Great turnout for Carroll County AAU tryouts…

Kevin offered a positive shout out for Kris and Ethan Richardson as they continue to give back to the CCHS Basketball 🏀 community.

Kevin also took the time to acknowledge the valued presence of Girls 👧 Varsity coach, Howard Mayo.

Thank You Kevin Burress 🙏 for showing appreciation for others !

Thank You to the folks Kevin mentioned 🙏 for giving to our Youth!

Kalee Bunn and her Ferrum VB teammates made sure that the fans leaving Swartz Gymnasium Friday night 🌙 went home with smiles on their faces, defeating Mary Baldwin 3-1.

Head Coach Shelbylynn Adair guided her team to a 25-22, 25-21, 22-25 and 25-17 victory to start the regular season on a positive note 📝.

There will be very little time for Ferrum to rest on their laurels after the Friday night match as they are set to host Warren Wilson at 10am and Carolina University at 2pm on Saturday. The two visiting schools will play a match versus each other at Noon, giving each team two matches on the day.

Kalee Bunn is beginning her Junior season at Ferrum and we will do our best to keep an eye 👁 on her and her team throughout the season.

Best of Luck later today !

Every time I pickup my Android S9 to type out a story I have to ask myself who is my intended audience ???

This morning I was finishing up my overnight work responsibilities when my phone dinged and it was the Middle School 🏫 Volleyball 🏐 coach reaching out.

This was exciting to me because it meant we had reached another person who might be able to move the needle a smidgen. Now becomes the question – who will care ❤ that we now might be able to share some pics and thoughts about Middle School Volleyball 🏐 ? Thank You if you raised your hand ✋…

Will the parents know to look ? Can it lead to others getting the concept 💡?

When your “cause ” is humanity and kindness, people simply don’t flock to join up in part because its not what the “Cool Kids Do “. Its okay to stand up for what you believe in and you have to shake off the feeling of isolation at times. Chase what you believe and leave the rest in God’s Hands.

Every parent is proud of their Children and they work hard to provide for them. Everyone wants what’s best for their Children and this is how it should be. I had five Children along the way so I feel confident in typing that out.

Just to continue the thought process about trying to guess what folks care enough about to read, Lin and I are set to have a very busy yet very fun weekend.

Tomorrow afternoon on The Rock its Alumni Day and we are celebrating the naming of the Field – Dr. Jan C Watson Field and then we will play Towson in Field Hockey 🏑.

The second that the game is over we will zip across the Tar Heel State for the season opener of Duke University Football 🏈 (vs Elon). Kickoff is 7:30.

Saturday was set to be Volleyball 🏐 Day down at Glade Springs with the Lady 👩 Cavaliers but that has been pushed back one week. Needing to fill the Volleyball 🏐 void, we will support our second favorite VB team as Duke hosts Kansas at 3pm inside Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Sunday morning 🌄 its back over to Boone to announce more Field Hockey 🏑 as we (App State) welcome Georgetown. This will be followed by a check in on two other projects that are near and dear to us, one in North Carolina and one in South Carolina.

It would be easy to write ✍ 5,000 words on the weekend but once again, not sure who would enjoy reading it. I know that every part of the weekend is highly important to us but does that transfer over to others?

Here’s one more example of one that I would think would be a blast. I recently found out that Eddie Walls and Anthony Barnes raced stock cars 🚗 against each other. I find this fascinating and would love 💘 to spend some time discussing it with the both of them. Not sure where the level of interest would be ?

Going to sneak one more in before working on a story for Forrest Johnson –

The “concept 💡” is simple, I have been asked why I write ✍ about everything like its the 7th game of the World Series ?

Easy answer is – because it is for Someone !

This one won’t end up on Facebook because my target audience is the Bill Gallimore’s of the World. Folks that realize that the site exists and what it stands for.

Thank You all for being passenger’s on the Train 🚆 🙏 we like to call The Equality Express !

Last night Travis Osborne cracked open the door for us in regards to the Middle School Volleyball 🏐 team and this morning 🌄 we had a new face walk 🚶‍♂️through said door.

The biggest misconception in our efforts over the past four years is that I’m trying to attend every single event that takes place. The reality is that I am searching out Coaches and Parents that want to submit feel good stories about their efforts, especially the ones who would not get the attention otherwise.

With that out of the way, Welcome to Coach K –

” This years team is coached by myself, Charity Short AKA Coach K. and former 2023 Lady Cav team captain Sarah Alderman. It’s a fairly young team with only 1 true returning player. The is 3 others who are now on the team as 8th graders that were managers last year.

There is a whole lot talent in this group though and we both hope to help them sharpen their skill sets and continue to learn and grow throughout this season.

Starting off learning a 6-2 rotation can be tricky but so beneficial as this is what the Highschool level uses and we want to equip this program to continue to feed the upper level program for the future.”

We also received some more artwork from last night 🌙 by way of the Coach. We don’t have proper photo credit to list yet but we will work on that as we go forward.

Coach K and assistant Coach Smile , thank you for your efforts with our youth ! Know that anything positive about your team that you would like to share, just let me know.

The CCMS Girls lost the match with Glenvar this evening, losing all three sets. These girls are just getting started, but have great potential. They play tomorrow evening in Blacksburg @ 4:30.

I can’t make the game tomorrow, but I will ask Dawn to send you an update. Appreciate you, Brother!

We welcome pics and notes 📝 from Travis and friends in regards to the efforts of this team.