The Crusaders and Marauders look to create more relationships in their sports and extra-curricular activities. (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)

By Jeff D’Andrea

Reconnecting

Hope and the Future: Marauders and Crusaders programs hope to reconnect

Jan 2, 2021 | 12:00 PM

The COVID-19 pandemic makes 2020 a year many may prefer to forget but there is hope for the future. We’ve decided to make that the focus of our series of end-of-year stories.

High school sports and after school clubs give students and teachers alike the opportunity to create long lasting bonds.

École St. Mary High School principal Mark Phaneuf, who is involved in extra-curricular activities including being a volleyball coach, said he can’t wait to have those experiences again.

“Our hope is that we have that availability to reconnect with each other and get involved in things that we’re passionate about again — whether it’s sports or band or drama or whatever it is,” Phaneuf said. “We miss that relationship that we have with our students and I know they miss it with us and with each other. We just look forward to that again.”

Despite the pandemic, some schools were able to still hold some limited sports programs and practice in a safe manner.

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Carlton Comprehensive High School athletic director Tim Strom said he was thankful his school was still able to give his athletes some development time.

“Carlton was lucky. We did run some sports programs in the fall, just after school in our own little groups. We were masked the entire time and everything went really well,” Strom said. “The reason why we had to shut down was because of choices made in the community by other people. We’re just hoping that people can do their best following guidelines. If we can all do this and work together, there’s a chance that earlier we can have things open than having to wait on a vaccine for everybody.”

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