AUSTIN — Anthony Lopez was quiet the whole 31-mile drive from San Marcos to Austin.
He was heading north on I-35 on Friday with his head coach, Michael Morris. He was nervous. Too nervous to speak, anyways. These weren’t the nerves that typical high school seniors get — he wasn’t fretting over where he would go to college or what he wanted to do. He decided that already.
This was more like stage fright. He was prepared for the moment, but didn’t know if he was ready. The pressure to perform crushed him. And speaking on it only added to the heaviness.
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