Aidan Lowe has a lengthy highlight reel, an array of accolades and is the only dude in far Southwest Virginia who can say he once scored eight touchdowns in a high school football game.
Yet, missing from the extensive and ever-growing resume of the Honaker High School senior playmaker are achievements he covets most of all, such as an outright district championship, a playoff win and a regional title.
“It’s big-time motivation,” Lowe said.
Lowe hopes to help Honaker reach heights it hasn’t seen in several years and the speedster is among the many reasons that several folks throughout the area are proclaiming the Tigers the frontrunners for the 2023 VHSL Region 1D championship.
“It’s a good thing to be thought of as the favorites,” second-year head coach Todd Tiller said. “In a way it means you have a talented team coming up and there are a lot of expectations. We’re taking it one day at a time and not thinking ahead. You can’t get there at the end unless you take care of the little things up front, so we are attacking every day.”
Honaker’s offensive attack is explosive with a quartet of game-changers in Aidan Lowe, quarterback Peyton Musick, wide receiver/safety Parker Bandy and tight end Malachi Lowe.