Soccer ⚽️ Saturday includes a Tip of the Cap to an Amazing young Lady, Ashlyn Newman celebrated her College Senior Day !

Our All-Time scoring leader in Carroll County High School Soccer ⚽️ just celebrated her Senior Day up at Bluefield.

Β  If you are like me, you are asking wasn’t it just a couple of years ago that the younger of the Newman Sisters was lighting up the scoreboard at Tommy Thompson Field ?

Soccer ⚽️ is a Fall sport in College where its a Spring sport in High School. Then you add in that our former Lady Cavalier graduated πŸŽ“ High School around the same time she earned her initial degree in College, it helps making sense of the fact it feels like a blur.

Ashlyn Newman is going places in her life and it should be a great journey before its all over !

Our Children are our Future and this morning πŸŒ„ that was on full display on The Hill !

Adrienne Harris McGuire and her Lady Cavaliers πŸ‘© Soccer program set aside their morning today in an effort to introduce the sport that the rest of the World 🌎 calls Football to area youngsters.

Marion Harris shares the view from inside the Camp and took the time to share some of the progress made today !

It’s fitting that the camp would take place within 48 hours of a ground breaking victory for Carroll County up at Radford High School. Both Coach McGuire and her Boys counterpart, Forrest Johnson, understand the uphill climb they face in regards to getting their programs on the same level as the Bobcats and Glenvar Highlanders.

Little Cavs !

  The progress that has been made on both sides of the Pitch at Tommy Thompson Field πŸ‘ has been impressive and its  happening due to the commitment of the entire Soccer community. The bigger challenge is that Soccer is still an untapped game here but we are closing the gap, day by day.

Marion enjoyed catching up with some of his former players that he coached back in the day!
Carroll County High School Soccer ⚽️

Welcome πŸ™ to Saturday, October 25th where the official calendar is blank but Girls πŸ‘§ Soccer ⚽️ and Softball will both be busy.

Morning πŸŒ„ Brew
School 🏫 Calender

Adrienne Harris McGuire and Company will set up shop on the Southside of the Boulevard later this morning πŸŒ„ in hopes of continuing their efforts to introduce the game of Soccer ⚽️ to our youth.

Rick and Donna Nester will be hosting a fun trip today as Softball wraps up a portion of its off-season workout program. Promises to be a fun day for the group that calls Cavalier Park home.

Three opportunities to say Thank You πŸ™, beginning with both Marion Harris and Kevin Burress for letting me know that the Facebook post πŸ“« had been created.

The third one goes to the writer who created the post ! For most of my life, the slogan has been ” Duke, UVA and where I stay !” Carroll County has been home now for five years and I have been holding a πŸŽ€πŸŽ™πŸŽ€ for almost fifty years now. Anytime that I can add something to an event by lending my voice to it, I am happy to do it !

Cindy Edwards, Kayla Nester, Nikki Heflin, Shelia Harris, Kim Weddle, Brittany Kinney and Kelly Holderfield were an absolute pleasure to work with over the past few months !

Hanging out with Trace Reavis in Harrisonburg and with Shawn Montgomery / Cross Country runners πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ has been a joy as well. We still have a Cross Country Regional meet and hopefully a road Volleyball 🏐 match before the calendar πŸ“… officially flips from Fall to Winter.

Rossie Gravley has certainly hit the ground running πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ in her efforts with our Cheerleaders !! Very focused young Lady that falls into the category of Driven. I am a BIG FAN of Driven and I am hoping that the bond between the Cheerleaders and Football team can carry over into the Gymnasium this winter.

Looking back at a previous conversation about the goals, here is a thought process from Mrs. Gravley:

We want to regenerate that pipeline from sandlot cheer, through middle school, in preparation for JV and Varsity level cheer. That starts with relationships and communication.

       ” I’m so grateful to have the support of our Rec Department Director, Kurt Thiele, and communication with Middle School Cheer Coach Nicole Lam. We’ve got to create those relationships early and work together so these girls develop in a progressive and positive way. They are doing a great job.”

That leaves us the magical part of the Fall as some history was made last Friday night as Carroll County defeated Radford for the first time ever as Carroll County High School!! Allen Worrell mentioned that back before he was born ( I was three) that Hillsville High School tamed the Bobcats in 1966.

6-2 with two more to play might lead to a deeper post season run for Seth Greer and his team but for the time being, enjoy the defeat of the Bobcats.

The πŸŽ€πŸŽ™πŸŽ€ is put away until next Spring but the willingness to share others good news will march on…

Being that its only 2:30, Brother Osborne hasn’t sent in his Bible Verse of the Day yet but when he does, it will be right here.

Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Have yourself a Blessed Day πŸ™Œ

Kris Richardson and his Middle School 🏫 Girls πŸ‘§ Basketball πŸ€ team is set to debut next week !!!

The schedule has changed a few times, so I have been waiting for the updated one before I sent anything to you. Our team consists of 13 players:

Zari Cushman, Jenna Bowman, Briley McGhee, Ashlynn Smith, Macy Lineberry, Bella Phipps, Kierra Robinson, Mattie Carico, Natalie Dalton, Kadence Eades, Maggie Branch, Bristol Jones, Reagan Combs

Managers Pippah Hancock, June Baldwin, Rhylin Combs, Riley Bond

Between the Middle School and the High School, Carroll County will have six basketball πŸ€ teams and we will happily share ANY / ALL information sent in as our way of showing support for all that would like the help !

We are excited about the Basketball πŸ€ Whisperer making his season debut !