Sophomore Allie Smith quits sports to follow her dreams 

Sophomore Allie Smith has been playing sports nearly her whole life. Smith has been involved with playing basketball for seven years and running track for eight years. Every time she would play a sport, an injury would come over her or new interest would persuade her to try a new activity.

“I ran track, cross country and played basketball,” Smith said, “but I missed a lot of practices because I was putting myself into a new program that I did not know existed in our school, that my older family members showed me.”

Smith started to get involved with yearbook due to her older siblings. She joined as a freshman in high school but had to face some challenges on how to balance sports with being in yearbook. Smith did not know if she …
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