Goldilocks and the 4 volleyball 🏐 matches on a Tuesday evening… Just a thought or two ahead of the night 🌙

Volleyball 🏐 x 4
Callie Harris and Ferrum College take to the road down in the mountains ⛰️ of North Carolina.
Both our Junior Varsity and Varsity Head across Lovers Leap to tangle with the Bengals !
Luray Middle School will cross the mountain ⛰️ range to the East on their way to Madison County for their match at William H Westel Middle School 🏫

One thing in life that you can not fake is caring about others. Each of these four matches matter here, and there are completely different reasons why they do.

The MS match at Madison County involves two of our nine grandchildren, and that degree of caring should be self explained. The team plays on the same nights 🌙 that Carroll County High School does, so if we aren’t playing on The Hill, the option is to head North.

Eight hours in a car 🚗 today would be a serious reach, being that Lin has an appointment this morning.

Too far replaces too hard.

Why does one care about Ferrum College at Lees Mcrae ?

Easy one there, for me anyway.

Marion Harris was one of the first people, six years ago, who tried to welcome me to the area. You remember things like that and pay it forward !

All 5’2 “of Half Pint Harris will make the trip south of the border today, and they will remain to the south for the rest of the week ( next 3 matches ). This will create a boat 🚢 load of challenges for her parents.

This is just a cool add-on to this story. While I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting Mr Jones, I’m a Big Fan of the young lady to his left.

This is the perfect Segway to the matches that will be played tonight over in Bassett.

Yesterday afternoon, I wrote a story about the long week that our Lady Cavaliers were facing this week. It wasn’t until after the match in Dublin last night that I realized that the lone ” off ” day of Wednesday is actually the night of Powder Puff football.

Nikki Heflin and Kelly Holderfield will coach up our 3-2 JV team tonight in a gymnasium that will include our parents and the varsity team.

Immediately following that match, our V team will look to rebound from a night where we outscored Pulaski County but fell 3-1. The energy in the building last night 🌙 certainly helped the home team, and it will be interesting to see 👀 what the folks over in Bassett bring to the table.

It’s just before noontime, and it’s time to choose. Monte Hall style, will it be Door 🚪 #1, Door 🚪#2, or Door 🚪#3/4 ????

In the grand scheme of things, I don’t over value the fact that I am in a visiting gym. It’s not the same as holding the microphone on The Hill. But when it’s your job to Care, it matters to me.

In every gym in this equation, there will be sharp young ladies who have committed their time, coaches without shoe contracts, and parents who are oh so proud of their kiddos (or grandchildren )!

At the end of the day, that’s what it should be about !

It’s been a Laurel Fork kinda morning 🌄…. and that’s a Grand thing !

Three pieces of business that needed to be taken care of this morning and all three are done ✔️, with the bonus being that I never left the village that we call 🏡🏠🏡.

Even though the month is half over, there are still many items that are still on the LF calendar 📅 in September !

The Nester family at the store, Jesse, at our post office 🏤 and getting to meet the impressive young man running things out at Cassell Brothers Garage.

The pumpkins 🎃 are ready to be picked off Stone Mountain Road, and we have neighbors who worry about other people’s cows 🐄.

Now, if someone could bring back my / our Lake because I miss it and I’m sure that the wildlife does too.

Laurel Fork 🍴….

Live from The Cougars den. It’s time for Lady Cavaliers Volleyball 🏐 !

We are awaiting introductions ahead of the Junior Varsity match here in Dublin !

Set by set recaps from now until the end of the evening !

32 miles between the campuses….

Stay tuned….

Meeting of the minds

1st TO – CCHS, trailing 9-5 [5:42]

2nd TO – CCHS, down 20-12

Pulaski County JV takes the opening set, 25-13, behind the strength 💪 of a multitude of powerful serves.[5:55]

Set #2 – 1st TO, Cougars as Lady Cavaliers race 🏁 out to a 9-2 lead !!!

Cavs pushed lead to 12-2 but now call 📞 a TO, leading 13 – 8.

Tied at 14, 15, and 16.

Cavs TO, down 18 -16

Miss Holderfield on the service line gives Carroll County a 22-20 lead, and the 🏡 team calls their 2nd TO!

6 : 22 – PCHS closes 5-0, wins 25 – 22.

20:00 on the clock ⏰️, awaiting the Captains meeting to start the countdown.

6:50 pm – estimated first serve
Getting close…..

6:50 – 1st serve

Cougars TO, Cavs up 9-4….

Nice mixing with the music 🎶

Carroll County TO, trailing 16-14….

20-20, up 21-20

TO – Cougars

24-23, 24-24, 24-25

TO – Carroll County

Pulaski County closes 4-0, takes set #1, 26-24 [7:14]

Down 6-1, then 6-6 with Faith serving.

Up 12-10 now.

Raylee Goins serves us to a 17-14 lead, and the Cougars call 📞 a TO…

17 All, 19 All, up 21-19, down 22-21, our TO

Our final TO, down 24-22. 5-1 run for the home team.

7:40 – Pulaski County 25-22 (6-1 run to end it ).

In need of a super-sized comeback !!!

Set #3 – up, 3-0 & 7-3 & 10-5, 12-5 , TO Cougars

15 – 6…19-9, 21-9, 23-10,

8:01 pm – There is still some fight left in our Lady Cavaliers !!!! On to set #4…..

Set #4 – Cavs TO, down 10 – 5 [8:10]

Down, 13-5 & 15-6

Within 18-13, 18-14 !!! 18-16 is the deficit and that leads to a Cougar TO. Cut ✂️ the deficit from 9 to just 2

We call TO, down 20-16….20-18, 21-19

25 – 20 Pulaski County at 8:29 pm

Our Ladies will need to hear Taylor Swift and shake, shake, shake this one off because we are back at it tomorrow night.

Prayer Circle 🔵

We actually won the battle of points, just not in games.

What could be for fun than Volleyball 🏐 Math ? It’s as simple as 4/3/2/1 = HUGE WEEK for our Lady Cavaliers !

[4] Over the next four days…. In the span of just over 72 hours…

[3] Three matches will be played ▶️ by our [2] two teams, making it a crucial period for our [1] program !

The journey begins with the trip up Highway 100 for the rematch with Pulaski County. We split with the Cougars when they visited The Hill earlier this season.

No rest for the weary as the teams will return to The Hill for the night, wake up to attend classes, and then head over to Bassett High School 🏫 for yet another early season rematch with the Bengals. Both Cindy Edwards and Nikki Heflin coached their ways to a sweep back on The Hill.

Wednesday night 🌙 is the break in the week, and then we welcome 🙏 the Lady Buffaloes 🐃 to The Hill on Thursday night !!! The dream here is that our incredibly jacked athletic director, Kevin DeHaven, shows off his muscles by cranking out the second set of bleachers to make room for the overwhelming crowd !!!

See 👀, that line works better if you say shows off his guns, but any mention of that in relation to a school 🏫 is the wrong path to go down.

In a perfect world 🌎, our Lady Cavaliers finish Thursday night at 10-2 and then celebrate 🥳 on Friday night by attending the football 🏈🏈🏈 Homecoming festivities !

Dublin, Bassett, and finally back to The Hill….piece of cake 🎂….

Let’s Do This….