Category: High School Softball

The next 25 stories will be about yesterday afternoon at Cavalier Park, but you can’t write the second one until you’ve written the first one !

‘Da Pain, Boss, ‘Da Pain 😢😭

   Yesterday morning 🌄 , I prayed 🙏 for the strength 💪 to drive 🚗 the 25 minutes to The Hill, spend what turned out to be 11 hours, doing my absolute best to make every person that I crossed paths with felt welcomed.

The last decision to make was what shirt 👕 to pull out of the closet ???? Well, if you are praying 🙏 for what it takes to act like Tim Tebow and represent God at the same time, put on a shirt with Tebow’s name on your back.

Well, just to show you that is a cost of doing business, I type this with a fire 🔥 red ring around my neck. The good news is that I don’t have to appear in public until we host volleyball tomorrow night.

If you’re a fan of our ministry, say a prayer 🙏 for a speedy recovery. The flip side is if you’re not a fan, insert laughter  🤣 here, and then I will say a prayer for you.

There will be a story about the following, but each individually.

Ryan McCafferty

Kristi Jones & Company

Rick and Donna Nester

The Virginia Surge

Greg Bolen

Joi & Sam

Vickey Ritchie and Friends

Kevin Burress

Eddie and Dakota Walls

The Lady Cavaliers

CCHS Alumni Lady Cavaliers

Update on Book 📖 #6 out of 7, we have our cover Photo 📸 and the title ! It will be called, ” You can’t write the seventh one until you finish the sixth one !” Subtitle – 50 years of Diamond 💎 stories.

The photo is one I took at the Appalachian League championship game a few years back.

The title comes from the brain 🧠 of Joe Walsh back in 1983. Before he joined the Eagles, Walsh released an album titled, ” You bought it, You name it,” and it stuck with me. Pretty clever marketing is one of my favorite things in life.

The goal for the past twenty years has been to create a set of books 📚, seven in number per the days of the week. The seventh and final one will break from the routine of sports and focus on faith.

Nancy Sorrells is returning for the third time to take the point on producing the book 📖 and hopefully, she will be there for the seventh and final one.

One introduction chapter is to be followed by 13 more with some artwork mixed in. The locations involved will focus on Beckley, West Virginia, Carroll County, Virginia, Page County, Virginia, the San Juan Islands 🏝 and the greater St. Louis area.

Stories about the amazing people you will meet and things you will see 👀 when one spends 50 years around various levels of Ball Diamonds 💎.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute material for the book over the past 12 months. While it could have used a few more, here and there, I feel pretty good about what we have.

Let’s play ball !

100% positive stories pieced together in hopes of telling a good story !

For Veteran Head Coach Alan Knight its just business as usual up in Shenandoah ! Closing in on 50 years at the helm…

Earlier this year,  the Page County High School Lady Panthers fell to a record of 3-3 on the season. Was this finally going to be the year that the Class 2 powerhouse slipped back into the category of just being a good program ?

Fast Forward to Monday evening when the 18-3 team hosts Stuart Draft in the opening round of Regional play.

One Day, the amazing journey will end for the VHSL Hall of Fame Coach, but somewhere in the background you can hear Lee Corso saying – ” Not so Fast my Friend “

Best of Luck on Monday !

80 years of High School 🏫 Coaching in one photo 📷 as Rick Nester of Carroll County and Alan Knight share a moment on The Hill.