Ryan Sierra – OL – Tijuana Luchadores
Close Call
Ryan was an eighth grader at Vaughn Middle School in Reno, NV when he was first posed with a question from his father. “Do you know the most happens to the most successful athletes when they get to high school?” Sierra replied, “No Dad, what?” “They have to make a decision, whether or not they want to continue to play multiple sports and be good at each, or choose one sport and be great.” Said Ryan’s father.
Ryan continued to excel at three sports that year, baseball, basketball, and flag football. The summer leading into his freshman year of high school, he experienced tackle football for the very first time, during summer football camp. He loved baseball, basketball was what he was best at, utilizing his size and athleticism, but it was tackle football where he was the happiest. His size allowed him to fit in with the upper classmen at camp and his skill separated him from the under classmen. Sierra’s combination of skill and athleticism provided him advantages on the football field, few freshmen ever enjoyed. He was able to throw the football with a velocity and accuracy his coaches had never seen in a 14-year old. His happiness and fervor are what drove him to succeed on the football field and he never looked back.
Close Call
Ryan was an eighth grader at Vaughn Middle School in Reno, NV when he was first posed with a question from his father. “Do you know the most happens to the most successful athletes when they get to high school?” Sierra replied, “No Dad, what?” “They have to make a decision, whether or not they want to continue to play multiple sports and be good at each, or choose one sport and be great.” Said Ryan’s father.
Ryan continued to excel at three sports that year, baseball, basketball, and flag football. The summer leading into his freshman year of high school, he experienced tackle football for the very first time, during summer football camp. He loved baseball, basketball was what he was best at, utilizing his size and athleticism, but it was tackle football where he was the happiest. His size allowed him to fit in with the upper classmen at camp and his skill separated him from the under classmen. Sierra’s combination of skill and athleticism provided him advantages on the football field, few freshmen ever enjoyed. He was able to throw the football with a velocity and accuracy his coaches had never seen in a 14-year old. His happiness and fervor are what drove him to succeed on the football field and he never looked back.
