Story # 8 of 9 – Lady Cavalier Softball dropped a 7-5 decision to the Knights Friday night up in Buchanan, but know that they went down swinging !

Craig Worrell Art 🎨

First an update on our injured Lady Cavalier, Bayleigh Allen.

Took Bay to ortho. It was a sprain. Gave her a boot to use for the  weekend and as needed. They told her she was ok to play/practice if she takes it easy and ices,.

Do what the Doctor says, Little Debbie, we miss your bat and glove, but the thing we miss the most is your smile!

Quick turnaround after the road game at Galax and the longest bus ride of the year and missing a player combines to make things challenging for sure.

Both Tammy Quesenberry and Kevin DeHaven were keeping me in the know from start to finish, so when the score reached 7-1, the focus for me was PLEASE let them finish up strong ! It’s been a hot minute since these ladies played in the friendly confines of our Cavalier Park, and a good finish would make for a better weekend.

Finish strong is exactly what happened as our team plated two runs in the sixth inning and then followed that up with two more in the seventh. By the time that James River High School recorded the 21st out, they knew that they had played a ballgame against a very resilient team.

While the offense was reaching another gear ⚙️, the pitching and defense was holding the Knights in check. JRHS is having another strong season, having already reached double digits in victories, so its important to not spot them runs.

Holly Miller and Laiken Burnett led the rally as both Seniors picked up two base knocks on the night. Burnett knocked in Madison Coleman and Emma Harman to account for two of the three RBI’s.

Two of the runs were unearned due to Knights misplayed balls, and the final RBI belonged to Catcher Natalie Burress. Miss Burress had herself a night as well, and one proud Mama, Myranda, has video to show !

In a world 🌎 where a great premium is put on, did you win the game, The answer here is we did not, but I’m proud of the effort on the road, far from home and against a strong team!

Already looking 👀 forward to Tuesday night at Cavalier Park !

Story #7 of 9 involves Alan Knight and his Lady Panthers Softball program facing the defending Class 2 Champs in a doubleheader at their place

Bottom one is of Dennis ” Preacherman ” Zimmerman and old friend, Craig Orndorff of Valley Sports.

Earlier this season, Page County High School Softball team was in need of a postponement of a home game against Central – Woodstock due to a number of players battling illnesses.

Sadly, the only agreement that could be reached was to move the game to Central High School and play it as part of a doubleheader.

Thursday afternoon, long-time friend and even longer time Coach, Alan spent some time with me and both my brother Wayne and son, Chris in New Market.

When the conversation turned to Softball for a few minutes, we addressed the pending matchup with the Falcons.

PCHS started out 0-3 for the first time since indoor plumbing, but it’s worth noting that two of the three losses were to the Class 3 defending State Champs, Broadway.

The team returned to healthy and managed to string together six straight victories heading into last night.

” I don’t have enough pitching left to play them twice, not after the game against Clarke County two days ago,” was the line from Coach.

When Dennis Z reached out with the two final scores, I had to laugh to myself. After almost half a century of coaching, it shouldn’t have surprised me one bit that Alan knows his roster inside and out.

The Lady Panthers went toe 2 toe in the opening game before falling 4-3 in a back and forth affair. Game 2 went to the homestanding Falcons by a score of 8-0.

Page County now sits at 6-5 with four if the setbacks coming at the hands ✋️of teams with Championship rings 💍 from last year. The team will get back at it next week.

Big Daddy & Coach

Story #6 out of 9 is brought to you with some assistance from the Smith Family ! Carroll County JV Softball held their own against an undefeated James River nine, eventually falling

Obviously, one can only see 👀 one thing live at a time, so to provide coverage for as many Cavalier activities as possible, we rely upon friends of our efforts.

Last night was a great example, Tammy Quesenberry was at Varsity Softball, Marion Harris at Varsity Girls Soccer, Forrest Johnson provided the information on his two games. Both baseball ⚾️ coaches submit recaps and hard-working 💪 Kevin DeHaven shares as much information about things as possible !

Last night, our JV Softball team faced its biggest challenge of the season, and for the first half of the contest, this group more than held its own!!

By the end of the game, the Knights pulled away with a big inning to give a slightly misleading 10-0 final score.

“They held their own for a long time, and I believe the other team wasn’t expecting it.”

Love ❤️ the help. I love ❤️ the quote, and thank you for your assistance in getting this out there !

Story 5A & 5B of Nine brings tremendous news about the two teams that stayed home and defended The Hill !

Last night 🌙 six of our eight Cavalier teams made the long trek up I-81 to James River, but Jeremy Puckett and Forrest Johnson remained in town to host the Knights at Tommy Thompson Field.

Coach Johnson took the time to share the night 🌙 with our readers !

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James River at home recap:

-Jv picks up a 2-0 win! Goal #1 came from a Diego Banegas corner that was fumbled into the goal by the keeper. Goal #2 was scored on a corner by Carlos Avila-Rosales and assisted by Diego Banegas!

-Varsity won 3-1 in an exciting match. 2 goals were scored by Hez Mejia and both were assisted by Aiden Puckett. 1 Goal was scored by Hector Castro flying up the middle to slide it past the keeper!

Great games from our boys tonight. We hope to continue it away at Patrick County on Monday! ⚽️

Congratulations to both teams, and being that the Lady Cavaliers play at home three times next week, our Boys 👦 will once again become road warriors.