A Colt For Life

Of all the jobs and titles I've held, the one I look back at with the most emotions, both good and bad, is that of Athletic Director.

You see, I worked at a new Christian school for 2 years as the high school Bible teacher, and I was their first Athletic Director, not to mention the "Voice of the Colts," which meant for better or worse you could not attend a sporting event in those first two years without hearing me over the speakers.

I resigned from my position two years ago, just days after achieving a personal and professional goal, getting the Colts into the Carolina Christian Conference for Varsity contests.

I have looked back at my time as a Colt nearly every day since graduation '07.

On Friday night I drove over an hour to watch the Colts in the Carolina Christian Conference girls Varsity Basketball championship, and the Lord allowed the game to be played close enough for me be there.

Of the 11 girls that took the floor that night, I had coached 9 of them, either on the Varsity softball team, or as an assistant coach on the Middle School basketball team. I was also fortunate to be invited into the locker room by the baskeball coach, whom I am still close with, for a pregame speech, not to mention that for one more night, I was the "Voice of the Colts" and was asked to call out the starting lineups.

For one final time I was able to speak the names of girls that I had watched as grow as freshmen, for one final time I called out numbers and positions of kids that I had helped train as 7th graders, for one final time I was able to give my usual speech about how "you play like you live...", for one final time I was the loudest cheerleader in the stands, trying to will my team on to victory.

Ultimately, the Colts fell in a valiant effort, but second place is more then I dreamed I would ever see when I packed up my office and the microphone fell silent two years ago, and now the Colts are on their way to their first State Basketball birth, and as a # 10 seed to boot.

Having been in that gym to see the Lady Colts one more time has given me some closure, though I doubt I will ever stop thinking back to what was, what is, and what could have been, for I will always be a Colt for Life!