Zade Sikes, an eighth-grader at Van Alstyne Middle School, has a passion for swimming. That passion has pushed him to compete and earned him a spot in the State Games of America in Lynchburg, Virginia this summer. Zade began swimming in 2012 for the Denison Dolphins. On January 19, he earned two gold medals in the 50-yard backstroke and as the anchor in a relay at the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Winter Games in Pearland. He also earned two silver medals in the 100 individual Medley and the 200-yard freestyle...
