By Ebony Carrington of Oowee Sports Nation Team: DeSoto Swift Track Club Position: Sprinter (100m, 200m and 400m) Age Group: Boys 14U Team: Longhorn Football Team Position: Running back and Linebacker Team #: 6 School: Bessie Coleman Middle School (Cedar Hill) Age: 12 Grade: Seventh Focus, concentration, composure, mental preparedness — all the things an athlete needs to be at the top of their game. For football and track junior athlete, Gatlon Cryer, it’s a requisite that he intends to maintain amidst the current challenge he’s facing of a season-ending injury. Last season, the seventh grader competed and battled through
