The Girl had her first tournament today in Rock Hill. They struggled in the certification tournament (which wasn’t really a tournament but a chance for the girls to practice their officiating skills as they are line judges, scorekeepers, libero trackers, and down refs for other teams’ games), but they showed they’d learned something in the meantime. They finished second in their age bracket and will pick up tomorrow from there.

The tournament’s location was just across from the cemetery where Papa’s parents and brothers are buried. The last time we went there, a little over seven years ago, I walked over to the fence and took some photos of the abandoned textile mills across the street. Most of that was torn down for the facility that hosted today’s tournament, but a little remained.

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