MCDONOUGH — Of all the trophies a recent high school graduate can bring home, the last in your mind would be the one Austin White secured.
It’s about 1-foot tall and sculpted in a bronze-like metal. The figure of a male flexing his muscles sits atop the pedestal, which reads, “2015 NPC Georgia, Bodybuilding Championships, Teen Men.”
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