Jason Miczek

Faces

   
  
Quay Long, is a 17-year-old senior corner back and wide receiver for the West Charlotte High School Lion football team.
     
  
The Monroe Channelcats, a summer baseball team in the Southern Collegiate Baseball League, faced the Carolina Sox of Fort Mill during its home opener at Walter Bickett Stadium. Members of the team are pictured during introductions before the game and national anthem.
   
Christina Lee, a junior at Providence Day, didn't lose a set in 2005
   
     
  
Justin Funderburk is an 18-year-old senior runningback for the Parkwood High School Rebel football team.
  
Alessandra Ball does yoga.
   
"Little" Bill Nickolopoulos, current owner of the Athens restaurant in downtown, is closing the business Sept. 30. Nickolopoulos took over the Charlotte late-night landmark after his father-in-law "Big" Bill Mantis passed away in January. The establishment has been in the family for 26 years and in Charlotte for more than 50 years. Nickolopoulos is pictured in front of one of the restaurant's roof-top neon signs.
     
  
Twins Barry James, left, an 18-year-old senior linebacker and receiver at Providence Day and his brother Brandon James, right, an 18-year-old senior offensive and defensive lineman for Providence Day heckle their brother Chris James, a 16-year-old junior offensive and defensive lineman for Charlotte Christian. The three will meet on the same field when the Providence Day Chargers face the Charlotte Christian Knights at Providence's Overcash Stadium.
   
Christine Perzinski is a 17-year-old senior volleyball player at Myers Park High School. Her nickname is "The Beast" and Perzinski was named all conference player her sophomore and junior year.
   
Sixteen-year-old Providence Day School junior Kelly Johnson plays a variety of football positions for the Chargers, not to mention playing basketball and running track.
     
  
Leon High School kicker Daniel McRae, center, stands with her teammates before the start of their game against Mosley.
   
Naval Academy student Jared B. Matson cheers for the midshipmen before facing Boston College at the Meineke Car Care Bowl held at Bank of America Stadium.
   
Vernon High School's Robert Potter, 19, may not play the rest of the season because of a Florida High School Athletics Association rule limiting the age of players to 19 and nine months.
     
  
Smoke drifts from a cigarette George Mattison holds while playing his trumpet during a recent "Rory Lewis Band" practice session in a converted storage unit in the Steele Creek area of south Charlotte.
   
Justin Siems is a 17-year-old senior quarterback at Providence High School.