Welcome 🙏 to Saturday as we prepare to show January the Door 🚪!!! Here’s our Morning 🌄 Brew

As the second round of weather is upon us now, we already know that the Wrestling has been moved.

Elijah Cox and Randolph College are slated to play up at Exit 313 in Winchester today. Shenandoah University is set to welcome the Wildcats.

Over in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee, we have some dedicated Carroll County Volleyball 🏐 players set to compete for Cindy Edwards and her staff. With both Travis Osborne and Marion Harris on hand ✋we should be in a position where we can show some appreciation for this group of Ladies.

Speaking of Travis, his Bible Verse 🙏 of the Day:

Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

As for the two of us, we have wondered up from the safety of the Desert 🏜 towards the Top of the State in hopes of visiting more of the 11 College campuses here in the Bee 🐝 Hive state where College Hoops are played.

Two of the 11 are Utah Tech and Southern Utah University, down in our end. The other nine are in the Greater Salt Lake City area.

Utah State – 11am

Weber State – Noon

Salt Lake CC (JuCo)….off

Westminster University – D2 1 &3 pm

University of Utah – 4pm (Men)

Snow College ❄ (JuCo) 1 & 3

Utah State – Eastern (JuCo) 1 & 3

Utah Valley University

Brigham Young University – 2pm

Amazingly 9 of the 11 will be hosting Basketball 🏀 games today ranging in Tip Times of 11am Mountain ⛰ until 4pm Mountain.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, sounds like a good question ???

We will see some College Basketball today but I’m not sure if it will rival what we watched last night.

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Thank You Vickey Ritchie for sending in the clip from Coach Ed…

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

Women’s College Basketball 🏀 Night 🌙 with the focus being on FIVE separate contests beginning with a wild one in Winston-Salem !!!

Game #2 of 5 is Duke University Women’s team playing at Miami

Game 3 of 5 has Southern Utah University hosting UT – Arlington

In a few minutes in St George, the Trailblazers host a talented Abilene Christian ✝️ team.

Up the Interstate in Orem, Utah Valley is hosting as well.

5 Games on five College campuses, each one with a story to it !

If you are a fan of Women’s College Basketball 🏀, I encourage you to check back as we go. If not, enjoy your evening!

Duke 39 -23 at the Half in South Florida as Kira Lawson and the Lady Blue Devils look for a 12th straight W!

End of 1st here in Cedar City, SUU leads 21 – 13.

Why did the Wake – UVA score make the rundown tonight ? Women’s Basketball doesn’t have a large number of Triple Overtime games were 212 points are scored. I am sure that the 1,100 fans in Deac Town had a blast !!

Halftime score here in Cedar City, Thunderbirds of SUU lead, 30-24.

Vickey Ritchie Moment at the Half as two groups of Special Olympic Basketball 🏀 are playing !!!

Miami with a HUGE 3rd quarter has pulled within 55-50 of Duke with 10:00 to play.

Duke has held Miami scoreless for over 5:00 in the 4th, after they scored 27 in the third.

End of the 3rd here, SUU sinks a buzzer beater to push their lead to 53 -47

We made the KISS 💋 Cam !

Final #2 – check out the close out defense played by Duke in the 4th !!!

Final #3 of 5

Equal Opportunity Coverage :

In the WAC, the Men play against the same team the Women play, just on the other campus. Here are the 3 Men’s final scores…

Winding down here in Cedar City, T-Birds 🐦 lead, 77-66 (0:27..2)

Game 5 of 5 was simply WAC / wack ! Great way to end the Day long Hoopfest by watching 👀 Utah Tech versus Southern Utah University in the Burns Center…

193 points scored added to enjoyment

Saturday highlights :

Write ✍ about both the Carroll County High School Varsity Basketball 🏀 teams.

Watch Lin cheer on her Blue Devils on TV 📺💙

Cedar City Trifecta : Watching the Women’s version of SUU and UT in person ➕ the Duke Women and Furman Women on-line.

Snuck in a nice hike 🚶‍♂️ and weather updates from back on The Hill.

Fun Western Athletic Conference tilt was the perfect flavor of icing on the Basketball 🏀 cake 🎂….

Welcome to Cedar City ! The host of our Let’s watch 3 Party 🥳…. and we go 3 of 3 as Furman earns a ” Gritty Win “

Welcome to America First Credit Union Arena.

2pm Tip – SUU Women

2pm Tip – Duke University Women

3pm Tip – Alyssa Ervin and Furman Tip

Lin captured the SUU jump ball and four seconds later caught the Duke – Pitt tip

Equal opportunity Homer today as my red SUU shirt 👕 covers my red UT one. Get to pull for the home team twice today.

At the Half here in Cedar City, the Thunderbirds lead 25 -23 in a back and forth tilt. Up in Pittsburgh, Duke hit 50 right before the half.

Our friend, Allen Worrell has offered up the first weather update from The Hill :

Winter weather has commenced here in Hillsville. Seems to be a light snow/rain mix. It is 20 degrees

15 minutes and we add Miss Ervin to the mix !

Furman University is underway !!

👻Ghostbusters moment with the jump ball…

Go SUU, Go Duke and Go Furman !!!

Media TO in the 3rd, Duke 66, Pitt 20 & SUU 32-27.

Media TO in the 1st – Furman tied 7-7 @

End of the 3rd quarter – SUU trying to pull away, 44-35 ➕ Duke 76-30.

End of 1st….Furman University 19 -15 as our Lady Cav has 10 minutes and 3 points

Alyssa picked up her second foul early in the 2nd quarter and will need to sit for a bit.

Kinda wild that two games that started seconds apart also ended that way !

Duke & SUU win and now the focus is 100% on Furman University.

Alyssa only played 2 minutes in the second quarter and if the winning streak for the ‘Dins is to continue we need a second half rally…

70 – 62 victory for Ervin and Friends after they outscored the Bulldogs 22-11 in the final quarter !!! Five straight in the Win column….

Stand alone story later but we have to get back down the Mountain ⛰ now for the Mens game…

Meteorologist Allen Worrell of Channel 276 checks ✔ on from The Hill

Coming down good now. Roads are white

We snuck in a fast paced Hike 🚶‍♂️ and are now getting ready to enter Burns Arena for the second half of the Utah Tech – SUU split doubleheader !

Welcome to Saturday January 24th and the Morning 🌄 Brew starring Mother Nature 👩

UPDATE- Boys canceled, Girls took place 1 day early !

Travel Volleyball 🏐 had plans as well but will be staying at home 🏡

Coach Cindy Edwards and our Carroll County Rampage Ladies were set to play volleyball at Virginia Tech this weekend, but the tournament was canceled due to the incoming Winter Storm….

Alyssa Ervin and Furman University are down in Alabama for a showdown with Samford

Katie Lam and Roanoke College played a tough one last night up in Ashland, ahead of the weather

Elijah Cox and Randolph played beat the weather as well last night. The Wildcats hosted #5 Randolph Macon and Cox finished with four points and two rebounds.

The Smoot Brothers played early as well. Southwest Virginia Community College Flying Eagles fell on the road.

Out here today we have the Duke – UNC dream doubleheader as at 2pm Utah Tech climbs the Mountain ⛰ to play at Southern Utah University. Following the Women’s game, the same schools 🏫 will meet up here in St. George at 7pm for the Men’s game.

Should be a fun day / night twin bill between the Trailblazers and the Thunderbirds !

Two games to watch in person and three on the computer 🖥 screen / Cell phone.

The Duke University Women’s team will play at Pittsburgh one day early in hopes of getting home ahead of the Storm.

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

I will add my own Prayer for the safety 🙏 of everyone on and around The Hill as we prepare for the most talked about winter weather in a long time.

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌