The song 🎵 is ageless and I can hear my Man, Kevin Burress playing it to open the festivities next month ! The only thing that would top it is we could someone Sing it Live !!
We are working 💪 on some pretty Cool stuff within our Group with the focus for the day being two fold – Celebration of our Past and a Kickoff for the 2025-2026 season !
We have a group of Seniors that are preparing for their farewell season of wearing our Colors and we will do everything possible to make sure that this group gets to ride off into the Sunset 🌇 in style!
Come out and join us for a great time that will include a multitude of things that will all be designed to make people smile !
Using the block from the School calendar and a photo from the website where the match is being played starts the day.
Coverage for Golf is tricky for a number of reasons and the first one is the season starts before the school year does. The second one is that most folks are still adjusting to getting the start of school so by the time the dust settles, their season is half over.
My understanding is that we have three people teaming up to guide our Student Athletes and for that I want to applaud 👏 their efforts !
Later today I will reach out to Mr Jeremy Ogle for the first time and attach this post in hopes of explaining just how easy it would be to generate something for the Golfers each time they compete.
Using the Photo above, from last years team as an example, the one time taking of a team photo and then a head shot of each player so that when the results are available at the end of the day, a photo of the golfer 🏌️♂️would appear with their score next to it.
Fun moments…
The idea 💡 is to create pride within a given program without having to break the bank 🏦.
Having played High School Golf a long, long time ago, I can appreciate the challenge in getting the word out about what the team gets accomplished on a given day.
Twenty minutes in the parking lot of Olde Mill for the photos one time and then gaining access to the results at the end of the day makes this as simplistic as can be.
Trace Reavis was one of three Carroll County High School Student Athletes to place at States last season and now he’s back for his Senior year. Camden DeHaven and the rest of the team would be provided the same amount of coverage at the same time….
Best of Luck today on the links and hopefully we can write ✍ about it later.
When the idea first popped into my head I started to think about the Dream Teams like Emma and Travis Leath, Casey and Deana Burcham, Lauren Alley and Dad 👨 were just a few examples. Macie Adkins and Dad, or Mom, the possibilities make me smile 😃
Once Coach Nester signed off on the idea 💡this morning 🌄, Travis Leath had the misfortune of being on the phone with me so there was an arm to twist ! They are in and Coach Leath promised to go all Babe Ruth and call his shot by pointing to the fence with his Bat before his first cut.
The Softball community will never forget that Coach Burcham included our group when he rolled out the plans for The Castle 🏰 on The Hill. We would love for him to join his Bride 👰 in our attempt to make people smile 😃.
_____________________________
Here’s the Fine Print……
Home run derby will start at 1:00. Participants may choose a family member to join them in the derby. 10 swings per team 5 each. Players can choose to participate as a team of two or individually.
Tunnels will available starting at 11:30, alumni game following home run derby.
_____________________________________
We also have a few extras planned for the Day, including having Dakota Walls and his Race 🏁 Car 🚗 available for a Photo 📷 shoot 🔫 with both the current players and the Alumni players !
Dakota is now a Sophomore at Carroll County High School 🏫, in addition to being responsible for both driving his Car and lining up Sponsors.
Somewhere, Volleyball 🏐 Coach Cindy Edwards will get a good laugh as this year Rick Nester will pop on the Helmet for the Photos. Rick wants to drive the car but thats between him and Dakota.
Mrs. Velvet Leonard will be snapping the shots so we know they will be Top Shelf !
Remember, there will be no cost to the day and plenty of Fun to be had at our Cavalier Park !
Please share this information with others, when possible 🙏
This five minute song 🎵 won’t mean a thing to most people but it describes the effort I am putting forth everyday in my efforts to serve God by trying hard 🙏 to give people Hope.
If you pay close attention, you will see that I don’t put my name on anything that I do because as Tauren Wells sings – It’s not about me. The only time my name appears somewhere is when Allen Worrell gives one of my stories a Byline in The Carroll News. As the song 🎵 says, I’m Nobody from Nowhere.
I will break from my norm and share a real life update.
Last Monday morning, Linda and I checked into the Duke University Medical Center 🚑 and for a week, I slept in a chair 💺 and watched my bride 👰 of 40+ years lay in a bed with 30 wires connected to her Brain 🧠 and six more to her heart ❤ as they try to slow down what is going on with her.
When we finally made it back to Laurel Fork, ahead of my next Medical appointment we have no hot water in our Condo. That was Saturday and now its Wednesday morning and we are still trying to get hot water 💧 and I am typing this from a Hotel room. Side note, my Lab results came back and there’s no improvement on my end.
Other than that, Life is Good !
The reason for sharing this is to show that we all are facing challenges everyday, we are no different in that matter. Everyone needs a reason to have Hope, something that will make them smile and think I’m going to get through this and come out the other side.
Yesterday morning I sat and watched three servicemen from Halls try to figure out how to fix our Water 💧 issue and watched my Wife try to adjust to her new medication 💊. I am glad that I don’t drink because it would have been easy to do so.
God places people in your Life for a reason 🙏 and the latest example for me was Mr Alvin Davidson. When you chase something as hard as I do, you look for someone to pass the baton to.
Yesterday afternoon I created more stories in a day than I have in a long, long time. Thanks to Anthony Barnes, they were well read and the stories are designed to make people smile. Barnes is a great partner for two reasons, first is his level of passion for the Student Athletes and because he understands my ultimate goal is to challenge young people to give them a better chance to succeed later in life.
If you pray 🙏, both Lin and I welcome your Prayers but know that our level of Faith will always make life easier to cope with.
Coming full circle 🔵, Tammy Quesenberry, who is way Smarter than she leads on, finished a messenger conversation with me while I was creating the Syd Nester / Macie Adkins story.
OneofUs.Care is an ongoing search for people that have a desire to improve their corner of the World 🌎. At 5:40 this morning, Addie’s Grandma 👵 showed once again, that she gets it ! Alvin Davidson gets it and he tells me that our new Superintendent gets it.
The focus needs to be on preparing our Youth for the future while showing support for the teachers and parents.
Life is difficult enough, there’s no need to make it harder than it has to be.
Bonus being we should have Hot Water by the end of the Day !
This photo 📷 is of the latest group of Cheerleaders. It’s here to have the story end on a lighter note and to say Thank You to the new Coaches for their time !
Have a Blessed Day 🙌 and chose Kindness if given the opportunity 🙏
A.S.P.N on The Hill 