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Papa’s World – our grandson Bode – another soccer player in the family!

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In the center of this picture – Ella to the left and Maddy to the right – Ella will be a junior at Randolf College – and has started every game in her two-year career in college soccer – Maddy – who just graduated from the University of Lynchburg –

Played four years of soccer – third-team all-conference as a Sophomore – second-team all-conference as a junior and team captain her senior year – twice in four years going to the NCAA tournament and in her senior year winning the ODAC conference.

Ella at mid-field and Maddy at striker on the left side.

Now we have Bode – in the black attacking the ball and taking it away from the player in white!

He plays the left-side striker like Maddy.

He will be the next to go on to become a very good soccer player and he loves also playing Hockey!

Here he makes a pass down the sideline to a teammate at which time he raced ahead toward the middle and took the pass back from his teammates.

He took the pass and dribbled in among four players and broke free!

Breaking free he goes straight to the goal and scores the first of his two goals and just missed a third one!

Here he caught up to a ball in the air and knocked it down to dribble on toward his second goal!

Here he is just before the ball went into the air and he knocked it down and scored his second goal!

He is only eight years old and already has the sense of playing soccer much like his two older cousins!

Bode – our eight-year-old grandson who I think will follow in the footsteps of his father and his two older cousins in soccer!

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BODE AND HIS TWO SISTERS – CASSIDY ON THE LEFT AND TAYLOR ON THE RIGHT!

Papa’s World – when we were young – co-ed volleyball!

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Sherry and I were married 6-25-82 –

both 33 years old – second marriage for both of us.

I had two sons and she had two daughters.

By that time – I had played basketball for a radio station

and was currently playing softball on two teams.

We decided – I would end the softball

and we would do something together.

There was a volleyball league in our community

It had SIXTEEN TEAMS!

And it was COED!

Now – this was suppose to be REC volleyball

but it wasn’t !

It was highly competitive

and if you were not on your guard

you could end up with a broken nose from a spiked ball.

There was a opening for a team

and we were put into contact with

Steve and Elaine – and the start of decades old friendship began.

They had been regular players in several leagues

and agreed to join us and Steve and Chris.

Teachers at the H.S.

Then we were contacted by Deb and Tim –

Husband and wife

who also wanted to play – and their old team disbanded.

Along came Mike – who also was looking for a team.

And that is how “THE BEACH CLUB” co-ed volleyball team formed!

Everyone but us were former players for years

and we fit right in.

Tom Sherry Steve S. Elaine S. Deb M. Steve H. Chris H. Mike C. missing Tim M.

We played as a team for several years – and were competitive from the start.

The league had ex college players –

and players who traveled on weekends to tournaments all over Pa. & NYS.

It was a very good league – and if you did not pay attention

you could end up getting hurt.

We finished 3rd. in the upper bracket a couple times

Out of 16 teams.

and won the lower bracket!

Not bad for 40 year old players!

When we were young – we palyed volleyball

and today – time hop brings up our team picture

I wish I had more pictures to share from that time

somewhere there are pictures of Sherry & I

playing volleyball for the American Olean Tile Co.

in the Corporate cup.

But that is another story for a different time.

Now – we golf –

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WHERE FRIENDS MEET THE FAMILY!

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