From the moment Laila Armstrong was born, she was destined to get in the game.

"My dad played Division 1 football, my mom played Division 1 basketball," says Armstrong, a rising freshman at Vista PEAK Preparatory in Aurora. "It's just always been a family thing."

Lindsey Armstrong, Laila's mom, understands the importance of sports in a young person's life.

"Playing sports is what gave us the skills of goal setting, of finding out within ourselves that we can do hard things," says Lindsey. "So we decided it was best to have all of our children [play sports]."

All six of the Armstrong kids are involved in sports, which admittedly creates a little chaos—but they couldn't imagine life any other way.

"It would be so boring and sad," says Laila about a life without sports.

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