Story of the Week!
Via the New York Times: A Razor-Sharp Focus Trumps Uncertainty
PORT SULPHUR, La., Dec. 4 — The smell of gasoline fills the ruined gym each evening as a generator sputters to life. A string of bulbs provides thin lighting above the weight-lifting equipment that sits on a warped and abandoned basketball court. A makeshift dressing area for the South Plaquemines High football team spreads beneath one backboard, where floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina rose above the rim, 10 feet off the floor.
...There will be plenty of bright lights and varmint-free locker space Saturday when South Plaquemines (12-2) plays for a Class 1A state championship in the Superdome, 45 miles north in New Orleans, completing a remarkable season of perseverance and indomitable spirit.
And they had the whole town lining the highway to see them off, and a full police escort with sirens blaring all the way up to the Superdome. They passed me on my way home from work. I honked!
4 comments:
I get chills every time I see a sign cheering them on. Go Canes!
There were about 100 people sitting in lawn chairs with signs along 23 waiting for the bus to go by. So exciting!
It's nice to see some positive news come from NO. You'll have to keep us posted on how they do.
WOOT! 48-8, it's going to be a crazy day at school Monday!
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