WEBVTT HE IS A STAR QUARTERBACK FOR BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY. THE BIGGEST OPPONENT HE HAS FACED SO FAR, HIMSELF. JIM LOKAY INTRODUCES US TO KYLE DANCE FROM BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY IN TONIGHT'S "A PLUS." ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD KYLE DANCE IS A STAR. I STARTED THIRD GRADE FLAG FOOTBALL FOR TWO YEARS AND THEN I WENT TO POP WARNER FOR ABOUT A YEAR. AND THEN I STARTED MY HIGH SCHOOL JV MY NINTH GREAT YEAR. AT BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY THE SCHOLAR PART PROVED ELUSIVE. HE WAS STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY IN HIS JUNIOR YEAR AND HIS GRANDMOTHER REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID TALK TO MY GRANDSON. I SEE HIM TAKING ONE OF TWO ROADS AND I WANT TO KEEP HIM IN SCHOOL. HE HAS BEEN RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER SINCE HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN 8TH GRADE. SHE HAS BEEN AT THE FIRST FLAG FOOTBALL GAME TO THE END. HASN'T MISSED A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME. AND MY FRIENDS KNOW HER HE SHE GOES TO THE GAMES, TOO. THEY CALL HER GRANDMA AS WELL. SHE IS LIKE A FORCE OF GOD FOR HIM. THE KEY TO HIS IMPROVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM FOUND IN BASEMENT AT BOSTON LATIN ACADEMY. THEY CALL IT THE CAVE. HE WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIS CUMULATIVE G.P.A. TREMENDOUSLY. A 3.5 AS A SENIOR WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE GIVEN WHERE HE STARTED OUT. WHILE IT IS KNOWN AS THE ZONE. STILL A POWERFUL RESOURCE THAT TURNED KYLE INTO A SCHOLAR ATHLETE. WHILE HE HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED INTO A FEW COLLEGES THERE IS STILL A LESSON LEARNED HERE. WHEN I WAS IN 9TH AND 10TH AND 11TH I WISH THE SENIORS TOLD ME COOP YOUR GRADES UP AND BE COMMITTED TO FOOTBALL OFFSEASON