Welcome 🙏 to February 2026 with today’s focus being on the safe return of our folks getting back from Tennessee…

Travis Osborne with his Bible Verse 🙏 of the Day ;

Hebrews 10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

Kira Lawson and her Lady Blue Devils are set to host Wake Forest later this morning in the only game I have to keep an eye on.

The focus today is on the safe return 🙏 for all of the players and families who will be returning from Gatlinburg, Tennessee after competing in a Travel Volleyball tournament. Godspeed on your journey.

Bill Gallimore sent in a pleasant note 📝 this morning and it included a report of 6 fresh inches of snow ❄ in and around The Hill. Hoping that everyone has everything they need to keep life moving forward.

Yesterday was a Wall 2 Wall day of fun and I will be adding more information on that post 📫 for the next week or two. Today will include a travel back to the Desert 🏜 drive for us so I will conclude with a thought about The Great Basketball Adventure of 2026 in regards to trying throughout the day to add to the Volleyball 🏐 story created for the VB event.

Nothing about the story is newsworthy or going to break any readership records but the reason why I tried to create coverage for the group is because of the Group itself. Three different age brackets of past, current and future Lady Cavaliers loaded up family 👪 cars 🚗 and drove 200+ miles for an opportunity to compete in a sport they obviously 💘. Travel Volleyball 🏐 has the word Travel in it and these are some dedicated folks who double up as wonderful people.

Elijah Cox and Randolph College continue to struggle in the always tough ODAC in today’s Saved by the Bell 🔔: The Cavalier College Years report

7 College Campuses and five Basketball 🏀 games in one afternoon….Challenge accepted !!! Start the Clock ⏰ at 6:34 am MT

Watching the Sunrise 🌅 on the stunning BYU campus…

Game Time is not until 2pm but 7am felt like a Peaceful Easy Feeling

Each year for our Anniversary ( 41 years now) we try and plan a unique way to celebrate and this year it started at Elk Ridge, Utah at 6:34 am.

Quick stops ✋ at Starbucks for Lin and conveniently a Taco 🌮 Bell 🔔 serving breakfast was right next door.

A few minutes later we were parked outside the Marriott Center on the Campus of Brigham Young University. It was some 7-8 hours before Tip of the Women’s game but it gave us ample time to take in the beauty of the place on our way up to Logan ( Utah State ). We knew that later on the schedule would be very tight so the sightseeing happened sooner than later.

Stop ✋ 2 was just down the road at Utah Valley University.

Utah Valley University is located just a few miles down the road in Orem.

It’s sad to think that this School 🏫 will be remembered by many for one day in History.

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One brief stop on the 2+ hour drive to the top of the State took place at a gas station ⛽. The drive was non-stop 9,000+ mountains, easy on the eyes 👀.

I was absolutely 💯% Blown Away by the crowd at Utah State !!!! No way it wouldn’t make any Top Ten list in the Country…

The Aggies ….11 am Tip Mountain ⛰ Time, televised on CBS

Next stop ✋ was in Ogden at Weber State where their most famous Alum is back as their General Manager.

3pm MT update : on the Campus of D2 Westminster University where the Griffins are hosting Colorado State University – Pueblo in a Women’s and Men’s Basketball 🏀 doubleheader.

Women played double overtime!

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Stop ✋ #6 of 7 – 4pm Tip at University of Utah versus Oklahoma State ! Big 12 Men’s Basketball 🏀

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7pm – Stop ✋ 7 of 7 falls into the category of Dumb Luck !!!

Earlier this Basketball 🏀 season I had seen the Salt 🧂 Lake City Community College teams play at a neutral site so we were swinging by to just snap up some pictures 📷 of their facilities.

Turns out that we stumbled into our very first Professional Volleyball 🏐 match between Salt Lake Lovb and visiting Atlanta !!!!

Between sets entertainment with a Jumbo Volleyball.

Salt 🧂 Lake 25 -16 in 1st set

Stop ✋ #8 of 7 took place at the Maverick Center where the Utah Grizzlies were playing their minor league Hockey 🏒 game

9:53 pm MST – put the car 🚗 in Park at 13,539 miles and began to reminisce about everything that occurred from 6:34 am / 13,209.

15 hours, 19 minutes

330 miles

So many holes 🕳 to fill in and some of that will happen after some sleep 💤😴.

While at Stop ✋#4 of 7 on the Great Utah College Run, its time to check in with Marion Harris and Travis Osborne in Gatlinburg with our Travel Volleyball 🏐 team(s)!

Marion informs us that the tournament was originally scheduled for two days has been shortened to just Saturday due to the amount of Snow ❄ fall. The weather kept some teams from attending the event.

From Travis :

Rampage-14 is just getting ready to take the court for their first game. Complete schedule change due to teams dropping out because of the weather.

Tournament has been shortened to today only. I’ll keep you posted!!Lost first game in 2 Sets. 25-7 25-15. Morgan stepped to the Service Line to serve up 5 straight points to cut into the deficit, but it wasn’t enough to overcome. All the girls played really well👍🏻👍🏻

Lost second game in 2 two sets 25-8 25-11. Brackets getting ready to start 👍🏻

More to follow !

Marion shares info on the U18 team.

Carroll, Galax, Grayson and Fort make up this team…

Rampage-14

Won 1st Bracket game in 3 sets 25-17 25-19 15-12
Playing the Championship Game now👍🏻👍🏻

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 🙌