“He’s pretty much always going to be there in the corner smiling with me,” Chandler said.
If the two get out on different teams in practice, it is a little different. The two are competitors, and while they never let things boil over, they are constantly trying to one-up each other. Just ask them who is older.
“I’m older by three minutes, but he always says it doesn’t matter because he’s taller than me,” Chandler said, laughing.
The two played football growing up. They even ran cross country together with the Grangers. No matter what sport they tried, nothing had the same feeling as when they put on their soccer kit and took the field.
“We started with soccer when we were really young, and have always loved it,” Chandler said. “I can’t imagine not playing soccer.”
This has been a dream senior season for the Gholston twins. The two are looking to help lead LaGrange to its first region title since 2023, when the twins were a member of the JV team. The Grangers need to win just one of their final two region games against Troup and Fayette County to earn a region title and home playoff games in the first two rounds.
“We’ve wanted to win the region ever since we started getting varsity minutes as sophomores,” Christian said.
The butterflies the two felt when they first set foot on the field for LaGrange have been replaced by a quiet confidence. The two do not do a lot of talking when they are on the field, but lead by example. Every action is intentional for the two as they have steadily improved over the last four years.
The bond between the Gholstons runs deep, and the two are holding onto every precious moment left on the soccer field together.