Lookout Valley’s Zane Howard rounds third base and heads for home during a high school baseball game against Sale Creek last Tuesday at AT&T Field. 
Lookout Valley’s Zane Howard pitches against Sale Creek last Tuesday at AT&T Field.
Lookout Valley’s Zane Howard is batting .500 this season.Flying around the basepaths and providing a spark at the plate and in the field, Lookout Valley’s Zane Howard is a high school baseball jack of all trades.
The senior shortstop and leadoff hitter has a respect and love for the game that goes beyond playing. Every day after practice, Howard typically takes 100 swings in the cage and then does glove work for 30 minutes against a brick wall.
At night he likes to watch baseball highlight on YouTube.
“When I get home I usually watch fielding videos,” Howard said. “I love to watch Ron Washington work with the Braves position players, along with Ozzie Smith and Brandon Crawford. Ozzie is my favorite player. He made all the plays and sprayed the ball around the field. I can’t do any backflips yet, but I am working on it.”
After a solid junior season, Howard seems to have elevated his game in 2019. He is 9-for-18 (.500) with three doubles, eight RBIs and 13 runs scored, and he is 9-for-9 in stolen bases after running for three touchdowns covering 78 yards or more as an all-region dual-threat quarterback during football season.