Schedule 📅 change for today : Junior Varsity Softball at Tazewell has been moved from today to tomorrow.

Tonight at Cavalier Park, we will be multi-tasking as we will host Tazewell and pay tribute to one of our own, Mrs Alexis Dalton !

Our Junior Varsity team will make the trek over to Tazewell with the hopes of playing two five inning games while the older group is set to host the Bulldogs at Cavalier Park.

The first pitch is set for 5 pm, and we continue with our traditional First Pitch ceremony. Tonight, we will honor a young lady who has been a part of the Lady Cavaliers in every role possible.

Dalton played on the 2015 State Championship team and later returned to The Hill as an assistant coach and Junior Varsity Head Coach.

You would be hard pressed to find someone who has represented the Lady Cavaliers in a more dedicated fashion !

Tonight will be round four of our Foul Ball contest with tickets 🎟 going out to the first 25 fans to enter the ballpark.

Three reasons why you should consider attending the ball game tonight :

You can count foul balls with us.
You can say Thank You to Alexis Dalton for her decade ➕️ of time and energy to our program.
You get to watch some hard-nosed, dedicated young ladies play the game they love ❤️.

Tonight, I will be dependent upon someone to reach out and share information about how our hunger group does on the road ! I had to smile 😃 on Friday afternoon when two of the young ladies were quoting me back to me. That moment did the heart ❤️ good !

Monday morning 🌄 Brew includes four opportunities to shout Go Cavaliers !

Softball game to be announced at Cavalier Park

Travis Osborne and his Bible Verse of the Day :

Psalm 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee forever.

Howard Mayo and his Motovational Nugget for the Day :

Have a blessed day 🙏

Side Note 📝 1st time ever that both Travis and Coach sent me their message while I was typing their names out !!

God knows…..

Didn’t have the Girls Tennis listed earlier.

The short drive 🚗 from Vickey’s practice to Anthony’s Banquet yesterday was filled with thoughts about Heart ❤️ and just how much this duo have !

Yesterday was a day of loss in my mind, but the defeat of the Lady Blue Devils to UCLA or West Virginia Tech University Baseball at Shawnee State.

At the end of his annual banquet, Anthony Barnes made an announcement that I felt was coming. Barnes is stepping down as the Boys Varsity Head Coach at Carroll County High School 🏫 and it hurts a bit for a number of reasons.

Barnes took over the top spot at the same time that we moved to Carroll County. In that respect, we both have six years on the job, and I am already missing the coach. Barnes led with his heart ❤️ and always put his players first, the exact same thing that Vickey Ritchie does every Sunday a few miles up the road.

Israel Easter and Anthony Barnes, as Barnes gives Easter the framed scorebook page from the night that Isaiah joined the 1,000 point club.

Barnes found success at CCHS without any can’t miss prospects. He just rolled up his sleeves and created a team first mindset that his players all bought into. His Cavaliers would run through a brick wall 🧱 for him because they also felt that their Coach had their back.

Elijah Cox, Davis Reitzel, Bryce Smoot, Jabin Talley, Cody Reece, Ethan Richardson, and Isaiah Easter are just some of the players that grew up under the guidance of Barnes, Kris Richardson and Jason Stockner.

1,000 point scorers, All-Time Boys leading scorer, and a trip to the State Tournament were just some of the accomplishments that took place over the past six years. The common thread to the time under Barnes was just how unselfish his players were on the court and how much they grew off the court.

The motto in life for me is to always leave it better than you found it, and Coach Barnes did just thathat on The Hill.

The next chapter of the story will include Blake Reed, Colton Gravley, Hayden Jackson, Will Motley, and Eli Lark, amongst others. Mr DeHaven and Mr Thompson will do their very best to find the next coach, and life will go on.

I will go to my grave believing that you can not teach someone to Care, its in your DNA. Yesterday afternoon, I spent time with two basketball coaches that care first about their players as people, and that allows them to be successful.

Yes, Kira Lawson and Duke were on the cusp of a major upset yesterday as they faced a Bruins team that thumped us by 30 points four months ago. We lost a basketball game, and while it stings because of caring about the players, it was just a game.

The greater loss yesterday afternoon was the loss of a man who led his team with dignity, pride, and compassion. Even more importantly, Barnes did things the right way !

Best of luck going forward with the next chapter of your life, Coach. Know that you touched the lives of many a Cavalier and fans during your time on The Hill.

Thankfully, Coach Vickey signed a lifetime contract because I don’t think that I could have handled another setback yesterday.

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 !

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.