By THE LADY WILDCATS

On Wednesday, Nov. 16, The Lady Wildcat middle- and high-school basketball teams traveled as guests of East Carolina University to watch the Lady Pirates take on the Wilmington Seahawks for ECU’s Education Day. The Lady Pirates beat the Seahawks by 10, 75-65.

This was a great day for our Lady Wildcats to take part in a collegiate athletic event. The Wildcats got to meet PeeDee the Pirate and players from the basketball team. The Wildcats became admiring fans of #20 Bre McDonald who posed for pictures with our girls.

Many thanks to Coach Macy and all her staff at ECU women’s basketball that made this event possible for our Lady Wildcats.

On Thursday, Nov. 17, Heather Macy, head coach of the East Carolina University Lady Pirates visited Tyrrell County Schools to give a motivational speech to all girls in grades 6-12.

Her message was geared toward challenging our Lady Wildcats to be strong in the face of adversity and to never give up hope in reaching their dreams. She weaved many stories from her personal life into her message by describing how she herself faced obstacles in life and persevered through them.

Coach Macy gave the girls some mantras that helped her through situations “CBA: Conceive it, Believe it, Achieve it.” And “NBA, Next Best Action.” The message was that when you hit a roadblock in life always conceive, believe and achieve and try to find out what your next best action is in order to navigate through the issues that are blocking you in achieving your true goals.

At one point in the discussion the girls were reminded of the meaning of the word “try” in our society. Coach Macy challenged the girls to not get trapped in saying that they will “try” to be there or “try” to get their homework done or “try” to do their best in life. She challenged them to just do it, don’t “try”, just do it and be the best that you can be in everything that you do every day.

If you ever have a chance to hear Heather Macy speak, go! She is truly inspiring and touches the hearts and minds of people both young and old.

The Wildcats are so grateful to Coach Macy for visiting our schools in Tyrrell County. We look forward to additional opportunities with the ECU Athletic Program and Coach Macy; visiting the campus for more basketball games and attending The Lady Pirates summer basketball camps.

Signed with much gratitude,

The Lady Wildcats