Pictures: How local high school athletes spend their summer

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Parkville's Tasmine Prater, left, and Patapsco's Nia Williams are working at an outreach program in order to become instructors at the Downtown Sailing Center. (Baltimore Sun photo by Lloyd Fox)

With high temperatures soaring above 90 degrees across the Baltimore region in recent weeks, it wouldn’t be surprising to see high school students relaxing in their air-conditioned homes for the entire summer, playing video games and other indoor activities as they await the start of a new school year. But these local athletes are finding different ways to beat the heat -- from spending time on the water to traveling out of the country to caring for animals and more. To read about the athletes and their summer plans, <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/high-school/bs-va-sp-summer-vacation-kids-20120705,0,1455600.story">click here</a>.