Kentlake High School’s Alex Lopez, wrestling, was selected as the Kent Reporter’s Male Athlete of the Week for Dec. 21.<\/p>\n
Q:<\/strong> What is your favorite subject in school?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> Math.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> What other activities do you participate in?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> Disc golf, soccer, video games, church.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Person who has helped you succeed the most?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> My mom because she is always making sure I am taken care of and ready for my wrestling matches.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Do you have a pre- or post-game tradition? What is it?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> Visualize how my match will go and listen to music.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Song you currently can’t get enough of?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> “Baby Shark,” by Pinkfong (because it’s all my nephew listens to at the house)<\/p>\n From the Sideline<\/strong><\/p>\n “Alex Lopez currently has a 10-0 record. He won the John Birbeck Classic and the Decatur Gator Invite. He won the Hammerhead Invitational Tournament last weekend.<\/p>\n “Alex is a team captain, a multi-sport athlete and a leader at Kentlake. His work ethic and leadership have put Alex in a position to be successful in school and beyond.”<\/p>\n ====<\/p>\n Kentlake High School’s Toni Thibert, basketball, was selected as the Kent Reporter’s Female Athlete of the Week for Dec. 21.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> What is your favorite subject in school?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> Math.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> What other activities do you participate in?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> I enjoy doing outside activities like hammocking, backpacking and hiking.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Person who has helped you succeed the most?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> My youth pastor – Ashley Creek.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Do you have a pre- or post-game tradition? What is it?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> My pre-game ritual is to eat either Sour-Punch candy or Starbursts with my teammates.<\/p>\n Q:<\/strong> Song you currently can’t get enough of?<\/p>\n A:<\/strong> “Thank U, Next,” by Ariana Grande<\/p>\n From the Sideline<\/strong><\/p>\n “Toni went coast to coast to hit the game-winning shot against Tahoma last Friday. It improved our record to 3-1 in the NPSL.<\/p>\n “Toni is a great role model, student-athlete and teammate. She represents Kentlake’s Falcon core values. Toni excels in the classroom and on the basketball court. She is a fantastic leader and has led our varsity team to a 2-1 league record.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kentlake High School’s Alex Lopez, wrestling, was selected as the Kent Reporter’s Male Athlete of the Week for Dec. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":38255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-38254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38254"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38254"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=38254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}