Earlier in the day on Wednesday, my dear friend Kevin Burress lost his grandfather yet somehow still made it to Cavalier Park for our Varsity Softball game. Not only did Kevin arrive, but he managed to be himself across the four hours upstairs.

I have repeatedly said that our ability to lean on each other is the leading reason we can function in the manner that we do. The lead story for Wednesday night 🌙 simply has to be the man that Kevin Burress is, and my thoughts and Prayers are with him, Myranda, and their daughters.

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

More 2 Follow…..

Bill Gallimore reports that JV Baseball ⚾️ started at 5:38

JV Baseball ⚾️ leads 3-0, bottom 1st

5:58 – JV Soccer ⚽️ starts at 5:58 pm

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

JV Baseball 3-0, third inning

6:26 – final 2:00 of JV Soccer ⚽️

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 👧 Soccer

7:11 – end JV Softball, fell 8-4

7:17 – end Mr Thompson ceremony

7:25 – start  Soccer ⚽️ introductions

7:32 – Soccer ⚽️ National Anthem

Cross the Boulevard again

7:38 – start Softball introducing

7:42 – National Anthem II

First Pitch – Varsity Softball 7:46 / 79°

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

8:15 – Soccer ⚽️ 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 👦 Soccer are in a lightning 🌩 delay in Buchanan, tied 0-0

8:43 – Mr DeHaven reports : Bottom 4th 0-0, Varsity Baseball ⚾️

9:06 – Lady Cavaliers close out 1-0 victory and complete the Victory Hat 👒 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 ⚽️ match !

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

Baseball ⚾️ 0-0, Bottom 6th

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

10:00 – both Diamond 💎 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 🏆 – new record 24 Foul Balls….

10:25 – Baseball ⚾️ falls, 1-0

Still need to see how things ended up in Buchanan for the Boys 👦

11:07 – North Carolina Welcome Center, on way to Greensboro Airport 🛫

11:10 – Box 📦 Score from Head Coach Casey Burcham arrives !

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 ⚽️ :

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

JV Boys 👦 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 🎊 Coach !

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

7:13 am – Post 📫 story 9/10 from seat 💺 4B on American Airlines flight ✈️ to the Lake of the Ozarks

8:40 am CST – Landed in Little Rock 🪨

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………

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

Last night 🌙, after Kris Richardson and I returned from the Best of Preps Banquet in Mt Airy, Boys Soccer ⚽️ was trailing 1-0 late in their match and Varsity Baseball ⚾️ 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 🎬!!!!

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 😈 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 !

The baseball ⚾️ doubleheader involves Senior Night 🌙 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 ➕️ the Nester Nine JV team gets to take a curtain call !

Here in a couple of hours, our two Boys Soccer ⚽️ teams will board a bus 🚌 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 !