The Beginning

Hey all,

Let's begin at the beginning...

Today was the last day of the 2006-2007 school year for Overton High School. All praise and honor due to the Lord above for giving teachers an entire summer to recharge their batteries. Our school day usually ends at 2:30, but this being the last day and all teachers were allowed to leave as soon as they had completed their checklist and the head principal had signed off on it. I was one of the first ones done and got out at about 11:30. My heart goes out to those who waited until the last day to get started on closing procedures.


After finishing up some last minute packing, we were on our way. The 2.5 hour drive down to Hoover is really nothing special. It was highlighted by a rousing game of leapfrog with a gentleman pulling a trailer holding another trailer. It didn't last long enough for me to get a picture, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.

We made it in to Hoover, Alabama just in time to watch Florida get eliminated by South Carolina [insert obnoxious crowing gamecock noise here].

Our game began at about 6:55 before a decent crowd of 6,137 and proceeded to become one of the most entertaining games I have watched in recent memory.

Our beloved Vanderbilt Commodores demolished the Ew-T Vols by a score of 15 - 2. After the fireworks on the field we were treated to fireworks in the sky [which I'm guessing is an SEC Friday night game standard procedure]. I must say though, that these weren't quite as entertaining as the ones we get at Hawkins Field.

Anyway, it was a thrilling night. I got 11 autographs including David Price, Casey Weathers, Dominic De La Osa, Pedro Alvarez, and Alex Feinberg. I'm certainly looking forward to tomorrow's double header versus the Rebels of Ole Miss. Two words -- GO DORES!!!

--Cristy