WOW!!!
Thanks to Coach Finnerty and the Fort Mill folks for being such great hosts. The visit to York County was special for our family on a couple of different fronts. Also, a special thanks should go out my daughter's accomodating coaches and VERY supportive teammates. It was hard for this self-procalimed "tough guy" to keep the tears from welling up in his eyes as the "Lexington Blue" rolled in like a loud wave to the Winthrop Coliseum for the second half of the Girls' North-South basketball game.
Another benefit that came out of my visit was establishing a new hangout in York County. When in the area make sure you take some time to drop by the Towne Tavern in Fort Mill. It will quickly become a place where "everybody knows your name".
As an aside, the soccer facilities were phenomenal. However, I will make one recommendation to the Lexington coaches if they go back next year. Make sure you take equipment that hasn't been in the town of Lexington or in the Lexington High School area. I picked up a sample of the turf and pellets on the fields at Manchester Meadows and was able to do some testing with it back here in Lexington. When you combine the aformentioned samples with elements found at the LHS practice fields, it creates a strange chemical reaction. Oddly enough, this is of no concern until combined with the metal and netting composition found in soccer goals. IT CREATES A MAGNETIC FORCE FIELD THAT REPELS SOCCER BALLS! Fortunately, a combination of Kira Campbell to Alicia Keel was able to break through this "force field" for one goal (probably because they lived other places prior to moving to Lexington). Also fortunately, it kept all of the teams Lexington played from scoring. Unfortunately, I feel certain it kept Lexington from scoring any other goals.
P.S. I post this last paragraph realizing I am running the risk of being declared "less than humble".
