Before I share the messages from Travis Osborne and Howard Mayo, I want to personally Thank both of these gentlemen for their Daily show of support !!!Travis ( 7 days a week ) and Howard ( 5 Days) make what we do possible !

The amount of positive energy that it takes to wake up and choose to create content everyday that is designed to make people smile is harder than one might think. Waking up a finding a message from both of these folks truly fuels the tank !!

Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

While I want to wish EVERYONE a Merry Christmas, there are a handful of people I would like to say Thank You to at the same time.

Words cannot describe the amount of appreciation and respect that I have for our High School Principal 💗.

See, I wake up each day and choose to try and show appreciation for all things taking place on The Hill. For our leader, its not a choice its pretty much a mandate. Here’s hoping 🙏 that the Man who has a job that many won’t ever fully understand, myself included, is spending a Day with his lovely family ❤!

Who else fits under the same umbrella 🌂 of caring about ALL instead of some ?

Kevin DeHaven and Samantha Reed. Merry Christmas to our Athletic Director and leader of our Athletic Association. Both face a dual challenge in that they have dual challenges with both having a job with responsibilities and two Kiddos that fall under their jurisdiction. Our world 🌎 is a better place with these two people in it.

Next up for me is a pair of hard working Women that both contain a Heart ❤ of Gold. Vickey Ritchie and Velvet Creed Leonard give of themselves for the betterment of others in a manner that makes me proud to know them !

Merry Christmas to some folks that influence our lives everyday. Donna Nester and her husband Rick, Marion Harris and his family 👪 of overachievers, Kevin Burress, Tammy Tobler and Macie Adkins down at Cavalier Park.

Merry Christmas to Greg Talley and his Sons, Kris Richardson and his Family as well. Let’s add Beth Bouldin and Kristy Jones to the list along with Shawn Montgomery, Shannon Dalton, Samantha Lark – Smith and Jon Delp…

You might have discovered a theme year and it goes right along with the reason for the season. We have so many reasons why we could be joyful… enough to create a Christmas Carol…

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Feel free to sing and rhyme along as I attempt to pen 🖊 our Cavalier Christmas song…

We are joyful today here on The Hill

And it begins with Chuck Thompson and the way he leads.

Followed closely by our Ms Rose 🌹

The way she mixes magic into the food that she feeds.

We have a young man (Chops) that is attending Harvard University in search of knowledge.

Don’t forget our Soccer star / Valedictorian from two years ago about to finish college.

We have Seth Greer teaching our young children what it means to never yield.

We have Mr Casey Burcham bringing the magic back to Bill Worrell Field.

We have energetic teachers striving to reach everyone in their Class

And amazingly our Basketball star 🌟 is also capable of tossing a TD pass.

We have Cindy Edwards working so hard on Volleyball 🏐 that she needs a vacation

And we have Anthony Barnes sharing the news for the entire Cavalier Hoop Nation

We have the dedicated Patricia Lineberry and her relentless effort to teach people to sing.

We have Rossie Gravley instilling the thought that Pride in Cheer is still a thing.

We have Mrs Kayla Nester going 100 miles per hour

We have Trace Reavis swinging his driver with next level Power

We have Wyatt Ogle swimming like a fish and Corrie Delp flying through the Air,

We have so many College Cavaliers playing Hoops that its a challenge to share.

We have two Smoots, one Lam, one Cox and one Ervin representing us on the College court,

We have Forrest Johnson and Adrienne Harris McGuire working feverishly to make Soccer ⚽️ into The Sport.

When the joy of your morning 🌄 starts to slow 🐌 down and you look out your window sill,

Sip your cup of coffee ☕ and smile about how much excitement is created daily on our Hill !

Am I running out of words, there’s simply so much more to say,

We will stop ✋ for now and wish all Cavaliers a wonderful Christmas Day !!!

Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

We will have a couple of Christmas Nuggets of our own later on today but until then, have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌

The Hill – Head Coach Howard Mayo and his staff along with Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven ➕ a host of Parents might be a little tired today after supporting 18 Basketball games from Friday afternoon until Monday night. Credit goes to EVERYONE who helped pull this event off !

The final piece of business was the contest between the Varsity Lady Cavaliers and the Blue Devils of Grayson County. The scoreboard will show that Grayson County defeated Carroll County 66-44  in a contest full of runs 🏃‍♂️ by both teams.

Grayson County opened the game with a 7-0 spurt, a stretch that included many solid shots from CCHS but not any that would drop. Madison Coleman and CC Mitchell would eventually answer with 3 points each in the Cavaliers 6-2 response..

Run 🏃‍♂️ #2 for Grayson County was 11-1 and pushed the deficit to 20-7. Once again, the Lady Cavaliers answered back as Laynie-Jo Leonard scored an And One 3-point play, Mitchell added a steal and basket 🧺 ahead of Callie Harris drilling her initial 3-pointer in what would turn into a 13 – 5 run 🏃‍♂️ that took the game to the half at 25 – 20 in favor of Grayson County.

  The third run for the Blue Devils was overwhelming as it was quick as the visitors dropped 12 points in the first 2:00 minutes while Raylee Goins snuck in the lone points for Carroll County.

Trailing now 37 – 22 after facing a blitz to start a quarter, Carroll County showed a great deal of fight in their third answer. The team strung together a 9-3 answer to once again pull within six points at 40 – 34.

Grayson County controlled the final 8:00 minutes from start to finish (22-8) and it turned the contest into a lopsided victory that didn’t reflect the resilience that the Lady Cavaliers showed throughout the contest.

When Aaliyah Hampton scored the games final basket 🧺 from the post, it put six of the eight Lady Cavaliers in the scoring column for the contest.

Grayson County – 11.  14.  19   22 – 66

Carroll County  –   6.    14  16     8 – 44

Carroll County (44) – Harris 12, Coleman 9, Goins 8, Mitchell 8, Leonard 5, Hampton 2, Campbell, Young.

Major Props to everyone who helped Coach Mayo and Mr DeHaven make this event possible !!

    Christmas Day is right around the corner now and its hard to imagine what the thought process is for various people who are set to Celebrate the Holiday with their loved ones but to not take a moment to acknowledge that Tammy Tobler and her family are feeling an emptiness this week would be unacceptable to me.

  If there’s anything that might help, its the thought that Jeff and his Mother are together now after her recent passing.

  Tammy, know that you are Loved by many and your pain is our pain. 💘

Luke 2:9-10
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Still have a game story to write ✍ about the Varsity Girls versus Grayson County and here’s the link to the article for the Junior Varsity team last night 🌙.

Carroll County JV Girls 👧 Basketball head into the Christmas 🎄 Break with a perfect 4-0 mark after dispensing the Lady Blue Devils, 32 – 11 on The Hill!

 

Have yourself a Blessed Day 🙌