At the start of the 2020 school year, Westridge athletics, like everything else, moved online. Now, in December, as Covid cases rise and new stay-at-home orders are put in place, going back to in-person training seems a lot farther away than it used to be. Despite the circumstances, Westridge coaches have been working to make sure that online athletics is close to the real thing and gives students a chance to train, stay healthy, and stay connected to their community during this turbulent time.

COVID-19 threw a wrench in sports seasons, and not just at Westridge. Sports and sporting events such as the NCAA championships and the Olympics have either been postponed or canceled. At Westridge, as of April 20,  scheduled games up to April 24 have been canceled, but as the situation changes, more competitions could be called off. 

When I asked Coach Melanie Horn “What is a real coach?”, she slowly leaned back into her black rolling office chair, paused for a moment, and then responded, “Even though your team doesn’t get a victory out of a game, the best coaches will always try to make their athletes whole again and never let a single player feel less than.”