Around here, football is the EVENT. So this weekend is homecoming, both for many high schools, and for my college. First of all, driving home I met many decorated cars coming toward me with streamers flying out the windows and other decorations all over them. They were on their way to the game. This high school is out in the country, near Chapin or near Little Mountain. Kids from that area of the county attend it. The sign out in front of their school says, “REBELS WITH A CAUSE – EDUCATION”. They are “the rebels”.
We went to a show last night at the Opera House and afterwards went into Pizza Hut. It was 11:00 at night. The place was full of life, people talking loud, lots of high school kids and families, some with 2 and 3-yr-olds all dressed up for having been to the game. This one was in Newberry. I think everyone else in the Pizza Hut was black. My husband talked to a man who looked to be less than 40 yrs old and he had 6 daughters.
Tonight is homecoming for Newberry College. Graduates actually return for this game! It’s a big event, the band plays a lot and they have displays up around campus of Newberry history. Football is the game down here. When we attend basketball, there won’t be many other adults there, let alone faculty. Maybe 20-25 people and then students, maybe 50-70 students.
Our name change is a big, big deal down here also. We are no longer the Newberry Indians. We are becoming the Newberry Red Wolves, which I think is AWESOME.
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