That fierced-faced player is my granddaughter Bennett. Off the soccer field, she’s the sweetest kid you’ll ever meet but she’s super competitive otherwise.

Soccer is her favorite, but she’s also played softball, basketball, volleyball, flag football, and golf. And she is, she assures me, the fastest runner in her grade – “Even faster than the boys,” she reported. I believe her.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 4.19.2025