The fly ball to left field — like it seemed to do so many times at Starkville High’s park — was lost in the sun, leaving the left fielder helpless and the coach with a sense of dread.
“You know what’s going through your head as a coach,” Travis Garner said. “‘Oh, no. Here we go.’”
But then the center fielder came charging — out of nowhere, Garner said — reached out, made the catch, spun, and crashed into the fence.
