PLAYING FOR PEANUTS By Cathy Morrison
“When you break a record, somebody else is going to break that record sometime. But when you’re a champion, you’re a champion for the rest of your life. Your kids’ kids and their kids could come back here in 40 years, and it’s going to say ‘state champions.’ I still draw energy from what we did here.”
—Coach Fentriss Winn
“Show ’em the shirt!” “You wore the shirt!” “Mine’s in my T-shirt quilt!” “I made those in Mr. Lowe’s art class!” At any reunion, you can count on sharing and reconnecting over fond memories. The breakfast gathering of the members of Bishop’s 2001 State Champion Girls’ Basketball Team during Reunion Weekend was filled with stories, connection and abundant laughter. Amy Dieckmann Sullivan ’01 made those T-shirts for her teammates in a
screen printing unit in her art class senior year. “We decided about three years prior when we knew we wanted to go to the state championship tournament, we didn’t focus on the state tournament, we focused on peanuts. Because we knew that we would take a Southwest Airlines flight to the tournament, and they would give us peanuts when we got on the plane. We’d always say, ‘C’mon! PEANUTS! Let’s go! Don’t let ‘em take away our peanuts!’ And I remember when they went to the state championship, Southwest found out
