72 hours of volleyball 🏐 begins tonight, and we will have it at five very different levels & in five separate Gymnasiums !

Tuesday evening will involve matches at Luray Middle School 🏫, Duke University, and two at Patrick County High School in Stuart.

Wednesday night, will see 👀 D2 Ferrum College play a home match at 6: 30.

Thursday night, matches will be held at both Signal Knob Middle School ( Strasburg ) and on The Hill as the Glenvar Highlanders make their annual trek down from Salem,

A total of eight matches will be played in just over 48 hours, and the connection to each one will be considerably different. In two of the matches, it will be about playing the role of host for both Nikki Heflin and Cindy Edwards. Thursday night will be extra fun for me because of the Glenvar – Carroll County match-up ! It will be the fifth of 10 nights 🌙 spent in the home gym this fall.

But there is plenty to keep an eye 👁👀 on between now and then !

In Luray, Virginia, two of these young ladies will be making their Middle School 🏫 debut for the Bulldogs ! Both Melody and Ana will be in action 🎬 for the first time on a school team ➕️ it turns out that Madison, the youngest one, has a soccer match immediately after in which she will be coached by our Son, Chris. !

Peter Muhlenberg will make the trek across Massanutten Mountain ⛰️ tonight with the match starting at 4:30 !

Down in Durham, North Carolina, Duke University finally gets to play inside Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Lady Blue Devils went 4-1 over two weekends on the road and will host Charleston Southern at 6:00 pm

Tonight, the Lady Cavaliers will play their first actual road match of the season over in Patrick County ( Stuart). The varsity team has played two home scrimmages, two home matches, and then a five match marathon over at Patrick Henry – Glade Springs.

Our team sits at 6-1 overall after their second place finish in the Rebel Classic !

Our Junior Varsity team sits at 1-1 and should be hungry for playing tonight after spending time at the Flea Market parking cars 🚗 to raise $$$$.

Wednesday night at 6 :30 pm, Half Pint Harris, pictured above with her two sisters, will once again take to the court at Schwartz Gym.

Francis Marion University ( Florence, SC) is a very familiar school name from our time spent down at USC – Aiken. The Lady Panthers sit at 3 – 1 on the freshman season for Miss Harris.

Now you know the eight matches and the connection to them. The amount of coverage will be directly connected to receiving some assistance from others, but it will be a fun attempt just the same. Patrick County High School gym is where cellphone service goes to die, so anything from there will be delayed a smidgen.

Let’s play volleyball 🏐, or in this case, let’s watch and announce volleyball.

No point spreads, no drama, just parents and grandparents watching from the stands and cheering for their favorite player(s)!

The countdown clock, she be ticking away as first serve approaches for the Ferrum College Lady Panthers at Emory and Henry University ! Saved By the Bell 🔔 : The Cavalier College Years…

Check out the Individual Leaders list at the top of the page, and you will see 👀 our Half Pint on the Digs / Set line.

New Head Coach and first regular season road trip to it should be a good test for FC.

Isn’t this the place where Deana’s husband went to school ?

What a difference 24 hours can make – yesterday it was about making sure that 29 Lady Cavaliers felt they were a part of something special and two dozen Lady Cougars feel welcome.

Tonight, it’s just about one young lady and maybe her sister Jan !

First serve set for 6:00 pm….

This next photo 📸 is what we call a 2fer as it captures both the 8 member cheering section and the team !

Ferrum College needs a TO, trailing 20-17 in the first set. Very back and forth opener.

25-18 Wasps in the opening set.

Ferrum College evens it up with a 25-19 second set victory.

Callie was part of a big rally in set #3 as the Lady Panthers have erased a big deficit to tie 👔 things up at 15-15 !

TO at 21-21, another entertaining set.

Ferrum 23-21, second E & H TO

25 – 23 Lady Panthers ! [7:27]

Opening fourth set on a 7-2 spirt that forces an E & H TO. Snuck an ACE in there !

19-12 lead at TO, six points away

25 – 15 to close it out and move to 3-0 on the season !!!

#22 is going to be just fine, and I blame it on her upbringing…..

Carroll County High School to Ferrum College : This time its just a Family 👪 Thing as Kalee Bunn is set to leave and Callie Harris is the next Lady Cavalier to head East

As Kalee Bunn celebrated her Senior Day last weekend at Ferrum College, one of her cousins was in the crowd and as it turns out, Callie Harris will be replacing her kingolk on the Lady Panthers Volleyball roster next year.

Bunn is closing out an impressive four year run on the Ferrum campus. The class of 2022 graduate has kept busy from start to finish, combining Volleyball, education and working an internship.

Head Coach Shelbylynn Adair has enjoyed Bunn being on roster and was quick to point out the level of a person she has been coaching.

” Kalee’s impact on Ferrum Volleyball extends far beyond any stat sheet. Kalee sets the standard for hard work and discipline,” said Adair. ” Kalee has excelled in the classroom, on the court and in the community. She embodies our motto, not self but others. We are grateful Kalee and wish her the best of luck as she pursues her degree in teaching.”

Harris is the next in line in two regards as she is the third and final daughter of Marion and Sheila Harris to continue both her education and Athletic career at the collegiate level. Both of her older Sisters, Adrienne Harris McGuire and Natalie Harris attended Emory and Henry.

The larger pipeline involves Carroll County High School Volleyball Coach Cindy Edwards and current Assistant Coach Kayla Nester. Nester enjoyed a high level of success and there are some Basketball banners hanging in the Gymnasium as proof.

Edwards was on the staff of Rick Nester back in 2015 and the duo had three players land on Ferrum Mountain from the State Championship team. Cheyenne Strickland, Emily Cook and Tiffanie Moore each made the most of their time wearing the Panthers colors.

Lady Cavaliers crossing the Blue Ridge Parkway to attend Ferrum College ✔

Harris Sisters attending College and playing sports ✔

Carroll County High School graduates attending Ferrum College and then entering the profession of education ✔

Ferrum Volleyball is set to finish up their home matches Wednesday night and close out the season with a handful of road trips

Note 📝 to David – I know that you can’t run all of the pictures in the Newspaper but I trust your judgment !

Carroll County High School 🏫 – Ferrum College pipeline is in need of its next Student Athlete as Kalee Bunn is closing in on Graduation 🎓…

Kayla Goins, Emily Cook, Cheyenne Strickland, Tiffanie Moore and Kalee Bunn are some of the Lady Cavaliers that traded in The Hill for Ferrum Mountain ⛰ over the past decade. Miss Bunn is carrying a 4.3 GPA and her degrees will be a major in Elementary education and a minor in Special Education.

Dad 👨 is quick to give the credit to Mrs. Bunn for the academic success of their daughter and Carroll County High School Head Coach Cindy Edwards was REAL quick to agree.

Tonight is the first of the five final matches in the Panther program and the opponent is Southern Wesleyan from South Carolina.

The Warriors took the first set fairly quickly tonight but the Panthers are battling now in the second set.

Senior Day is on the Horizon ( November 1st) and four days later the team will play at 🏡 for the final time.

More to follow….

Fun night 🌙, as always !