Category: Carroll County High School

Let’s call 📞 this one 3 Volleyball 🏐 matches and 1 Big Round of Cavalier Golf ⛳… Running 🏃‍♂️ Blog for the Day..

Harrisonburg – The temperature 🌡 on the dash reads 46° but the good news is that there’s no wind right now.

The start time for the State Tournament is 8:30 am. Just guessing on the format but its either using both Nines at the same time or a shot gun start.

At 7:25 I’m a little surprised by the lack of vehicles in the parking lot right now.

The GPS reads 2:36 (178 miles) back to the Gymnasium on The Hill and tonight its the lone evening with all three teams playing at Home 🏡. This is significant in that its means needing to be in the Gym by 3: 45 versus 4:45.

The unpredictably of I-81 adds a layer of intrigue to the math 🧮 on the needed departure time but until then let’s see how much framing can be done for Trace Reavis and Coach Chase Robinson on their HUGE day.

Feel free to check ✔ back throughout the Day & Go Cavaliers !

Nine hours prior to hitting his 1st Tee Shot, we can tell you that Trace Reavis will need a windbreaker in the Morning 🌄 !

Here is the link to last night’s lead in.

First Note 📝 – not a Shot Gun start. Fifteen groups of four and Trace is in the opening foursome.

Coach with a nice capture of our Cavalier getting loose on the range !

My views will be from further back because its my Goal to support without being a distraction !

Correction – Now that I’ve been out of the car 🚗 for 15 minutes, scratch the its not all that Cold comment.

The official Clock ⏰

The Layout …

And the Back Nine

Par 34/36=70

Check out the Hot 🔥 Air …

Free motivational tool 🔧 – Tell your Golfer 🏌️‍♂️ that you ordered the Balloon 🎈as a show of support !

#ProudParents

8:27 am ! Underway….

2nd Shot on #1

Birdie Putt slides by, Tap in Par…

8:43 – 2nd Tee –

Another 2nd shot Dart, birdie attempt coming up again

Local TV 📺 following our group !

Props to the Man 👨 in Charge

Even Par – 3rd Tee, first Par 3

Trace is now 3 for 3 in Greens in regulation. Another 🐦ie attempt.

Another great putt read by Trace, another tap in par..

Rain 🌧 has started to spit, a little ahead of schedule..

2nd Shot..

Great course management shown here by hitting an iron of the tee. Make able 🐦🦜 putt up next !

Great read, inches short, another tap in par..

5th Hole…

5 for 5 on Greens in regulation !

Rain 🌧 is falling now.

Putt slides by on the right side as rain intensifies. Two footer for Par – bottom of the Cup !

Another just missed Birdie attempt, another tap in par.

First decision on the Par 5…

Just short of reaching it in 2

7 for 7 in G.I.R

Conditions have become brutal

Another solid roll of a putt, just not falling.

7 2-putt pars has Trace at EVEN heading to he 8th Tee

10:18 am…

Tee shot misses just right, leaving Chase some work to do for an up & down.

Rain is trying to let up as Trace is facing his first sign of trouble. Delicate chip stays in the tall grass. Lengthy putt for Bogey was dead on line but horseshoed out. Double Bogey after 7 pars.

All four golfers are safely on the 9th Green in regulation.

Tap in Par to right the Ship. 36 at the turn at 10:46 am

BACK NINE :

Par Putt on 10th just misses. (+3), rain has stopped !

11th Tee

We have reached the part of the course that is the furthest away from the Pro Shop. Pics won’t load back here.

Clutch up and down for Par on 11!

Great tee ball on #12.. Approach shot hangs up by maybe a foot, creating a chip greenside.

A second straight clutch up and down to remain at +3.

13th Hole – Par 3

Just long on his tee shot, short chip back to the flag.

Par attempt doesn’t fall, Bogey makes it +4, five to play.

Bogey 5 on the tough 14th hole, parting ways on 15th tee and will depend on Mr & Mrs Reavis to take us home. Time to start the hike back to the Car..

15th Hole – Bogey 5 (+6)

16th Hole – 🐦is 4!!!!

Par on 17. Barely missed birdie putt

Finishing Hole 🕳

Great tee shot off 18 !

Birdie on 18 !!

Finished STRONG 💪!!!!!!!

74……

Mom 👩 was Awesome down the stretch !!!!

14 Holes with my narrative = +5

4 Holes with Mom 👩 = -1

Clearly he was showing off for Mom !

Making Progress !!!

Made it back with roughly 15 minutes to spare ! Such a Fun first half of the Day, spent with such wonderful 👏 people. Now its time for a Volleyball 🏐 Triple Header……

Front of the Hoodia

Nine hours prior to hitting his 1st Tee Shot, we can tell you that Trace Reavis will need a windbreaker in the Morning 🌄 !

The drive 🚗 up I-81 tonight was about as stress free as it could be and the first thing I did was check the weather forecast for Trace Reavis..

8:30 am looks like 42° here at the start of the round. It should be an exciting time from start to finish as Carroll County High School 🏫 Golf ⛳ makes the Class 3 Map !

Pulaski County & Lord Botetourt are the two teams that qualified from our Region (3D).

One of the golfers 🏌️‍♂️that Trace will be doing battle with is Senior Chase Synder of Wilson Memorial High School 🏫

Two other golfers 🏌️‍♂️that qualified along with Snyder were Jack Baughman of Spotswood and Andrew McCoy of Rockbridge

Joining Trace from Region 3D are both Conner Brummit (Abingdon) & Josh Cummins ( Christiansburg)

Taking a quick look at Class 3A :

Teams – New Kent & Lafayette

Top 3 Individuals not on those teams:

Lilly McDermott and Beck Christiansen from Grafton and Christian Martin of York.

Class 3B :

Teams : Meridian & Kettle Run

Individuals from other teams :

Tommy Stallings – Culpeper

Mason Markell – Fauquier

Mathew Amos – Culpeper

Now you have the list of the Eight teams and 12 Individuals that punched their ticket 🎟 to H’BURG.

60 Golfers 🏌️‍♂️ are set to take their swings on a ⛳ course that I have fortunately played roughly 20 times. The course is a little forgiving in spots but will play long later today.

Golf ⛳ Coach Chase Robinson checks ✔ in from H’BURG with an exciting update on Trace Reavis !

” Trace had played a practice round yesterday Sunday. And shot even par. Just out here today making some swings and adjustments on club decisions and distances. “

Thanks Coach for the update !

Trace Reavis is set to tee it up at 8:30 am tomorrow !

Representing the Family 👪, the School 🏫 and the Community !

So it turns out that UNC – Chapel Hill can lay claim to more than just one 🐐 G.O.A.T

Sunday afternoon in Boone, North Carolina was memberable to me for a trio of reasons and #3 was experiencing the Erin Matson effect.

Matson, standing just a few inches taller than 5 feet (5’4), is the Head Coach of the North Carolina Field Hockey 🏑 program. Before that this impressive young Lady 👩 went from High School to UNC-CH and calmly led the Tar Heels to four consecutive National Championships. This would make Matson the Bre Stewart (Stewie) of the World 🌎 of Field Hockey 🏑.

After capturing four straight Natty’s in a team sport, Stewie left UCONN and went on to the WNBA, playing for the Seattle Storm and now the New York Liberty 🗽.

Matson took a different approach in that immediately after capturing Natty #4, she went from being the Top player on the Top team to being the Coach of said Top team. Quite the transition but Matson won 🏆 Natty #5 last season and I wouldn’t bet against her winning a 6th straight here in a month or so.

Here are the two Squads (UNC & App State) just after I introduced them before our match yesterday in Boone.

Captains meeting prior to first touch.

Reason #2 for the Day being special was that after 46 years of holding a 🎤🎙🎤 I was calling a game that included the #1 team in the Nation. Reason #3 is the reason for reason #2 and the #1 reason that October 13th, 2024 will stick with me for a spell is that we re-opened the campus of Appalachian State University.

Hurricane 🌀 Helene pounced on the Greater Boone area just over two weeks ago, leaving part of the Campus and City under flood waters.

Classes are set to resume here in two more days and the sign leading up to our Stadium 🏟 shows how high the water reached.

Boone and a large portion of Western North Carolina will be recovering from the Storm for months, if not years.

For a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon things felt normal on The Rock and its just the first step 🚶‍♂️ on a long road back to normal.

Here’s our Coaching Staff that have been doubling up as Care Takers since the storm. Emily Dinsmore and her two Assistant Coaches, Azure Lokos and Pima Iturraspe were all great players in their time and are excellent recruiters. They have traveled the Globe 🌎 to bring people to Boone and I’m fairly confident that the recruiting brochures didn’t include any possibility that one day you might have to swim out to your car.

Our Marketing promotion team passed out miniature Field Hockey sticks and Ice Cream 🍦 Bars. It was a great day to be back doing what we do after a long couple of weeks !