There’s baptism by fire, and then there’s what Leo Holsey experienced in his first year as the Sweetwater quarterback.

Forced into action as a freshman and surrounded by youth, the young signal caller had about as difficult an introduction to the varsity game as possible.

Add to this that the Mustangs had won a combined 48 games the previous four seasons with standout QBs Kaegan Jeffrey and Chris Thompson. So every mistake he made while working through his inevitable growing pains was magnified.

Yet, through all that, Holsey made clear and significant progress from Week 1 to Week 11 last fall. And by the end of the season — a tough 1-9 campaign — he’d cemented his claim as Sweetwater’s quarterback of the future.