Great capture of an impressive young Man 👨 who I have watched go from an undersized Kid into the Leader that he is today.
Across my six years in Carroll County , I don’t know that I’ve spent more time around one Student Athlete than Isaiah Easter.
From the early days playing for Jason Stockner on the Junior Varsity Basketball team and I remember the day at the end of his Freshman season when Varsity Coach Anthony Barnes brought him up for the Cavaliers post season run.
That Spring, I remember him as a free spirited little Brother hanging out at Cavalier Park watching the youngest of his Big Sisters play Softball for Rick Nester. Kaylee Easter was an intense young Lady that helped lead Carroll County High School 🏫 to consecutive State Championships in Basketball and she played Softball with the same amount of determination.
I watched Isaiah Easter play ▶️ a role in leading Carroll County High School to a spot in the State Tournament, alongside the Pic-6 of Seniors who had played together for ever and a day.
If this was Hollywood and I was just adding glitz to the storyline because I can, I would create a scene with Marion Harris talks Easter into giving football a try as he did with a seven year old Alyssa Ervin in regards to Basketball 🏀. That second part is documented fact.
Enter a young Man who I have a boatload of Love and respect for, Mr Seth Greer. How much appreciation do I have for Greer ? I think we should get together a club of 31 people and we rotate days of bringing Seth his favorite flavor if Coffee ☕ and a Muffin every morning 🌄 of every day for the Pride he has instilled back into our Community through his efforts as Varsity Football coach in just two years.
Greer has Easter as a wide out and defensive back his Junior season and during the off-season he also realized that Easter has the ” It ” factor and moved him to quarterback for his Senior year.
How did that turn out for Greer and Easter ? They did okay the writer says with a smile after they recorded the BEST season in recent history. Greer took no shortcuts and while he could have publicly complained about how empty the house was when he found it. It would have been justifiable for sure but wouldn’t have been helpful.
The last conversation I had with our friend, Allen Worrell before he retired from public life went like this…
Allen – When do we have to start considering Easter for the All-Time Mount Rushmore of Cavalier Male Athletes ?
My response – I guarantee you if he remains healthy, he will graduate 🎓 with the single season scoring record for Basketball.
Over the years, we have connected to do live interviews during Volleyball 🏐 matches and the ease Easter speaks into a microphone 🎤 in front of a gym full of people is another great sign!
My favorite exchange between the Son of Vickie and Israel went like this ” Of all of the Easters, you are my favorite to which he responded, As I should be!”
Wonderful young Man we have the joy of watching 👀 on The Hill!!!
Now, let’s address the other two topics in regards to writing ✍.
It took a while but Allen and I built a great relationship and he used North of 250 of my stories over the years. Looking back at the State run 🏃♂️ by Carroll County last year and you will see that Allen wrote the preview and jumped back in at the end with everything in between being stories that I penned for him.
My stories, including the one I’m working on right now, are available to use, reprint, run in a publication at no charge. I don’t write for bylines, fame or Facebook likes – I write for Parents, Coaches and Students
Feel free to use anything that I write ✍ with my only request is run it as it is.
Why is that so important ? Someone who has the power to change your thought process is a slippery slope and I will use the Facebook posting above as my example.
Wow, great graphics and undeniable stats but I have one serious issue with just one thing in the piece and I’m not a parent of any of the other 10 parents.
” Putting the Cavaliers on his back ” is what is called a Money 💰 Line. But its not my work so I accept that and move on.
How would I say the same thing ? Isaiah Easter is showing tremendous leadership skills for Anthony Barnes and his hard working Cavaliers 💪.
I welcome 🙏 William Pence to run anything that I create for anyone who I create things for, as long as its left as is.
Wow, I have serious appreciation for Easter and Barnes but not at the expense of fellow Seniors or fellow starters on the team.
The other end of the spectrum is when I’m writing my Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years material. Its absolutely focused on just one player, whether its Alyssa Ervin or Elijah Cox for example. They are just one former Cavalier playing a game.
Got to get over to the Airport here in San Francisco, where waiting for my first ✈️ of the day. What will that look like? Breaking out the laptop 💻 and watching Hailey Cushman coach up her Junior Varsity team against Cave Spring…..
Read my efforts, don’t read my efforts but please don’t question the dedication to All- Things Cavalier.
See you shortly….
Israel and Vickie – Thank You 🙏 for sharing your not so little Boy with us
A.S.P.N on The Hill 