COVID well and truly tore the kids' lives apart. They are all athletic and LOVE their sports. I enjoy that they are getting great exercise, that they have a way to connect to their peers and they learn work ethic. They can feel their own improvement, recognize where they need to grow and then work hard to make it happen. Every single one of their seasons got cut short.
Kayda's volleyball started in December of 2019. They had multiple tournaments left in the season when everything shut down. Here are the pictures I have.
Back: Kaitlyn, Reba, Reese, Araya, Sabrina, Payton, Kaelyn, Emily
Front: Kiera, Kennedi, Berkley (not a teammate), Lauren and of course, Kayda
Dillon and Carson were trying lacrosse for the first time. We actually had to slip Carson in late, he didn't decide to try it until he was tossing a ball around with Dillon. The "competitive" team coach was upset that he didn't have the chance to snag him because of how quickly he picked it up.
Dillon's school basketball season was not cut short. It is kind of unfortunate actually. Dillon did NOT enjoy it. This was the first year they allowed 6th graders to play. There were WAY too many kids. They had something like 90 students play. 30 of those made up JV and Varsity. The rest were a huge mass of C teams. They were bounced around between coaches and never actually taught anything. It was a hot mess. Dillon told me very specifically that he had no interest in playing school sports after that. I think he wants to try football next year though. I believe that's still restricted to 7th and 8th grades so hopefully it's a better experience.
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