It was actually pretty simple: If the grades werent strong, then the Friday night football lights werent on. * Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader. Newsome had always shown his parents he loved them, but earlier this year, it was really time for him to return the favor. And here I am all these years later, still in coaching.. Steve Fryer covers high school sports at the Orange County Register. Ive spent 14 years of my life at Butler High School. He was the one who kind of pushed me in that direction and really encouraged me to get my teaching license on top of my biology degree. And that was his perspective when, during Mikes freshman year at Mars Hill College, Johnny B. sat down with his son and asked him about his future plans. Watch this highlight video of the Newsome (Lithia, FL) football team in its game Recap: Newsome vs. Wharton 2022 on Oct 7, 2022. Grant started playing baseball around 5 years old. When asked how she raised a child with the ability to find perspective in difficult moments and push forward, Kimsaid, "the truth is, I don't really know.". Position: MLB Sec. He began his career as an assistant and then quickly climbed the ranks into a successful program leader. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Here are the Clarion Ledger's Mississippi high school softball Super 25 rankings for the week of April 24. He and his wife, Colleen, are now loving life as sports parents for a high schooler and middle schooler.