Parents share the impact of children missing senior sports seasons

Parents share the impact of children missing senior sports seasons

Haute.

The coronavirus has impacted high school seniors in many ways.

But what about their parents?

News 10's jada huddlestun caught up with parents of some wabash valley athletes.

She shares how this has taken a toll on them.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic..

Schools have been forced to finish the year online.

That means no spring athletic seasons.

I spoke with two mothers who share how they're searching for a new sense of normal without sports.

Meet jill fougerousse and her son kip.

Kip is a senior baseball player at linton-stockton high school.

As a family that's spent most nights at the baseball diamond for years..

No baseball this spring has been a hard adjustment.

"i feel like i kind of took the news harder than he did.

Maybe being a mom, and worried about how his feelings would be about it, but he's been really postitive.

It's nice, a comforting feeling to me to know that he's in a good place.

// he had goals he wanted to achieve during the season.

Not being able to see him work toward those goals is hard."

Although he didn't get a final high school baseball season..

Kip will be playing ball at indiana university next year.

Fougerousse says she's grateful she'll get to see her son play again.

For now..

It's more training and trying to find a sense of normal.

"it's nice as a mom to be able to see my adult kids kind of interact with each other.

They're spending time playing ping-pong and hitting golfballs in the back yard.

You know, we've probably had more meals together in the last month than we've had for a very very long time."

The patterson family is also in a similar situation.

Rachel patterson's son bryce runs track for clay city junior-senior high school.

His senior season was also taken away from him.

"it breaks my heart, because it makes it hard.

I would love to see him participate in track with his friends and coach.

His brother is actually a sophomore and this was going to be their last year to run together."

Bryce will get to continue his track career at indiana state university next year, but he knows not everyone is that lucky.

"there's a lot of guys that just don't get the chance to do this again, i'm just thankful that i get the chance to do this again at isu, but i'm heartbroken for those guys that missed their senior season."

Jad} both mothers say spending time with their sons..and staying connected with coaches and teammates have made this all a little bit easier.

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