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Football Doesn’t Define Him

by Alonso Nichols
Senior Shelby Moses, 18, laughs with her boyfriend Luke Guhy, 16, the sophomore quarterback of the Mayfield High School football team at the Mayfield Elementary School pep rally on Thursday October 2, 2008 for the upcoming Mayfield - Paducah Tilghman game in Mayfield, Kentucky. Shelby and Luke are also members of the high school band. Luke attends the pep rally as both a football team member and a band member.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Mayfield High School sophomore Luke Guhy attends a party with his girlfriend, Mayfield High School senior Shelby Moses after quarterbacking the Mayfield Cardinals to a win over their long time rivals the Paducah Tilghman Tornadoes 21 - 12 at War Memorial Stadium in Mayfield Kentucky on Friday, October 3, 2008.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Luke Guhy, 15, right, heads to his Future Business Leaders of America meeting at Mayfield High School, while his father, Mayfield High School Basketball Coach Chris Guhy, center, and two classmates watch.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Sophomore Luke Guhy, center, has lunch with his friends in the cafeteria of Mayfield High School.
Luke Guhy, left, rests at home with his father Chris and mother Mitzi after he and the Mayfield High School Cardinals won the ninety-seventh annual football game against their arch rivals the Paducah Tilghman Tornadoes. The game was played at War Memorial Stadium in Mayfield, Kentucky on Friday, October 3, 2008(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Mayfield High School sophomore quarterback Luke Guhy waits alone quietly before the start of the ninety-seventh annual Mayfield - Paducah Tilghman rival game at War Memorial Staium in Mayfield, Kentucky on Friday, October 4, 2008. The Cardinals won 21 - 12 with Luke throwing three touch down passes and a two point conversion.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Mayfield High School sophomore quarterback Luke Guhy, second from right, listens intently as offensive coach Stephen Hatchell, left, give a last minute peptalk before the Mayfield Cardinals take on their rival the Paducah Tilghman Tornadoes for the ninety-seventh annual game at Mayfield War Memorial Stadium on Friday, October 4, 2008.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Mayfield High School sophomore quarterback Luke Guhy throws a pass during the 97th annual Mayfield - Paducah Tilghman rival game at War Memorial Stadium in Mayfield.
Mayfield High School quarterback Luke Guhy runs the ball during the ninety-seventh annual Mayfield - Paducah Tilghman rivalry game at War Memorial Stadium in Mayfield, Kentucky. Mayfield High School won 21 - 12 on Friday, October 3, 2008.(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)
Shelby Moses hugs her boyfriend Luke Guhy after he and the Mayfield High School Cardinals won the ninety-seventh annual football game against their arch rivals the Paducah Tilghman Tornadoes. The game was played at War Memorial Stadium in Mayfield, Kentucky on Friday, October 3, 2008(2008 Alonso Nichols / The Mountain Workshops)

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