Soccer Grandparents

Last weekend we traveled to SC to see our 15-year-old granddaughter play soccer at the SC State Cup.  Two weeks earlier we went to Charleston, SC to see her in the play-offs and they won and went to the big games.  So like any good grandparents, we packed our suitcases and took off to Spartanburg for the final games.

Jim and Nell with Nerissa

On the way up there we went to Clemson, SC to visit her sister who is a senior nursing student there.  We visited her at her apartment on Lake Hartwell and later took her out to dinner.  We took our laptop computer with us so we could listen to the Elba High School football game on the Elba radio station.  It was amazing that we could go to a website, and put in some info, and voila!  There was Elba Tigers football coming out of the speakers!!  Nerissa listened to the game with us (not exactly Clemson Tigers that she was used to). We were so excited that Elba won in the 2nd round of the play-offs for state title.
They will play again this Friday night and I will be sitting in the Memphis airport on a 2-hour layover between flights when the game is going on.  I'll have to keep checking via telephone calls.

Nerissa and Grandpa on her balcony

 Nerissa lives in a beautiful condo with two roommates.  This photo of her with her "grandpa" was taken on their balcony overlooking the lake.

The condo is not far from the Clemson campus.  Most of her classes are in hospitals this year.  She said she has to get up very early to get to the hospital a few miles away.

We will see her again during Christmas holidays in Florence, SC, along with her sister Katie from College of Charleston and our little soccer player, Caroline who is in the 9th grade at West Florence High School.

Caroline in the center, #39

Caroline is in blue, #39, in the center.  She is a really good player and loves playing soccer.  She is hoping to get picked for the high school varsity team early in the spring.  Soccer is a very fast moving game.  It wore me out just sitting and watching!!

She had some good cheerleaders including her grandparents, her dad Bill, and her Aunt Alice and Uncle Jerry from Charlotte, NC - who came on Sat. and Sunday.

Unfortunately they were defeated (1 point) on both Saturday games.  But they were great on Sunday morning and won that game.  They didn't get to play for the state cup on Sun. p.m.  But just getting to the state level was a great accomplishment.

They played in Spartanburg, SC on Saturday and the games on Sunday took place in Greenville, SC.

Caroline's Cheerleaders
Uncle Jerry, Grandpa, Dad, and Grandma

Caroline - a winner!  Florence, SC "Strikers"
Very tired - but happy!!