WEATHERFORD —
It is not the first time, and certainly will not be the last that a metaphorical baton, in this case, a baseball student-athlete has been passed from Weatherford High School to Weatherford College. Groomed on the diamond for the past four years by WHS head coach Terry Massey and assistant Jason Lee, senior Trooper Reynolds confirmed his scholastic and athletic intentions at the next step on Friday, signing a national letter-of-intent to Weatherford College.
Coaches, parents, siblings and others were in attendance at The Outback to help celebrate Trooper’s signing, a dream practically since the power-hitting third baseman first picked up a bat at 4-years old.
“Ever since playing catch in the front yard with my dad and my brothers,” Reynolds said, “I just couldn’t get enough of baseball.
“And even when I was very young, I told mom, and everybody, that I wanted to go as far as I could, to live the dream, which is what every ball player wants to do.”
When Reynolds hit the high school level, the proximity of the dream further emerged as a reality, and he began working that much harder.
In the fall, Trooper’s baseball talents will be handed off to Weatherford College, under the tutelage of Coyotes’ head coach Jeff Lightfoot and his staff, a next-level scenario Reynolds believes will compliment his efforts.
“I really believe the more comfortable environment I’m in the better I will play,” he said, “And you really cannot get more comfortable than at home.
“There’s nothing I would like more than to have two good years [at WC] and go to the next level, to play baseball as long as I possibly can.”
With former Coyotes regularly dispersed around the country at 4-year colleges, Reynolds certainly has an established precedent on which to rely should his skills continue to improve — and there is little reason to think otherwise, given the impact he has had on the success of the Roos baseball team.
With a future eye on his love for athletics and a penchant to get into the medical profession, Reynold’s leanings are currently toward physical therapy or related field.
But in the meantime, with his immediate future inked, the infielder, with an occasional relief-pitcher role, is set on helping the Roos take a deeper plunge into postseason brackets after securing another playoff spot in District 4-5A.
Reynold’s credits his yet unfinished high school experience with the attitude and work ethic toward baseball.
“I could not ask for better high school coaches,” the well-spoken athlete said of the WHS staff. “They work as hard as we do. Coach Massey is a hard-nosed [instructor], and he knows how to get the best out of his players. And Coach Lee knows his stuff and has helped a lot with hitting.”
The WHS-WC “baton” has been prepped well for the transition to the next level.
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