While I great deal of my focus has been on when will Carroll County High School get to actually start its post season, its worth noting that the LBHS Cavaliers have to be able to get a game in before hand.
Carroll County drew the #2 seed behind Abingdon in the Region and we are hoping that a Chalk Showdown will take place down at the Falcons diamond 💎 in June, first things first.
The teams will try again today in hopes of determining whether its the Knights or the Northern Cavaliers that will head South to Bill Worrell Field on Friday afternoon.
The Burcham Bunch
As far as Abingdon, they won’t find out their opponent until Thursday night when Pulaski County and William Byrd play the 8-9 game.
As the month of May is winding down, there was a question about whether or not we would reach our unofficial goal of 10,000 reads or not ?
When one wakes ⏰ up each day with the goal being to lift the spirits of others, you never know what God will present as possible stories to 🖊🖋. Today is a great example as we might or may not have a Boys Soccer game to write about.
The most read story on our site this month was the effort put forth on the signing day for Karmen Smith. Her letter of intent day was separated from the other five Student Athletes this Spring and it presented an opportunity to frame a stand alone story that would be compromised of interviews with a number of people who think a great deal of this fierce competitor.
Dr Ben Tickle was part of that story as was the efforts to show appreciation for his time here on The Hill. The overload of Soccer games over the past six weeks created a boatload of time that the two of us to spend together, including his Going Away party 🥳.
Across the Boulevard at Cavalier Park we were saying Goodbye to our lone Senior, Carlie Beamer. The Softball season didn’t turn out exactly like we had hoped for but the key thing we did was survive after the loss of Assistant Coach Jeff Tobler in the off-season.
Carlie and Principal Chuck Thompson combined for a Photo 📷 of a Lifetime!
Kevin Lineberry and his Kiddo Kiley.
You never know how ones efforts to make the World 🌎 a Better Place is going from day to day. Nor do you know what there will be to write ✍ about.
Six times in the past 10 months but this one was special. Because there was no HUGE story, just a slew of great topics in and around Carroll County.
Possibly the Photo 📷 of the Month !
Here’s hoping that Forrest Johnson and Jeremy Puckett 🙏 get to play Soccer ⚽️ later today and that Ben Tickle enjoys a smooth drive 🚗 to his new 🏡 and the Harris family 👪 can keep up with all of the life changing experiences taking place one after another.
This photo 📷 captured the goal of the site – a Group Hug.
One never knows what tomorrow holds but if you try hard enough, something positive can be written about it !
Smith River Soccer ⚽️ Complex is next up on the list of venues ready to host a Carroll County High School sporting event as Forrest Johnson is set to head over to Martinsville Wednesday night to face Bassett High School.
It’s been raining here in Martinsville for roughly 48 hours now which begs to question, how much rain is to much rain?
Two Track and Field teams, two Soccer teams, a Baseball ⚾️ team and the Boys Tennis team are all looking to play between now and Friday night 🌙.
The easy one should be the Track and Field teams in Christiansburg on Thursday afternoon because if the past is any indication, they will compete as long as there isn’t lightning in the sky.
Tennis started out at 11am on Monday, went to 4pm on Monday, 4pm on Tuesday and now 230pm on Thursday. The need for dry courts is imperative for the safety of the Student Athletes.
Soccer ⚽️ seems to fit somewhere in between as a damp Pitch won’t postpone a Match but a Duck Pond in the middle might cause some trouble. A muddy track normally slows 🐌 down the pace of the match but for the first time this week, we might have to question whether Wednesday night 🌙 will happen as planned ?
Casey Burcham and Bill Worrell Field have two things working in its favor. First, its not needed until Friday night and second is a little thing called quick dry. Bonus for the Cavaliers and be the availability of the Indoor Hitting Center.
Maybe its fitting, that after a Spring full of wash outs and postponed events, that we are once again at the mercy of the weather forecast.
In the words of Ed Asner in Studio 60, “Make it Stop ✋”
If you’re planning on crossing Lovers Leap tomorrow night to support our Cavaliers, it will be wise to make sure its still on and if so, don’t wear your good shoes.
Cavalier Tennis 🎾 getting moved to its fourth time slot on Thursday afternoon takes a well spaced week and kinda turns it upside down.
After spending the entirety of the Spring trying hard to support all 12 teams, the goal was to be there until the very end for as many of them as possible. Now the challenge will be tougher as half of the Varsity teams will be competing inside a six hour window on Thursday.
Brendan Farris and Corrie Delp are advancing to Lynchburg so technically it is not the actual end of Boys or Girls Track and Field, right ?
Ethan Richardson and Maverick Baker are going to advance to the Singles and Doubles portion of Tennis, so its really not the end, is it ?
For Adrienne Harris and her Girls Soccer ⚽️ team its Win at William Byrd High School 🏫 or go home.
2 to 6, 2:30 to 4 and 6 to 7:45 but hey, at least they are all up I-81.
The last time it was a 3 in 1 kinda day, it started with the Knowledge Bowl 🥣, then Regional Swimming 🏊♂️ and finally Regional Wrestling.
There’s a potential for a great deal of Cavaliers to perform for the final time. Some for the season and others for ever. The good news is that Forrest Johnson and Jeremy Puckett have a stand alone game on Wednesday evening and Casey Burcham has the same on Friday night on The Hill.
The theme is this – just like Tim Allen in his middle sitcom, be there for the Last Man (or Woman) Standing.
Thursday just became a bit more tricky because Mother Nature is just mean spirited at times.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 