Starting sports programs from scratch is hard.
Throw in a pandemic, and it almost seems insurmountable. But the Sarasota High boys and girls lacrosse programs are doing their best to overcome it anyway.
The programs were scheduled to play their first games in 2020, but the season was shut down after just a handful of dates over COVID-19 concerns. For teams filled with many players who had never played lacrosse before and some who had never played any organized sport before this was a setback. The 2021 season, in essence, has been the programs debut.
On the scoreboard, games have gone as expected. But the team s coaches are proud of the progress being made.