Travis's Week 1 Player Of The Week; Laurel Highlands Athlete: Conner Basinger

Description

Name: Conner Basinger

School: Laurel Highlands

Sport: Football

Position: Quarterback

Class: Senior

Claim To Fame: Basinger completed 9 passes out of 14 attempts, threw for 118 yards, rushed for 112 yards and scored a total of 5 touchdowns in a 39-13 win over Albert Gallatin in Week 1.

Questions And Answers

What are the goals for your football team for this season?

Conor Basinger: "Win as many games as possible, and win the 4A conference".

What is it like to play for Head Coach Jake Just?

CB: "He coaches with lots of enthusiasm as well as all the other coaches on the team."

Does your football team do things, outside of the football field, to know each other better and grow a stronger relationship with each other?

CB: "We have team dinners on Thursday night. We also go out to eat after games."

Does anyone else in your family play football?

CB: "My stepfather does."

Excluding Laurel Highlands, which WPIAL football stadium do you think is the nicest?

CB: "West Mifflin"

If you could eat dinner with any person in the world, who would you choose to eat dinner with?

CB: "Baker Mayfield"

What did you think when you heard about the story about Laurel football player Hayden Hamilton?

CB: "Just terrible, you never like to see injuries in football."

Which app do you like to use the most on your phone?

CB: "Twitter"

What is something that people would be surprised to know about you?

CB: "I am a twin."