Taylor Moreno: Huntington’s Own Gridiron Girl

Taylor Moreno: Huntington’s Own Gridiron Girl

Taylor Moreno, Huntington High School’s 17-year-old football kicker, could be picked out of the group by her light brown hair, neatly fixed in a French braid hanging out of her helmet onto the back of her No. 2 jersey. “To see her in the lineup on the sidelines and you see all these big guys and the back of their helmets and then you see my daughter with the braid down the back of her helmet,” said Taylor’s mother, Theresa Moreno, 46. “It was a really cool image.”

 

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Defending Champ Wins Third County Title

Defending Champ Wins Third County Title

Don’t let her size fool you. She may look small, but she is strong. When 17-year-old Daniela LoCastro starts a race, her muscles are defined with each stride, revealing her quadriceps and sculpted arms. “The school security guards just call her machine because she’s running around the school so often,” said Sal LoCastro, 52, Daniela’s father.

 

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