{"id":1186,"date":"2019-01-09T09:46:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2019-01-09T09:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T15:46:46","slug":"times-captain-shreves-gage-simpson-recruiter-student-athlete-extraordinaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Times \u2013\u00a0Captain Shreve\u2019s Gage Simpson: recruiter, student, athlete extraordinaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Gage Simpson is a sterling center defender for the Captain Shreve soccer team, which is in control of its destiny in the district race after recently going 2-0. But Simpson\u2019s greatest asset with the Gators might be his recruiting ability rather than in deflecting the opposition\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Entering the 2018-19 campaign, coach Brett Barker\u2019s team was in need of a shutdown goalie. Enter Simpson, who talked 6-foot-4, 245-pound Cade Davis into making the move into the net after playing tight end for the Shreve football team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">\u201cWe really needed someone, and Cade fit the bill,\u201d said Simpson, the football team\u2019s kicker. \u201cCade has a good build and he is big. He\u2019s been very useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">In addition to being a recruiter, Simpson adds a lot to the soccer team\u2019s overall GPA, carrying a 4.7 mark to shine for principal Ginger Gustavson as a student-athlete.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shreveporttimes.com\/story\/sports\/columnists\/jimmy-watson\/2019\/01\/08\/captain-shreves-gage-simpson-recruiter-student-athlete-extraordinaire\/2517723002\/\">ShreveportTimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gage Simpson is a sterling center defender for the Captain Shreve soccer team, which is in control of its destiny in the district race after recently going 2-0. But Simpson\u2019s greatest asset with the Gators might be his recruiting ability rather than in deflecting the opposition\u2019s offense. Entering the 2018-19 campaign, coach Brett Barker\u2019s team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-times"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ka5C-j8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblog.captainshreve.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}