Thanks for the ride, Ladies ! UCLA out muscled us over the second 20 minutes. Great effort across the five months….

We were still leading 45 – 40 when I left the basketball banquet, but the UCLA Bruins went on a 20-5 run 🏃‍♂️ and finished up with a 12 point victory.

From day one in Paris, France 🇫🇷 to the ending a few minutes ago, Kira Lawson coached them up, and they responded.

For the second straight season, the team fell in the Elite Eight to a number one seed.

ACC regular season crown 👑 and tournament crown 👑 to build on !

Each year, Varsity Basketball 🏀 Coach Anthony Barnes sets aside a Sunday afternoon to break bread 🍞 with his extended Hoops family to celebrate the season. Here is how the event went today !

The first thing you have to appreciate is that the event takes place inside of a Church ⛪️. The folks 🙏 at the First United Methodist Church are as gracious as possible, and they handle every aspect of the afternoon !

2025 – 2026 Boys Basketball 🏀

The brochure is as sharp as ever with a thank you going to the folks 🙏 over at Omega Office 🏬 and supply.

Isreal Easter was welcoming in his opening prayer, and the room is full of folks that spent the last four months together and

Dr Oliver McBride hard at work, as he can only be !
The Stockners were kind enough to share their table, and both are kind as can be.

3:34 – The meal has been finished up, and Israel Easter is now filling in for planned speaker Jay Holderfield. Mr Easter is a natural speaker with plenty of time spent in the pulpit.

It was a heart-felt conversation that covered a number of topics regarding the team and the season. Emotional at the end of the 11 minutes.

The scorebook page from the night that Isaiah Easter joined the 1,000 points club !
Offensive Player of the Year !
Defensive Player of the Year, Blake Reed!
Hustle Award goes to Colton Gravley !
Trace Reavis wins Most Improved Player !

Cavalier Award goes to new Assistant Coach, Jabin Talley !

Three Rivers District 1st team for Isiah, 2nd team to Blake !!

1st team All – Region

Honorable Mention All – State

  

Individual awards !

All six years the Banquet has taken place at the Church !

Our Hostess !!!

Coach Barnes is going  through his thank you list because it takes a village to run a program !!

4:14 – Anthony Barnes announces his retirement from the head coach of the Cavaliers.

Touching moment, to say the least !

Thank you, Coach, for everything you have done for our school 🏫!!

Apologies that two families had left before we finished up the photos 📸.

Today, we have two causes to celebrate – its Palm Sunday and our Tammy Tobler turns 39 !

Mrs Tammy Tobler is the glue that keeps Kevin Burress and I in the correct mindset whenever the Varsity Softball team is playing. The picture here was taken last Friday, and could it be that it was only the day before yesterday ???

Here’s hoping that Tammy has a day as remarkable as she is ! If she pulls that off, she will have quite a story to tell ….

In a word, this Lady is remarkable !