On Friday, Dec. 11, three seniors from Crossroads Christian School, Haley Patterson, Hope Macklin, and Justice Simmons, discussed their senior season in women’s basketball and about the leadership role for female athletics.
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Simmons said some of the new rules are weird, but “I’m pretty grateful that I still get to play basketball.” Macklin more or less agreed and said, “It’s not the ideal situation…a lot of other schools in our area are just done with sports completely.” Patterson said, “I feel like it’s not the situation we wanted to be in, but it still gives us an opportunity as seniors to have our last basketball season with all the girls.”
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On the positive said, they indicate they have grown closer together and that there has been less pressure with no fans around.
As leaders, the hardest part for these players has been the inability to socialize out of school and the lack of drive because of the overall situation and, of course, wearing a mask while playing and practicing.