New Mexico prep athletes struggle with prospect of no sports

…..What he found underscored what he sees as the value of sports and personal interaction teenagers get in school.

Mired in the haze of a distance-learning world, 68 percent of the Demons had at least one failing grade in class. Within a few weeks of starting limited preseason workouts under the state’s previous public health order, that figure shrank to 22 percent…...

…..“Honestly, the mental aspect of not seeing your friends, not seeing your teachers and just looking at a screen for seven or eight hours a day, it takes a toll,” said Isaiah Madril, a junior at Santa Fe High. “The few times that I have gone out and just run into friends at the store, somewhere random, it’s like rewarding in a way. You don’t have it every day anymore. You miss that.”…..

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Bethany`s Notes: Athletes at all levels need sports for accountability, relationships, and social development. The sooner we can return safely, the better.