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About Us
In 2000, my son played his first year of Dixie Youth Baseball. I discovered a website created by Jeff Johns of Helena, Alabama where Dixie Youth teams could send pictures and have them posted. Most of the pictures were from Alabaster, Helena and Pelham. I took pictures of several games and had them posted to share with others. When the 2001 season began, I had my digital camera ready, but the website was no longer available. I contacted Jeff and he graciously allowed me to use the domain name PelhamDixieYouth.com. My company allowed me to host the site on their server, so all I had to do was create the web pages! That first year was a trial and error, but there were so many helpful parents! I mostly took pictures of the Minor AA division teams when my son’s team played them. I attempted to take some of other divisions and even ventured into a little Softball! We soon realized that while parents enjoyed seeing their children’s pictures, they needed a central place to find schedules, scores and division standings, so the website began to take shape. In the Spring of 2002, I endeavored to have a more complete and detailed website for both Dixie Youth Baseball and Dixie Softball. While my son was in Minor AA baseball, my daughter began her first year of Softball as a Sweetee. Wow, was my life about to change! With much help from Billy Crandall and Diane Matthews, the website became the best source of information for Pelham Baseball and Softball. There were many pictures of the teams that my son and daughter played on, but I gave a special effort to attend other division games to take pictures. There were also many parents who sent pictures to share and they were very much appreciated! Collectively, there were over 4,000 pictures from the 2002 season posted! Fall of 2002 brought Football Season to Pelham and to my family when my son decided to play for the first time. Since I was going to attend these games, I decided to include Football on the website. I reserved the new domain name of PelhamSports.com and attemptd to provide as much information as possible. Many thanks to Brian Snyder and Bob Sherer for their help… from schedules to explaining the rules of Over the Mountain Youth Football (OTMYF), they were always willing to answer my many questions! I soon discovered that taking pictures of football is hard! They move so fast and the lighting is awful, especially at those late night games. With Football Season comes Cheerleaders! I included all cheerleader information I was able to gather and attempted to take their pictures as well. I found that the cheerleaders practice almost as much as the football team, and definitely as hard or harder. The UCA Cheerleader Competition held in November was an exciting event to attend. I was proud to watch and take pictures of those Pelham girls cheering their way to First Place! As another season is coming up, there are a lot of features that I would like to add to this site and hopefully will get them all one day! I appreciate your suggestions and your understanding that this is a completely voluntary job that has progressed into the site it is today. We look forward to many more years of Pelham Sports!
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