Senior athletes miss out
Guzman, Murff discuss the losses of spring
April 17, 2020
This year Ben Davis sports have been crazy.
From the football team going to semi state after a 3-7 season the previous year to the girls basketball team winning a second straight sectional championship, the Giants has seen some successes. The boys cross country team even advanced to the semi-state for a second straight year.
Boys basketball was on the wrong side of history with its first losing campaign in the past 10 years. Yet nothing will compare to the historic move taken by the IHSAA when all spring sports had to be cancelled due to school being out.
That meant a tough end to their high school careers for all senior spring athletes.
The Coronavirus is the flu 2.0.It’s spreading so fast around the world that it has put the world on lockdown to where almost everything, you can’t leave the house, or you can’t be around a group of people. So due to the Corona this year our senior spring athletes didn’t even get to go have their senior seasons because of a serious virus that is going on in the world right now.
Even though they understand the reason behind the decision senior athletes feel hurt, sad, frustrated and speechless because they know there is no next year.
“Man it’s tough but the worst part is the fact that I didn’t know we played our last game a year ago,” senior baseball captain Jose Guzman said. “And I didn’t get to play that last out with the guys I’ve known and grown up with my whole life.”
Guzman is signed to play collegiate baseball athe University of Cincinnati so his playing days are not over.
“I was quite disappointed we weren’t gonna have a season,” senior tennis captan McKenzie Murff said. “I missed my senior night and won’t be able to have a senior banner. I also won’t be able to play my last MIC tournament or enjoy sectionals. I’m going to miss the bus rides and the practices and my teammates.”
These are two seniors who have done a lot for their programs the last three years. So for them and their teammates not to get senior year is sad to hear.
“I think the toughest part is the guys that aren’t going to college for the sport,” Guzman said. “So they will never have that chance to get that experience of senior night, sectionals etc.”
Seniors all across the state — band, choir, theatre, athletes and others — are experiencing something new.
