Rector ’ s Drew Henderson Looks to Shine in Senior Campaign . By : Ryan Fletcher
The Rector Cougars had one of the most successful seasons of any boy ’ s program in the state last season . The football team finished staterunner up , the boys basketball team made the final four , and their baseball team finished just behind Riverside for a conference title . There was one key ingredient for all three of those teams and that was all-everything Drew Henderson .
Henderson enters his senior season allconference and all-state in multiple sports . He ’ s a worker that gives everything he ’ s got in every sport he plays . There are few student athletes that play as many sports as Drew and certainly fewer that do so at such a high successful rate . Henderson know his time playing sports is about to end . “ It ’ s exciting and a little nerve-racking . It ’ s exciting because I should be more prepared than I ’ ve ever been , but it ’ s nerve-racking because I have expectations that not only my coaches have set , but myself also . It ’ s tough playing all three sports . You have to make sacrifices that other athletes who only play one or two sports don ’ t have to make . There are a bunch of long nights and sore muscles , but I seem to find that it ’ s worth it . I juggle them by practicing when I can find time during the season for the others . It ’ s a blessing to be able to play all three sports at the level that
I do . All I can say is that God has blessed me with the talent and work ethic to do so in athletics .”
The Cougars played for their first ever state title in football last season against Izard County Consolidated . Rector came up just a little bit short losing 36-26 . Playing for a state championship and under the lights of War Memorial Stadium is unforgettable experience that Henderson will never forget . He likes his team ’ s chances of playing