I guess I started school in the 50's (whole LOT of "majority in power" types of things going on back then). While I remember saying the Pledge of Allegience at the beginning of the day, I don't recall saying the Lord's Prayer. Some of the teams I played on did recite the Lord's Prayer before competing. At the end "...deliver us from evil. Amen" I would clap, shout "Go Wave" (yep, your neck of the woods), and run out on the field. What I never understood was what the rest of the team was rambling on about, still in the huddle, when I was already headed out to the field.