Lily Miller Photo By D1 Digital Studios Lily is a 10th grader who cheers for the Strawberry Crest Chargers Varsity cheerleading team. How long have you been cheering? I have been cheering for 11 years. What’s your favorite thing about cheering? My favorite thing about cheer is the friendships I’ve made over the years. I love the […]
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Photo courtesy of IG: _ShotByAndrew_Banner Howton Banner, a sophomore at Durant High School, plays basketball for the Cougars varsity basketball team. How long have you been playing basketball? I have been playing basketball for nine years. What’s your favorite basketball memory? Winning the district championship in middle school. What’s your favorite basketball memory so far […]
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Josie Littrell Photo courtesy of Becca Littrell Josie is a seven-year-old who attends Grace Christian School in Valrico. She cheers for Grace Christian School’s tiny Patriots. How long have you been cheering? I have been cheering for three years. What’s your favorite thing about cheering? Being with my friends. What’s an area of cheering that you […]
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Ethan Joyner Photo by Deanna Portrait Photography (Deanna Hurley) Ethan is a 14-year-old who attends Tomlin Middle School. Ethan plays tennis for the Plant City Recreational Tennis league, and his team’s name for the last tournament was the Berry Ballers! How long have you been playing tennis? I’ve been playing since I was 4 years […]
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Brett Brewington Photo courtesy of Ashley Brewington Brett is a 6-year-old 1st grader at Cork Elementary, and he plays travel ball baseball. How long have you been playing baseball? 3 and 1/2 years. Started when I was 3 years old. What position do you play? Catcher and second base Is there a position you haven’t […]
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Photo By ZasvisualsJayson Lewis Jayson is a junior at Strawberry Crest High School, where he plays guard for the Chargers varsity basketball team. How long have you been playing basketball? I’ve been playing basketball since I was 4 years old, so 11 years What position do you play? I play Guard How important is your […]
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Evan Eisenbach Evan is in 8th grade at Tomlin Middle School, where he just finished the volleyball season for the Tigers. How long have you been playing volleyball? I have only been playing for 1 year; this is my first year. What made you want to try out for the team this year? This was […]
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Photo courtesy of Courtney DixonCody Dixon Cody is a 14-year-old who attends BridgePrep Academy of Riverview. He plays baseball for the Plant City OutKast team. How long have you been playing baseball? I’ve been playing baseball for five years, technically, I took four years off to play football, so yeah, five years. What position do […]
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Kayden Smith Photo by D1 Digital Studios Kayden is a senior at City High School where she cheers for the Raiders varsity cheer team. How long have you been cheerleading? I have been cheering since I was 8 years old. What’s your favorite thing about cheering? My favorite thing about cheer is the bond I have […]
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McKenna Davis McKenna is a senior at Strawberry Crest High School, where she cheers for the Chargers’ varsity cheer team. How long have you been cheerleading? I’ve been cheering for about 7 years, including all four years of high school. What’s your favorite thing about cheering? My favorite part of cheer is the bonds I’ve […]
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