Local stars take talents to the next level
Hot Springs football stars Weston Slonaker (22) runs with blocker Nick McAllister (10) during a 6-player playoff game this fall. Slonaker is heading to College of Idaho for football, while McAllister will attend MSU-Northern, also to play football for the Lights. (Photo by Teresa Waterbury)
Thompson Falls standout basketball and football player Bryson LeCoure signed to play football this fall at UM-Western in Dillon. (File Photo)
The youth movement among local high schools has made an impact on the list of those who have received athletic scholarships to continue their sports careers in college.
And further reducing those lists are some student-athletes who are apparently following a growing trend to skip college and join the workforce.
Among the most notable seniors opting for going from high school to work is Hot Springs multi-sport standout David Chapman, who won a state title in the 110-meter hurdles event last month. A mainstay of the school’s football team and a state placer in wrestling as a member of the Plains-Hot Springs co-op team, Chapman decided joining the workforce and making some money was the way to go.
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