Memories, memories....I know that your grandaughter's previous line is proud of her tonite, just as her grandmother is! Years ago I played softball and we were district champs and went to State. The girls that played way back then are still friends and meet once a month to eat and chat! Good luck to her. Jo Sandra Ellis wrote: > This post isn't exactly 'genealogy' but will someday be local history---- > > Clarksville National Girls Softball League 12-year-olds girls just won the > District 9 Championship and are headed to the State Tournaments! (They were > undefeated in district play) > > Now---if you want genealogy----my granddaughter plays on this team---BOTH of > her lines were here in Montgomery County in the late 1700s-early 1800s. > Paternal lines include Menees, Gregory, Kennedy while maternal lines include > Ellis, Sheppard/Shepherd (two different lines), Baggett, Bartee, Graham, > Hays----lots of other surnames but I won't go into them unless someone asks. > > Sandy Ellis

Well, I failed to mention the 6-yr-old All Star----tee ball doesn't have the opportunity to go to State tournaments! (Her paternal lines include Norris, Brown, Bearden---the Norris line is from GA) At the district level, the other teams pulled her birth certificate----said she "couldn't be 6-years-old"! I guess that's why the league agreed to let her 'play up' and even fill in when the 8-9 year old team was a player short. At her first practice on the tee ball team, parents were concerned for their children's safety because she knew how to play. The coach (my brother) 'used' her to teach the other little girls---and they beat an all-boys tee ball team in tournament play! Also, when parents of a 12-year-old team were told their daughters had to learn to slide, the parents laughed and asked the coach (my son-in-law this time) how he was going to teach the girls to slide. He told his daughter to go to 3rd base. Then, he told her to run home but as she neared the plate, he said "slide!"--and down she dropped---right under the 12-year-old catcher. Guess what? The older girls learned to slide this season!