Sean Nill Profile

Pleasant article in today's sports pages:

Nill is Laguna Creek High School's terrorizing lineman, a teenager with a thirst to block and tackle. And to go musical. Football is in his blood – his dad, Mark, is the Cardinals' coach – and theater, dance and the sounds of song are in his heart.

"And as soon as he gets far enough away so no one can hear him, you know he's singing again," Laguna defensive coordinator Winston Young said. "He can't stop."

And no wonder. The Cardinals, with father Nill and player Nill at the forefront, are humming to a fresh new tune this season. It has been a season of milestone achievement for Laguna Creek as it barrels into Friday's City Championship against another playoff upstart in Pleasant Grove.

..."It's been a season of making history here," coach Nill said. "It's a unique team."

...It was in the fifth grade Sean Nill discovered the joys of theater. He had already found football. He performs each spring in the River City Theatre Company.

His father jokes with his son, asking, "Would you rather win a Heisman in football or a Tony award?" The truth? Player Nill will take a section title ring and the Tony, thanks.

"I love theater," Sean Nill said. "That and football have always been in my life. Gives me good balance."