From Middle School 🏫 to High School and finally the campus of Emory & Henry, Natalie Harris has laced them up in a number of sports across the past decade. Basketball, Volleyball 🏐, Soccer ⚽️, Swimming 🏊♂️ and LaCrosse are just some of the stops ✋️ along the way.
Each school 🏫 and each sport received 110% of what the middle Harris daughter had to give her coaches and teammates. The future is bright for this one !
Varsity Baseball ⚾️ picks up a huge win in the Star 🌟 City, 2-1 over Northside Vikings in extra innings !
Junior Varsity Baseball ⚾️ protected The Hill, defeating the visiting Vikings 19-1 in five innings !
Boys 👦 Tennis 🎾 battled until the end, falling just short at home, 5-4 to Galax.
Girls 👧 Tennis 🎾 fell at Galax 9-0 against a talented Maroon Tide squad.
Natalie Harris reached the end of her competitive playing days at Emory and Henry.
Three stories to follow, including a full blown gamer on the JV victory, more on the Burcham Bunch having a BIG night 🌙 and goodbye to Natalie Harris are all in the hopper !
Adam Nester is an assistant coach on the staff of Casey Burcham, and his number one responsibility is the top spot on the Junior Varsity Baseball ⚾️ coaching staff.
Like Coach Burcham, Adam is in his second season at his current job after the changes that took place after Mr Kevin DeHaven moved from the dugout to the administration side of The Hill.
Nester is the son of fellow Laurel Fork residents, Rick and Donna Nester, as well as husband to Kayla Goins Nester and proud papa to three wonderful children.
Adam does a great job at keeping us in the loop after each game he coaches. We receive the game changer recap each time out, and if we are lucky, Mom 👩 will send us a pic or two to brighten the story up !
The name of the Nester Nine Baseball team comes from the respect for the family name and the fact that nine players are on the diamond 💎 when the lineup card has been filled out.
I will head down to Bill Worrell Field shortly with no particular plan except to help an up and coming young coach in any way possible. It might be chasing foul balls if that is where the void is, just making sure to say – I see 👀 you, respect your effort and know the sacrifices you make for the youth of Carroll County on a regular basis !
Once a year, the calendar 📅 lines up to have a day to support the hard-working Adam Nester, and that day is today !
Earlier in the season, we had the opportunity to do the same for Varsity Baseball ⚾️ and it created a fun story with some pictures 📸. The Nester Nine is fun to see 👀 / help, so there’s something to look forward to once 4 pm arrives as the first pitch is set for 5:00.
Psalm 84:10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
The front half of the day will be spent trying to get the 25-page script for the West Virginia Tech University Senior Day celebration written out. Losing 24 hours with the schedule change applies pressure that would be hard to describe, but such is life.
The Senior Day we create at WVU-T is significantly different than most in that we commit the time to allow the Student Athletes to both celebrate and be celebrated for their efforts.
Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌
