4:15 – We honor our two Boys Tennis Seniors.

5:15 – We honor Principal Chuck Thompson, Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp

5:30 – We have our International Introduction for the Boys JV Soccer Match, then play Soccer

Halftime of the Junior Varsity match, we use the short break to acknowledge the Student Athletes that competed this season for both Boys and Girls Track 👣 and Field.

After the conclusion of the Junior Varsity game, we will conduct the T & F Senior Day for the duo of Brayden Smoot and Nathanael Dalton.

Next up we will have the Ceremonial roll out for the Varsity Boys Soccer match.

At halftime of the match we will look to conduct interviews with some or all of our Trio.

We will put 40 minutes back on the Clock ⏰ and play the second half of the Varsity game.

Every minute that Soccer ⚽️ is not being played, our focus will be on Track and Field.

Its a BIG NET that we are casting out and it has something for a lot of Folks. There’s room on the Parade float for sure !

Having spent varying amounts of time in the camps of all 12 Spring teams has allowed me to see 👀 how much effort our 12 coaching staffs have put into their seasons. When your goal is to try and level the playing field for All – Things Carroll County, you lean towards the underdogs.

Casey Burcham and Adam Nester have been off the charts this Spring and Bill Worrell Field is a happening spot these days! The home game on Thursday night versus Patrick County might very well be the game of the year.

This brings us to the duo of Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp. The definition of the short end of the stick in the Spring 2025. Their Student Athletes were never allowed to compete at their Home 🏡 track this year. I am a HUGE fan of these two Men and simply want to present them the opportunity to have a Night 🌙 on The Hill where they are the focus and not just for five good minutes.

Dalton and Smoot have competed for all four seasons at CCHS and Corrie Delp has already earned her third straight trip to Lynchburg for the State Meet. Yes, we will recognize this trio but why not pay attention to the other 17 Athletes who recorded PR’S at their last meet?

In a PERFECT world 🌎, we would hold a Black Tie 👔 affair in hopes of raising the $200,000.00 to upgrade the Track at Tommy Thompson Field.

Option #2 – find a way to fund the much needed replacement of our High Jump area, which would run 🏃‍♂️ in the neighborhood of $15,000.00.

Another fun concept 💡 for Monday night would be for any Track & Field Athletes who want to perform their events would do so, during the down time.

The minimum that will be accomplished is we will give Montgomery and Delp the opportunity to showcase their programs.

To recap – Ethan Richardson and Paul Marshall, Nathanael Dalton and Brayden Smoot, Jeremy Puckett and Forrest Johnson, Shawn Montgomery and Jon Delp and last but not least, OneofUs.Care and our Man of the Night, Principal Chuck Thompson.

The Soccer community, the Track 👣 and Field community, the Tennis 🎾 community and the We Love and Support Chuck Thompson community on their own might not frightened anyone individually, but together, we might could put a dent in filling these bleachers at Tommy Thompson Field !

Yes, its the end of the School 🏫 year and everyone is worn out a bit, including the person typing this out. But everyone and everything on this list matters to me and to the people on the list.

I will bring this full circle 🔵 by having a fun look at needing 15K for something that will only benefit a handful of Cavaliers each season.

Find 150 people that would be willing to write ✍ a check ✔ for $100.00. Each person that does this can either jump themselves or having a Family member attempt to use the new High Jump once its in place. Whoever clears the bar with the best result becomes the unofficial High Jump Champion of the World 🌎.

Ron Cochran and I can even make them a Banner, like the one we did for our 3 Musketeers that we will have for folks to sign Monday night.

Thank You for taking the time to read this and I encourage folks to share it with others ! This will start at 4:15 and end when the Soccer ⚽️ match concludes.

If anyone has an interest in participating in any manner, please let me know !

Saturday afternoon was a Five Star 🌟 Day for Carroll County Baseball. First, the Junior Varsity team defeated James River 8-4 to clinch the Three Rivers District crown 👑. Next up was a touching Senior Day Celebration for the six Cavaliers that are winding up their time at Bill Worrell Field.

The next segment was recognition for Britt Berrier as the four year Varsity player recently became the third Cavalier to collect 100 career base hits.

The next stop ✋ on the day long Cavalier Baseball ⚾️ Love fest was the Varsity team defeating the Knights by a final score of 12-1. After the game, Mrs Burcham and Steve Combs combined their efforts to create a reunion of former Cavaliers that had been coached by the long time partnership of Casey and Combs.

All of this happened one day after three of the six Seniors gathered in the School Auditorium to announce their College signings

Life is sailing along at a Premium level for the entire Baseball program. After a 30 hour whirlwind of accomplishments, Burcham still found time to actually critique the actual ball game.

” I thought we looked like a team who hadn’t been on the field for a week in the first couple of innings,” said Burcham.  “We did a phenomenal job making adjustments later in the game from an offensive standpoint.”

Carroll County fell short at Pulaski County High School back in the second game of the season and it had to have left a bad taste in their mouth because they haven’t dropped a game since.

Senior Cody Reece started on the mound for Carroll County and sparkled in his four innings of work. The right hander fanned 9 Knights over his four innings while allowing just one earned run. Peyton Spencer came in behind Reece to close out the shortened game due to the mercy rule.

James River actually led 1-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. Burcham mentioned the slow 🐌 start but once the train left the station it turned into the Cavalier Express. Three straight frames were CCHS hung a Crooked number up on the Knights turned 1-0 into 12-1 in an absolute blink of an eye.

Reece and fellow Senior, Gage Nicholson deposited balls over the fence. It was quite a day for the Nicholson Family after little Brother(Bryce) did the same in the Junior Varsity victory. Big Brother finished up 3 of 4 with three runs scored and three runs driven in.

All season long the Cavaliers have combined timely hitting with tough as nails 💅 pitching and their line up is both deep and talented. Any future opponents are not be able to game plan around any one player in hopes of slowing down the attack.

Back to the Americana aspect of the old Chevrolet commercial. Baseball, Hot Dogs 🌭 and Apple Pie 🥧. Mama Burcham was even serving Apple Pie today in the family 👪 run Concession Stand.

Life is Grand right now on the Northside of the Boulevard !

” Our seniors paced us tonight,” added Burcham. “Proud of all the guys.”

Carroll County will travel to Radford on Tuesday night to close out the regular season and then advance to the Regional Tournament the following week as either a #1 or #2 seed.

The Junior Varsity will host Radford on Tuesday evening to wrap up their initial season under Adam Nester.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Rookie Coach Adam Nester as the Nester Nine clinched the Three Rivers District Championship Saturday afternoon with its 8-4 victory over the Knights of James River High School.

Carroll County exploded for all eight runs 🏃‍♂️ in the bottom of the third inning when 13 Cavaliers made their way to the plate. Nine base knocks led to the eight runs with the big stick belonging to Bryce Nicholson.

It would be fun to fact check how many times in the history of baseball ⚾️ that a player had a single inning in which they reached base on a dropped third strike, came around the score the first run and roughly 10 minutes later capped the uprising with a 3-run bomb 💣.

Nicholson scored two runs and picked up three RBIS in the half inning. Peyton Goad did okay for himself as well by going 2 for 2 with a run scored and a stolen base. Reid Horton duplicated those same numbers in the third.

Horton was absolutely fantastic on the mound, going 4 & 2/3 with only two base hits allowed. There were eight strikeouts recorded against just two walks. Colton Quesenberry earned the save by pitching the final two plus innings.

James River made things interesting in the top of the seventh inning with a three run rally after two outs were recorded. Quesenberry struck out Lucas Lawyer with the tying run to seal up the Championship for the Cavaliers.

The team still has a regular season game scheduled at Bill Worrell Field on Tuesday evening against Radford. Carroll County High School will be looking to close out a one loss season and it has been announced that the Three Rivers District will not be holding a #1 versus #2 post season tournament.

Ryan Phillips and Jason Hart both assisted Nester this season as the trio took the baton from Combs after he stepped up to become the Assistant Coach on Varsity.

James River …… 000 001 3 – 4

Carroll County…008 000 X – 8

Winning Pitcher – Reid Horton

  16 wins out of 17 games with eight shutouts recorded along the way. Not bad work for a Rookie Head Coach but Nester won’t wait around for Combs and Burcham to stroke his Ego. Listen closely and you can hear Combs saying ” I loosened the jar for you.”

Tuesday afternoon at Bill Worrell Field will be one final opportunity to catch this overly impressive group and their Coaches in action 🎬.

Fun note 📝 during the Junior Varsity game, we had some fun by sharing a Fun Fact about each of the six Varsity Seniors.

Here’s the list that we came up with :

Cody Reece was actually leading the eventual State Champs 🏆 Spotswood, 9-8 by himself  in the State Quarterfinals.

Jacky Turman is the Senior Class President.

Ben Phillips once held a State Championship in a category of Martial Arts down in North Carolina.

Gage Nicholson is a HUGE fan of all things Mayo ! This one drew the largest applause.

Britt Berrier qualified to Swim 🏊‍♂️ in the State Meet for the Cavaliers after just one year of ever jumping into the pool!

Slade Quesenberry is so dedicated to the Cavaliers Baseball ⚾️ program, so much so that the young man 👨 is still missing a tooth that he displaced earlier this season out in left field.

Final thought – props to Coach Burcham for his day long efforts on the Diamond 💎 after the latest storm early Saturday morning.

Head Coach Casey Burcham is hard at it and has been all morning long !

3:39 pm – closing in on first pitch….