Fabulous!

The Lady Vikings have had a busy and fabulous week-end. Our reunion was a great success. We had a party that I can truly say had a dreamlike quality.

All I can say is WOW! What a good time we had. We celebrated 35 years of our winning streak holding as the state record in Georgia and as fourth in the nation. We pulled off a fabulous party with 180 guests to honor the coach, players, managers, and cheerleaders of the winning streak years. We had a great time with Ed Grisamore as speaker, and Lady Vikings presenting each part of the program. A favorite with everyone was Coach Carter giving his memories from the winning streak years. Then we surprised our coach Norman Carter and his wife Jane with a sizable donation to their passion, The Golden Rule, a substance abuse facility in Mauk that they founded and operate. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Now we plan to start on our next goal: getting our coach inducted into the Hall of Fame - the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame. And getting the Lady Vikings Winning Streak mentioned in the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. It's amazing to everyone that hears that there is no mention now. A record that's held for thiry-five years deserves to be mentioned. As Coach Carter said in the WMAZ interview, "People say it was easy to do back then... Well if it was, why didn't someone else do it?"

We've had some pledges of help toward our goal of getting Coach Carter in the Hall of Fame from some fantastic people - Ed Grisamore with the Macon Telegraph, Todd Smith, Sandy Harris, Bruce Goddard, and the list continues. With some teamwork from the Lady Vikings, like Coach Carter trained us so many years ago, we can surely make this happen. It's time, don't you think?

Watch for pictures of the reunion - coming soon!