There’s Tammy in the middle of the scorers table making sure that everything is going well !

The Girls are just minutes away from tip off with visiting Radford. By my count we have 16 young Student Athletes dressed and ready to give it their Best!

At the end of the Day I’m a Softball fan and proud to partner up with Coach Rick Nester and his Softball Family 👪. Both Jeff and Tammy are a huge part of that group so it brought a huge smile to my face when I realized who was at the helm of the program !

The future of Carroll County ….

6:00 minute quarters…

Lady 👩 Cavs lead 3-0 as the Radford Bobcats Boys 👦 enter the Gymnasium.

Radford scores at 3:22 to trim the deficit to 4-1.

We have a timeout with 1:05 left on the clock ⏰ with the Lady 👩 Cavs leading 6-1.

The first quarter is in the books 📚 with the Lady 👩 Cavs leading 6-1.

Varsity Coach Marc Motley is now in the Gym as is lead assistant Brandi Cochran- Mitchell as the game nears half-time.

5:12 pm – Halftime with Carroll County leading 13-7

Lady Cavs prevail 25-14!

The opportunity to get Allen Worrell and West Long in the same room arose today ahead of the Basketball 🏀 games and we jumped on it.

It also allowed me to get a look see inside of the Workout room for the team. Already looking forward to reading the piece once Allen gets it worked up.

Coach Long (Class of 2004) is getting Allen up to speed on his goals and philosophy for his squad, including his 18 year plan!

The stack left at Omega is now down to just 10. This is exciting because it means we are close to the donations being passed out to the local Charaties !!

Each match can earn a team from 3 to 6 points. There are 14 matches each time out unless both squads are without a wrestler at that weight.

Next step 🚶‍♂️ is to try and score the second match from last night, where the Cavaliers hosted Floyd County.

There were three matches that both squads didn’t have a wrestler, 6 that were forfeited (5 won by us) and five matches won by 📌pins. We went 2-3 in those matches. My quick math says – Carroll County 42, Floyd County 24.

Using the same limited understanding, I believe that Radford took the opener 45-30 with one match where both teams didn’t have a wrestler.

So the question is why would someone 🤔 put this amount of time and energy into a sport where there’s limited knowledge ?

Easy answer – when your platform is Equality you have to try to be just that- equal.

I believe that Coach Long is a perfect fit for this team and that each member of his squad deserves the same level of recognition 👏 for their efforts 👏

We have seven teams competing this winter and the goal remains the same for the next three months. Try and shine a positive light on them whenever possible, even when it means trying hard to learn how to further appreciate their efforts.

If my makeshift scoring is correct then Congratulations Coach Long on collecting your initial Victory !

Thank You to Mr. Ben Tickle for his efforts 🙏 last night 🌙 during the matches.