The article describes a visit to a modest house on Cypress Street in Charleston, S.C., where Jackie White and her mother, Mary Lee Rhodes, are surprised by an unexpected visitor. The story revolves around the discovery of their family's historical significance in high school basketball, traced through MaxPreps.com, which archives details about athletes and their achievements. The visit prompts a feeling of nostalgia and curiosity about why their family's story matters after years of being overlooked.
Ronnie Gadsden introduced everyone. An old coach, one used to making connections, he made sure Jackie and Mary Lee were comfortable with the visitor on the couch.
All right, so there's this webpage on the internet MaxPreps.com is a longtime chronicler of high school sports, one offering rankings, recruiting headlines and highlights of whatever LeBron James' son is doing at any given time.
Back when we'd first spoken, a few weeks earlier, they hung up the landline, looked at each other and wondered why, after all these years, anyone wanted to know.
A blotch of grass buffers a short, black, chainlink fence from the street.
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