Mom is hard at work ahead of the 3pm first pitch versus Galax High School 🏫
Casey Burcham is a man with a plan and is continuing to build his program on the east side of The Hill at warp speed.
Heading into the rare Saturday afternoon meeting with the Maroon Tide, the Pipeline sits at a remarkable 35 – 9 record mark on the season.
Carroll County High School Athletic Director and former baseball coach Kevin DeHaven sits atop the incredibly well constructed Pipeline. DeHaven turned over the keys 🔑 to the program just two years ago, and to say that Burcham hit the ground running would classify as an understatement.
The varsity team, known to our readers as the Burcham Bunch, started the day at 10-4. Burcham (Class 2001) has built quite impressive staff at the top level.
Steve Combs (1985) has been a part of the baseball program forever and a day. Flanking Casey & Combs is fellow alumni Chuck Berrier (’96), Eric Spencer (’95), Rick Carlson, Brogan Bowman (2017) and Brandon Lineberry.
The second tier of the Cavalier program is the group we love to call the Nester Nine. Others will just call them the six time defending Three Rivers District Champions.
Adam Nester (2010) is the head coach and his assistant coaches are Jason Hart and Ryan Phillips. The squad sits at 12-1 on the campaign as they search out their seventh straight crown 👑.
While we haven’t created a nickname for the Not Ready for Prime Time players, Head Coach Larry Snow and his staff also have the train flying down the tracks. Assisted by Brian Quesenberry, Chad Brown, and Tom Jackson, our middle school team currently sits at 13-4 on their season.
Level four of the pyramid also goes by a couple of different names. The sixth grade team or developmental team is led by the duo of Jared Ogle and Jeremy Hendrick.
Burcham has a blueprint in place and has built a farm system, similar to a Major League Baseball team. Each MLB team has a club at AAA, AA, and A ➕️ a rookie squad. The thing that makes this group truly POP 🎉 is the fact that it is loaded with former players who both know the game of baseball and what it means to wear the colors.
First Pitch at 2:59, game time temp 69°
Galax goes quietly in the top of the first inning.
To tell the story about the organization without including The Castle 🏰 on The Hill would be rather silly. The fact that the structure exists is not a shock, but the fact that it all happened so fast might be the bigger story.
CCHS has plated three runs already here in the bottom of the first inning.
Ryan McCafferty of The Carroll News is now in the house 🏠 so everyone will be able to read a grown-up gamer later on !
Eli Worrell has just entered as a curtosey runner, and the Cavs have now batted around
The game isn’t the story today. It’s about a well constructed pipeline that is producing wins 🏆 at every level. It’s not a quick fix here because DeHaven left the shop in a great place, and the hard-working Burcham possesses Mad Skills. When you add in that the coaching tree 🌳 is a who’s who of Cavalier baseball ⚾️, it might be wise the buckle up because this rocket 🚀 has launched.
Cavs win, 19 – 2 !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 