A story worth telling ... again

The Rossville Athletics phone rang late Saturday night and Hixson Director Alan Bailey was on the other end of the cell. Bailey said he wanted to talk to me about my 6-year-old team. I paused and thought, “Oh no, what have we done?” Bailey said your team beat us 26-6, but that’s not what I called about.

Again, I paused and thought, “Oh what have we done?”

The veteran recreation volunteer said our 6-under Dogs had played the final game of the night at Hixson and he had asked them to help clean up on the visiting side. Bailey went on to explain that the parents/fans and players had cleaned up the whole hillside and under the bleachers and didn’t leave a piece of trash anywhere. Winning the game was great because that was the first win for the little 6-under guys. Nevertheless, winning with the class to clean up after the game is all about pride. Thanks to Isaac Patrick, Jonathan Couch, Calvin Ogle and the whole Bulldogs family that displayed a saying that we all learned a long time ago in this town, “Be Rossville.” That deed my friends is what “Being Rossville” is all about.

SCOREBOARD


6s Rossville Bulldogs 26, Hixson Tigers 6


7s Soddy-Daisy 34, Rossville 16