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Kevin Burress takes us through the 18-2 victory for the Varsity team !

Kevin Burress was our Man 👨 in the Stands up in Glenvar tonight and here’s his take on the teams second victory :

First pitch at 720 for the varsity

After the top of the first Varsity Lady Cavs take a 6 to 0 lead.

Some good hitting, base running and small ball all contributed.

Great startGlenvar doesn’t score in the bottom of the 1st. 1 walk 1 strike out 1 foul ball caught by the catcher.

We plate 1 in the top of the 2nd. We are up 7 to 0

We score 1 in the top of the 4th. We are up 8 to 0. Laiken Burnette has just barely missed 2 home runs in back to back at bats. Absolutely crushed 2 balls.

We are headed to the top of the 4th we are up 7 to 0

Glenvar scores 1 in the bottom of the 4th. 8 to 1 us going to the top of the 5th

Glenvar plates 1 in the bottom of the 5th. We are up 8 to 2 going in the top of the 6th

PRAYERS FOR ISABELLA NORMAN WHO SUFFERED AN INJURY!!

Cavs blow the top off of it in the top of the 6th. Now leading 18 to 2! Some awesome hitting by our girls

Final from Glenvar in 6 innings 18 to 2 Lady Cavs!!!

Coach Nester added –

” They (we) wore it out all the way through the lineup

So you want to play baseball ⚾️ in Mid February in the Mountains of West Virginia ???

The first thing you have to do is break up the ice 🧊 in the dugouts.

We are roughly 90 minutes from the scheduled first pitch and the only thing that we have going for us is its a turf field at this amazing facility.

My favorite part of the Stadium 🏟 here is that Mr. Epling filled the outer wall with Bible versus, something that can only happen when a structure is privately financed.

Our Golden Bears 🐻 compete in the NAIA, which exists in addition to the NCAA. Lawrence Nesselrodt and I have been at it since our days with the Waynesboro Generals of the Valley Baseball League ⚾️ and its an adventure at every stop ✋ along the way.

This weekend is a perfect example of “Let’s get the Games Played”. This set was originally a four game series scheduled for Friday & Saturday in Beckley. We have tweaked and twisted to the point where today is the last day we can try and get the games played. West Virginia Tech leads the series 1-0 after a walk off win on Sunday. The Sunday game was played up in Charleston at the Go Mart Stadium.

Here is an example of the typical group message to the team :

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Game 1 @ EPLING Stadium Gold Jersey/Grey Pants Tech (RHP)@ Upper Deck 9:30. Active Warmup 9:45-10:20. Tech BP10:25-11. Marian BP11:15. Tech In/Out11:30. Marian In/Out11:45. Coach/Ump Meet11:55. Intro/Anthem 12noon. First Pitch. (1×7) Game 2: 30 minutes after (1×9). Tech. (LHP)

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Plenty of work to be done before I can say those two great words – Play Ball !

If you are baseball ⚾️ fan, I encourage you to check back. If not, hang tight for the next story.

Fun in the Sun !

First Pitch – 12:04

Game Time Tempature 41°

Top 4th. 2-2

Bottom 6th, Knights 13, Golden Bears 🐻 6.

Golden Bears 🐻 plate 🍽8 runs 🏃‍♂️, now lead, 14-13

2:57 pm – Golden Bears 14-13 Win !!

2 hours, 53 minutes…

Alleghany @ Spotswood Girls 👧, Cougars and Trailblazers locked 🔒 up in a defense battle in Penn Laird

Region play is underway across the Old Dominion and we will highlight two teams that we are very familiar with. Alleghany (17-6) made the long trek over, up and over to Spotswood (17-7). The Trailblazers are surging now at the end of the season, having just run the table in the Valley District tournament.

At the half its Spotswood 16, Alleghany 14. Second Half about to get underway !

Spotswood with a fast start in the second half, pushes their lead to 24-16 @ 4:37 (3rd)

End of the 3rd – Spotswood 36-20.

The Trailblazers are one year up on Carroll County in that this is their first season with their 4-year star, Zoli Khalil. The 6’0 Guard is now playing for a 21-4 Virginia Commonwealth University team and the current team is very, very young. Learning to play without the leadership of a next level player is a challenge and Spotswood struggled at the beginning of the season.

Possible road map to life after Alyssa Ervin next year.

Coach Dodson is about to dispatch a solid Alleghany team from the Three Rivers District, albeit the Cougars were playing a long way from 🏡 tonight. Final minute now. 42-28 your final score.

7:19 – The fighting Dodson’s live to play another day.

Today I had to be corrected by the Plucky Sidekick down on Main Street

 I knew something was wrong when the call 📞 came in for me to report to the office 🏢 of the Carroll News earlier today.

 David was the bearer of the scolding as it turns out that after mispelling Alan’s first name (correctly spelled Allen) for a year, I was also guilty of pronouncing his last name incorrectly. I had spent many a moon 🌙 watching Todd Worrell pitch for the St.Louis Cardinals and later the LA Dodgers. Todd’s last name was pronounced Wore-L in the midwest and West Coast so I assumed it was pronounced that way everywhere.

 In a moment of weakness after David told me the correct way to say it was Whirl, I answered back no its not.

 David had no choice but to take matters into his own hands. Thankfully he didn’t leave any visible markings…..

Of course that just a little Carroll News humor but know this, if I am not saying a name correctly PLEASE let me know. If no one tells me after the first time the situation won’t correct itself.

 Same goes with a misspelling, there are a large number of names one goes through when they are trying hard to list every member of every team / organization.

 We welcome corrections !