Grace on the Court

Grace Parker needs to figure out how to handle the 3Bs: boys, boy bands and ball sports.

Things were simple for netball nerd Grace Parker at primary school. She was captain of her school team – and with best friends Stella and Mia won the grand final. Back then, her biggest problem was persuading her parents to buy her tickets to see Friday at Five, the world’s hottest boy band.

But high school’s a whole new story. Grace’s greatest rival on the court, Amber Burns, just made the same netba...