With just four players in it, the Santo senior class is small by any standard. But coach Devon Mann said you’d be hard pressed to find a better group of leaders.

The last left standing from a class that was too small to field standalone teams in seventh or eighth grade, the quartet of Luke Sides, Justin Hollingsworth, Michael Lockwood and Diego Marin hold a special place in their coach’s heart and the Wildcats’ locker room.

Sides, Hollingsworth and Lockwood, in particular, have taken on pivotal roles, both on the field and as leaders for a team that is slated to be quite young around them. And Mann is confident that the work they’ve put in and sacrifices they’ve made to make it to their senior year will pay off in a significant way this fall.