THE RISING TIDE

Athletes of the Week

• Easton Hodges - JV/MS Football

  • Easton is in the 8th grade and currently a member of the MS and JV Football teams. This week in the MS Football game, we were down 0-12 at half to Carroll. Starting the 2nd half, Easton "had a big run that setup the first touchdown by teammate Joseph. Clay got into the backfield on defense. The ball popped up. Got it.  Ran it back for 6. Next time on offense I ran another ball in for a touchdown. I think it gave us a lot of momentum, and it helped us win the game." He was asked how are you able to perform like that and he said, "it's just knowing what to do, and then going out there and doing it." He contributes knowing what to do to "practice, coaches showing him what to do, and his dad teaching him at a young age." He said when you find yourself out of position or don't know what to do, "you just gotta go do something the best you can at 100 miles per hour." He's excited to get Chevy and Mason back and get back to practice, and is hopeful about the rest of the season. 

• Rylee Hawks - JV Volleyball

  • Rylee is in the 8th grade and currently a member of the JV Volleyball team. Rylee had three games this week. The first game vs Graham she said, "we started out slow, but we came back, played good, and won." The second game of the week was against George Wythe, and they "started off doing really well, kind of fell off the second set, but toughed it out to get the win." The last game of the week started the same as the second but they came up short after a long week. Rylee said she can't do it without her teammates though and said her "and Mady have always played really well together, no matter what sport we are playing.  She knows when I'm with her that I want it, and I know she is going to give me a good set." When asked about the rest of the season, she said, "I think we can do really well, we just have to push through and play really hard and bring our best every single night."