Student-athlete describes sports during pandemic
Basketball 2019-2020, Freshmen, JV, Varsity teams
December 9, 2020
With COVID-19 around us, there have been many activities canceled, including sports — an important activity for our athletes. Earlier this semester, sports were canceled for two weeks and could be canceled again if things get worse.
“I feel bummed out for not participating in any sports completely. I only went to one meet for cross country and that was all, so I miss it a lot,” Gabriela Paez, 12th, said.
Paez has been a Bowie athlete since she was a sophomore. “I play basketball, track, and cross country. Basketball-3 years in high school Track- 2 years (not including this year) Cross country-2 years,” Paez said.
Obviously, the sports cancellation was not the best news for the players, but it was necessary to stop thinking about themselves and what they are passionate about in order to think about what was best for everyone.
“I think this was the right decision because more kids would have gotten sick and the miss would have been bigger than how it is now,” Paez said.
While some students refused to play this year over fears of getting infected, others decided to do the opposite and play their favorite sports with the required preventive measures.
“I do think there was a possibility for cross country, but for basketball there was a higher chance of me getting infected since it is a contact sport compared to cross country,” Paez said.
The Coronavirus has had a big impact on the lives of student-athletes this year, since participating in their favorite sports is what motivates them to attend school and have good grades. Having sports in their life makes them come out of their shell, socialize more, and make new friends in sports.
Osvaldo Gonzalez • Dec 18, 2020 at 10:25 am
This year has been a tough year for all of us because we had family members getting sick in this pandemic and especially for athletes,we didn’t get to finish our season like football.We had to fight through the pain during the pandemic and also it felt so different playing the sport.
Kendra Escareno • Dec 17, 2020 at 9:30 am
I agree with this article so much because a lot of the first sports of the year where help back because of COVID-19. I like how she explains how sports motivate us to attend school and have better grades.
Shayla Marquez • Dec 17, 2020 at 9:10 am
My sister is a freshman this year but her whole middle school years she was in sports. These year she was invited to be in a basketball team and she was so excited, because of this pandemic she couldn’t go because it was a risk, not only for her but for everyone. i like the part of the article were it says “it was necessary to stop thinking about themselves and what they are passionate for about in order to think about what was better for everyone”.
Osvaldo Gonzalez • Dec 17, 2020 at 9:09 am
This year has been a tough year for everyone because many of our parents or family members lost their jobs.Also it has stopped many of our activities in school because of covid and especially for seniors it’s sad to not enjoy your last high school years doing something.
Valeria • Dec 15, 2020 at 9:57 am
What I think is that with that virus that is getting tired of the sports that are in the school because they do not run the risk of being infected, so right now there are all sports and children play so it is more likely that they are infected, it was better to say that They did not want to participate in any sport because of the precaution of getting sick, but since the sports that have contact and those that are freely are fine, I think that this pandemic is affecting everyone as much as those who play sports as well as those who do not play.
Maria Cervantes • Dec 15, 2020 at 8:40 am
It is really sad that sports are not the same no more due to COVID 19.