Photo 📷 Credit – Donna Nester

Throughout the Softball season we have a Ceremonial First Pitch to start our evening. Tonight was our 10th home date and therefore our 10th First Pitch but this one had three parts.

First Pitch #1 – Brayden Smoot and Corrie Delp, State Track 👣 Athletes that have qualified for the State Meet. Davis Reitzel and Alyssa Ervin also qualified but could not attend the game.

First Pitch #2 – Ashlyn Newman, part of our Fab Four group of Seniors that are leaving The Hill as new Career Record Holders. We sadly couldn’t complete the quartet making it to our Pitching circle after a multitude of rain outs but Miss Newman brought us to 3/4 !

First Pitch #3 – With Emma Leath as the spokesperson, our players asked if they could have the opportunity to show their Love, Respect and Appreciation for Head Coach Rick Nester and lead Assistant Jeff Tobler. I will not hide from the fact that this gesture impressed me but did not surprise me.

I am fairly sure, if not positive, that other squads have similar feelings about their Coaches but aren’t able to share their thoughts in this manner.

Softball season ended just under two hours later but the memories created by this group will stay around for a spell !

Greg Talley paints the picture !

Jabin ( the baby face assassin) and Ethan
( the sniper Richardson ) or the dynamic duo
Get another shot at state next week representing
The CCHS Cavaliers. Last year they finished as runner ups in doubles in region 3d . This will be
Their last time playing together as Jabin graduated
And will be headed off to play tennis for the flying
Eagles at SW VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
Another great season for them both . Jabin has
A 12-2 record at no. 1 singles while Ethan is 14-1
At no. 2 , Ethan is as good as most other teams
No. 1 players . They have a 10-3 record in doubles
Which puts them at 36-6 combined . Jabin finished
Up his high school career losing only 1 district match the last 3 years and his no. 3 seed in this years regionals is his highest yet following seeds
Of 5, 5 and 4 the last 3 years . They are set to begin
Play next Tuesday at Blacksburg high school in the region 3d tournament. Let’s show our Cavalier support for these 2 awesome young men .

Fidler’s Restaurant is playing host to a special group of young Ladies, minus one Malaia Caviness who is at a doctors appointment.

First Pitch is just over three hours away so there was plenty of time for one more team bonding experience before heading back over to the Diamond 💎.

Lucas Dalton, Alexis Dalton, Tammy Tobler, Jeff Tobler and Terry Warf.

Coach Nester just broke the news that Emma Leath was voted the Three Rivers District Player of the Year in addition to being named to the First Team !

Holly Miller, Natalie Burress and Katherine Lindamood were voted to Second Team.

Both Addie Greene and Emma Harman were named Honarable Mentiom.

Head Coach Rick Nester was voted Coach of the Year .

Rick Nester, Donna Nester & Darrin Mathews…

Team votes – Smartest player – Katherine Lindamood

Funniest Player – Faith Clontz and Natalie Burress

Alexis Dalton is working on her nomination for Most Coachable..

Carlie Beamer is the person most ikely to miss Darrin Mathews…..

See everyone at Cavalier Park !!!

Today and tomorrow folks can stop by the Gobble Stop in Barren Springs to accomplish two things – support our Wrestling program and pick up dessert 🍨 options for the weekend.

Step 1 of many on the road to building a foundation for the next decade and beyond…

Mr. Gallimore and I have been trying hard to get an understanding on the Region 3D Softball bracket and schedule 📅 and I’m finally up to speed!

The first of four QF contests was played last night 🌙 up in Roanoke and we have our second upset if you will. Abingdon came in as the #6 seed and yesterday afternoon they made the long bus 🚌 ride up to Cave Spring and rallied to win 4-3 in eight innings.

AHS now awaits the winner of #2 Staunton River versus #10 – William Byrd.

WBHS recorded upset number one in the play-in round, defeating Tunstall 7-4.

The three remaining QF contests begin tonight at 6pm at Cavalier Park, Staunton River and Christiansburg.

The semi-finals are slated to be played in a window of next Monday and Tuesday.