Winter sports have officially come to an end meaning many of the seniors who play have just finished their final season of their sport. While many of the student athletes are missing the memories they’ve made, others are relieved that the season is officially over.
At Arlington High School, the sports played during the winter season are girls and boys basketball, as well as wrestling. Many of the seniors won’t be participating in spring sports this year to prepare for after graduation.
Competing in cross country, track, and wrestling throughout her highschool career, Sadie Harris (‘25) has decided to focus on her future for this final spring season. Wrestling will be the last school sport Harris will have competed in.
“My final plans now are just to work and earn money for the summer after my senior year because I wanna be able to have a good time and have fun,” Harris said.
While working will take over a decent amount of time in Harris’s life, it will be nowhere near the time a highschool sport would take. That’s why Harris finds it better to be active on her own time and terms.
“I’ve been running and working out on my own and just getting out of the house, going on walks, I plan to continue to run throughout college and my life. Maybe not professionally or as an official sport, but just to keep me active and healthy” Harris said.
Being active is something that automatically comes with commiting to a sport. Leaving that certain sport behind can cause habits you continue with which includes your active lifestyle and health.
“I’ve been going to active fitness downtown and working out there since the seasons finished” Lawrence Evans (‘25) said.
Though Evans can continue to stay active, not everything can stay the same. Finishing off his last season of wrestling was a tough moment in time, but Evans handled it well.
“As soon as I got off that mat, I hugged my coach and cried. But now that I’m done with it, I’m just happy I got to be part of something and those memories” Evans said.
Ending off the last season of a certain sport can be difficult often, especially when they’ve spent their entire highschool career playing. Tatum Carbajal (12) has participated in soccer, track, and basketball throughout her highschool career.
“I didn’t lose friends but there’s definitely people that I wouldn’t hang out with outside of sports, so it’s weird to not see them anymore” Carbajal said.
Now that Carbajal and other student athletes are leaving the program, many will have to choose between being active or not.
“It’s really weird now because I feel like I have no motivation. I’m not forced to go to practice. So I kind of have to make the decision myself to not become unathletic” Carbajal said.
