When Starkville High School’s Raphael Leonard received the Most Valuable Player Award at the Mississippi-Alabama All-Star game, he was quite surprised.

“I was just doing what was expected of me,” Leonard said. “When I caught those touchdowns, I was just trying to help my team win.”

Leonard said it was a great honor to be named MVP out of all the outstanding players on that All-Star team. It was such an incredible experience for Leonard, that the only down side about that game was that his Mississippi team didn’t win. Continue reading →