“You should only do something if you truly love to do it. Life is short and everything you do should be enjoyable.”

Those are Willy Crawford's words.

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It is a cool evening and you have finally reached your seat. It is just another event where you are watching your pride and joy, your child, participate in another contest.

The game is moving along and everything appears to be fine, then “it” happens.

An athlete goes down!

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There's an incredibly insightful post running now called "CVa's Best Athletes," which was posted by Man in Black.

MiB's post and the many that follow analyze the CVaSports.com Power Poll "Who is the best athlete in Central Virginia?"

Make sure to VOTE!

Here are some of the highlights: The Dream, Mike Graham, Alex Asher, Kyle Long and Jerry Miller.

UPDATED FRIDAY, 11:11 A.M. Check out this photo of Andy Butterworth.

For a full description of this photo, please click IN FOCUS.

For this week's IN FOCUS photographs of the day, click SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY.

Photos: Jim Copony and Fluvanna Sports Photography

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Today, in part three of CVaSports.com’s series on the Louisa County wrestling program, we will focus and highlight the tremendous depth on the roster with INSIDER insight on senior Chris Harris (189 pounds), junior Andrew Harris (125), sophomore Ethan Faulls (112) and freshman Josh Scharf (103).

In part two, we focused on Stephen MacCauley (145), Logan McNutt (160) and Charlie Elkins (heavyweight), who have a combined 42-2 overall record.

In part one, we highlighted Head Coach Chris Whitlow and Louisa County’s rise to power in Central Virginia.

Get INSIDE today!

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Louisa County's Ethan Faulls is 10-1 overall at 112 pounds. Along with a handful of Lion Nation grapplers, Faulls will have the spotlight shining on him all week long.

To make the kind of impact that Doug Straley and the Louisa County athletic department have made over the last few years, two things are for certain — you must have great athletes and even better coaches.

Take the Louisa wrestling program for instance. Top to bottom, the Lions have tremendous talent and a confident head coach in Chris Whitlow.

Here’s an INSIDER’S look at Lion Nation on the mats in part two of LCHS wrestling in the spotlight.

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Louisa County's Logan McNutt is 15-0 at 160-pounds.

The Louisa County wrestling program exploded on the scene three years ago with its first Jefferson District championship in school history, snapping a dominating stretch by JD goliath Orange County in the process.

In 2005-06, one year removed from the epic march, the Lions made things twice as nice for the Mineral Militia by bring home its second district championship in as many years.

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