For junior Trent Kelley, being a center is no easy task, especially when it's for the Central High football team."I just have to think about it every snap and worrying about that and the blocking, it's just a lot of pressure sometimes," he said.It's Trent's first year snapping the football. He's a former left tackle who's now a center. Initially, it was a pretty difficult move, but it's also one he's been excelling at."He's a guy that can pick up defenses, he knows footb...

When Helen Snavely first began playing softball, she never imagined pitching.... until she had the chance in Peach Little League."It was our All-Star game that year and since it was coach pitch we didn't have a pitcher and it turned out that a girl from our team had to pitch," she said. "So, randomly one day I was throwing around in the outfield and I decided, hey, I can do this. So no lessons or everything, I went straight into the game and pitched."Ever since then...

Harris County senior Macie Edwards takes pride in being the captain of the dance team."It's an amazing feeling to teach them a dance that they're gonna perform for our entire school, especially at pep rallies because everyone in our entire school is there," she said. "It's really good to be able to teach them that and watch them grow as dancers."As an avid dancer, Macie can't imagine doing anything else. She's won two 1st place national titles and a 3rd place in her...

There's no denying that Beauregard wide receiver Heath Senn is someone you can count on."Quay Wright has a lot of confidence in him and you see that since they've grown up together since little league football," said head coach Rob Carter.For quarterback Quay Wright, Heath Senn has become one of his biggest targets this season. The senior has a couple of scores and is averaging roughly 30 yards a catch. He's a leader and consistent starter who's been playing football all his ...

It's a family affair that's turned into a love."I've been playing since I was seven," said Columbus softball player Nicole Humphries. "My older sister started playing and she's been playing all her life and she just got done playing college softball so my goal is to follow in her footsteps.Humphries is a senior center fielder on the Columbus High softball team. A girl who uses the accomplishments of her sister Kristen as motivation."She's a great role model," N...

For Calvary Christian's Morgan Osbourne, volleyball is more than just a hobby, it's a challenge."You need to be quick on your feet all the time," Osbourne said. "You need to be ready for the ball at any moment. You have to have the mentality that no ball drops." The senior volleyball player has been playing since the 8th grade and has since turned into a leader on a two-time state runner-up team."I think a lot of times today, they just choose captains base...

Jack Nix has always loved the sport of baseball."It's fun to learn the game really and know each year how the game progresses and how it moves along."From little league, to coaching his little brother's team, to making the Blue Devils varsity squad as a back-up catcher.. a position that's harder than it looks."It's really hard with your reaction time with the pitch, that's one of the hardest parts," Nix said. "And your legs are always sore- that's just goes with it."But Nix says it's all wort...

Grey Norton has been playing baseball for thirteen years. A second baseman with Smiths Station, he's enjoying his senior season with a team he calls his family."We all love each other and love to go compete for each other," Norton said.As part of a Panther team who's had their ups and downs, Norton says he's learned quite a bit from competing in the sport all these years."It's definitely taught patience and it's taught me how to deal with failure and how to keep going," he said.They're lesson...

A couple of years ago, Kylee Carter didn't even know what track and field really was. In fact, her career started when her teacher at the time approached her about competing for the team. "Can you high jump? I said I don't know what that is but I can try," said Carter. "And then when they found out I could high jump, they asked can you long jump, can you triple jump, can you throw javelin, and I said I could try. So, just kind of a trial and error kind of thing."Well, that trial and error tur...