ON THE SIDELINES: Student-athletes should be commended for handling of pandemic season
As this sports season, arguably one of the oddest in state history, winds down, we should turn to the remarkable ability of most of the student-athletes to just hunker down and do what they needed to do for the love of their sport.
Vivian Ross, Lady Braves varsity basketball player, shoots during a game at Swain County this past season while wearing the COVID-19 protocol-mandated mask. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photo)
During a pre-season interview with the Cherokee Braves varsity baseball team, Daniel Thompson, senior outfielder, told me, “It’s crazy. Here we are in the middle of a pandemic, and we’re playing baseball. So, that’s awesome to me really. It’s been great so far. Everybody’s been following the rules. We’ve been wearing our masks. It’s hard, but you have to do what you have to do. I love the sport so I don’t mind it at all.”
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