The Hill.

Nester is the son of fellow Laurel Fork residents, Rick and Donna Nester, as well as husband to Kayla Goins Nester and proud papa to three wonderful children.

Adam does a great job at keeping us in the loop after each game he coaches. We receive the game changer recap each time out, and if we are lucky, Mom 👩 will send us a pic or two to brighten the story up !

The name of the Nester Nine Baseball team comes from the respect for the family name and the fact that nine players are on the diamond 💎 when the lineup card has been filled out.

Some of Mom’s pictures 📸
Proud Parents of Adam Nester

I will head down to Bill Worrell Field shortly with no particular plan except to help an up and coming young coach in any way possible. It might be chasing foul balls if that is where the void is, just making sure to say – I see 👀 you, respect your effort and know the sacrifices you make for the youth of Carroll County on a regular basis !

Wednesday, April 22nd, has arrived, ready or not, here it is ! Baseball ⚾️ and Tennis 🎾 are both on the docket for our Cavaliers…

Morning 🌄 Brew
Bill Worrell Field

Once a year, the calendar 📅 lines up to have a day to support the hard-working Adam Nester, and that day is today !

Earlier in the season, we had the opportunity to do the same for Varsity Baseball ⚾️ and it created a fun story with some pictures 📸. The Nester Nine is fun to see 👀 / help, so  there’s something to look forward to once 4 pm arrives as the first pitch is set for 5:00.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

The front half of the day will be spent trying to get the 25-page script for the West Virginia Tech University Senior Day celebration written out. Losing 24 hours with the schedule change applies pressure that would be hard to describe, but such is life.

The Senior Day we create at WVU-T is significantly different than most in that we commit the time to allow the Student Athletes to both celebrate and be celebrated for their efforts.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Before we start the Morning 🌄 Brew, let’s address the baseball ⚾️ from Tuesday night 🌙

Yesterday afternoon would have been Carroll County High School versus Martinsville High School in both Junior Varsity and Varsity Baseball, but two things happened instead. The varsity game didn’t take place because the Bulldogs elected not to field a team this season.

.This left Head Coach Casey Burcham with the choice of accepting a forfeit, finding a new opponent, or just playing fewer games for the season. The timing of the announcement made it all but impossible to find a new opponent.

Adam Nester and his Nester Nine were slated to play at Martinsville last night, but that game was turned into part of a doubleheader later on in the season.

The good news for the fans of both teams is that there will be baseball ⚾️ tonight with Northside as the opposition. The Vikings will host the Varsity up in Roanoke while the JV will look to protect The Hill.