Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
NAME: Colby Maness
PARENTS: Melisa and Tim Powell
SIBLINGS: I’ve got three little brothers, Tim, Jamie and Brady. I think they’re 13.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Football
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? Work on my truck, hunt and hang out with my friends.
FAVORITE FOOD: Steak
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: Goochie man.
FAVORITE MOVIE: Talladega Nights[more]
FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Sons of Anarchy
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Tonka truck.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? Go to college somewhere. I’ll probably study marketing or sales, something like that.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? The coaches. Because they keep me out of a lot of trouble.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL: Getting to hit people.
POSITION: Offensive tackle.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Protect the quarterback, don’t let anyone get to him.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? I think we’ve been really good as a team so far except for Northside. That was the one hiccup but, other than that, I think we’ve played real good. We’ve just got to keep it up.
WHEN THE TEAM’S DOING WELL, WHAT’S IT DOING? Just moving the ball and the defense is making big stops.
WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Beating Conway, so far that’s the biggest thing that’s happened because nobody picked us to win that game. We just proved everybody wrong.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? Just going on all cylinders. Everything’s got to be clicking. The defense has got to be able to make stops and the offense has got to be able to put up points.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? Probably my pass protection.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? Run blocking.
AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? I have an amazing group of friends and we’ve had a good time doing things that people say would couldn’t do.
