ARLINGTON — Whether it’s flying through the air knocking people over or catching footballs, Arlington senior wide receiver and cornerback Connor Bovard enjoys doing it all.
Along with being a standout on the Eagles football and basketball teams, he attends church, twice a week playing, guitar in the worship band. And he participates in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club in school.
“Basically that’s my life,” he said.
Bovard is hoping to break out in his final year as an Eagle.
He, along with everyone else, was overshadowed last season by standout receiver Max Gray, who is now playing in college. Bovard has only lettered once as a sophomore.
“I want to surpass him,” Bovard said.
Bovard is off to a strong start. He has six receptions with two touchdowns and close to 200 yards in his first two games. He wants to add 50 catches, 10 touchdowns and over 700 yards to his stats before season’s end.
“It’s been going great. It’s been a long time since we were 2-0,” he said.
Bovard has been applying to colleges where he wants to keep playing football, such as Whitworth University, University of the Puget Sound, Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore. and the University of Redlands in Calif. He has heard back from Whitworth and Lewis and Clark.
Bovard hopes the accumulation of his efforts and his team will take them to the state playoffs.
“I just want to keep having fun,” he said. “We want to get to state. We have a great receiving corps to do it.”
Throwing balls Bovard’s way is junior Andrew Kalahar, who Bovard credits as a reason for his success.
“Our quarterback is killer,” he said. “He can run and is good at faking.”
