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With the NBA finals recently coming to a close many months after they were originally scheduled to be played, many sports fans are thinking back to the earlier months of 2020 when there were no live sports to watch due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Although COVID is still a major part of our lives, live sports have finally made their return as we are currently in the middle of the NFL season and MLB postseason. This has brought relief to many DBHS students who were forced to suffer for months on end to fill the void in their lives where sports once held a prominent role. This begs the question, how did our students deal with not having any sports to watch for several long months?<\/p>\n
CBA sophomore Pamela Marin, a regular fan of soccer, spent her days watching Netflix and YouTube and occasionally went outside to kick a ball around with her family while she couldn\u2019t watch any matches. \u201cI felt that it was going to be difficult without sports or being active in something I enjoy, so instead of sitting around I went out and practiced with my family or even if it was just myself,\u201d Marin said.<\/p>\n
International Baccalaureate Senior Jason Chang got busy with other activities outside of sports. \u201cI had my brothers to play with while I was home, and I had Netflix too, so I would say not having any sports didn\u2019t affect me too much,\u201d Chang said.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Soraya Morissaint, who enjoys watching gymnastics, basketball, and football, wasn\u2019t too upset about not having sports and decided to busy herself with cartoons instead. \u201cI would also imagine myself being an athlete and pretending I\u2019m doing what [the professional athletes] are great at,\u201d Morissaint said.<\/p>\n
Other people found alternatives to sports, as was the case for CBA junior Roger Williams. Rather than watching reruns of games long past, Williams played sports video games such as NBA 2K and Madden NFL. \u201cVideo games helped me cope and forget about the fact that we were missing live sports for quite a long time,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n
Some students dealt with the postponement of live sports worse than others. \u201cThe lack of sports made me feel weak and unmotivated. I played games with my friends when there were no sports around, but it wasn\u2019t the same,\u201d junior Jason Jeoboam said.<\/p>\n
Senior Gael Garcia felt bad for the sports players who were unable to finish their seasons at the high school and college level as well as the sports fans who didn\u2019t get to see them conclude their seasons. \u201cI felt bad for the athletes, especially the seniors, who trained this year to win their state tournaments.\u201d Garcia used this as motivation to continue to exercise and get stronger for himself. \u201cI kept them in mind while I was working to better myself in the gym,\u201d Garcia said.<\/p>\n
The return of live sports towards the end of the summer was a huge weight off the shoulders of students at DBHS, but they will never forget what it was like to live without them for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n