JV First Pitch – 5:33 & 82ยฐRunning Blog for the Night ๐ŸŒ™ ! Tryingย  hard to cover four venues in one night…ALL games completed now.

13 minutes after the lightning ๐ŸŒฉ delay ended, we started up !

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Bill Gallimore reports that JV Baseball โšพ๏ธ started at 5:38

Impressive List !

JV Baseball โšพ๏ธ leads 3-0, bottom 1st

5:58 – JV Soccer โšฝ๏ธ starts at 5:58 pm

Thank You to Coach Nester for placing the CT on our diamond ๐Ÿ’Ž in honor of Mr Thompson !

James River Softball plates four in the top of the 2nd.

Donna Nester Photos

JV Baseball 3-0, third inning

6:26 – final 2:00 of JV Soccer โšฝ๏ธ

6:38 – start of 2nd half in JV Soccer

JV Softball has pulled within 4-3

6:47 – Top 5th Softball, 4-3

6:58 – JV Baseball wins 10-2

7:10 – end JV Girls ๐Ÿ‘ง Soccer

7:11 – end JV Softball, fell 8-4

7:17 – end Mr Thompson ceremony

7:25 – start  Soccer โšฝ๏ธ introductions

7:32 – Soccer โšฝ๏ธ National Anthem

Cross the Boulevard again

7:38 – start Softball introducing

7:42 – National Anthem II

First Pitch – Varsity Softball 7:46 / 79ยฐ

7:58 – Callie Harris nets #48, leading 1-0

8:15 – Soccer โšฝ๏ธ Halftime, we lead 1-0 !!!

8:38 – Lady Cavaliers Softball pushes across 3 runs in the bottom of the 4th

Marion Harris reports our Varsity Boys ๐Ÿ‘ฆ Soccer are in a lightning ๐ŸŒฉ delay in Buchanan, tied 0-0

8:43 – Mr DeHaven reports : Bottom 4th 0-0, Varsity Baseball โšพ๏ธ

9:06 – Lady Cavaliers close out 1-0 victory and complete the Victory Hat ๐Ÿ‘’ Trick !

9:10 – Softball game goes into rain delay, trailing 6-4….

9:29 – about to restart Softball (9:30)

Shout out to Ryan McCafferty from the Carroll News for crossing the Boulevard after the end of the soccer โšฝ๏ธ match !

End 5th, down 6-5 (9:35)

Baseball โšพ๏ธ 0-0, Bottom 6th

Callie Harris also crossed the Boulevard after her 1-0 victory.

10:00 – both Diamond ๐Ÿ’Ž games are in the top of the 7th, 0-0 & 6-7

10:20 pm – Lady Cavs win 9-8, #200 for Coach Rick Nester

Foul Ball winner ๐Ÿ† – new record 24 Foul Balls….

10:25 – Baseball โšพ๏ธ falls, 1-0

Still need to see how things ended up in Buchanan for the Boys ๐Ÿ‘ฆ

11:07 – North Carolina Welcome Center, on way to Greensboro Airport ๐Ÿ›ซ

11:10 – Box ๐Ÿ“ฆ Score from Head Coach Casey Burcham arrives !

From Coach Burcham :

Threw it well enough to win tonight.  Reid and Colby were both excellent on the mound.

We didn’t do what we needed to do on offense to be successful

From Boys Soccer โšฝ๏ธ :

3-2 boys win !!!!!!!!

JV Boys ๐Ÿ‘ฆ win as well, 2-0 !!!

JV Girls fell 2-1, but they took care of their Coach !!!!!

From Forrest Johnson :

Varsity stats:
Goals- Hez Mejia with 2 and Hector Castro with 1

Assists- Ej Connor with 1 and Alex Silva with 1

Congratulations ๐ŸŽŠ Coach !

Brooke Webb crushed her part of the Mr Chuck Thompson ceremony !!!

7:13 am – Post ๐Ÿ“ซ story 9/10 from seat ๐Ÿ’บ 4B on American Airlines flight โœˆ๏ธ to the Lake of the Ozarks

8:40 am CST – Landed in Little Rock ๐Ÿชจ

9:16 am – CST, finished up the final story in the Ozarks !

Just another 18 hours of the fine line between being committed and needing to be Committed………

Fun exchange with our loyal reader, Mr Bill Gallimore !

The message above came from Mr Gallimore after he read ๐Ÿ“š our take on the Devine Intervention in regards to the capturing of the Nester Nine photo ๐Ÿ“ธ just seconds after arriving at Bill Worrell Field.

Last night ๐ŸŒ™, after Kris Richardson and I returned from the Best of Preps Banquet in Mt Airy, Boys Soccer โšฝ๏ธ was trailing 1-0 late in their match and Varsity Baseball โšพ๏ธ was down 3-1 to Christiansburg on the far side of the building.

Mr Bill asked me if there was help from above on Tuesday night, and here is the answer.

After being held scoreless for roughly 80 minutes without me on the sidelines, our Cavaliers found the back of the net FOUR times in 20 minutes of action ๐ŸŽฌ!!!!

I was standing beside SRO Chris Mabry for the longest time in our history together, and during this same time, the Burcham Bunch lit up the Blue Demons ๐Ÿ˜ˆ for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning on their way to an 8-3 victory!

Yes, Bill Gallimore, God has been on our side once again !

Tonight is as important as it gets on a number of fronts ! James River – Carroll County x 4 with a great deal on the line…

Bill Worrell Field

The baseball โšพ๏ธ doubleheader involves Senior Night ๐ŸŒ™ for the Burcham Bunch. Six more Cavaliers will be playing their final game on The Hill, and there should be plenty of crowd support. Improving the Regional seeding is a priority โž•๏ธ the Nester Nine JV team gets to take a curtain call !

Here in a couple of hours, our two Boys Soccer โšฝ๏ธ teams will board a bus ๐ŸšŒ for the trip up to Buchanan, and they have to defeat the Knights to continue playing.

Jeremy Puckett and his 11 will finish up in second place behind Glenvar in the Three Rivers District, and the nightcap will be a win, and you’re in game for Forrest Johnson. The trip back home will either be a joyous one or full of reflection.

For Adrienne McGuire and her Lady Cavaliers, the gap between #6 and a trip to Abingdon or #9 and sitting at home for the post-season is paper thin.

James River defeated the Lady Cavaliers 2-0 up in Buchanan earlier this season, but Carroll County knows what’s at stake.

At Cavalier Park, the JV team will face a juggernaut of a team in the Knights. JRHS is 19 – 2 on the year, according to MaxPreps.

In the nightcap, Rick Nester and his six seniors will be playing the final game of their Cavalier careers. Carroll County enters the night too far removed from the #8 spot to advance to the post-season tournament. This group can still end the year on a high note by besting the Knights.

Four venues with two games each, so whatever your favorite sport is, there are plenty of options to choose from tonight !

The game that wasn’t played on Tuesday night allowed Big Sis to join Half Pint at the Banquet down in Mt.Airy…

Proud Mom and Awesome Big Sister, Shelia Harris, and Adrienne Harris McGuire.

Tuesday night was supposed to be the back half of the Carroll County – Floyd County Girls Soccer โšฝ๏ธ series. But as the Lady Buffaloes ๐Ÿƒ finished out their initial season, the team chose not to play the match.

ย  Carroll County improved to 11-4-1 on the season with the forfeit win and now head into the season finale versus James River in need of one more victory to clinch a spot in the upcoming Regional tournament.

With no match to play but a monster sized one on Wednesday, McGuire held a practice for her Lady Cavaliers, and then when it concluded, Coach made the drive down to the First Baptist Church โ›ช๏ธ of Mt.Airy.

McGuire has a wide range of skills in her bag ๐ŸŽ’ and to list them all would take a hot minute or two. But know this about our second year coach, where Adrienne excels the most is in her role as Big Sister to Jan & Half Pint !