Friday. 3:30 p.m. Shelby Farms Park. Rows of highschoolers twirl their green-colored flags, mats between them, masks separating them, each six feet apart. This is the widespread bleakness that has taken...

The debut of the Spartan color guard last fall is a spectacle that took many by surprise, as this auxiliary performance had been unheard of at White Station for years. What many people don’t know is...